The ICS Journal
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
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.
Upcoming EventsNov 20 Last day of Term 1 - AR goals due
No school for LDCSS
21 Tillsonburg parade
23 PA Day - Report Card writing
25 Grade 2/3 Field Trip to the Gay Lea
Museum
25 Chapel - Grade 3 &4
ICS Fall Membership Meeting 8:00pm
27 Volleyball tournament at LDCSS starts
at 8:30am
28 Aylmer Christmas parade
30 Term 2 begins
Dec 1 Food Under the Tree begins
2 Report cards sent home
AR skate at 2pm
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75 Caverly Rd, Aylmer, N5H 2P6
Principal: principal@immanuelchristianschool.net
Telephone: 519-773-8476
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From the Principal’s Desk:
As a Christian school, we often talk of the separate, but supportive, roles of church, school and home. We do have distinct areas of influence, that is for sure. But, something happened the other week that caused me to think of our shared commonality in Christ, joining us together as the “small c” church.
Along with Grace Community Church, we conducted our “Care 2 Cycle” fundraiser this Fall. We had sponsors and participants from across the Immanuel community, including those from Grace and Aylmer CRC. Grace received awareness, publicity and money towards their (soon to arrive) Syrian refugee family sponsorship. I encountered Pastor Bosma on the way home the other day, and learned that Aylmer CRC has donated the use of the former parsonage to this same refugee family for a year. And, other churches in town may be interested in coming alongside. I was left with the conviction that God’s Spirit is working, broader than any one denomination. I was also left with the conviction that, as a school, we have been privileged to be part of this! It is in that sense that Immanuel Christian School is indeed part of the wider church, as we learn about God’s imprint in all of life.
in Christian education, Keith Cameron, Principal and Chief Operating Officer
Praying for our families: Please join our staff as we pray for Dave & Lori Hill and Cliff & Christine Janssens
Praying for our staff: Please pray for our book keeper Mrs. Teresa Janssen
REMINDERS:
Tuition Reduction Incentive Plan (T.R.I.P): Pick up tomorrow Nov 19. Next order will be sent out Dec 3rd.
Cheese orders: Order form sent out today, due by the 25th with delivery Dec 2nd (last one before Christmas!)
Meat & Baked Goods: Due Nov 26th, pickup on Dec 17th. Coolers with names on them can be dropped off ahead of time.
Grocery receipts: Do you ever shop at Aylmer Valu-Mart? If so, please save your receipts and bring them to the school. In June we received a cheque for $140.66 just from sending in saved receipts!
Volunteers- Each family needs 25 hours of Getting Involved For The Students (GIFTS). Thank-you to those who have signed up for our ongoing volunteer opportunities! Still need to get involved? Please go to: www.immanuelchristianschool.net and click on “Volunteer Opportunities” to sign up. All volunteers working with children will need to have a police record check done - our office will provide a letter.
FFFN APPRECIATION NIGHT was an overwhelming success!! THANK YOU to the over 260 guests who attended, to the long list of volunteers who worked hard to keep the food tasty and the clean dishes coming, to the Heritage Place residents for your participation, and a BIG thank you to Mrs. Groeneweg for her faithful service at ICS since 1999 and for being a pretty popular guest of honour last Friday night :) The school was blessed with a profit of $1458.71 and $25through Tina Vyn's Book Sale!! We praise God for the small every day miracles of special teachers, willing volunteers, loving community, and food that never runs out!
Christmas Parade: The promotions committee is still looking for children participation to ride on the ICS Christmas float. The Tillsonburg parade will be on November 21st at 2pm and the Aylmer parade is November 28th at 2pm. If your children can help, please email Mrs. Helen Friesen at helenfriesen33@gmail.com to work out the details.
ICS BIANNUAL GOODS, SERVICES AND TALENT AUCTION: SAVE THE DATE – JAN 30, 2016
The G.S.T. Auction is one of our biggest fundraisers at Immanuel Christian School and features live and silent bidding. This year our auction will be held on Saturday, January 30th, 2016 in the school gym. If you are able to donate or would like to make a cash donation, simply fill out the attached form and drop it off at the school office or, alternatively, send an email to jtvannoord@amtelecom.net.
Building Christian Community to Sustain ICS!
Fall Community Meeting, Wed. Nov. 25, 2014, 8:00pm
Immanuel Christian School Gym
“Sparkle and Cheese” food theme!
We are thankful for God's blessings, and our board vision is to build our school community!
On Wednesday night, November 25 we invite parents, grandparents, members and friends of ICS to come together to hear what’s going on (activities, finances, plans) and discuss how we work together to sustain a school - it’s much different than the public school model!
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Transportation Reminder: Parents please have your children at the bus stop 5 minutes before their pick-up time.
