Blog Update December 18, 2013

Mr. Burgess Update

Please remember Mr. Burgess in your prayers the next couple of weeks, and beyond.  He had surgery on Sunday which went well.   He should be home now!!

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Worship center decorations

Thank you, River Rock Church, for decorating the worship center!

RCS Apparel

Looking for a Christmas present for your RCS student(s)? We now have RCS t-shirts and sweatshirts available in youth and adult sizes in Carolina Blue. The adult jackets have arrived; a sample is hanging in the office window. The jacket is available in both mens and ladies sizes. We are clearing out our "pink" Eagle t's for $5.

Emergency School Closings

When inclement weather makes it necessary to cancel school, announcements are made over the following radio and television stations: WOOD AM 1300, and TV Channels 8 and 13. If Rockford Public Schools are closed or on a delay, RCS is also closed or on a delay and will be listed separately. A delay will result in no before-school care, no morning kindergarten, no preschool and no Kids’ Club. If the delay happens on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday, class for afternoon kindergarten enrichment students will begin at 12 noon that day.

Live Nativity

Thank you to all that came to the Live Nativity last Thursday night.  Also, thank you to all the volunteers that helped make this night possible. 

Family Time

Monday in Family time we were reminded of the sweet story that the candy cane represents - Jesus' birth and the gospel message too.  Everyone was given a candy-cane to share with someone that might not know who Jesus is.  Ask your Kids about this family time. 

6th Grade Environmental Classroom news

Today the 6th Grade Environmental Classroom went to Frederik Meijer Gardens for viewing the “Christmas Around the World” exhibit.  I join them on this beautiful field trip.  On Friday afternoon they will be joining the 7^th & 8^th graders as they tube down the hills of Pando.

Thanks for all you do for God’s Kingdom!

Mr. Dave

Blog Update Monday, December 9, 2013

I hope that you had a great weekend. We celebrated my Niece’s one-year birthday.

Thank you, River Rock Church, for decorating the worship center!

Geo Bee 

“Congratulations to our 2014 School National Geographic Bee champion, 7^th grader Blake Falk!  He will be taking at test in January to try to qualify for the State Geo Bee in the spring.  Also a congratulations is need for 6^th grade Environmental Classroom student, Graham Kort, who was our runner-up in this competition.  It was a job well-done by all participants!

Jingle Bell Post Office is open!

To help you "ring" in the holidays, the First Graders will be running the Jingle Bell Post Office through Christmas break. Once again, stamps and stationary will be available (for the low cost of 1 nickel) to you as well, so that you can send letters/cards to your kiddos at school!

RCS Apparel

Looking for a Christmas present for your RCS student(s)? We now have RCS t-shirts and sweatshirts available in youth and adult sizes in Carolina Blue. The adult jackets have arrived; a sample is hanging in the office window. The jacket is available in both mens and ladies sizes. We are clearing out our "pink" Eagle t's for $5.

Emergency School Closings

When inclement weather makes it necessary to cancel school, announcements are made over the following radio and television stations: WOOD AM 1300, and TV Channels 8 and 13. If Rockford Public Schools are closed or on a delay, RCS is also closed or on a delay and will be listed separately. A delay will result in no before-school care, no morning kindergarten, no preschool and no Kids’ Club. If the delay happens on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday, class for afternoon kindergarten enrichment students will begin at 12 noon that day.

6^th Grade Environmental Classroom

The 6^th grade EC students will be going to Camp Roger on Wednesday afternoon.  They will also be taking a field trip to Calvin College on Friday to the botany lab.  Prof. Warners (yes, Mr. Phil’s brother) will be telling them about the “Wonder of God’s Creation—Plants!”

TRIP news 

TRIP has Christmas inventory until the Christmas break!

Hour of Code

This week, GRCS students in grades K-12 will be participating in "Hour of Code", a campaign that is inviting students from around the world to try out the basics of computer science. We are excited that Rockford Christian School students and staff will take part in Hour of Code! This will be led and supported by our Learning Commons team. For more information visit:  http://csedweek.org/ or contact Deb Snow dsnow@grcs.org  

 

Library

Students in fifth grade began “Mystery Reading” last Friday. The will have fun exploring the genre of mystery books as they read for a Mystery BINGO, write their own mystery, and solve mysteries online.

This week at a glance

Monday, December 9,

 5th/6th Band/Orchestra/Choir Concert (7:00 p.m., RCS)

7th/8th Orchestra Concert (following above concert)

Thursday, December 12,

Live Nativity, 6-8 p.m.

Looking ahead into next week:

Yes, next week is the final week of school for the year 2013!

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

6^th Grade Environmental Classroom goes to Frederik Meijer Gardens for viewing the “Christmas Around the World” exhibit.  I will be joining them on this beautiful field trip.

Thanks for all you do for God’s Kingdom!

