Eagle Express 08/28/15

EAGLE EXPRESS
AUGUST 28, 2015
“ He has given me a new song to sing a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what
he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the Lord.” –Psalm 40:3
September 3
September 3
September 7
September 10
September 16-18
September 23
September 25
Picture Day - please wear your best uniform!
Back To School Night (Grades 6-12)
Labor Day - No School
Absentee Picture Day, Preschool Back To School Night
High School Retreat
See You At The Pole, Fellowship Wednesday/Family Chapel
Western Rodeo Day
KEEPING KIDS COOL & HYDRATED AT SCHOOL
As San Diego is facing hotter weather and Santa Ana conditions, schools face the challenges associated with outdoor
recess. Since the Santa Ana winds have picked up, even our ‘non allergy’ kids have started to complain about headaches,
stuffy noses, etc. from pollen clouds.
By working together, we can mitigate this problem and keep kids safe from the heat. You can send your children to
school ready to deal with the heat by:
• Sending students with a water bottle on hot days
• Making sure kids have a cap with a brim that protects their face when they are outdoors (they must take off
their cap when indoors)
• Talking to your child about the dangers of getting overheated
• Also, please make sure to apply sunscreen to your child before school, as school staff are not permitted
to apply it
In addition, our staff is exercising caution and paying extra attention so that students do not become over heated by:
• Having a modified lunch for Elementary where students eat lunch inside for 15-20 mins, limiting time
outside playing on the hot asphalt
• Allowing water bottles at school so that teachers make sure their students have plenty of liquids
• Encourage sipping water frequently after time spent following physical activity
• When possible, conducting activities in the shade
Just a reminder to please report medical concerns to Mrs. Winter, our School Nurse. Please cooperate with her
attempts to maintain up-to-date medical records on your child. Failure to do so may result in your child’s exclusion
from school. Children who become ill during the day will receive immediate attention. You will be called to pick up
your child if your child is too ill to return to class.
ROBOTICS TEAMS UP AND RUNNING!
Excitement is building for our Robotics program, which is
growing this year. We have teams coming together in
Elementary and Junior High, getting ready to design,
engineer, program and build. Meetings are taking place after
school almost every day of the week.
Questions? Contact Aaron Rogers
Last year’s team had fun completing their missions!
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MOMS IN PRAYER WELCOMES YOU!
We Meet Monday Mornings from 8:20-9:20am in the After School Care Program (ASCP) Room # C110. (The ASCP doorway is located at the north end of the courtyard, before the archway to the playground.) Moms In Prayer is an open
invitation to come when you can (coming once is not a commitment to attend every meeting). Experience the joy of
replacing anxiety with peace and hope when you pray with other moms.
Who are we?
• Moms In Prayer International is a worldwide community
of moms praying for children & schools.
• An interdenominational, Christ-centered prayer ministry.
• Women who pray together on a regular basis for children
and schools.
• Moms, grandmas, aunts – any woman desiring to pray for
children and schools.
What’s our purpose?
• To pray for our children, teachers, staff, and schools.
• To pray that our schools will be directed by biblical values and
high moral standards.
• To provide hope and strength to moms who carry heavy
burdens for their children.
Meeting Dates:
September 14
September 21
September 28
Family Prayer Walk
Welcome Meeting
BRING IN THOSE BOX TOPS
Yes! Yes! Yes! We will be collecting Box Tops in all three divisions again this year! Hopefully, you have a stock pile of
Box Tops that you have been collecting over the summer.
Elementary, grades K-5, will be competing grade by grade, as well as Junior High, grades 6-8, and High School, grades
9-12. The grade that turns in the most Box Tops, for each division, will be awarded a “Free Dress” Day!! We will have
a new competition for all 4 quarters!
Here’s what you do – rip, clip, or snip Box Tops off of the packages where they are found. Put the Box Tops in a baggy
with your grade # on it. Then turn them in to your teacher, to the box at the front office counter, or put them in Mrs.
Turner’s mail box, or give them to me personally.
Can’t wait for those “Box Tops” to start rolling in!! I have already had some 2nd graders turn Box Tops in on the first day
of school! Ready, Set, GO!!! -Mrs. Turner
WELCOME BACK, FROM PAC!