*Transportation Note for all High School Students - Since ICS has a PD day on Monday November 23rd, the busing for LDCSS will be as follows: Mrs. Tesselaar’s bus will leave her home at 7:45am (students catching the bus at her house should be three by 7:40am)
Stop at BURC (49823 Talbot Line) at 7:55am; ICS at 8:00 am;
End of Forest & Elm at 8:04am; Hiemstra’s at 8:10am; Lyons at 8:15am;
Kroondyk’s on Wilson line at 8:23am; Manning Drive 8:30am;
The return trip home will be done in reverse
- This week is Book Week! Take time to celebrate books and reading!
- NEW! Responding to author Eric Walters’ call to act for justice and mercy in our world, we are seeking donations of $1 or $2 per student on Thursday towards Creation of Hope orphanage in Kenya. In a small, but personal, way, we will be able to see what that means for those who have much less than us! (http://creationofhope.com/)
- Thursday is “Dress-up as your Favourite Book Character Day”. Think of a favourite character to share with your classmates and participate in our character parade.
- Students have taken time with their classes to look at the Living Books display and make a “Wish List” to share with their parents. Tomorrow morning, Thursday, students who have parental permission and money may return to make their book purchases. Teachers and Mrs. Vyn will help with the purchasing process, but parents are welcome to join their children.
Band: The ICS band has after school practices on Mondays from 3:30-4:30pm. This band is open to Grade 7&8 students only, as we have limited instruments available. The band will be playing different music than what is being practiced in Gr 7/8 music class. Band will be meeting every Monday after school, except the first Monday of each month (as Mrs Cameron needs to attend the ICS staff meeting).
Volleyball: Boys continue to practice Tue, Wed and Fri at lunch and the girls Mon and Thu at lunch and Weds after school. The tournament date is Fri Nov 27. The first games begin at 8:45 AM at LDCSS (24 Braesyde Ave., London). A concession stand will be available for student to purchase lunch. All teams make the elimination playoffs that begin at 2:10 PM. Players are asked to provide their own transportation.
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
Mrs Groeneweg and Mrs Penner will be working in the classroom together from 23-27 Nov.
Some of the things we have done in Kindergarten…..
Bible: The Ten Commandments
The Golden Calf
Letter and Sound: m
All About Numbers: 11 and 12
SK- Sight words: you, can
Beginning sounds
Counting by 5’s, Counting to 100
Numeral recognition
Printing numerals to 10
JK - Rhyme matching activities
Counting to 15
Size sorting - large, medium, small
Opposites
Memory Work: for Wed. Nov. 25 we will continue to learn Psalm 100
Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Psalm 100:3
Spelling: five short vowel words to learn for Friday, Nov. 20
Spelling List for Unit 10: top, stop, fox, fix, men
Scholastic Book Order: The December/ Holiday orders were sent out today. Please return any orders by Thursday, November 26 with your payment (cash, cheque or pay online).
A reminder list of things to bring to school ( mainly for Thursday):
- library books to return and an A.R. book you have read so you can do a quiz on any school day
- Responding to author Eric Walters’ call to act for justice and mercy in our world, you may donate $1 or $2 on Thursday towards Creation of Hope orphanage in Kenya. (http://creationofhope.com/)
- Thursday is “Dress-up as your Favourite Book Character Day”.
- Thursday at 9:05 with parental permission students may make purchases from Mrs. Vyn’s Living Books display (students brought home their wish list on Tuesday)
- Scholastic Book orders due November 26
A great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Makayla Zylstra (Nov. 19)! Makayla is turning 8, and we wish her a great year ahead!
A great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kahlen Hiebert (Nov. 24)! Kahlen is turning 8, and we wish him a great year ahead!
Memory Work: for Nov. 25 - Psalm 8:3-4
I think about the heavens.
I think about what your fingers have created.
I think about the moon and stars
that you have set in place.
What are human beings that you think about them?
What is a son of man that you take care of him?
Dictation Quiz on Friday, November 20.
Review Spelling words grade 2: see, that, may, was, going, doing, most, name, came, mine, read, sheep
Review Spelling words grade 3: pattern, missed, different, added, such, unit, you, your, received, coming, happening, smiling, blew, blue, too, two, to
Math: Thank you to those of you who have been practising your math skills at home with Mathletics! We are starting our new unit on multiplication this week and look forward to learning many new things.
Language Arts: Our class has been working on writing a newspaper article about how animals helped in the war effort. We are finishing up the articles and will be taking home a copy of the class newspaper on Friday. The students have been doing a great job.
AR Goal Due Date: Fri., Nov. 27. Eight students have already exceeded their goal!
Library class will be Thursday, so please return any books that are due.
Student of the Week: Our next student will be Connor Mantel (Nov 24-27). Next will be Rylee Peters (Nov. 30- Dec. 4).
