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School Door Friday, May 11, 2012

keith — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:50:31 +0000

School Door May 11, 2012 (pdf)

EPCS Spring Concert

The annual EPCS Spring Concert will be held this Friday evening, May 18 at 7:15 pm. EPCS Band, Jazz Band, and Choirs will be performing a host of music in praise to God, music which you will enjoy greatly. We hope to see you at this all-school event as you support our students. The program will be held at EPCS in the gym! A free-will offering will be taken.

Lap-a-thon Forms

FILL THEM IN AND RETURN TO OFFICE
Thursday, May 17, is the SECOND DEADLINE
Prizes for MOST RETURNED FORMS will be given out!!! Parents, please help your student(s) with this!
Average of 30 forms per student is our goal. FILL IN YOUR LAP-A-THON FORMS!!!!!

EPCS Corporation Meeting

Please join us for our Annual Corporation Meeting where we will vote on budget issues and discuss important issues related to the operation of EPCS, and elect new board members. 7:00 pm

Pig Roast

There will NOT be a pig roast this spring. Please mark your calendars accordingly. Thank you!

Rochester Red Wings Baseball Game

Saturday, June 23. More information will follow soon!

EPCS Calendar

Friday, May 11, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale

Saturday, May 12, 2012

EPCS Middle and High School Breakfast (7:30 am) and Dessert Auction (9:30 am)
EPCS “Run for Reading” 5k/2mi Run/Walk 7:30 am Registration, 8:30 am Start

Monday, May 14, 2012

Track Practice until 4:30 pm

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Track Practice until 4:30 pm
Open House 7pm-8:30 pm

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Hot Lunch Today

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Lap –A-Thon Sheets due for second deadline
Track Practice until 4:30 pm

Friday, May 18, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale
Spring Concert – EPCS Gym 7:15 pm

Monday, May 21, 2012

Track Practice until 4:30 pm

And Beyond

Thursday, May 24 EPCS Corporation/Society Meeting 7:00 pm
Friday, May 25 EPCS Lap-a-thon/Field Day
Friday, June 8 EPCS High School Choir Concert 7:15 pm
Tuesday, June 19 EPCS 8th Grade Graduation 7:15 pm
Thursday, June 21 EPCHS Graduation 7:15 pm
Saturday, June 23 Red Wings Baseball Game – Game start 7:05 pm

Spring Concert Refreshments

Refreshments are needed for the Spring concert next Friday night. Each family is asked to provide a treat, such as cookies, cheese and crackers, cut vegetables, juice, or lemonade.

Volunteers will be needed to set up the table and clean up afterwards. Please let Mrs. Cornwell or the office know if you can help that evening.

Lap-A-Thon Help Needed

Help is needed for the Lap-a-thon on Friday May 25th. If you can be at school that day to help with food or counting laps please contact Cheri ASAP. 986-420 or choochwinslow@verizon.net

Cleaning this Week

Monday – Butterfield
Tuesday – Wiley
Wednesday – Wiley
Thursday – Wiley
Friday – Lent

Preschool and Kindergarten

Field Trip
Long Acre Farms field trip is this Tuesday, May 15th. Please remember to bring a sack lunch with you for our picnic lunch after the program.

Words of the Week
‘this’ and ‘that’

Reading/ELA
PreK will be concentrating on the letter ‘u’; Kindergarteners will be learning about the
final ‘e’ sound.

Show and Tell
Thursday – an object that starts or has the letter ‘u’ in it.

Math
We finish our subtraction unit this week with an assessment on Friday.

Bible
We take a quick look back at the Easter story and Jesus’ Ascension

Health/Social Studies
We finished our Earth unit and will begin a unit on family stories and history.

First and Second Grade

Field Trip
Our field trip to Long Acre Farms is on Tuesday! Please send a bagged lunch and a car/booster seat (1st graders).

Writing
Poetry

Math
First Grade Addition and Subtraction Facts to 18.
Second Grade Addition and Subtraction of Three-Digit Numbers

Bible
Paul’s Missionary Journey. Memory work is Romans 8:34 and Luke 18:31-33.