MCS Parent Action Committee is made up of parent volunteers that plan and implement family events, fellowship opportunities, and service opportunities that support MCS. There is NO membership or required meetings! It is a great
way to be involved, informed, and get to know other parents. Working? No problem! Many of our events are in the
evening – some are even on Saturdays!! We would love to have you!
Are you looking to get more involved and connect with other parents while serving the school? PAC is looking for
“helping hands” to be involved in family events throughout the year. If you would like to be a part of one of these
events, please contact Katie Scherpbier or Brigit Sheng.
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PAC SPONSORED EVENTS – MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
We hope to see you at all the PAC Family Events this school year!
September 11 PAC Coffee - (in Elementary lunch area)
November 8 Mother | Son Event
February 6
Father | Daughter Social
March 10 Jog-A-Thon
April 30 MCS ArtFest
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Thursday, September 3 | 6:30-8pm
We’re excited to share what your student can expect for the 2015-2016 school year – see you there!
2015 TORCH AWARDS ESSAY SCHOLARSHIP
The BBB invites Juniors and Seniors to participate in the 2015 Torch Awards Essay Scholarship. Students who wish
to apply need to submit a 400-word essay on “The Importance of Ethics and Integrity in Our Community.” Applications are available from Mrs. Schwartz, Mr. Platt or Mrs. Carlson or can be found here. Applications and essays are due
by Friday, October 23, 2015 at 5pm.
2016 STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Become a 2016 Student Ambassador for your community! Students will be required to present to 3 different peer
groups on campus regarding budgeting and saving, using credit cards wisely, reading credit reports, and protecting
their identity. Members of the graduating class of 2016 or 2017 can apply from January 1 to February 19, 2016. Applications can be submitted online.
AWARD-WINNING ROBOTICS TEAM NEEDS MEMBERS!
Mondays & Thursdays | 2:45-5:00pm | Meetings begin early September
Any MCS High School student can be on the Bacon Bots Robotics Team. All they need is a willingness to learn
and work as a team. We have mentors available to help with JAVA programming, designing and building the robot,
engineering, computer-assisted drawing (CAD), 3D printing, as well as technical writing, and marketing. Please email
the team coordinator for more information: GO BACON BOTS!
HP PRIME GRAPHING CALCULATOR GRANT
We have an amazing new resource on our campus this year – wireless enabled graphing
calculators. This summer Mrs. Williams participated in a 3-day AP Statistics Summer
Institute offered by Hewlett Packard to try HP’s new HP Prime Wireless Mathematics
Solution. At the conclusion of the training, MCS received a grant of an
HP Prime Class Kit with 30 wireless-enabled calculators (a $5,000 value)!
These calculators will be used this year in the AP Statistics class, with
the plan to expand into other HS math classes next year.
Features of this calculator include: full color, touch-enabled, College Board
Approved for SAT, AP Exams, pinch and zoom, gesture user interface, statistics and calculus packages, and emulators and apps for device integration.
Features of the wireless kit include: wireless connectivity to each calculator in the classroom, capacity
to send and collect data and project student displays in real time, ability to poll and quiz students and to
create and distribute apps.
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HIGH SCHOOL WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE
HS Football
Friday, September 4 - Home vs. Horizon Christian at 7:00 pm
HS Volleyball
Thursday, September 3 - Away @ St. Joseph’s
JV at 4:00 pm
Varsity at 5:00 pm
Friday, September 4 & Saturday, September 5
JV Monarch’s Tournament - more details will be emailed by Coach Beiler
HS Cross Country
Thursday, September 3 - Away @ NTC Park Point in Point Loma at 3:00pm
Early dismissal at 1:30 pm
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Thursday, September 3 | 6:30-8pm
We’re excited to share what your student can expect for the 2015-2016 school year – see you there!
Welcome Back, Eagles!
The Elementary Team is excited
for the 2015-2016 school year!
1st GRADERS HAVE FUN WITH SCIENCE
Our 1st graders are off to a great start – can you believe they were just in Kindergarten?! Mrs. Pritchett’s class spent
some time outside documenting observations in their science journals.
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LABOR DAY
School Closed on Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day.
CHAPEL
Our first Chapel days are this week on 9/2 and 9/3. Our 3-5 year-olds enter the Sanctuary where they learn about the
Bible, hear Bible stories, and sing praise and worship songs.
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT AND ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Mark your calendar for our Back to School Night/Ice Cream Social happening Thursday September 10 from 6-7 pm.
