Blog Update Wednesday November 26

I hope you had a good weekend with your friends and family!

Welcome back, Mrs. Radius! Hope you’re feeling better! We missed you.

A Note from Mr. Burgess

Dear RCS Family - We are THANKFUL for all of you and the opportunity we have each day to partner in the education and growth of your children at Rockford Christian School. Have a blessed Thanksgiving!!

Elementary Christmas Program - 6:30 on Thursday, December 10

Just a note of clarification about the December 10th Christmas Program and Live Nativity: The Elementary (K - 4th) Christmas Program will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 10. We would like the kids in their rooms by 6:15. The Live Nativity (8th graders) will begin at approx. 7:15 after the program.

Be sure to check the lost and found table in the front of school.

Geo Bee

classroom preliminary Geo Bee last Friday and turned in the results to Mrs. Oren who is gathering all the data from grades 4-8. on

Those advancing should use the Thanksgiving break to prepare for the final event on Dec. 4.

Operation Christmas Child

Two hundred twenty six (226) boxes were packed for Operation Christmas Child! Thanks, RCS!

Family Time

Thank you to Mr. Kuiper for leading us in music and sharing a message about gratitude.

Ask your student about this Family Time.

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Hot Lunch this week

Monday, Nov 30

1 Hot dog on bun, baked beans, fresh broccoli/cauliflower with ranch, fresh apple slices

2 Nacho bag

Please remind your children that, if they order hot lunch, they must pick up the item they ordered. We do not want to waste food, and we need to keep accurate counts so that what is ordered in the morning is available at lunch.

Learning Commons News

Scholastic Book Fair is coming! Tuesday through Friday, Dec. 1-4 in the front lobby! Brochures have been sent home with students. Each class will have time next week to make their “wish lists” at the book fair. Hopefully these lists will help everyone with book selection. Books always are great Christmas gifts!

If you would like to help out at the Book Fair, please let us know. We’d love to have a few parent helpers.

Environmental Classroom news for this week

5th and 6th graders helped at the American Legion Food Pantry in Rockford yesterday as part of a Thanksgiving service project.

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 118

PE News news for this week

1st - 4th Basketball Stations (dribbling and passing)

5th - 8th Basketball

Reminder: All students must wear tennis shoes for PE. If they do not have their tennis shoes they are not able to participate as regular shoes make scuffs on the gym floor. for 5th-8th grade they will lose half their participation points for the day if they do not have their shoes.

Upcoming dates

November 25 – November 29

Thanksgiving Break

Mon, November 30

School resumes

The k-4 grades are going to do  Advent devotions in December.

Tuesday-Friday, December 1-4

Scholastic Book Fair

Thu, December 10,

K – 4th Grade Christmas Program, 6:30pm – 7:00pm

Live Nativity, 7:15pm – 8:15pm

Thu, December 17,

Last Day of School with Students Before Break (Full Day)

Friday, December 18, 2015 - Sunday, January 3, 2016

Christmas Break

Mon, January 4, 2016

First Day Back from Christmas Break

I’m praying that you have a blessed Thanksgiving!

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

Mr. Dave

Blog Update Tuesday, November 17

I hope you had a good weekend with your friends and family!  It was a beautiful weekend!

TRIP Holiday Reminder

Starting Tues., Nov.24th, through the Christmas season; The whole TRIP inventory will be available at RCS as well as in town.

If you have to shop, get something back for it. Gift cards are easy!

PE News news for this week

Reminder: All students must wear tennis shoes for PE. If they do not have their tennis shoes they are not able to participate as regular shoes make scuffs on the gym floor. for 5th-8th grade they will lose half their participation points for the day if they do not have their shoes.

1-4th Dribbling (with a playground ball)

5th-8th Basketball Dribbling/passing

Family Time

Thank you to Senora Fahlen and the Spanish Immersion students for leading the elementary Family Time, talking about the fruits of the Spirit. Mrs. Still led the middle school Family Time.

Ask your student about this Family Time.

