December 6 Update

December 13 Choir Concert
The 7th and 8th grade students have a practice for their choir concert on Monday, December 13th. The practice will take place in the morning on December 13 at Grand Rapids Christian High. The students will arrive at RCS and take a bus to GRCHS. I teach 6th grade math on Monday mornings, so I will not be attending the rehearsal with the students. Mrs. Oren and Miss Dahm will go with the 7th and 8th grade students for the practice. They will arrive back by lunch time. If you live close to GRCHS and it would make more sense for you to drop your child off at GRCHS at 9:00 a.m. please email me and Mrs. VanDyke (jovandyke@grcs.org) to let us know what you will be planning on. If students meet the group there, they should report to the CAW and find Mrs. VanDyke. The concert starts at 7:30 on Monday evening. Students should arrive by 7:10.

NetBook Computers
Lately, many students have had problems remembering to bring their NetBooks to class with them. Other students have not done a good job remembering to charge their NetBooks each night at home. This can be problematic in class as we try to use them well for planned instruction. Please do what you can to help your child remember to bring his or her NetBook to school each day and to charge it each night at home. Quite a bit of money has been spent to make the NetBooks available to students. Part of good stewardship with the NetBooks includes bringing the computers to school each day fully charged.

Miscellaneous
*If you have not already done so, please send $5 to school with your child to help cover the cost of going to Pando on Friday, December 17.
*Live Nativity is this Thursday. Thanks for helping your child arrive on time for his or her scheduled time.
*Rough drafts for the students' memoirs in language arts are due on Thursday, December 9th. Final copies are due next Monday.
*There will be no regular Family Time on Monday, December 13th. Instead, we will have a special Christmas Family Time on Friday, December 17th from 8:30-9:15. Please feel welcome to join us.
*7th grade students will be going to Camp Roger next Wednesday in the afternoon. There will be no hot lunch that day. Students should plan ahead and dress appropriately. It may be cold; layers are a good idea.
*Mr. Dave has updated his blog. Please feel free to check it out http://mrdavescorner.blogspot.com