Blog Update March 2

did you know it's Dr. Seuss birthday today?  He was  Born on  March 2, 1904 he died at the age of 87

Ski & Board Club

Thank you to Jodi Leja for organizing and running the ski club again this year!

Learning Commons News

Early Bird Readers: Wish your child spent more time with books? Introducing Early Bird Readers! Starting March 5, the RCS library will be open every Thursday morning 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!

March is Reading Month! The library will be sponsoring various activities throughout the month to celebrate reading.

March Madness:  Middle schoolers (5th-8th) will participate in March Madness reading.They’ll be filling out brackets to determine the most popular book.

Mystery Readers:  Elementary students will listen to recorded “Mystery Readers” (teachers who have selected a favorite book to read aloud) and try to guess whose voice they’re listening to. The teachers’ voices will be disguised to make it more challenging to guess.

Design Your Own Bookmark: 3rd-5th graders are invited to the library at lunch recess every Friday to make bookmarks to take home.

And of course, we’ll be kicking off the Early Bird Reader program!

Junior Equestrian Team

Does your child competitively show horses? Grand Rapids Christian Area Schools will have a Junior Equestrian Team for this spring for students currently in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade. The meet is scheduled for May 9, 2015 at Barry County Fairgrounds. If this is something your child is interested in, please contact Anna Zokoe before March 13 for more information. azokoe@grcs.org (616) 581-9500.

Environmental Program News for This Week

Don't forget to keep feeding your recyclable papers to the Paper Gator over by

the bus garage. Monies earned from this easy fundraiser help support the environmental program here at RCS.

Family Time News

Thank you Ms. Wierenga and the first graders for sharing a great book with the K-4 students and teaching us about prayer.

Just a reminder Family Time is on Mondays at 8:45am – 9:15am.  We would love to see you there.

Coming up this week

Tues, March 3

Parent-Teacher Conferences

4pm – 8pm

Fri, March 6

 GRCS Annual Meeting, at RCS,  6pm – 9pm

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