Spelling
First Grade Color Words
Second Grade Compound Words

Third and Fourth Grade

Spelling
We are done with spelling for the year.

Social Studies
We will be talking about regions.

Science
We will be learning cells and characteristics of living things.

Bible
We will be continuing our unit on David.

Artist of the Week
Andy Warhol

Math
Third Grade continues a unit about geometry and measurement.
Fourth Grade finishes a unit about long division. We will have a test on Tuesday. Our next unit is about fractions.

Have a great weekend!

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Spelling
We will do Spelling Unit 27.

Reading
Our next story is “President Cleveland, Where Are You?”, a short story written by Robert Cormier. Our unit is “A Question of Value,” a look at what we hold as most valuable.

Math
Fifth Grade continues a unit about fractions and mixed numbers. Next week, we will learn about dividing fractions.
Sixth Grade continues their unit about integers, including negative numbers. Next week we will look at graphing ordered pairs of integers and equations. We will have a test either late in the week or early the following week.

History
We will take a quick look at the origin and beliefs of the Muslim religion.

Bible
We will continue to look Jesus’ birth and early life.

Seventh and Eighth Grade

Old Testament Survey
We will finish our study of the judges of Israel with a quick look at Samuel and then will move on to the time of the United Kingdom.

High School

Old Testament Survey (Ninth Grade)
We will finish our study of the judges of Israel with a quick look at Samuel and then will move on to the time of the United Kingdom.

Band, Chorus and Drama

Lessons
Monday
7:45 Alex, 8:15 Hannah L., 10:00 Leah, 11:20 Katie.

Tuesday
7:45 Hannah S., 8:15 Garrett, 11:20 Hannah T., 12:35 Connor, 1:05 Caitlin, Trisha, 1:30 Michelle.

Wednesday
7:45 Nick, 10:00 Jaelyn.

Thursday
8:15 Jordan, 12:35 Natalie, 1:05 Claire.

Friday
8:15 Noah, 11:20 Kayla.

Concert Information

Our Spring concert is next Friday night, May 18th, at 7:15pm, featuring our school bands and choirs. Students need to dress nicely: skirts or dressy pants for the girls, pants (not jeans) and buttoned shirts or polos for the boys (ties are great, too!). Concert Band members should arrive at 6:30pm so we can rehearse our alumni piece with our visiting musicians. Please don’t be late!! Other students should be here by 7:00pm. Each family is asked to provide a snack or treat for our refreshment table, and help is needed serving and cleaning up. Thank you!

Band
The bands will be traveling to the Adult Daycare program near Newark Hospital on Wed., May 23rd (note change of date). We need drivers. If you can help us, please let the office or Mrs. Cornwell know. Thank you!

Circle News

Hot Lunch
Hot lunch this week will be sloppy joes, chips, fruit and dessert. Workers will be Laura Boss, Michelle Malach, and Cathie Couperus.

NOTE
No hot lunch on 5/23.

Bottle and Can Redemption
We now have an account at the EZ Bottle and Can Return in Newark. The address is: 1167 E. Union Street, Newark (right across from Colburn Park). You can still bring bottles and cans to school, or take them directly to the redemption center. Our account number is 1264. Thank you!

Boxtops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels
Please bring in your boxtops for education tabs and the complete label from Campbell Soups.

St. Pauly Clothing Box
Please continue to bring your used clothing to our St. Pauly shed located in the school parking lot. Please be sure your items are in plastic bags.

Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges
We continue to collect old cell phones and used ink cartridges.

Reflections Boutique
Reflections accepts household items and clothing on behalf of EPCS. Please place all items in bags and mark them for EPCS with our account number 95018 clearly written on them.

Donations Wanted
EPCS will take your scrap metal, old auto/motorcycle/lawnmower batteries or old appliances and recycle these items for cash, which will go towards the school. We cannot accept microwaves, TVs, or computers, since we have to pay to have these recycled. Please call Edison O’Brien at 331-4622 if you can help out. Thank you.

