I hope you’re having a good week with your friends and family!
Highlights from the home bulletin
20th Anniversary Celebration - Thursday, October 27
On Thursday evening, October 27, we will have a special 20th anniversary celebration that we want ALL of our families-those new to school and those who were part of the beginning-to attend as we reflect on the past and look forward to the future. We will hear testimonies from RCS alum Lucas Balk and from current RCS parent Penny Lloyd-Jones about the foundation of faith that God has used our school to help build.
You can get more details and register for this special event here. You may also stop in the RCS office to get a formal invitation for your family or to share with someone else. We hope to see everyone there for a night of fellowship and worship as we celebrate what God has done in the first 20 years of our school and look forward to what is to come!
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, October 13 and Tuesday, October 18. Have you returned your sign-up form?
RCS Fall Art Club!
Who: 4th-8th grade studentsWhat: After school ceramics art club
When: Wednesdays, 3:20-4:30, Sept 14th - Nov 16th
Where: The Art Room, Rm 109.
Cost: $50.00
4th-8th grade students have the opportunity to participate in an after school, extracurricular ceramics (clay) class with Mrs. Garrod. Art Club students will create a variety of art using pinch pot, slab, and coil hand building techniques. All Art Club sessions will take place in the art room and students can be picked up at the front of the building promptly at 4:30pm. The cost is $50.00 with checks made out to Mary Garrod. Students are expected to arrive on time, be prepared to think creatively, and follow school wide behavior expectations.
Change the Date!! RCS Auction 2017
We have moved the date of the RCS Auction from March 4 to April 22, 2017.
Please direct any communication about the auction to:
Rcsauction2017@gmail.com
Do You Use Outdoor Lighting? The 20th Anniversary Planning Committee would like to borrow your strands of "bistro lighting" for the October 27th event. You may drop them off at the school office or email Katie Underwood at katieann.underwood@gmail.com if you have a strand or more that could be borrowed.
Yearbook Cover Contest
Yearbook cover contest is here. All kindergarten through 8th grade ORIGINAL, non-computer aided, parent aided, or relative aided work will be eligible.
Cover entries must contain the following:
- Our school theme "Building on a Solid Foundation
- Our theme verse, Matthew 7: 24-25 (Whole verse must be written out)
- Rockford Christian School
- 2016-2017
- Your name and grade in pencil ON THE BACK only!
All entries must be submitted with marker, no crayon or colored pencil entries will be accepted. Paper size must be 8 ½ X 11 and white, although you can color it however you would like. Mr. Burgess will be selecting 2 winners, one for the front cover and one for the back cover. All entries will be displayed after the winners are chosen. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Kim Wierenga at kwierenga@grcs.org. Entries should be turned in to the school office. Entries are due by Friday, October 14.
pcoming Family Times
Date
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Special Guest
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Grade
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October 3, 2016
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Bev Broersma
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K– 4
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October 3, 2016
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Rachel Still
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5-8
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October 10, 2016
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Second Small Group Family Time
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K-8
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October 17, 2016
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R. Iveson
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K – 4
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October 17, 2016
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Mr.VerMerris
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5 – 8
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6th Grade Updates
On Wednesday they went Art Prize.
Grandfriends' Day is a busy and exciting day at Rockford Christian that is a highlight of the year for our school community. The kids get to share with grandparents and other grandfriends the wonderful things they are learning at RCS. The following schedule is what we will follow for when guests should plan to visit in classrooms and enjoy our program and luncheon:
9:00
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11:20
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Visiting in Classrooms (K - 8th grades)
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10:00
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11:15
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Visiting in PK Classrooms
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11:20
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12:15
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Program in Worship Center (K - 8th grades)
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12:15
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1:00
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Luncheon in the Gym (served by the 8th graders)
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Please Note:
If you have any pictures of your children/grandchildren who go to RCS, please send them to me and I’ll be happy to put those pictures up on the monitors in the front lobby. You may email those to me at dworst@grcs.org i ask if all photos can be sent to me by Wednesday October 6 2”00pm
Learning Commons
Kindergartners are enjoying “Reading Rocks!” with Pete the Cat as they bring home their special book bags filled with a book and activity. The bags are refilled in the library every time they are returned. Many of the kindergartners are enjoying a different book nearly every day!
Fifth graders are exploring the genre of realistic fiction with the reading incentive program “Real Reads.” A drawing is held each week for prizes and we will finish the program with a “Real Reads Breakfast Celebration”!
Did you know that, in addition to Kindergarten through fifth grade classes, preschool classes and Kids’ Club visit the library every week for story time? Ask your child about story time and see if they can tell you about what they heard.
Library Helpers: Mrs. McGinnis is in the library Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Mrs. Falk reads a story and helps out with book checkouts with 1st grade, Mrs. VanEngen with second grade, Beth Hague wraps our new books with plastic covers, and Jordan Falk shelves returned books. A big thank you to all of them!!
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.
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
