Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Mission:  The mission of Immanuel Christian School is to prepare students to meet the challenge of the world and culture they live in as young and growing Christians.  Thus, students are taught the skill of discernment in the light of God’s Word, the practice of stewardship for creation, the required commitment to a life of Christian service, and the beauty of witness through modeling God’s love in a broken world.

School’s email address:  immanuel@amtelecom.net

Principal’s email address:  icsprincipal@amtelecom.net

ICS Website:  www.immanuelchristianschool.net    519-773-8476

Check us out on Facebook:   facebook.com/ICSAylmer      

         Twitter:  twitter.com/ICSAylmer

LDCSS Website:  www.ldcss.on.ca   519-455-4360

Christian Education Foundation (endowment fund): www.ldcef.org

Upcoming Events

April     10  Spring Membership Meeting tonight

             12, 13, 19, 20 LDCSS Drama

             17  Chapel 8:55

             19  Friday Family Fun Night Dinner

             22 Turn Off the Screens Week 21-27^th

             22-26 School Drive Week

             22  ICS/LDCSS P.A. Day – no school

             23  WDCS Jr. Basketball Tournament at LDCSS

             24  Chapel 8:55; Pitch In Day 1:30-3:30 26^th raindate

             25  Turn Off the Screens – Dodgeball Mania here 

DUTCH DELITE NITE - April 19 5-7:30pm

From the Principal's Desk:

Over the last week, I have been at two very different, and very good, school events. One week ago, I attended the Battle for the Books competition in Strathroy where our junior and senior teams both acquitted themselves very well (congrats on the runner-up banner, junior team!). The competition was less familiar to me, involving studying 10 selected novels and responding to testing questions. Yesterday, I joined the grades 5 - 8 classes at the LDCSS drama production, Flowers for Algernon, a lengthy, striking play asking questions about what it means to be human, and whether attempting to "fix" somebody is a help or a harm. It was very well acted, with numerous ICS graduates in the cast and supporting roles.

For me, both events displayed the breadth of the educational program in our OACS family of schools (including ICS and LDCSS). We are a small school, but we maintain that one of our distinctives is the quality of program, and there is such a breath of opportunity (sports to academic competitions to music to drama) in our curricular and co-curricular programs! Critically, we do not see our co-curricular programs as "extra."  A student has choice whether to participate, and in which ones, but we believe that those choices form a large part of an excellent program.  Maintaining a "Christian, innovative and excellent" educational program, and clearly communicating what an "innovative, excellent" program is are challenges, though, especially as we seek to reach Christian parents who are more skeptical of the cost and are perhaps even unfamiliar with Christian schooling. We'll be discussing that challenge at the Spring membership meeting tonight - your voice and thoughts are needed, come on out!

yours in Christian service,

Keith Cameron

Praying for our Families:  Last week we prayed for John & Teresa VanderDeen & Steve and Bettina Vandersleen.

Praying for our Staff:  This week we will pray for Ms. Buma and for Mr. TenBruggencate.

Reminders: Spring Membership Meeting tonight at 8:00 p.m.   Hope to see tonight.

                       Parents of grads – did you send 4-5 pictures to Irene Versteegen-Buis yet?

                   Welcome Wednesdays:  Don't forget, the public is welcome to sit in on a class and tour the school 

                       on Wednesdays from 9 am to 12 noon.  Spread the word.  Our families, (YOU) are the BEST recruiter 

                       we have!

                     T.R.I.P. orders are due on Thursday, April 11 with pickup on Thursday, April 18^th.

                     Pizza Lunch Wed., April 17.  Orders due tomorrow , Thursday a.m. April 11th.  No late orders!  

                     FRIDAY FAMILY FUN NIGHT:  April 19th!  Think about a new friend or family that you could bring along.

                     Dishes left in the kitchen: 3 glass 9x13 pans, 2 pots and 2 crockpots.

Spring Drive:  It’s time for our annual fundraising drive.  Your drive letter was sent out earlier this week.  A canvasser will be contacting you the week of April 22-26.  Please have your envelope ready when your canvasser comes to pick it up.  We thank you for being part of our school community and for your continued support of Christian Education.

