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

Blog Update Monday, November 4, 2013

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  I had a busy weekend.  I celebrated my Mom.  It was seven years ago since she passed away.  We also helped my sister move, and we had a birthday party for my brother-in-law. 

 

2013 Theme T-Shirts for Sale!

Wishing you could have one of our cool 2013 theme t-shirts? You can purchase one from the school office for $5. Only adult sizes left.

 

8th Grade Sub Sale

Our 8th grade student have completed their sub sale, and the subs will be available for pickup at the front of school (if you ordered from the front office) or from the student you ordered with at the end of the day on Friday, November 15.  Thanks for your support.

School Pictures

School pictures were sent home with students. Our re-take date is scheduled for Monday, November 11. Your student(s) must return the original picture package on the re-take date at the time of the picture. The class composites (if ordered) will arrive later.

 The Scholastic Book Fair is here!

Visit the front entrance lobby for all the fun! There are so many books for every kind of kid and adults, too. Adventure, sci-fi, cookbooks, best-sellers, and “laugh-out-loud” stories. The sale will be held November 4-8, hours 8:15 a.m.-3:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. Special evening hours on Wednesday, November 6 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Come shop at our book fair and get some early Christmas shopping done. Books make great Christmas presents! Proceeds from the sale will benefit the library at RCS.

Start Your Book Fair Shopping Early Online!

Our in-school Book Fair begins today, November 4 but remember you can also do your book shopping,

 at the Online Book Fair. Visit the Book Fair Homepage at

 http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/rcs and click on the Shop Now button. Online shopping is available through November 11, convenient 24 hour access, with an expanded selection for ALL ages. You can search for books by category, grade, age and price.

You can create wish lists and invite friends and family to shop with eCards. Best of all, purchases benefit our school and will help us achieve our Book Fair goal. All online orders ship for FREE to the school, and will be delivered to your child's classroom after the Online Fair has ended.

Pre-Order Yearbook Sales

You can now place your order for a Rockford Christian yearbook. Order your yearbook for $20 today! After December 1, the price will be going up.  Additional order forms are available in the office.  Please email Kim Wierenga at kwierenga@grcs.org if you have any questions.

6th Grade Environmental Classroom News

This week the 6th grade Environmental Classroom students are working feverishly on their survival shelters at Camp Roger.  The shelters must be built strong and secure in order to survive the harsh winter elements that soon will be here.  In Bible class, the students are also learning how God is our shelter and how He protects each of us—our Shelter from the stormy blast and our eternal home.

A week at a glance

Family Time

Today Mrs. Werdon’s Third Graders spoke about how our words should reflect the words of Jesus. 

Thursday, November 7

The 2^nd  grade and Spanish Emersion classes are going to Camp Roger in the afternoon 

4^th Graders will be going to the Pipelines Concert at Central Reformed Church

Please have your child dress properly when they are scheduled for Camp Roger.

Thanks for all that you do for God’s kingdom!

Mr. Dave