Wednesday, October 31, 2012
School’s email address: immanuel@amtelecom.net
Principal’s email address: icsprincipal@amtelecom.net
ICS Website:
www.immanuelchristianschool.net 519-773-8476
LDCSS Website:
www.ldcss.on.ca 519-455-4360
Christian Education Foundation (endowment fund): www.ldcef.org
Upcoming Events
Nov. 7 8:55 Chapel; LDCSS gr. 8 day;
ICS Membership
Meeting
8 Gr. 5-8 on field trip to Aylmer Cemetery
9 Term
1 ends, AR goals are due
10 Basketball Tournament at ICS 9-12
LDCSS
Dedication & Open House
14 8:55 Chapel; Hot Lunch;
15 ICS P.A. Day, – no school
16 LDCSS P.D. Day
17 Sweets, Treats, & Treasures Sale
21 8:55 Chapel, Report Cards sent home,
Board meets
22 Drama field trip for JK – Gr. 4 – extra SK
day
Saturday November
17th
our 18th annual
Sweets, Treats and Treasures Sale
Nov. 23 – Friday Family Fun Night Dinner
From the
Principal's Desk::
Wow!
While your children were enjoying their 4 day weekend, your teachers were
also enjoying the annual Edifide convention. It was of exceptional high
quality, speaking to the strength of the wider Ontario Alliance of Christian
Schools system - we have very talented teachers and leaders, and it was great
to learn from and with them in a wide variety of workshops. There was
also the comraderie and encouragement of joining together in worship, and the
intellectual stimulation of the keynote speakers. We were challenged to
think deeply on the habits we are inculcating in our students (do they all
point consistently towards Christ?), and encouraged to retain our passion and
enthusiasm for teaching throughout our careers (re-working our materials,
learning ourselves, ensuring we are connected in community).
Many
of our staff attended a workshop on 'through-lines.' Through-lines seek to be a
means of unifying what we teach, while focusing on a particular aspect of our
cultural mandate. We commonly say that the Christian school declares that
every square inch of creation belongs to God, and these through-lines help to
link it all together. We'll be emphasizing the through-line of 'building
community' over term 2, and we'll look at our responsibilities as 'earth-keepers'
in term 3. We'll lay out what that looks like over the next several
weeks.
in
His service,
//Keith
Cameron//
Principal
Prayer: Our Christian sympathy is extend to the Broer
family in the passing away of Minke Jongsma last night. She was the
grandmother of Marcel and Amy Broer, great
grandmother of Haley and Jaden. May the
God of comfort be with the
families as they deal with the loss of a
loved one.
Let
us also remember in prayer Lance Buis’ mother, Irene. She is leaving for a missions trip to New Orleans
with 13 others.
They will be going to Nola, the poorest part of the country and the
hardest hit by Katrina doing lots of repair/ rebuilding work. Please pray for safety for the group and
God’s blessing on the work they hope to accomplish.
Gr 5-8 Remembrance Field
Trip:
The grades 5/6 and 7/8 classes will be researching the WWII servicemen
who died on active duty at the Aylmer Air Training Centre (now the police
college). We will visit the gravesites at the Aylmer Cemetery
Remembrance Day: as Nov 11th falls on a Sunday this year we
will not be able to attend the Aylmer
Poppies: We will be distributing poppies on Wed., Nov.
7th to all the class. Please
send along a small donation to the poppy fund to support our veterans. Thanks.
Reminders: Chocolate Letters: orders
are due tomorrow,
Thursday, Nov.1st. The pick up day is changed to Friday,
Nov. 16th from 1:30 – 3:30. See the last 2 Journals for an order form.
I.C.S. Fall Membership Meeting Wednesday, November 7 at 8:00 in the gym. Agendas are sent home last week. Copies of the changes to the
Constitution are available in the school office.
The Christian Home
& School magazine is now on digital format! You can now access the fall issue on a link on
our school's
website.
Keith
& Kristyn Getty’s latest CD “Hymns for the Christian Life” are
still available in the office or by calling Sharon
T.R.I.P. orders for November are attached to this
Journal. Orders are due by 9:00 a.m. on
Thursday, Nov. 15 with pick up on Thursday, Nov. 22. It’s not too early to start thinking about
picking up your gift cards for Christmas giving.
Transportation for all High School
Students: Because I.C.S. has a Report Card Preparation day on Thursday, Nov.
15th, and the school will be closed to students, the bussing for
L.D.C.S.S. is as follows: Mrs. Rita
Tesselaar’s bus will leave her home at 7:45 a.m. (Students catching the
bus at her house should be there by 7:40.)