Scholastic Book Order: The December/ Holiday orders are due by Thursday, November 19 with the payment (cash, cheque or pay online).
Heritage Field trip:Thank you to those who have returned their photo/video release forms. We finalizing the itinerary and will let the volunteers know the details as soon as they are confirmed. We will be leaving the school at 10:15 and hope to return by 2:30.
A reminder list of things to bring to school:
- library books to return and an A.R. book you have read so you can do a quiz on any school day
- Photo/ Video Release Forms
- Scholastic book orders by Thursday, November 19 if you are placing an order.
Wed. Nov. 25 - Memory Work - We have learned the names of the 5 Pentateuch, the 12 History, and the 5 Poetry books of the Old Testament. This week we will be learning the 17 books of the Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
Thurs. Nov. 19 - The Trees of the Field - Unit test. Students should review their in-class notes.
Fri. Nov. 20 - Spelling Dictation, Unit 9 - Grade 3 words are: way, these, niece, might, show, float, brain, mean, close, tried, cube, uniform, stayed, price, usually, cheese, chosen
Grade 4 words are: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, January, February, July, August, September, November, month, year, holiday, autumn, season, calendar, second, minute, century, decade
Accelerated Reader: *AR Reports were sent home today with your child today. So far, over one half of the class have achieved their First Term goals! Keep reading, everyone!
Library Class -Thursday, Nov. 19 - Remember to return any books that are due tomorrow, and continue to sign out AR books if you are working towards your Nov. 27 goal due date.
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Sarah Janssens. Next week: Jedidiah Klassen.
A reminder of events and list of things to bring to school:
- library books that are due, and any completed AR books
- donations of $1 or $2 on Thurs. Nov. 19, towards Creation of Hope orphanage in Kenya,(http://creationofhope.com/)
- Thurs. Nov. 19 is Dress-up as your Favourite Book Character Day
- purchasing of books with parental permission from Mrs. Vyn’s Living Books Display
GRADE 5 and 6 – Ms. Jones (k.jones@immanuelchristianschool.net)
I will check the planner daily and use it as a communication tool with you. Students will learn to keep track of work and events. I also comment about AR goals, spelling list and other concerns. It is not necessary to sign it daily, but if I have a note please initial so I can know that you have seen it and I will do the same. Students have been asked to set out planners nightly for you to see.
Next week’s Memory Work: Acts 4: 9-12 “If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
Spelling: List 8 Quiz on Friday: spoil, choice, avoid, moisture, oyster, royal, employ, annoy, ground, house, sprout, mountain, allow, ourselves, somehow, ounce, amount, boundary.
L.A.: Hand in penmanship, spelling notes and corrections from last weeks list by this Friday.
Grammar will be due each Wednesday. No new work this week due to Remembrance Day.
Bible: Lessons 6-8 due by Tuesday, November 17th.
French: Quiz on verbs ending in “er” Thursday Nov 26th
Social Studies: Students will be conducting a mock election.
Science: Changes of State Comic due Friday, November 13.
Math: Unit test completed and starting a new Unit - Place Value.
The above math work is assigned Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. The other days we have Mathletics. Assigned classwork is due Thursday at the end of class or first thing Friday morning. Students are reminded that they can complete work at their own pace but not to save all work to complete on Thursday. Math Redbook has addition, subtraction, multiplication, division skills that are due by the end of the term. This can be daily assisted homework as long as the student does not use a calculator. Please leave me a note if you wish it to be sent home.
POTLUCK: A big thank you to all who help make the potlucks a success! Next potluck is December 2nd and is Ms. Jones Christmas treat of Chicken Chili Sloppy Joes. Salads, desserts and drinks are welcomed as well as parents :) 11:45 start.
ART: Remembrance Day Art due Friday. Permission of submission form by Monday.
OVERDUE WORK HELP: I will be staying after school on Friday to help students complete overdue work. You will be notified if your child is needing to utilize this time.
GRADE 7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate (e.tenbruggencate@immanuelchristianschool.net)
Please see our class wiki page (linked from the ICS website, https://immanuelchristianschool.wikispaces.com)
Memory Work: John 16:20-22
Mathematics: Friday’s chapter 3 test on Fractions was grades and returned.
Science: Chemical combinations unit test on Thu Nov 19.
Library & Tech: “Gathering Resources” assignment is overdue. 12 students need to finish! Mandatory work period tomorrow (Thurs) at lunch if needed.
French: Quiz on animal words and the verb “aller” Thursday Nov 26th
Grade 8 students and their parents are invited to attend Providence Reformed Collegiate’s New Student Day on Wed. Dec. 2. Students are welcome to come on the bus or arrive at 10:00 a.m. For more information or to register, please contact the school at 519-471-0661 or provrefcol@rogers.com. 