Mr. Dave

Blog Update Tuesdayy, December 3, 2013

I hope that you had a great Thanksgiving with friends and family

 
Thank you, River Rock Church, for decorating the worship center!

Geo Bee 

Students in grades 4-8 recently competed in a classroom round of the Geography Bee.  Several students from each grade will be competing in the tiebreaker round and/or final round in our School Geography Bee on Friday, December 6, in our Worship Center from 2:25-3:10.  You are welcome to join us for this lively bee; we hope to see you there!

Jingle Bell Post Office is open!

To help you "ring" in the holidays, the First Graders will be running the Jingle Bell Post Office, Once again, stamps and stationary will be available (for the low cost of 1 nickel) to you as well so that you can send letters/cards to your kiddos at school!

RCS Apparel

Looking for a Christmas present for your RCS student(s)? We now have RCS t-shirts and sweatshirts available in youth and adult sizes in Carolina Blue. The adult jackets have arrived; a sample is hanging in the office window. The jacket is available in both mens and ladies sizes. We are clearing out our "pink" Eagle t's for $5.

Bus Evacuation Drills

This week, December 2-6, our students will be practicing bus evacuation drills in order to ensure safety in the rare event of a bus evacuation.  We wanted to keep you informed of our efforts to maintain student safety while on the bus.

Emergency School Closings

When inclement weather makes it necessary to cancel school, announcements are made over the following radio and television stations: WOOD AM 1300, and TV Channels 8 and 13. If Rockford Public Schools are closed or on a delay, RCS is also closed or on a delay and will be listed separately. A delay will result in no before-school care, no morning kindergarten, no preschool and no Kids’ Club. If the delay happens on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday, class for afternoon kindergarten enrichment students will begin at 12 noon that day.

trip news 

TRIP has Christmas inventory until the Christmas break!

Hour of Code

We are excited that Rockford Christian School students and staff are signed up to participate in Hour of Code!   During the week of December 9-15, GRCS students in grades K-12 will be participating in “Hour of Code”, a campaign that is inviting 10 million students from around the world to try out the basics of computer science.  For more information:  http://csedweek.org/

6^th Grade Environmental Classroom

This week the students in the EC program will be visiting the shelters that we constructed by their classmates at Camp Roger.  These shelters took te students over one month to construct.  Models of their finished shelters can be seen in the 6^th grade hallway.  Be sure to check these models out sometime!

This week at a glance

No extra activities are scheduled for this week.

Looking ahead into next week:

Monday, December 9,

 5th/6th Band/Orchestra/Choir Concert (7:00 p.m., RCS)

7th/8th Orchestra Concert (following above concert) 

 
Thursday, December 12,

 Live Nativity, 6-8 p.m. 

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

Blog Update Monday, November 25 2013

Operation Christmas Child

Rockford Christian Families and River Rock Church Families collected and delivered 230 shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child.  Thank you for all your help!

Service Projects

This week the students are doing service projects around the area. 

Kindergarten and the 1^st grade Students are headed to Cook Valley Estates on Tuesday to serve the residents there.  They baked muffins today and will pass them out at Cook Valley tomorrow.  The students will also be singing, doing a craft, and spending time with the residents.

The 2^nd  graders, along with Senora Rose's Spanish Immersion 1st/2nd grade class will be shopping at the grocery store for breakfast foods to fill in Breakfast Bundles, which will go to support Kids Food Basket. They will be using almost $300 that they made from pumpkin patch sales to buy the food and supplies. The Students will fill Breakfast bundles for many children in Grand Rapids when they are gone on long weekends or holidays from school and they are not able to get breakfast. The Students will also decorate sack supper bags for children in Grand Rapids. 

The 3rd graders are collecting food items for Kids’ Food Basket and also decorating bags with their kindergarten buddies for the sack suppers.

The 4^th graders have used some of the money they earned from their school store to purchase books for Aberdeen Elementary School.  They will wrap the books and deliver them to the Kids there.  Each child will get to take their books home.

The 5^th grade class is splitting into two groups.  Some of the Kids will be volunteering at Camp Roger. The other group will be visiting the residents at Bishop Hills.

The 6^th grade classes are going to the Rockford American Legion to assist them with their November food pantry.  The Environmental Classroom students help them 2-3 times each year.  It is a real blessing for us as we help those who are less fortunate at this time.

The 7^th grade class is cleaning up a family’s yard in Rockford on Tuesday Morning.

The 8^th grade class helped deliver Operation Christmas Child boxes to the regional facility.  Once they arrived at the facility, they prayed over the boxes, packed them in cases and loaded them on a trailer. The shoeboxes are now in route to their next destination, and will soon be in the hands of happy children.

Jingle Bell Post Office

The Jingle Bell Post Office opens Monday, Dec. 2 with the last delivery date on Friday, December 20.

Stamps, Stationary, etc. are 5 cents each. (Donations are gladly accepted)

Proceeds will go to the Velting's to help bring their little boy home from Ethiopia.

