Monday, February 9, 2015

Blog Update Tuesday, February 9, 2015

We saw 8 deer running across the lake yesterday morning!

100 Day Challenge
As part of our 100 Day, we were challenged to bring in 100 coin collections to be donated to Kiva, a non-profit organization that provides micro-loans to individuals around the world to help alleviate poverty. These loans are paid back eventually by the individual receiving them. Once you get the money back, you can put it towards another project. This year, we were able to raise $250 from our 100 coin collections! We will be donating this money to Julia’s Group. They live in Kenya, Africa. This money will go towards a water chlorine system for their community, which will give access to clean water for people in their area. Here is more of their story if you’re interested:  

Thank you for your generosity! A little goes a long way!

New Blog Feature: RCS Calendar
Click on the link above to go to my blog. Click the link to the RCS Calendar. The calendar will display with events and important dates.
I put all the remaining Camp Roger dates on the RCS Calendar.

Projects to Share:
If your student at Rockford Christian School would like to make a project at home to share, I will take a photo of it and I will put it on the RCS monitors.  The other choice is for you to take the picture and send it to me at DWorst@grcs.org. Please make all projects Valentine-related.
Or a Valentine message for your student to put up on RCS monitors!

Learning Commons News
NWEA MAPS testing began on Wednesday, January 21 and will continue with make-ups through February 13. Please make sure your students are well-rested and have a good breakfast before coming to school on their testing dates. Also, please try to avoid scheduled absences during the MAPS testing window.

Spelling Bee
Congratulations to 8th graders Isaac Rop (1st place) and Jillian Evink (2nd place), as well as 4th grader Ally Groenenboom (3rd place), for their stellar spelling in the RCS Spelling Bee back on January 16. They were the top 3 finishers out of 55 participants.
They will be participating in the Regional Bee at Legacy Christian Middle School on February 10 at 4:00 pm.

The Environmental Classroom program News for This Week
6th Grade Environmental students will be going to AuSable Institute of Environmental Studies (Kalkaska) for three days beginning on Wednesday morning.  A total of 27, 8 parents, and teachers will be heading up to the north woods of Michigan.  While at the institute, the students will be learning about water quality and winter survival.  The will be getting home around 3:00 on Friday.  Please pray for safety and that God will reveal His wondrous creation to the students.

While the 6th graders will be up north, the 5th graders will be making daily trips to Camp Roger.  Under the tutelage of Mr. Phil Warners, the students will be learning about God's creation in a variety of ways.

Please keep both of these groups of students in your prayers this week!!!

Family Time News
We had a great time of praise (and some dancing!)...thanks to Nate Glasper for leading our worship! Ask your student about today’s Family Time.

Coming up this week
February 9-15

February 10
Spelling Regional Bee at Legacy Christian Middle School on February 10 at 4:00 pm.

February 11-13
6th Grade to AuSable Institute
5th Grade to Camp Roger all three days

If you would like to see more dates in February go to the top of this page click on the link

I’m thankful for your kids and for all your prayers and expressions of support.
Thanks for all that you do for God’s kingdom!
Mr. Dave

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