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Calendar
Fundraiser
Our Calendar Fundraiser has ended! We were able to sell over
800 calendars! Thank you to all who participated! Those students
who sold 5 or more calendars will have a dress down day on
Thursday, October 27. A note will go home with those students.
Our
winning classes are Grades 3 and 8. They had 100% participation!
Our top seller will receive a Best Buy gift card. Thank you
for your help with this project!
If you did not sell any calendars, please send back your sample
calendar, or you will be billed $6.00 for the calendar. Thank
you!
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School
Pictures
Parent
teacher conferences will be held on Monday, November 14 and
Tuesday, November 15. (Early evening appointments will be
available on the Monday) School will be dismissed at 11:00
AM on both days, with AfterCare being available on both days
as well.
Parents of students in grades 1 – 8 will need to make
an appointment with their child’s teacher in order to
receive this term’s report card.
Teachers
will be sending home appointment schedules soon.
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Operation
Christmas Child
During
the next few weeks, all of us will have the opportunity to
help others with Operation Christmas Child. It has been
a BCS tradition to pack shoeboxes with goodies to send to
children would not otherwise receive Christmas gifts.
Perhaps this year’s boxes will go to Hurricane Katrina
victims, or to Ecuador, or Burkina Faso! We have sent
home information and flyers, or you can check out Samaritan's
Purse at: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/OCC_Index.asp
Collection
day is Friday, November 4!
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Thanksgiving Dinner Volunteers
Needed!
We
typically have an All School Thanksgiving Dinner in November
for our students. We need a coordinator, and parents and/or
family members to help cook on that day! If you can help in
this area, please contact the school office. Thank you!
We will also need 4 volunteers to cook a turkey the night
before. (We will provide the turkey) If you can help, please
call the school office. Thank you!
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Seeking
Out Wise People
Dear Parents and Guardians,
This week in chapel,
we talked about Seeking Out Wise People. We can help children
learn what it means to notice hurts by:
• Reading stories in which characters admitted that they
were wrong and made amends (a great choice for bedtime!)
• Reading Scripture stories (try Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10
and Abigail in I Samuel 25)
• Admitting our own mistakes. When we admit our mistakes
and tell children, they think more of us rather than less.
If we practice the behaviors that we want them to emulate,
children know that we are sincere!
• Recognizing when your child admits to wrongdoing (sin)
and confessing it
The following verses
help in teaching children to confess their wrongdoings: “He
who conceals his sin does not prosper, but whoever confesses
and renounces them finds mercy.” (Proverbs 28:13) and
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and
will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
(I John 1:9)
As adults, it is important for us to help
children own up to their own behavior. If we praise them when
they admit that they cause a hurt, and help them figure out
a way to right the wrong, they will be well on their way to
becoming adults with integrity!
I am glad to write that one of our students shared that a
classmate was a “wise person,” as she helped out
another student who needed help in the lunchroom. The language
– and the concept – is catching on! I hope to
hear about more wise people here at the school!
As always, our office
is available for any questions, or you may email me throughout
the day at kihodges@brocktonchristian.com.
Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your child’s
life this year!
Karen I. Hodges, Principal |