School Door Friday, May 4, 2012

keith — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:48:03 +0000

Friday, May 4, 2012 (pdf)

EPCS Middle and High School Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction

7:30 am Breakfast begins
9:30 am Dessert Auction begins
Suggested: $6 Adult, $4 Children under 12, $20 Max per family

EPCS 5krun/2mi walk

7:30 am Registration
8:30 am Start

Lap-a-thon Forms

FILL THEM IN AND RETURN TO OFFICE Thursday, May 10, is the FIRST DEADLINE
Prizes for MOST RETURNED FORMS will be given out!!!  Parents, please help your student(s) with this!
Average of 30 forms per student is our goal. Your friends, your doctor, your mechanic, your…
FILL IN YOUR LAP-A-THON FORMS!!!!!

EPCS Spring Concert

The annual EPCS Spring Concert will be held on Friday evening, May 18 at 7:15 pm. EPCS Band, Jazz Band, and Choirs will be performing a host of music in praise to God, music to which you will enjoy listening. We hope to see you at this all-school event as you support our students. The program will be held at EPCS in the gym! A free-will offering will be taken.

Rochester Red Wings Baseball Game

Saturday, June 23. More information will follow soon!

EPCS Calendar

Friday, May 4, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale

Monday, May 7, 2012

Track Practice until 4:30 pm
EPCS Board Meeting 7:00 pm

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Track Practice until 4:30 pm
Short Faculty Meeting

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Hot Lunch Today

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Lap –A-Thon Sheets due for first deadline
Noon Pizza Sale
Track Practice until 4:30 pm

Friday, May 11, 2012

St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day–Middle and High School 8:15 am Depart, 1:35 pm Return
Gym Set-up (for Breakfast and Dessert Auction) 1:35 pm to 2:40 pm
No Noon Pizza Sale

Saturday, May 12, 2012

EPCS Middle and High School Breakfast (7:30 am) and Dessert Auction (9:30 am)
EPCS “Run for Reading” 5k/2mi Run/Walk 7:30 am Registration, 8:30 am Start

Monday, May 14, 2012

Track Practice until 4:30 pm
EPCS Board Meeting 7 pm (Tentative)

And Beyond

Friday, May 18 EPCS Spring Program 7:15 pm
Friday, May 20 Lap-A-Thon forms due – second deadline
Thursday, May 24 EPCS Corporation/Society Meeting 7:00 pm
Friday, May 25 EPCS Lap-a-thon/Field Day
Friday, June 1 EPCS Pig Roast Dinner
Friday, June 8 EPCS High School Choir Concert 7:15 pm
Tuesday, June 19 EPCS 8th Grade Graduation 7:15 pm
Thursday, June 21 EPCHS Graduation 7:15 pm
Saturday, June 23 Red Wings Baseball Game

Adopt – A – Bill

Our slowest time financially is upon us. Please consider adopting one of the following bills in full or in part for this month. Every bit helps!

Natural Green $100.00
Toshiba $353.50
Palmers $235.88
Action Security $224.20

Run For Reading

We are seeking donations of prizes that can be given to place finishers or used as door prizes. For example, we currently have had in the past: jars of homemade pickles, maple syrup, pies, salsa, gift certificates, gift baskets, gift cards, etc. If you would like to donate, please contact Michelle Malach. Thank you.

Cleaning this Week

Monday – Paid
Tuesday – Elliott
Wednesday – Paid
Thursday – Terry
Friday – Lent

Preschool and Kindergarten

Words of the Week
‘when’ and ‘where’

Reading/ELA
Pre-K will be concentrating on the letter ‘o’;
Kindergarteners will be learning about the final ‘y’ sound.

Show and Tell
Thursday – an object that starts or has the letter ‘o’ in it.

Math
We are working on simple subtraction this week.

Bible
Jesus’ Parables

Science
Amphibians and Reptiles

Social Studies
We are finishing our unit on our Earth this week.

Field Trip
Just a reminder that we will be heading to Long Acre Farms on Tuesday, May 15th. The cost of this field trip is $5 for both students and chaperons. We are looking at having a picnic lunch after our program. Details will be in this week’s newsletter.

