Blog Update Tuesday, April 19
I hope you had a good weekend with your friends and family!
RCS Staff Appreciation Week
RCS Staff Appreciation Week is next week, April 25th-29th. There will be many opportunities for you to show your appreciation for your child's homeroom teachers, as well as other co-curricular teachers (think art, music, library) and ESS support staff and office and custodial personnel.
Please click on the link below to volunteer to bring items throughout the week as well as sign-up to help set-up/clean-up:
Click this link to find various ideas if you want creative ideas to show your love or simply search "Teacher Appreciation" in Pinterest:
Please don't feel like you are limited to only bringing fancy, creative gifts for the teachers. There will be gift bags set up in the front lobby where you can simply write a note of appreciation, give a gift card, etc.
On Thursday afternoon, we will be providing the staff with a lunch. During that lunch we'd like to gift each teacher with a gift card. Please consider donating a gift card (or cash if that's easier) to help this effort. These gift cards can be from anywhere and for any denomination (examples: Starbucks, Restaurants, Clothing Stores, Home Stores, etc.) TRIP is a great place to purchase these gift cards and you get to keep the credit! Please place the gift card in the basket that Karla will have.
Last, but certainly not least, there will be another table set up in the front lobby that will have sticky notes and writing utensils for you and your child(ren) to write "thank you" notes, "words of encouragement," etc. These sticky notes will then be used to decorate the teacher's doors. We want to fill each of the teacher's doors to make them feel loved and appreciated all week long. Sometimes little notes of encouragement are the best!
Thank you in advance for helping make this week a success and for making all of our teachers feel loved and appreciated!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email katieann.underwood@gmail.com
~Katie Underwood, Sarah Mokma, Carmen Noorman, and Amy Boyd
(PTO Teacher Appreciation Committee)
Yearbook
Order your yearbook today. Please note that online ordering is also available this year!! http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A01045598 If you have questions about ordering please contact Kim Wierenga kwierenga@grcs.org
Family Time
Thank you to Mr. VerMerris & 6th graders (Earth Day is Friday, April 22.)
Ask your student about this Family Time and the wonders of God’s creation. If you want to see the neat video that Mr. VM showed at the conclusion of Family Time (Newsboys--”In Wonder”) go to the following link:
Upcoming Family Times
April 25 — Devotional Groups (Led by Mr. Seinen and 8th graders)
Hot Lunch this week
Wednesday, April 20
1 Picnic Lunch: Hotdog on a bun, watermelon, baked beans, fun-size chips, mini ice cream treat
2 Turkey sub bag
Thursday, April 21
1 Chicken patty on bun, leaf lettuce, green beans, fresh carrots with ranch, fruit choice
2 Warm pretzel & cheese
Friday, April 22
1 Fish sticks, crinkle fries, fresh carrots with ranch, Italian ice, blueberry muffin
2 Banana split cereal bag
Monday, April 25
1 Popcorn chicken bowl, whipped potatoes & gravy, carrots, dinner roll, fruit choices
2 Nacho bag
Tuesday, April 26
1 Waffle with strawberries, whipped cream, sausage link, potato wedge, juice choice, oranges
1 Trix for kids
Learning Commons
5th graders kicked off a unit on Historical fiction. Kindergartners will be doing research in the library on farm animals.
MAPS testing begins next week for 1st – 7th graders. There are no 8th grade MAPS tests in the spring.
Week of April 25:
1st grade: Thursday at 11:00
2nd grade: Wednesday at 9:00
3rd grade: Wednesday at 11:20
4th grade & SI: Monday at 11:00
5th grade: Thursday at 8:50
6th grade: Tuesday at 10:45
7th grade: Tuesday at 8:50
Week of May 2:
1st grade: Thursday at 11:00
2nd grade: Wednesday at 11:00
3rd grade: Monday at 11:00
4th grade & SI: Wednesday at 9:30
5th grade: Tuesday at 11:20
6th grade: Tuesday at 9:30
7th grade: Monday at 9:30
Week of May 9:
1st grade: Monday at 9:45 and Thursday at 9:00
2nd grade: Monday at 11:00 and Tuesday at 11:00
3rd grade: Wednesday at 11:20
4th grade & SI: Wednesday at 8:50
5th grade: no tests this week
6th grade: Tuesday at 1:00
4th grade news for this week
Fourth graders had a great time at the zoo last week and certainly enjoyed fantastic weather!
6th Environmental Classroom news for this week
Happy Earth Week! (April 22 is actual Earth Day) The 6th graders will be going to Camp Roger this week Wednesday to discover more things about God’s creation. On Friday they will be cleaning a two-mile stretch of Belding Road for Adopt-A-Highway and our earth Day celebration as we celebrate the God of creation!!
7th and 8th Graders Save the date
The Western-themed Middle School Dance to be held on Friday, April 29, at GR Christian Middle School. This dance is for 7th and 8th graders from RCS and GRCMS. This is a great opportunity for our 7th and 8th graders in GRCS to meet one another and have a great time together. More details to come, but we wanted to get the date on the calendar.
Feelin' Good Mileage Club
Physical activity for youth is important. We are, therefore, implementing a walking program called the Feelin' Good Mileage Club (sponsored by Maranda at WOOD TV 8).
The Feelin' Good Mileage Club provides opportunity for the students, grades K-4, to walk for fitness. The Mileage Club will be held during recess on T, Th, & F. It will start Tuesday, April 19 depending on the weather.
Your child needs no special equipment to participate. However, their tennis shoes are recommended. Simply, have him/her dress appropriately for the weather. Each student is free to walk as much or as little as he/she desires. The Feelin' Good Mileage Club is non-competitive. For each 5 miles, your child will receive a toe token to place on his/her shoe. A 1Ž4 mile course will be mapped outside and each time students run a 1Ž4 mile they receive a punch in their special FGMC card.
Parents/Grandparents/Guardians etc..are welcome to join to walk with their child or help with punching runner's cards at recess. Please join in the fun to keep our students healthy. The FGMC will be held at the lunch recess from 12:20-12:40pm Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. If you are interested in volunteering (especially on Fridays), please email, call or text Sarah VanderVeen.616.862.1306 or svanderveen@grcs.org.
Upcoming dates for this week
Wednesday, April 20 20
Camp Roger: Preschool (AM & PM)
Thursday, April 21
Camp Roger: Kindergarten (AM) & 3rd Grade (PM)
Friday afternoon, April 22
We will have a special gathering at 2:15 in the Worship Center to hear the singing group that Mr. V.M. is a member of, “The Singing Hims” (www.thesinginghims.org). You are all cordially invited.
Teacher Appreciation Week, April 25-29
Tuesday April 29
7th/8th Dance with GRCMS Mid mark, Quarter 4
Please join me in praying for things that are happening in our world. There’s so much bad stuff going on and we should bring our concerns to our heavenly Father. I would love to continue to pray for you and your family. If you would like to let me know any prayer requests, I would be happy to pray.
I’m praying that you have a great week!
Thanks for all that you do for God’s kingdom!
Mr. Dave
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