She will stop at Carter
Road Lyons Wilson Rd.
Hot lunch for November
14 will be a hot dog day! The
deadline for ordering is Thursday, November 8. See order form at the end
of the Journal. No late orders please!
Saturday
Nov.17 our 18th annual Sweets, Treats and Treasures Sale
The
Auxiliary is asking for your help. We
have enough food all we need now is the willing workers for the kitchen. Please
fill out the form at the end of the Journal if you can help out and return it
to the office. Thanks.
As
you can tell the annual Sweets, Treats and Treasures Sale is going to be
exciting! And the Auxiliary needs your help. We are going to have an ICS table of baked
goods to sell so we need….
Each family is asked to bring in 2 doz. cookies or
squares or other baked goods (packaged nicely to sell by 6’s or 12’s. Please send back the form (found at the end
of the Journal) to tell us what you will be contributing. The teacher of the
oldest child will be collecting the forms and the baked goods. Baked goods need to be at school by Friday,
Nov. 16. Thanks you for your
contribution.
Also, we need 1 family to “man” the table, so if
you are willing to donate your time at the sale let us know on the form! If we have more families, we can split the
shift.
Come and be part of this great sale!
Thank You to our Maintenance
Committee workers for installing new evetroughs on the front of the school and
for finishing up the gr. 3/4 classroom and computer lab renovations last
Saturday.
On
Monday the whole school took part in “The
Big Apple Crunch”. As the school
assembled in the gym each student was given an apple. At 10:30 everyone bit into their apple to
make the big apple crunch. This program
is offered to all the schools in the county through the Elgin Community
Nutrition Partnership. Many thank to
Linda Rokeby and the late Michael Rokeby and the Norfolk Fruitgrowers
Association for the donation of apples to our school. The Rokeby’s have been a big supporter of
this project for many years.
Volleyball: Our boys' team will be playing a home friendly game
against STCCS tonight, and an away friendly game in St Thomas next Wed Nov 7
(Mrs Hiemstra and I can take all the boys there - please pick up at STCCS at 5
pm)
Our
girls' and boys' teams will be playing in a friendly tournament at ICS on Sat
10 Nov from 9 am to 12 pm. So far we have Faith and St. Thomas
LDCSS invites you to attend
the Dedication and Open House of their new Technological
Education Classroom, Physics Lab, and
Computer Lab renovations, etc. on Saturday, November 10 from 2 - 5 with
a formal dedication ceremony at 2:30. Refreshments,
desserts and an opportunity to tour the newly constructed facilities following
the ceremony.
FROM THE
CLASSROOMS:
Whole-school memory work for this week. We're beginning to focus on our Christmas production, Greetings from the Heart. While 'Mom' reads through the cards the family has received, they come to life in a series of grade-by-grade vignettes. We'll include class special music, choir, band and audience singing. Students will learn Silent Night by heart as our mass choir piece, which will be our memory work for the next few weeks. This week it is verse 2:
Whole-school memory work for this week. We're beginning to focus on our Christmas production, Greetings from the Heart. While 'Mom' reads through the cards the family has received, they come to life in a series of grade-by-grade vignettes. We'll include class special music, choir, band and audience singing. Students will learn Silent Night by heart as our mass choir piece, which will be our memory work for the next few weeks. This week it is verse 2:
Silent night, holy night,
shepherds quake at the sight;
glories stream from heaven afar,
heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ the Saviour is born,
Christ the Saviour is born!
JUNIOR / SENIOR
KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Groeneweg
Some
of the things we have done in Kindergarten:
Bible: Jacob and Esau
Letter and sound this week: h
Math: numbers 1-7 (JK), 1-15 (SK)
Rhyming
Nursery Rhymes
Show
and Tell: Tuesday, Nov 6th -JK, Wednesday, Nov 7th –SK
Memory
Work for JK and SK: please help your
child learn the memory above. We will be
singing it is class as well to help along.
FYI:
November 22nd will be an extra SK day (Theatre Trip)
GRADES
1 and 2 - Ms. Pieters
Memory Work: for Wed. Nov. 7 we will learn Psalm 105:1-2
Give thanks to the Lord,
call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
Sing to him, sing praise to
him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
Spelling: Spelling Dictation words
for Friday, November 2
Grade
1: not, on, dog, got, the
Grade
2: the, that, them, day, may, made, was, of, if, a
Scholastic Book Club: If you would like to place
an order for November, please have you child bring the order form with the
payment
(cash or cheque) to school by Thursday, November 8, 2012. Thank you.