First and Second Grade

Field Trip
Our next field trip is to Longacre Farms on Tuesday, May 15th. We need two drivers! Please let me know if you are able to help. This is a morning only field trip.

Writing Workshop
Poetry

Math
First Grade Addition and Subtraction Facts to 18
Second Grade Number Patterns to 1,000

Bible
Paul’s Missionary Journey. Memory work: Luke 18: 31-33 and Romans 8:34.

Social Studies
Our Earth, Our Resources

Spelling
First Grade More words you use a lot
Second Grade The /ou/ sound

Third and Fourth Grade

Spelling
We will be doing list 32.

Social Studies
We will be talking about diversity our community.

Science
We will be learning cells and characteristics of living things.

Bible
We will be continuing our unit on David.

Artist of the Week
M.C. Escher

Math
Third Grade continues a unit about geometry and measurement.
Fourth Grade finishes a unit about long division. We will have a test on Friday.

Have a great weekend!

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Assembly
Our class will do a readers’ theater, based on “The Gold Coin,” next Wednesday at 8:15. Friends and family are welcome to join us. Students have been asked to bring in props that will help us depict a Mexican setting.

Spelling
We will do Spelling Unit 26.

Reading
Our next story is “President Cleveland, Where Are You?”, a short story written by Robert Cormier. Our unit is “A Question of Value,” a look at what we hold as most valuable.

Math
Fifth Grade continues a unit about fractions and mixed numbers. Next week, we will learn about multiplying fractions.
Sixth Grade continues their unit about integers, including negative numbers. Next week we will look at multiplying and dividing integers.

History
We are working on multimedia projects about the Middle Ages. They will be presented Thursday afternoon.

Bible
We will continue to look Jesus’ birth.

Seventh and Eighth Grade

Old Testament Survey
We will finish our look at the judges of Israel and will move on to the time of the United Kingdom.

St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day
On Friday, May 11, we are leaving EPCS around 8-8:15 am and leaving the college at 1:00 pm.

High School

Old Testament Survey (Ninth Grade)
We will finish our look at the judges of Israel and will move on to the time of the United Kingdom.

St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day
On Friday, May 11, we are leaving EPCS around 8-8:15 am and leaving the college at 1:00 pm.

Band, Chorus, and Drama

Lessons

Monday
7:45 Alex, 8:15 Hannah T., 10:00 Noah, 11:20 Connor
Tuesday
8:15 Michelle, 11:20 Natalie V., 12:35 Jordan, 1:05 Jaelyn, 1:30 Kathryn
Wednesday
7:45 Nick, 9:45 Garrett, 11:20 Natalie V.
Friday
7:45 Leah, 9:45 Natalie G., 10:30 Hannah S., 1:05 Claire, 1:30 Caitlin

Circle News

Hot Lunch
Hot lunch this week will be spaghetti, bread, salad, and dessert. Workers will be Maggie Cosh and Deb McKaig (and one other).

Bottle and Can Redemption
We now have an account at the EZ Bottle and Can Return in Newark. The address is: 1167 E. Union
Street, Newark (right across from Colburn Park). You can still bring bottles and cans to school, or take them directly to the redemption center. Our account number is 1264. Thank you!

Boxtops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels
Please bring in your boxtops for education tabs and the complete label from Campbell Soups.

St. Pauly Clothing Box
Please continue to bring your used clothing to our St. Pauly shed located in the school parking lot. Please be sure your items are in plastic bags.

Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges
We continue to collect old cell phones and used ink cartridges.

School Door Friday, April 27, 2012

keith — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:50:04 +0000

School Door Friday, 27, 2012 (pdf)

Upcoming Events at EPCS

EPCS Middle and High School Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction

This fundraiser is hosted by the East Pal Christian middle and high school students and their families and will be held on Saturday morning, May 12, with Breakfast beginning at 7:30 am and the Dessert Auction at 9:30 am. Mr. Bud Beckens, auctioneer extra-ordinaire, will be taking bids. Suggested cost is $6 for adults (ages 12 and up), $4 for children (under 12), with a maximum of $20 per family. Funds raised by this event are used for class trips (esp. Spruce Lake Trip), as well as for classroom supplies, etc. We hope to see you on Saturday morning for Breakfast and the Dessert Auction. (The Dessert Auction is just in time for Mother’s Day!!! Think about it!!!)

