The Soldier Update Published by GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 1111 Adams Avenue, Huntington, WV 25704 (304) 522-8635 www.gracesoldiers.net T H U R S D A Y, N O V E M B E R 9, 2 0 1 7 U P C O M I N G E V E N T S : November: 17th and 18th: Lion King, Jr. I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Fruit and Cutlery Sale Junior Class Sales The Lion King, Jr. 1 1 1 Calendar 2 Safety 2 Thanksgiving Break 2 Alumni Games 2 Thank-scrip-ing Day 2 Safety 3 ScragglePop 3 Like our Grace Christian School facebook page! Our Fruit and Cutlery Sale is Now! Order forms and information were given to each student earlier this week. Very attractive incentives are available to our students to help boost their sales. STUDENT INCENTIVES (for fruit sales only): The top 3 students in the elementary and secondary divisions, who sell the most items, will receive: 1st place: $100 cash (needs to sell at least 25 items); 2nd place: $75 cash (needs to sell at least 20 items); 3rd place: $50 cash (needs to sell at least 15 items). We ve added a special item in conjunction with our fruit sale this year. We are also taking orders for Rada Cutlery! These products are 100% American Made - from raw materials through construction. Rada Cutlery is used in millions of homes every day. The product list and order forms are provided on pages four, five, and six of this week s Update. Please remember that all orders are pre-paid, therefore, payment MUST accompany your order. Deadline to submit all orders: Noon Monday, November 20th. Fruit delivery date (approximate): Wednesday, December 6th. Rada Cutlery delivery date (approximate): Friday, December 15th PLEASE NOTE: If you are not pleased with the quality of your fruit, PLEASE NOTIFY US and allow us to provide replacements. Junior Class Sales Back by popular demand, the Junior class is again selling Spirit Wear as a fundraiser for Junior/Senior Banquet. Please see attached order form on pages 7-9 and stock up! The Junior class will be selling $1 treat size bags of ScragglePop next week at elementary snack time and lunch! Lion King, Jr. Performances Our student matinee for The Lion King, Jr. will be on Friday, November 17th, at 10am at the Jean Stephenson Auditorium at City Hall. Tickets are $8 and must be purchased by ALL students (elementary and secondary) in the school office BEFORE the performance! Students will also be able to return to attend evening shows, for no charge, with this student matinee ticket. There is an evening performance on the 17th, at 7:30pm. On Saturday, there is a 2:00pm and 7:30pm show. For regular performances, student tickets are $12, and adult tickets are $15.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat NOVEMBER 7 CONGRATULATIONS Lunch: Alfredo & to our Garlic Bread Students of the Week : 5 6 Middle School Boys Bball Tryouts @3:30-5pm 8 Lunch: Chili, Chips, & Cheese 9 Lunch: Giovanni s Pizza 10 ScragglePop Orders due 11 Middle School K5: Matthew Girls Holderby Bball Practice @3:30 1st: Addy Horton -5pm 2nd: Kaylie Singleton Lunch: Gino s 3rd: Delanei Frazier 4th: Xander Jacks 5th: Katie Holderby Lunch: Pizza Sub Pianorama 12 13 Lunch: Gino s Pizza 14 2nd Grade Trip to Safety Town Lunch: Thanksgiving Feast 15 Lunch: Hotdogs & Chips 16 Lunch: Giovanni s Pizza 17 Teacher In- Service (noon dismissal) Lunch: Noon Dismissal 18 19 20 Lunch: Gino s Pizza 21 Thanksgiving Break begins at noon The Lion King Jr. **See page 1 for performance times 22 23 24 25 Alumni Games Thanksgiving Break In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, school will be closed beginning at noon on Tuesday, November 21st, through Friday, November 24th. Classes will resume on Monday, November 27th. We hope this will be a time of rest and renewal for your family. May it also serve as an opportunity to reflect upon the many blessings the Lord has bestowed upon us both individually, and as a nation! Alumni Games We want to invite our parents and students to come and watch some of our alumni basketball players, as they dust off their shoes, on Saturday, November 25th. Alumni men will be playing at noon, and alumni ladies (with enough participation) will be playing at 2:00 pm. Please come out and cheer them on! Thank-Scrip-ing Day THANKSGIVING BREAK Get ready for the busiest shopping season of the year with the return of our bonus bonanza: Thank-Scrip-ing Day is BACK on November 21! Don't miss 24 hours of awesome ScripNow, Reload, and ReloadNow bonuses from dozens of your favorite retailers. To participate, you just need a ShopWithScrip account, and you must be able to login to place online orders. If our organization places a total order of Bath and Body Gift cards totaling $150 in value during the week of Nov 11th-17th, our organization will get free shipping on our order!
Safety Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. This tragedy reminds us of our responsibility to protect the children of Grace. This week we have reviewed our security protocols with staff and emphasized to our students the importance of not opening locked doors for anyone. We have reminded everyone that doors should never be propped. This coming Monday, we are meeting with a security consultant to review our plan and take additional prudent measures to protect our students. At the same time, we realize that our protection comes from the Lord. Will you pray with us daily for God s angels to have charge over us and protect us from the attacks of the evil one and those he controls? Ways you can help: 1. When coming to school, keep doors secured and invite others to come through the main entrance. 2. Please do not go to doors and rattle them until someone will notice personnel and students are instructed not to open the door. Please go to the main entrance. 3. Please do not ask your students to wait outside of the school building after 3:30 p.m. to meet you for pickup or drop off of individuals or items. Please pray for God s good hand of blessing and protection to be on Grace Christian School. ScragglePop In order to accommodate the Thanksgiving Break, orders for ScragglePop will be due THIS FRIDAY, November 10th, and delivered next week!