Blog Update: October 23

I hope that you had a great weekend--it was a beautiful day yesterday. Praise God in everything!!

 

My dog,! 

A couple of weeks ago I met my new super dog; her name is Barkley! 

On October 17, I got to bring Barkley home! She is a golden lab mix with golden hair color.  She is four years old.  I can’t bring her out in public yet. It is going to be a couple of weeks until I do.  We need to bond with each other and get certified.  After that, you’ll be seeing me and Barley more.

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or supporting the 8th grade class with the sub sale!  Orders will be ready for pickup at the front of school (if you ordered from the front office) or from the student you ordered them from at the end of the day on Friday, November 2.

Yearbook  Contest

Entries must be received by NEXT week Friday, November 2.  They must be done in marker (no pencil or colored pencil or crayon) on a white sheet of paper (8 ½ x 11 only).  All entries must be original artwork (no computer/parent/grand-parent/sibling aided work will be allowed).   Each entry must include the following:  Rockford Christian School, 2012-2013, Theme, and Theme Verse.  Please put your name in pencil on the back of the entry.  If you are chosen as a cover winner (front or back), we will ask you to put your "signature" on the entry at that time.

If  you taking any RCS Sport photos that maybe we can use for the yearbook you can email me at dworst@grcs.org  

Signups for 5^th thru 8^th grade Basketball are in process.  Deadline is Oct. 31, 2012.

If you haven’t been inside of school, the TV’s have a pink background all of October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

A week at a glance:

Kindergarten – The kindergarteners went to Camp Roger on Monday.

1st Grade—The first graders went to Camp Roger in the afternoon on Monday.

6^th Grade Environmental Classroom.

The Environmental Classroom students are currently working on their recycling presentations.  These presentations will, hopefully, be ready to give to the grade levels next week.  The EC students are also working on their shelter building models.  They will begin their actual shelter at Camp Roger next week.  On Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Warners (Mr. Phil’s parents) will be coming to the EC and showing their slides of African animals.

Learning Commons News

Digital Citizenship Tip:  The Internet is full of wonderful resources for teaching and learning.   Students need to utilize critical thinking skills in sifting through the vast amount of information on the web.    We are committed to helping students discern what is safe, reliable and appropriate content.  Here is a great website you may be interested in viewing to help aid in this process: http://www.commonsensemedia.org.

The 5th graders celebrated “Real Reads” with a Fiesta Lunch.  They also came dressed up as a book character.  We did our best to photograph each child but missed a few when we had to change the batteries on the camera.  Everyone is included in the group photo.

Enjoy the video!

Family Time
Thanks to Mrs. Underwood’s and Mrs. Faber’s 1^st grade class for leading us today as we begin the annual “Operation Christmas Child” tradition.

Be sure to ask your child to tell you about today’s Family Time.

As a reminder, here is a list of the items that each class will be collecting:

Preschool – Stuffed Animals

K – Markers, crayons, coloring books

1^st – Small toys, dolls, or matchbox cars

2^nd – Hard candy and gum (remember, no chocolate or tootsie rolls)

3^rd – Small toys for older children and flashlights (remember to include extra batteries)

4^th – Toothbrushes and Toothpaste

5^th – Combs, brushes, and hair ties

6^th – Socks, underwear, and t-shirts (Don’t forget about the contest!)

7^th – Washcloths and bars of soap

8^th – Pencils, erasers, sharpeners and small pads of paper

* The 1^st graders will also be selling donuts, cookies, and cider during morning break for 50 ȼ each.

“He has shown you, O man, what is good.  And what does the Lord require of you?  To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8)
I’m praying for you to walk humbly with your God.

Thanks for all that you do for God’s kingdom!
Mr. Dave