EPCS “Run for Reading”
You are invited to be part of the EPCS “Run for Reading” 5k run/2mi walk on Saturday morning, May 12. Registration begins at 7:30 am and the run/walk begins at 8:30 am. This event is a fundraiser for the EPCS budget and runs side-by-side with the Pancake Breakfast. In fact, runners are invited to participate in the breakfast before or after the run! You can register by visiting the EPCS website–www.eastpalmyrachristianschool.com–downloading the appropriate forms, and sending in the filled forms. C’mon and run/walk with us.

EPCS Spring Concert
The annual EPCS Spring Concert will be held on Friday evening, May 18 at 7:15 pm. EPCS Band, Jazz Band, and Choirs will be performing a host of music in praise to God, music to which you will enjoy listening. We hope to see you at this all-school event as you support our students. The program will be held at EPCS in the gym! A free-will offering will be taken.

EPCS Lap-a-thon
Our students, staff, parents, and friends of EPCS will be hot-footing it on Friday morning, May 25, in our annual EPCS Lap-a-thon, beginning at 9:30 am, around a quarter-mile track for two hours in efforts of raising money for EPCS! The multitude of walkers/runners will best each other in totaling umpteen laps in hopes of raising a goal of $20,000. Past Lap-a-thons have raised more than this amount and this year hopes to be no different. So, if you are asked to sponsor one of our walkers, young or old, please do so. OR, get sponsors for yourself and walk with us! This community-building event is fun and a way of supporting our school. If you have NOT yet been contacted and wish to sponsor a walker/runner, give us a call at 315-597-4400. We’d love to hear from you.

EPCS Pig Roast
Mark your calendars for the annual EPCS Pig Roast on Friday, June 1. More details will follow regarding this amazing dinner!

EPCS High School Concert
Take note of this date: Friday evening, June 8 at 7:15 pm. The East Pal High School Choir and Friends will present an evening of song. Accompanied by an Eastman quartet of stringed instruments, among others, this choir, augmented by several adult voices, will present music by Rutter, Faure’, and others. This is an evening of musical celebration not to be missed! More information will follow soon. Please mark the date!

EPCS 8th Grade Graduation
This year’s EPCS 8th grade graduation will be held on Tuesday, June 19 at 7:15 pm. Please mark your calendar for this important event!

EPCS High School Graduation
This historic event, EPCS’ first High School Graduation will be held on Thursday, June 21 at 7:15. More information will follow, but mark your calendar, please!

Rochester Red Wings Baseball Game
Saturday, June 23. More information will follow soon!

EPCS Calendar

Monday, April 30, 2012

Track Practice until 4:30 pm

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Track Practice until 4:30 pm
Faculty Meeting

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Hot Lunch Today

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Red Cross Blood Drive at EPCS
Track Practice until 4:30 pm

Friday, May 4, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale

Monday, May 7, 2012

Track Practice until 4:30 pm
EPCS Board Meeting 7 pm

And Beyond

Thursday, May 3        Red Cross Blood Drive
Friday, May 11        St. John Fisher Science Exploratory Day Middle and High School
Saturday, May 12        EPCS Middle/High School Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction
Saturday, May 12        EPCS “Run for Reading” 5k/2mi run walk
Friday, May 18        EPCS Spring Program 7:15 pm
Thursday, May 24        EPCS Corporation/Society Meeting 7:00 pm
Friday, May 25        EPCS Lap-a-thon/Field Day
Friday, June 1            EPCS Pig Roast Dinner
Friday, June 8            EPCS High School Choir Concert 7:15 pm
Tuesday, June 19        EPCS 8th Grade Graduation 7:15 pm
Thursday, June 21        EPCHS Graduation 7:15 pm
Saturday, June 23        Red Wings Baseball Game

Dutch Dinner

Thanks to all who came, feasted, and fellowshiped at our annual EPCS Dutch Dinner. What a wonderful success it was! Community at work! Thanks, as well, to all of you who cooked that amazing food. You should be commended for the bit of Dutch blood in you! What positive comments we received from those who dined. We thank our faithful God for His amazing faithfulness. We served almost 250 people and raised about $1,800.

