We had a great day at ArtPrize on Friday. A special "thanks" to Julie Lawrence and Annie Kendra for coming with and helping out. The students spent the day viewing art throughout downtown. The students also completed an assignment reflecting on the artwork they saw.
Bike-a-thon
Great job to everyone who participated in Bike-a-thon! Mel Solle is looking for pictures from Bike-a-thon to include in they yearbook. Please email her if you have any pictures from Saturday that could be included in the yearbook.
Servant Awards
Servant Awards are given out several times during the year. One student in 6th-8th grade is selected for the reward because of showing a Christ-like attitude at school. We want to encourage our students to be intentional about seeking out ways to serve people around them. Congratulations to the September recipients: Connor Christophel (6th), Sophie Kendra (7th), and Chandler Muller (8th).
Family Time (October 3)
Kevin Ohlman from LIFE International will be coming to share with the middle school students next Monday for Family Time. (www.lifeinternational.com) Kevin will be sharing about what God is doing in LIFE International's ministry around the world. Middle School Family Times take place once or twice a week in the middle school hallway at the same time as elementary students meet in the Worship Center (8:30-9:00 a.m. on Monday mornings). You are always welcome to join us for these worship times.
Language Arts
We are continuing to read pieces of literature dealings with the themes of acceptance, courage, and freedom. The students will read one more short story and then write a paper analyzing the themes in the literature and their own lives. I will outline the specific requirements of the paper sometime next week. The students will have a quiz this Thursday over vocabulary terms from the elements of a story. They know which terms will be included on the quiz based on notes they took earlier this year. Journals are due on Friday. Reading logs are due Tuesday-Friday morning. Please help your children to be accountable for writing proper reflections. Some students are doing a great job reflecting on their reading. Other students could use some encouragement in this area.
Did you know that you can view your child's grades on Net Classroom? I recently updated their reading log grades. If you are wondering if your child has been handing in his or her reading log, check Net Classroom (the assignment is worth 3 points each night-a total of 12 points each week).
Online Computer Policy
Every 7th grade student has use of a netbook laptop at school. If you have questions about this program or school policy concerning laptop usage, please visit the "Student Laptop Program" page on the Grand Rapids Christian Schools website. (http://www.grcs.org/ and then click "schools" "Rockford Christian School" and then "Student Laptop Program")
Miscellaneous
*Dave Worst has a blog and he would like to share the link with you. Please feel free to visit his blog. http://mrdavescorner.blogspot.com/
*If you were not able to attend curriculum night, your child should have brought home a handout that contains important information about the school year from all the 7th grade teachers. Please email me if you need a copy of this.
*A list of choir concert dates was included in yesterday's home bulletin. Please be sure to place these dates on your calendars. Let me know if you did not receive a copy of the dates.
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