GRADES 3 and
4 – Ms. Buma
Congratulations: We would
like to wish Haley Broer a very Happy Birthday. Haley will be turning nine
years old on Tuesday, November 6. May
God richly bless you, Haley, in your new year of life!
Fri. Nov. 2 – Spelling Dictation: Grade
3 words are: missed, willing,
balloon, spelling, pretty, still, off, added, letter, different, pattern,
middle, Mississippi
Grade 4 words are: blush, crutch, crunch, grumpy, much, umpire,
uncle, none, does, fuel, cute, cubicle, human, future, usual, uniform, used,
beautiful, United Nations, umbrella
Fri. Nov. 2 – Math Quiz: Grade
3: 3-digit subtraction with
regrouping ~ Example: (182 – 56 = 126)
and (561 – 45 = 516). Grade 4:
3-digit and 4-digit multiplication ~ Example: (735 x 6 = 4,410) and (6,549 x 6 = 39, 294)
Wed. Nov. 7 – Memory Work (See above)
Accelerated Reader: AR Reports were sent home today with your
child. Several students already have
their goals. Keep reading girls and
boys! AR goal due date is Fri. Nov. 9.
Scholastic Book Club: November Book Orders were sent home with your child
today. Book order forms are due next
Friday, Nov. 9. Thank you.
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Hayden
Guenther. Next week: Lucas Krahn
GRADE 5 and 6 – Mrs Drop
Math: Continue to
review the multiplication facts to 12. We are working on 2 to 3 digit
multiplication and long division in class.
Spelling:
Unit 7 Dictation will be on Fri., Nov.2. Be sure to review the words
carefully in advance. Hand in the spelling exercises on that date as
well.
Reading Goals
are due on Fri., Nov. 9. Read regularly each evening, in addition to at
school, in order to attain the goals. Keep reading!
Check wikispaces. The list of
spelling words is there for review as well.
Science: see the wikispaces page
for upcoming projects and deadlines. Of note, the inventioneering
challenge is due in class on Mon Nov 5, and the green building project is due
in class on Thu Nov 8 (there will be ample class time to work on this one).
Library: If you have a Public Library Card, bring in
the number (and PIN if you have it) so we can explore some online resources
available to you.
GRADE
7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate / Ms. Jones
Gr. 8 Day next week Wed. Please
make sure you take Mrs. Tesselaar’s bus to LDCSS. If you are not going let
Mrs. Smit know.
Science: lab report for homogeneous
and heterogeneous mixtures is due this Fri. Lab design for separating
mixtures is also due on Friday so we can make sure materials are ready!
Tech: see the parent info letter
sent home regarding the upcoming tech focus on Christian online habits - this
is great parent - child discussion material!
Le Français: Un Quiz -
Le Vocabulaire - L'Unité 1 - jeudi le premier novembre
Geography:
There will be a test Tuesday, Nov. 6.
(latitude, longitude, hemispheres, climates and biomes)
Library: If you have a Public Library Card, bring in
the number (and PIN if you have it) so we can explore some online resources
available to you.
Sweets & Treats &
Treasures Sale-
If
you are able to donate to the auxiliary some of your time with the work in the
kitchen, please indicate the shift you would prefer.
8:00
- 10:00 a.m. (4 needed) _________
11:00
a.m. - 1 p.m. (4 needed) __________
9:30
- 11:30 a.m. (4 needed) __________ 1:00 p.m. - end (4
needed) ____________
Name__________________________________________________
Phone_________________
Any
questions, please contact Bettina Poortinga @ (519) 269 - 9662 or rbpoortinga@start.ca
Each
families baked goods contribution for the sale
The __________________________family will be
brining __________________________________ to school on Friday, Nov. 16th.
I/We am/are available to “man” the table on
Saturday, the 17th
_______ all day _______ part day (any preference
____________)
Signed:
_____________________________________
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Gr 5-8 Remembrance Field
Trip Permission Form.
I
give my son / daughter ____________________________ permission to go on the Aylmer Cemetery
signed:
_________________________________
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Hot Dog Lunch for November 14
Orders due November 8
_______________________ would
like to order:
_____
hot dogs at .50 each
_____ juice box at .50 cents
_____ice
cream at .50 cents
_______Enclosed or payment of $ _________sent with
________________________ in gr. ______
Parent
Signature _________________
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From one pumpkin to another!
A woman was asked by a co-worker,
'What is it like to be a Christian?'
The co-worker replied, 'It is like being a pumpkin.'
God picks you from the patch, brings you in,
and washes all the dirt off of you.
Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff.
He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed.
Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts
His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see.'