Dutch Delite Nite! This month’s Friday Family Fun Night is full of traditional dutch dishes - suitable for anyone with an appetite!  Treat your family to a warm hearty dinner on Friday, April 19 from 5pm-7:30pm in the school gym. Cost is Adults $8 and Children (12 + under) $5 and all proceeds go directly back into the school! Delivery to Heritage Place and Takeout is also available.  So dig out your Klompen and see you there!

   

Congratulations to the following: 

Science Fair:  Congratulations to 4 students who will be taking their projects to the Science Fair at Redeemer University College.  They will be going to Redeemer on Thursday, April 11 after school to set up and attend the Science Fair on Friday the 12^th. 

                Grade 8 - Jordan Hiemstra – a project on “Natural Bacteria Control” placed 1^st

                Grade 8 - Sebastian Noorland - a project on “Effects of Natural Fertilizer on Growing Grass placed 2^nd   

                Grade 7 - Matthew Cameron – a project on “Clearly Ice” placed 1^st

                Grade 7 - Megan Ypma – a project on “To Drink or Not to Drink” placed 2^nd

Congratulations:  We would like to extend our congratulations to Megan Friesen who placed 2^nd at the Royal Canadian Legion Public Speaking and Storytelling District Contest, hosted by Branch 261 in Tecumseh, on Saturday, Apr. 6.  Megan’s story was called, The Wolf at the Door, by Nick Ward.  Congratulations, Megan!

Battle of the Books:  Last Wednesday, 7 students travelled to Strathroy to compete against teams from 4 other Christian schools.  All the team members had read the 10 books for their level - Junior (Grades 4-6) or Senior (Grades 7-8) and had studied the questions prepared for practising.  Reading started the end of last October, so it was great to be at this point.

Our Junior team knew their book information well and were rewarded with a second place finish.  Be sure to check out our Runner-up banner in the front hall! 

Our Senior team played extremely well but were up against some tough competition, so they did not place.  The top 4 finishes were within 25 points of each other, which is close when a possible score is 810!

Congratulations to both teams on a great showing!  You played well and worked together as a team. I was proud of you.  I hope to see most of you out again next year!

A special THANK-YOU to Mrs. Sherry DeKraker who drove a group of students to Strathroy and acted as Senior coach for the day.  Also, over the winter, she prepared questions for a number of books to help with our practises (and even volunteered to help again next year!). This was greatly appreciated!  We couldn't have done it without you! (Anyone interested in helping over the summer/fall, just contact Mrs. Robinson) 

Yearbook Time Again:  Time to think about creating our ICS yearbook.

• If you would like to put a business ad in the yearbook or make a donation – please contact Amanda.                                    Ad costs:  Business Card $40, ¼ page $60, ½ page $100, Full page $160, Inside Cover $300
• We are looking for photos of school events and kids – if you have some to share, please e-mail them to the school
• If you would like to be part of the Yearbook team, please contact Amanda Cameron 519-550-7312 or e-mail keith.amanda.cameron@gmail.com

16 trees available for Spring planting.  Please contact Christine Janssens @ 519-269-3305 or cjansssens@rogers.com.

LDCSS Drama club presents “Flowers of Algernon” on Friday April 12, Saturday 13, Friday April 19 and Saturday, April 20^th.  Show time starts at 7:30, tickets are $12 each and are now available.  There is a Seniors matinee on Wednesday, April 17 at 1 p.m.  Tickets can be purchased through Mr. Clarence Wassink (cwassink@ldcss.ca), or LDCSS students may purchase them during their lunch break. 

2013 ICS GOLF TOURNAMENT:  mark your calendars for the upcoming ICS Golf Tournament being held on Saturday, May 18^th, 2013 at Pine Knot Golf and Country Club.  There will be a Shotgun Start at 1:00 p.m.  The price per golfer will be $110.00 – which includes lunch, green fees, cart and steak dinner.  Enter your team today!  Questions – call Lisa Vankemenade at 519-775-2622 or Tammie Vannoord at 519-773-5593.

The Golf Committee is seeking a photographer for the day of the Tournament.  This person does not need to be a professional photographer, just someone who can operate a decent camera and be able to download the pictures to a laptop for a slide show presentation at the end of the day.  Supper will be provided.

