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Black History Month Contest
From Martin Luther
King Day until our February vacation, BCS celebrates Black
History Month with a student contest. This year, we
will feature an essay contest with quotes from famous people
focusing on character traits. Please see the attached
entry form for additional information. Prizes will be
awarded in the following categories:
Grades
PreK – 2 (poster contest)
Grades
3 – 5
Grades
6 – 8
We hope that every student
will participate! Students in grades 3 – 8 who
contribute exceptional essays may enter in the Foundations
for Life national contest. (up to 4 per grade!)
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Uniform
Sale/Swap...
A number of parents have
mentioned that their children have outgrown some of their
uniform pieces. If you would like to try to sell your outgrown
clothing to another family, please send in an index card with
the items, size, and possible price (or willing to give pieces
away). We have a bulletin board in the office for a clothing
exchange. Please note: BCS is not selling uniforms for you,
but we are providing a forum for you to do so!
Please do not send in your
extra, outgrown pieces unless you know to whom they are going!
We simply do not have the room to store them! Thank you!
Tax Related Information
Would
you like a statement of AfterCare or child care for your 2005
taxes? You can request an AfterCare year-end statement for
tax purposes. Please send your request in writing to the school
office, attention to Debbie Powell. You may also email your
request to Mrs. Powell at dapowell@brocktonchristian.com.
We will need a minimum of three days in order to prepare your
statement.
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Martin
Luther King, Jr.
The
holiday dedicated to Dr. King goes right along with many of
the other important holidays that we observe, because it was
his Christian faith, and the brave and bold way that he spoke
up about his beliefs, that made him into a person who was
recognized around the world for his work and ministry.
Dr. King was born Michael Luther King in Atlanta on Jan. 15,
1929. He was one of the three children of Rev. Martin Luther
King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King, a former schoolteacher.
He was born into a home where the Bible and the Christian
faith were the center of most everything that happened. His
dad was the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, as his grandfather
had been before him. His father renamed him “Martin”
when he was about 6 years old. He did this to honor a famous
man from church history--Martin Luther.
Martin
went to his neighborhood school and did very well. In fact,
he skipped the 9th and 12th grades and went on to college
when he was only 15. At Morehouse College, Martin worked hard
and first heard God’s call to become a minister. After
he graduated, he went on to Crozer Seminary. (A seminary is
a school where people learn how to be a pastor or minister
in a church.) He was quite successful in seminary and was
elected President of the Senior Class. He won an award that
allowed him to keep on going to school, so he did! He went
for more schooling--a doctoral degree--at Boston University.
In 1948, Martin started his career as a minister at his home
church, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia.
By
now you can tell that Martin was very smart, and he was hungry
to learn. His wide knowledge about many things helped him
later in life when he began speaking about Civil Rights. He
gave many speeches that helped people think about how they
treat one another. Dr. King helped people see that, just as
our Founding Fathers knew, all people are created equal, and
that God is the One Who made each and every person. Because
of this, we are all given the same rights by God. Even though
people in America had known this for many, many years, there
was still a need to speak out and help some of the people
in our country who were not being treated fairly, or being
given equal opportunity for education, transportation or other
important things. Because he loved God and believed in His
Word, Martin devoted his life to helping all people--black
people especially--to be given equal opportunities. He believed
this because of his belief in God and the Scriptures.
Dr.
King also believed that he could accomplish all of his goals--even
make huge changes in our country and our beliefs--without
being mean or violent toward others. He took to heart the
words of Jesus about turning the other cheek (Matthew 5:38-40).
So even when others were threatening his life and telling
him they would do very mean things to him, Dr. King remained
calm and trusted that he was doing the work God had called
him to do.
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taken from Presidential Prayer Kids website: www.pptkids.org
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