Wednesday, October 9, 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.
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Facebook: facebook.com/ICSAylmer
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Upcoming
Events
Oct. 11 PA
day – no school for students
14 Thanksgiving Holiday
– school closed
15
JK, Gr 2 Dental Screening & parental requests
16 Parent/Teacher Conference;
Board meets
18 Friday
Family Fun Night
21
Parent/Teacher Conferences
23 8:55 Chapel
24
& 25 Teacher’s Convention – school closed
30 8:55 Chapel
31 Picture Retakes a.m.
Advance Notice: Keep Sat.,
Nov. 16 open for our
19th Annual Sweets, Treats and Treasures Sale
From the Principal's Desk:
Today we were privileged to host our
grandparents and senior friends! We
continue to seek for opportunities to create meaningful connections between the
generations, honouring our own parents' legacy. The day consisted of a social
time, a chance to visit and participate in classroom life, formal presentations
by all the classes, and uniquely, an opportunity to celebrate a Thanksgiving
lunch with grandparents and students eating together. With food donations, we all helped make this
day possible. Special thanks belong to
our Promotions Committee and Ladies Auxiliary, who, along with Mrs Marie Smit,
have been making such a special day happen!
The theme verse for the day was from Psalm
90:1,2: “Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from
everlasting to everlasting you are God.” Our Lord is faithful through the
generations, helping establish this school in 1954, and faithful in the
concerns of today almost 60 years later! As you celebrate Thanksgiving this
year, amongst other things, I encourage you to be thankful for the blessing
that we can be as a Christian school in raising up children to “to meet the
challenges of the world and culture they live in as young and growing
Christians” (our mission statement). Your prayers for this school are of utmost
value.
in Christian education,
Keith Cameron, Principal
Praying
for our Families: Last
week Thursday we prayed for Peter & Sherry DeKraker and Hans & Sheryle
Drop.
Praying
for our Staff: This
week we will remember Mrs. Drop in prayer.
We
extend our Christian sympathy to Ken and Paddi Vandendool, Brooke, Lucas,
Kennedy and
Jordyn in the passing away
of Paddi’s mom, Marilyn Ruckle. May God
comfort them and uphold them
in the days ahead.
Reminders: T.R.I.P.:
October orders
are due tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 10th, pick-up on Thursday
afternoon, Oct. 17th.
Bus Safety. We had an incident a week ago which
reminded us all that we need to follow our policies. One student believed she was going to a
birthday party and mistakenly boarded the wrong bus. Assuming that all was well, we failed to check
for a note, resulting in some anxious moments for Mom, for which we apologize. Our policy calls for the bus driver to be
informed if your child is not riding the bus, and for a parental note if your
child needs to ride home on an alternate bus.
PA Day Friday
Oct 11. As staff, we will be reviewing our math
curriculum this Friday. In each
curriculum area we formulate a perspective statement, which describe show our
Christian faith informs our teaching in this area, and helps us keep in mind
our ICS distinctives. We will also focus
on refining our grade-to-grade flow of teaching, as well as comparing our
teaching to the Ontario
Dental
Screening information was sent home with last week’s Journal for all students. The students in JK and Grade 2 will be
checked as well as any parental requests.
Please let the office know so we can book your child(ren) in. There is a no-cost dental program for
children 17 and under that includes check-ups, fillings, x-rays and more. Call ServiceOntario INFOline toll-free at
1-866-387-5559 or visit ontario.ca/healthysmiles
Parent/Teacher/Student
Interviews – The
confirmation schedule for Wed, Oct. 16 and Mon. Oct. 21 is attached.
Transportation Note for all High School
Students. Because I.C.S. has a PD day on
Friday, October 11the bussing for L.D.C.S.S. will be 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.
Pull
out your elastic waistband pants and loosen up your belts for ICS’s Friday Family Fun Night’s Gobble
Gobble Dinner on Friday, October 18 5-7:30pm in the school gym! A
full meal of turkey, potatoes, corn, drinks + desserts will be ready for you
and served by the members of the ICS School Board. Adults $8, Children 10
+ under $5.00 and all proceeds go directly back to the school - bring the
family and your hearty appetite – see you there! Take out and delivery to
Heritage Place available.
New this year: Each month’s Friday Family
Fun Night dinner will be hosted/served by a different group. If you have
a group (Bible study group, service club, youth group...) that would like to
help out with serving in the kitchen for one night, please email Jacklyn at j.versnick@immanuelchristianschool.net
. It promises to be a fun time J Thank you!
Chocolate
Letters
will no longer be available through the school, but they can still
be ordered from "A Slice of Aylmer". If you would
like to place an order, please drop it off at the store (24 Talbot Street W Aylmer
Congratulations goes to the
2013 ICS Soccer Team on placing 2nd at the Bluewater District Christian School
Tournament last Wednesday, and for bringing home another banner for the school
gym! It was a beautiful day in Arkona, and the ICS team was on a huge
winning streak. They won all three tournament games,
won the first semi final and lost in a shoot out for the final
championship game! All in all a pretty exciting day for the
athletes. A BIG thank you to Coach
Helen Friesen and Mrs. VanderHoek (who both gave up 'life and limb' for the
team :-) ) Check out facebook.com/ICSAylmer for all the stats and pictures - including
the team pictures and the ICS "cheerleaders".