Hot Lunch this week

November 18

1 Waffle, strawberries and whipped cream, 2 sausage links, potato triangle, orange wedges

2 Turkey sub bag

November 19

1 Hamburger with cheese on a bun, fun-size doritos, baked beans, lettuce & tomato slices, blue raspberry frozen slushie

2 Warm pretzel and cheese

November 20

1 Rotini pasta with meat sauce, green beans, fresh apple slices & grapes

2 Banana split cereal bag

November 23

1 Turkey shaped chicken nuggets, whipped potatoes and gravy, pumpkin shaped pretzel, steamed corn, fruit choice

2 Nacho bag

November 24

1 Thanksgiving Pizza Celebration: Domino’s cheese pizza, carrots, broccoli with dip, loco cheez its, apple slices, grapes

2 Trix for kids

Learning Commons

Scholastic Book Fair is Coming!

Save the date: December 1-4! Just in time for Christmas shopping. Remember books make great gifts! If you would like to help out at the Book Fair, please let us know. We’d love to have a few parent helpers.

Upcoming dates

November 23

Thanksgiving Family Time  Mr Burgess Eric Burgess

Wed, November 25 – Sun, November 29

Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, December 1-Friday, December 4

Scholastic Book Fair

I’m thankful for all of your kids! What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving season?

I’m praying that you have a great week!

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

Mr. Dave

Blog Update Tuesday,November 10

I hope you had a good weekend with your friends and family!

2nd grade news for this week

Welcome back Mrs. Burgess and Mrs. VandeZande!!!!

8th grade news for this week

Subs were packed up and delivered today. It’s the first time in 10 years that everything came out right the first time!

Learning Commons news for this week

Scholastic Book Fair coming December 1-4!

PE News news for this week

Reminder: All students must wear tennis shoes for PE. If they do not have their tennis shoes they are not able to participate as regular shoes make scuffs on the gym floor. For 5th-8th grade they will lose half their participation points for the day if they do not have their shoes.

1st-4th grade working on underhand throw TURKEY TROT FUN RUN THURSDAY!!!

5th-8th playing Eclipse Ball

What’s in the home bulletin?

RCS Ski & Snowboarding Club  

It's time to sign up for the RCS Ski & Snowboarding Club! Information is being sent home today with students. All forms and checks (made payable to RCS) are due to the school office by November 24. (Just before we leave on Thanksgiving Break.)

End of 1st Marking Period & Report Cards

Report cards for the 1st marking period are now ready to be viewed on NetClassroom. If you have questions about accessing NetClassroom and your child’s progress report, please give Karla Radius a call

Hot Lunch

Please remind your children that, if they order hot lunch, they must pick up the item they ordered. We do not want to waste food, and we need to keep accurate counts so that what is ordered in the morning is available at lunch.

Hot Lunch this week

November 10

1 Cinnamon French toast, sausage link, tator tots, apple juice, orange wedges

2 Trix for kids

November 11

1 Two soft shell beef tacos, black beans and corn, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, refried beans, applesauce

2 Turkey sub bag

November 12

1 Breaded chicken patty on bun, leaf lettuce and tomato, steamed broccoli, fresh red grapes

2 Warm pretzel & cheese

November 13

1 Cheese bread with marinara sauce, green beans, fruit choice

2 Banana split cereal bag

November 16

1 Crispy boneless chicken wings, corn muffin, carrots with ranch, apple slice, mandarin oranges

2 Nacho bag

November 17

1 Tony’s cheesy breadstick with marinara, romaine salad with carrots and ranch, diced pears

2 Trix for kids

Upcoming dates

Wed, November 11,

Picture Retakes

Thu, November 12,

Kindergarten to Camp Roger am

3rd Grade to Camp Roger pm

Fri, November 13

4th Grade to Camp Roger pm

Mon, November 16,

“Our Father’s World” 6pm – 8pm

November 19-20

Hearing/Vision Screening

I’m praying that you have a great week!

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

Mr. Dave

Blog Update Tuesday, Nov 5,

I hope you had a good weekend with your friends and family!

What’s in the home bulletin?

Operation Christmas Child: We are in the midst of one of our annual service projects at Rockford Christian School: "Operation Christmas Child" (OCC).  OCC is an opportunity for us to help spread the love of Christ through the gospel message and our gifts in the shoeboxes that will be packed and mailed just before Thanksgiving. Last year we collected over 180 boxes! Let's see if we can collect even more this year. The items each class is collecting is on a previous post.