Parents can buy stamps and send letters too!

Learning Commons News

We are excited that Rockford Christian School students and staff are signed up to participate in Hour of Code!   During the week of December 9-15, GRCS students in grades K-12 will be participating in “Hour of Code”, a campaign that is inviting 10 million students from around the world to try out the basics of computer science.  For more information:  http://csedweek.org/ 

 Thanks for all you do for God’s Kingdom!

Mr. Dave 

Blog Update Monday, November 18, 2013

I hope that you had a good weekend!!!

Hot Lunch Orders due

The Hot Lunch order form for the months of December/January was sent home with students and we are asking that you get them back to the RCS office Friday, November 22.

PLEASE DO NOT place an order for Friday, January 17 - there is no school that day.

Operation Christmas Child

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for helping the Operation Christmas Child ministry.  The 8^th graders will deliver the boxes on Friday of this week.

This week at a glance

Monday, November 18, 2013

Family time

Mr. Kuiper led praise and worship for the whole school.  Thank you, Mr. Kuiper!

Camp Roger

8th grade A.M.

7th grade P.M.

Focus on Your Future

Focus on Your Future: at GRCS from 6:45-8:00 p.m.

Tue November 19th

Third Grade Camp Roger-AM

Wed November 20th

First Grade Camp Roger- PM

Friday November 22^nd

8^th Graders delivering Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes

Thanks for all you do for God’s Kingdom!

Mr. Dave

Blog Update Monday, November 11, 2013

I hope that you had a good week

We had a great week. The Worst family got one more family member -Leo Geremia Worst

Weight-8lbs. 2 oz.

21 ½” long

Rockford Christian had a surprise visit by Mr. Burgess on November 7.  We turned the surprise back on him by having all the students line the driveway waving banners when he arrived! 

For the video on YouTube go to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgA0OHBYWfk

Here is the link on Wood TV news from Thursday: http://www.woodtv.com/news/local/kent-county/rockford-christian-students-welcome-principal-eric-burgess 

8th Grade Sub Sale

Our 8th grade students have completed their sub sale, and the subs will be available for pickup at the end of the day this Friday, November 15.   Your subs can be picked up at the front of school (if you ordered from the front office), or from the student you ordered with. 

 Thanks for your support.

Scholastic Book Fair

The book fair officially ended last Friday and was a great success! Thanks for all your support! The students loved shopping at school and were so excited about all the books. If you didn’t get a chance to make a purchase, you may still order books online today and tomorrow (through November 12). The website is: http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/rcs. All the items purchased online will be added to our total sales and will be delivered to school in a week, with no shipping fees.

Operation Christmas Child

List of Each Classes Items:

Pre-K – Stuffed Animals/Baby Dolls

K – Markers, Crayons, and Small Coloring Books

(NO SCISSORS or GLUE please)

1^st – Small Dolls or Boyish Figurines, Small Toys, Toy Jewelry

2^nd – Toothbrushes and toothpaste (Lots of these!)

3^rd – Hard Candy, Gum, Suckers (No tootsie rolls/tootsie pops)

4^th  – Small Toys (for older children) and Flashlights

*please include extra batteries if needed*

5^th – Combs, Brushes, Hair Ties

6^th – Socks, Underwear, T-shirts (Don’t forget the contest!)

7^th – Washcloths, Bars of Soap (Lots of these!)

8^th - Pencils, Sharpeners, Erasers, Small Pads of Paper

***Please do not include these items:

Used items

Liquids: shampoo, liquid soap, lotion, bubbles, etc.

War-related items: toy guns, knives, etc.

Chocolate or perishable food items

Medicines: vitamins, cough drops, ointment, etc.

Breakable items: mirrors, china dolls, snowglobes, etc.

If you would like to make a box on your own, please stop by the office for a brochure!  *Also, don’t forget to have your child bring $3 (or more) for shipping!

6th Grade Environmental Classroom News

The salmon have arrived!!  The 6^th grade Environmental Classroom students  received 200 fertilized Chinook salmon eggs from the Michigan DNR LAST WEEK. The 6^th grade EC students along with the 7^th grade science will be raising these salmon over the next 5 months and then releasing them into the Rogue River next May.

The EC students are also working hard on building their winter survival shelters at Camp Roger.

A week at a glance

Monday November 11, 2013

Family Time

Thank you to the Kindergarteners for leading the k-5 Family Time. 

Mrs. B. asked the students to think about what they are thankful for today.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Camp Roger

Kindergarten - A.M.

2^nd Grade - P.M.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Camp Roger

4^th Grade – A.M.

5^th Grade – P.M.

Sub sandwiches are available for pick-up.

Next week Monday, November 18, 2013

Camp Roger

8^th grade – A.M.

7^th grade – P.M.

Thanks for all you do for God’s Kingdom!

Mr. Dave