Cross Country:
Well done runners! On Tue Oct 8, 31 students from grades 2 - 7
competed at the area Christian schools' competition hosted by Stratford Christian
School
- Mr Cameron, coach.
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
JUNIOR / SENIOR KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Groeneweg
Some of the things we have done in
Kindergarten....
Bible: Joseph
Letter and sound this week: n
All About Number 6
JK: - sorting and
patterning
rhyming words
matching objects
Show and Tell: Tuesday, Oct 15
SK - There are many keywords that are irregular. These cannot be spelled accurately by listening for the sounds. They are called the
SK - There are many keywords that are irregular. These cannot be spelled accurately by listening for the sounds. They are called the
"tricky words" and have to be
learned. This week "tricky
word": the
Show and Tell: Wednesday, Oct 16
GRADES 1 and 2 - Ms. Pieters
Memory Work: Memory work for the next
three weeks will be Genesis 12:1-3. The
students will learn verse 1 for Oct. 16, verse 2 for Oct. 23 and by Oct. 30
will be able to recite all three verses.
1. The Lord had said to
Abram,
“Leave your country, your
people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.
2. I will make you into a
great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be
a blessing.
3. I will bless those who
bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will
be blessed through you.”
Spelling: Spelling dictation will be
on Thursday, Oct. 10 since Friday is a PD day.
Spelling
List for Grade 1: pup, bus, but, tub, I
Spelling
List for Grade 2: be, see, got, she,
sheep, shop, queen, been, bee, he
Scholastic Book Club: If you wish to place an
order please fill out the form on the October flyer and return it to school by
tomorrow Oct. 10 with the payment (cash or cheque).
GRADES 3 and 4 – Mrs. Drop
Spelling Dictation
- Thurs., Oct. 10 (Friday is a P.D. Day)
Grade 3 Spelling Words:
under, such, much, young, touch, use, your, you, unit, cute, few, new,
fuel, human, music, over, youth
Grade 4 Spelling Words:
since, which, inch, string, title, shrimp, picnic, mind, wild, decide,
why, skyscraper, buy, right, lightning, write, cypress, bicycle, worth, while
Memory Work for Wed., Oct. 16 is
Philippians 4:8 (NIV): Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true,
whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about
such things.
Next week's Student of the Week is Victor Hiebert, followed by
Devon Klassen.
Accelerated Reading
Creation Studies: Leaf Project Outline Requirements
were sent home with your child this past Monday, Oct. 7. Please follow the revised Outline and
Project Timeline that your child brought home today. Copies of leaf dictionaries will be located
on the Science Book Shelf in the Grades 3 and 4 class room. Make use of other available resources as
well, including local public libraries, and internet sites, for clarification
on accurate leaf identification. The leaves are falling girls and boys so think
about collecting some good specimens soon, and have fun! Students should have collected their leaves
by the weekend of Oct. 19-20.
GRADE 5 and 6 – Ms Buma
Wed. Oct. 9 – Memory Work:
Psalm 148 – Learn the verse that you will be reciting for Reader’s Theatre
at our Grandparents’ and Senior Friends Day, Grades 5 & 6. Our assigned Memory Work for this week
Wednesday has been postponed until next Wed. Oct. 16. (2 Timothy 3: 14-15)
Thurs. Oct. 10 – Spelling Dictation: Unit 5
Thurs. Oct. 10 – Morning Devotions – Michael Drop
Le Français: Test -
jeudi le 10 octobre (Students have copied down a written list of
what to study for the test.)
Accelerated Reader – AR Reports will be sent home this
Thursday, Oct. 10.
5/6 Phys. Ed:
While the weather is still nice we will be outside for Flag Football, otherwise
inside for Volleyball. Please bring warmer sweaters and sport pants for
outdoors and shorts for indoors. Don't forget your gym shirts and proper indoor
or outdoor footwear.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday weekend, everyone! Ms. Buma
GRADE 7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate /
Ms. Jones
Mathematics tests on Unit 2 this Thursday
Science test on Chapter 1 next Friday,
October 18th.
Bible projects due October 23rd.
Le Français: Test - jeudi
le 10 octobre. Use the review sheet to
prepare for the test.
Memory work for Wednesday, October
26th- Isaiah 55:8-9
7/8 Phys. Ed: While the
weather is still nice we will be outside for Flag Football, otherwise inside
for Volleyball. Please bring warmer sweaters and sport pants for outdoors and
shorts for indoors. Don't forget your gym shirts and proper indoor or outdoor
footwear.
Potluck: Sorry for the
scheduling conflict with Grandparent's day! We have decided as a class and
checked the schedule for Wednesday, October 23rd. Hopefully that works out :)
Grade 8 Day at LDCSS. All our grade 8 students are invited to
attend London District Christian Secondary School on Wednesday, Nov. 6th
to spend a day at high school. You will ride
your normal bus and make the change in Lyons in the morning. At the end of the day you will be dropped off
at ICS at 3:30 where you will catch your own bus home again. If you are a walking student be at ICS by
8:55 to catch Mrs. Tesselaar when she drops off the elementary students and
picks up the highschoolers. This is for all students,
regardless of your grade 9 choice for next September.