Join in the 50th anniversary celebrations of Toronto District Christian High School. Events continue all year long with the Spring Concert (including alumni choirs) April 30, an Open House & Former Teachers Day May 31, a Gala Evening June 1, and two alumni plays June 20-22! Get all the details online at www.tdchristian.ca and we'll see you soon!

Immanuel Christian School, Oshawa Celebrates 50 Years!  Join us April 27, 2013 from 11 AM - 4 PM at Immanuel for our Open House.  Enjoy a BBQ lunch and listen to music provided by alumni, let your children enjoy the games, reconnect/reminisce with former classmates and teachers.  Join us again on Sunday, April 28 10 AM at Hebron Church in Whitby for a celebration service with alumnus guest speaker, Darren Hoogendoorn.

Library News:  PINK SLIPS (AKA overdue notices) were sent home last Thursday.  Have you asked your child about them?

Thank you to the parents who have contacted me to say that the books on their child's overdue list have already been returned. Sometimes books get missed during the scan-in process so it's helpful to hear from you.  Then we can check for them here at school.

FROM THE CLASSROOMS:

JUNIOR / SENIOR KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Groeneweg

Some of the things we have done in Kindergarten:

                Bible: Samuel

                Reviewing the letters and their sounds

                JK: Tracing numbers and letters 

                SK: Printing 1-20 and colour words

                Math:  SK- All About Number: 16.  Counting by 2's

                          JK- All About Numbers 6 - 10

                New Unit: Food Products from the Farm

                Track and Field Skills.

GRADES K- 4 Egg-citing News!!!!

It is an exciting time in the primary wing.

Last Friday Mr. Alec Saarloos put an incubator in the Kindergarten classroom (Thank you, Mr. Saarloos )

We have 7 dozen eggs in the incubator. Over the next couple weeks we will be learning about the changes that are happening inside the egg by reading stories, looking at pictures etc. Also what the egg needs to survive inside the incubator and their life cycle.

We need to wait 20 more days. 

We’ll keep you posted. Peep! Peep!

GRADES 1 and 2 - Ms. Pieters

Memory Work: for Wednesday, April 17

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly....

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5: 6, 8

Spelling: Spelling Dictation words for Friday, April 12

Grade 1: cow, now, down, town, brown, show, row, low

Grade 2: stick, trick, back, zoo, root, quick, look, looked, pack, cook

GRADES 3 and 4 – Ms. Buma

Mission Posters:  Our World Missions posters are due on Thursday, April 11.  We are in various stages of completion.  Visit www.crwm.org/postercontest to view last year’s winning entries.

Fri. April 12 – Spelling Dictation:  Grade 3 words are:  threw, through, thoughtless, caught, fault, taught, because, one, once, water, watch, wanted, wonder, wonderful, walk, brake, break

Grade 4 words are:  calf, walked, ghost, gnawed, climber, wreath, listen, island, scent, wrench, judge, fasten, wrist, doubt, knock, answer, knelt, sign, knowledge, written

Fri. Apr. 12 – Math Quiz:  Grade 3 - 2-digit multiplication without regrouping - Example: 

(20 x 4 = 80) and (41 x 8 = 328)

Memory Work:  Wed. Apr. 17 – Scripture:  “I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”  (John 10:11)  NIV

Scholastic Book Orders:  April Book Orders are due this Friday, Apr. 12.  Thank you.

Student of the Week:  This week’s Student of the Week is Seth Klassen.  Next week:  Cody Bergen.

GRADE 5 and 6 – Mrs Drop

Art:  The students are building toothpick sculptures.  Missions Posters are due on April 18.   

Literature:  We are working in literature circles on the novel, Underground to Canada.

Math:  The unit, measurement (volume, capacity and mass), is being studied in class.  Students are now completing review pages. 

Memory Work:  Galatians 5:22-23

GRADE 7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate / Ms. Jones

Le Français:  Students have the results of their French test.

Math Test this Thursday for both 7/8

Spelling Test on Thursday

Bible:  Proverbs assignment

Health: The Skeletal System:  http://www.neok12.com/Skeletal-System.htm
Art: Wire Art Lesson Reflection