Blog Update Mar 16, 2015

I hope that you had a great weekend!

Learning Commons News

Early Bird Readers Club Remember the RCS library will be open every Thursday from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. for a mix of supervised quiet reading time and other book-related fun. All students in grades 3-8 and independent readers in grades 1 and 2 are invited. Bring your own book or choose from great titles recommended by the library staff, and earn prizes just by attending! (Please note that this time is dedicated to building a love of reading and is not for studying or doing homework.) No advance signup is needed-just come join us!

We had a great turnout for the first two weeks of Early Bird Readers!

March Madness continues for middle school students as they vote for their favorite books and see how their brackets are doing.

Mystery Readers keep elementary students guessing. Various staff members are videotaped reading their favorite books aloud, their voice electronically altered, and students have to figure out who the mystery reader is! The winner for Week 2 was Reid Mokma. He received a five dollar gift card as his prize. Congratulations, Reid!

Bookmark making every Friday at noon recess for the month of March.

Environmental Classroom News

The 6th grade environmental students are busy with a lot of projects.  This week they are wrapping up their social studies “African Country” presentation.  Next week they will begin selecting an environmental issue (something that makes a positive or negative impact) on which to do a major project.  Thesen research projects will be presented the evening of May 11.

TRIP news

Keep up on TRIP news in the school home bulletin!!!

Athletics news

5/6 Grade Baseball

Coach: Rick Solle

Practices Times:  Monday & Fridays 3:30-5:00pm.

7/8 Grade Baseball

Coaches: Mark Redfield & Mike Meeuwsen

Practice Times: Mondays & Thursdays  5:30-7:00pm.

Girls Soccer

Coaches: Sam Bull & Mike Fedrigo

Practice Times: Keep Posted....

5/6 Grade Girls Softball

Coaches: Deanne Rosendall, Shannon Rop and Jane Bouwkamp

Practice Times: Tuesday & Thursdays 3:30-5pm.

Any questions: email Jane Bouwkamp @ jbouwkamp@grcs.org

Family Time

Family Time was led by Mrs. DeVries, Mrs. Fahlen, and the Spanish Immersion class. We enjoyed learning about different Spanish speaking cultures and singing songs in Spanish. Ask your student about this Family Time!

Coming up this week

Mon, March 16

GRCS Annual Meeting,

6pm – 8pm

Tue, March 17,

St. Patrick’s Day! Wear green

2nd Grade goes to Camp Roger  AM

Wed, March 18,

8th Grade Persuasive Speeches 8:55am – 10:30am

Spanish Immersion and 3rd grade to Camp Roger AM

1st grade goes to Camp Roger PM

Thu, March 19

Kindergarten goes to Camp Roger AM

Fri, March 20,

4th grade goes to Camp Roger AM

Mon, March 23,

7th Grade goes to Camp Roger last time AM

8th Grade goes to Camp Roger last time PM

Our Father's World at Red's on the River, downtown Rockford Mon  PM

I’m praying that you have a great week!

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

Mr. Dave