All families with their children are invited to visit their classrooms. Afterwards, please join us for our Ice Cream Social
out on Solomon’s porch!
GROW IN YOUR MARRIAGE...BECOME UNITED!
Mondays, starting September 14 | 6-8:30pm | Grace Lutheran Church | $150 per couple
Mark and Terri Waldorf lead this 8 week United Marriage course. Learn how to make your marriage everything God
intends it to be. Go through Life Lessons in Scripture to explore spiritual and emotional elements of a lasting, loving
relationship. Gain deeper appreciation of one another, understand what living “as one” truly means.
This course is for any season of your marriage, and is also open to premarital couples. To sign up, call Joann,
760.745.0831
FRIENDLY CONNECTION
Wednesday, September 2 | 9-10:30am | Maranatha Chapel Bookstore
Maranatha Christian School Moms, we invite you to a Friendly Connection gathering! Local Author Arlene Pellicane
will be speaking on the topic from her book “Growing Up Social”. Meet with other MCS moms, enjoy coffee and
cookies and make a Friendly Connection. For questions contact Kay (858) 613-7801.
Next Friendly Connection: Wednesday October 21st 9am-10:30am
This section accommodates MCS information that isn’t necessarily ‘new’ but convenient to have handy weekly!
2015 – 2016 HOLIDAY/NON-STUDENT DAYS CALENDAR
…is posted on our website! Click here to view it for your planning purposes!
FORMS ONLINE!
In an effort to streamline things and better serve our MCS families, our school’s most-used forms are online on our
website for your immediate availability! Please click here to get the current overview of what’s available, but check it
every now and then for updates. Thank you!
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SUPPORT MCS WHEN YOU SHOP AT AMAZON.COM
Want to shop at Amazon and support MCS at the same time? This is so easy! Instead of going directly to Amazon.com,
go to our website, click on Quick Links and then Amazon Link (right at the top). MCS will get a percentage of what you
buy. Anything that Amazon sells (except Kindle books) earns money for MCS! So, shop away and MCS benefits!
SCOOP ON SCRIP
WHAT IS SCRIP? Scrip is another term for gift cards. Scrip allows families to raise $$$ for Maranatha Christian Schools
and set up a student scholarship fund that will be used as a reduction in your student’s tuition.
Families buy gift cards at face value. Great Lakes Scrip credits our school a % of each card purchased. Last year some
families reduced their tuition by nearly $500.00 and also helped fund PAC programs.
HOW DO YOU GET STARTED? Go to www.shopwithscrip.com. Click on the green “set up a family account box”. Enter
your information including Maranatha’s enrollment code: ACD5261831372.
You then sign up for Presto Pay. This is how you pay for your cards online. Once you are set-up
allow three days for your account to activate and then you can start ordering your scrip cards.
FUTURE ORDERS Simply order your cards each Monday 8:00am and you will receive your cards the same week on
Thursday.
SCRIP NOW if you would like to shop “NOW” check out the SCRIP NOW merchants and print off vouchers right off
your computer. Go to the website www.shopwithscrip.com. Click on SCRIP NOW. All the participating merchants are
waiting for your purchase. Follow the prompts and print your voucher on your printer. It’s that easy… Any questions
contact: Mary Trent
NOT GETTING ALL OF MCS’ EMAILS?
Try adding RenWeb.com as a safe sender if you haven’t yet!
1. In Outlook, on the Home tab, in the Delete group, choose Junk and Junk E-mail Options
2. On the Safe Senders tab, choose Add
3. Enter the RenWeb domain name. For example: @renweb.com
4. Choose OK
5. Choose Apply
You have now added RenWeb as a safe sender.
RENWEB HOME APP AVAILABLE
If you have a smart phone, there is an “App” for ParentsWeb! Just search apps, Keyword “RenWeb” and everything from
checking grades, homework assignments or school events is only a finger-touch away!
WE’RE ON INSTAGRAM!
Hi, MCS Community! Do you have an Instagram account? If so, start tagging us @mcs_eagles and using #mcseagles15
when posting your pictures for a chance to be featured on our page – it’s a fun way to be involved in our Eagle pride!
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!
Maranatha Christian Schools has a Facebook page! Go to Facebook, search Maranatha Christian Schools and click
“Like”. Then you can see all of the fun we are having at MCS!