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BCS
CLubHouse
Do you need childcare during the Christmas vacation? Our vacation
care, BCS CLubHouse, will be available as soon as school dismisses
on Wednesday, December 21. Christmas Clubhouse will operate
from 11:00 AM on December 21 through Friday, December 30.
(We will be closed on December 26, a legal holiday.) Operating
hours: 7:30 – 5:30 daily, for a total of 6 ½
days. BCS CLubHouse is available for students in PreK (age
4) through 5th grade.
Our CLubHouse is slightly different from
our traditional AfterCare program. This December, the “CLubHouse
Kids” will learn about Jesus Manger Miracles in many
hands-on activities, including drama, music, cooking, and
craft activities. CLubHouse is staffed by BCS teachers and
staff, so your children will know their caregivers!
We are enclosing
the BCS CLubHouse brochure in this week’s packet. If
you have any questions, please call the BCS office at 508-588-4669.
The CLubHouse and AfterCare telephone number is 508-345-4215.
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Tuition
Information
We would
appreciate your prompt payment of tuition in December. With
the onset of winter, our fuel bills increase. We would like
to pay our teachers before the Christmas break, so your prompt
payment will make this possible.
With a student body count of 110, it is absolutely critical
that tuition payments be made on time. Thank you!
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"Preparing for Christmas"
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I love the preparations of Christmas! Each year, I unpack
tubs of decorations, Christmas mugs, ornaments, candles, and
other special things. I love the Swedish “tomtes”
(little people), and purchase a new one each year. The ornaments
collected from over 20 years of student gifts are unpacked
and put on the tree. I have Christmas music playing wherever
I am working (even at school), and enjoy hearing the carols
and sacred music celebrating Christ’s birth. It’s
a special time – full of music, scents, and memories
with family and friends.
I wonder if we spend as much time (and energy)
preparing our hearts for Christmas. Here at BCS, we are memorizing
Luke 2:8 – 14 (provided below) as part of a challenge
to prepare our hearts and direct our thinking to God’s
Word and the meaning of Christmas. By focusing on Christ’s
birth – and His coming to earth for us, we prepare our
hearts and lives to celebrate Christmas.
In chapel, we are celebrating Christ’s
birth by memorizing the Luke passage, singing Christmas carols
and songs of worship, and enjoying special programs by grades
2, 3, and 6. (come and enjoy them on December 14 and 21 during
chapel!) Our Christmas program on December 19 will be a time
of celebration as well! We hope that all these things will
help you – and your child – prepare your heart
for celebrating Christ’s birth.
Karen I. Hodges, Principal
“And there were shepherds
living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their
flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and
the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring
you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you;
he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will
find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with
the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in
the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
(Luke 2:8-14 – NIV)
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