2015-16 Yearbook Cover Contest

: Congratulations to Abbigail Poquette (8th grade), whose cover art was selected to be the cover for this year's Rockford Christian School yearbook, and to Olivia Tuit (7th grade), whose cover art was selected for the back cover.  We appreciate how many students took time to create covers and to use their artistic gifts to seek to represent the theme of "In the Hands of the Potter."

Live Nativity - December 10:

We will be in need of hay bales for our Live Nativity. If you have any to donate from your fall decorating or have access to hay bales, you may drop them off in the RCS bus garage area.

Family Time

Thank you to Ms. Sharda and the first graders for leading the elementary Family Time.

Mr. Bierling, Mrs. Oren’s father, related some of his archaeological finds to our theme, “God is the Potter and we are the clay”. He also talked about how we are also molded by our parents, teachers, and our friends.

Ask your student about Family Time.

Hot Lunch News

Thursday, Nov 5,

1 Macaroni and cheese, steamed broccoli, blueberry muffin, fresh strawberries

2 Warm pretzel and cheese

Friday, Nov 6,

1 Domino’s pizza, garden salad with carrots, cherry tomatoes, red grapes, apple slices

2 Banana split cereal bag

Monday, Nov 9,

1 Beef dippers, oriental veggies, rice, dinner roll, baby carrots, pineapple tidbits

2 Nacho bag

Learning Commons News  

Scholastic Book Fair is Coming!

Save the date: December 1-4, just in time for Christmas shopping. Remember books make great gifts! If you would like to help out at the Book Fair, please let us know. We’d love to have a few parent helpers.

You may be surprised to know that students and teachers have checked out more than 1,800 books from the RCS Library already this year! This number does not include the book bags that go home with kindergartners nearly every day. We are a reading school! Did you know that our library has more than 15,000 copies in our collection?

Another interesting note: The School Library Journal came up with a list of the “100 Best Picture Books of All Time” and our library has all but 18 of them. We think that’s pretty cool!

Here’s the link to the list if you’d like to see it: http://www.slj.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/SLJ_Fuse8_Top100_Picture.pdf

2nd grade for this week

Many thanks to Mrs. Nienhuis for filling in for Mrs. Burgess and Mrs. VandeZande for these past months. Friday will be her last day here in second grade. We will all miss her.

Environmental Classroom news for this week

Frederik Meijer Gardens Work Afternoon: On Wednesday, November 4, the 5th/6th grade Environmental Program students will be heading to FMG to help the outdoor horticulture staff do some fall clean-up/planting.  It’s always nice to see the behind-the-scenes work that goes into this beautiful facility.

On Friday, they will continue building their shelters at Camp Roger.

7th grade for this week

In history class, 7th graders are planning a trial based in 1505 to determine Christopher Columbus’ “guilt” in regards to crimes committed against the Taino Native Americans in the Caribbean.  The students are very excited about this experience.  The 8th graders will be playing the jury and basing their decision of Columbus’s guilt solely on the evidence displayed at trial.  The Parents are invited to view this trial to see your child in action and for the students to have a broader audience.  The trial will be held next this Friday, November 6, from 2:10-3:00, in the Worship Center.

MS news for this week

Lunch Bunch: If students have missing assignments, Lunch Bunch is a program set up to help students to get their work completed. If a student fails to complete an assignment, they are to report to the Lunch Bunch room during noon break where they have time to complete their work. This will help get assignments in to teachers as well as help eliminate missing assignments.

TRIP News

Would you like to support your school or help a family in need? If you are not yet participating in the TRIP program, you can sign-up and help a family, give to RCS, the Eagle Fund, or your church. Or if you have an older student in a Christian college, you can give your TRIP monies to them.

PE News for this week

1st - 4th are working on their underhand throw (swing, step, throw). Ask your child to tell you the three cues and teach you how to underhand throw :)

5th - 8th Fifth and sixth grade are still working on Eclipse Ball Jr. with a large ball. 7th and 8th are transitioning to Eclipse ball with racquets! So fun!

Reminder: All students must wear tennis shoes for PE. If they do not have their tennis shoes they are not able to participate as regular shoes make scuffs on the gym floor. for 5th-8th grade they will lose half their participation points for the day if they do not have their shoes.

Upcoming dates

Friday, November 6:  

6th grade goes to camp

7th graders trial 2:10-3:00

I’m praying that you have a great week!

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

Mr. Dave