Cleaning this Week

Monday – Butterfield
Tuesday – Peters
Wednesday – Rosati
Thursday – Peters
Friday – Cramer

FAST/Financial Aid

Please remember that the due date to apply for Financial Aid through FAST is Tuesday May 1. Any family who is currently receiving Financial Aid can let me know via e-mail (epcsfinancial@rochester.rr.com) that you would like to receive the same award as this year. You do not need to re-apply through FAST as long as your financial situation has stayed the same. I will need your requests by May 1 as well. At the May Board Meeting, all requests will be taken into consideration. Your confidentiality is of highest importance and only the numbers are given to the Board members. Cheri VanderBrook

Adopt – A – Bill

Our slowest time financially is upon us. Please consider adopting one of the following bills in full or in part for this month. Every bit helps!

Natural Green $100.00
Toshiba $353.50
Palmers $235.88
Action Security $224.20

Academic Review Opportunity

We have received many small, review workbooks that include questions and answers for students who could benefit from extra practice. If you would like a copy for your child, perhaps for practice over the summer, please e-mail Mrs. Rachow (jrachow@eastpalmyrachristianschool.com) and let her know which ones you would like. There are up to 6 copies of each, so it will be first come, first served.

Grades 1-3 Money and Time
Grades 3 and 5 Math Review
Grades 4 and 5 Fractions, Decimals and Percents
Grades 3-5 Division
Grades 3 and 5 Word Problems
Grades 5-8 Algebra I
Grades 6-8 Algebra II
Grades 7 and 8 Grammar
Grades 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8: Reading Comprehension

Run For Reading

The EPCS Run for Reading 5k and 2 mile walk will be held on May 12 at 8:30 a.m. Plan to come out and run or walk at this fun community event. The Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction will be held that same morning.

Preschool and Kindergarten

Field Trip
We are headed to the Strong Museum of play this Wednesday, April 25th. We will be leaving EPCS shortly before 9:00 am. Please remember to bring a bagged lunch if you did not order one from the museum.

Word of the Week
‘can’ and ‘have’

Reading/ELA
PreK will be concentrating on the letter ‘e’; Kindergarten will review the final sound ‘-ing’.

Math
We are working on addition sentences, using the plus sign, and finding the sum this week.

Bible
Our unit is on the many miracles that Jesus performed.

Science
We have our tadpoles! We will begin a unit about life cycles this week.

Social Studies
In our unit about our Earth this week we will be discussing Mountains and Oceans.

First and Second Grade

See newsletter from Mrs. Maag coming on Monday.

Third and Fourth Grade

Spelling
We will be doing list 31.

Social Studies
We will be talking about ways we can help our community.

Science
We will be learning how living things are classified.

Bible
We will be starting our unit on David.

Artist of the Week
William H. Johnson

Report Cards
Please be sure to send your child’s report card back to school if you haven’t done so.

Math
Third Grade continues a unit about geometry and measurement.
Fourth Grade continues a unit about long division.

Have a great weekend!

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Spelling
We will do Spelling Unit 25.

Reading
Our next story is “The Gold Coin,” a folktale retold by Alma Flor Ada. Our unit is “A Question of Value,” a look at what we hold as most valuable.

Math
Fifth Grade continues a unit about adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers.
Sixth Grade starts their next unit about integers, including negative numbers.

History
We are working on multimedia projects about the Middle Ages.

Bible
We will continue to look at Jesus’ birth.

Seventh and Eighth Grade

Old Testament Survey
We will continue looking at the conquest of Canaan and the division of the land between the tribes of Israel.

St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day
The St. John Fisher science field trip is on Friday, May 11. We are leaving EPCS around 8-8:15 am and leaving the college at 1:00 pm. Drivers are welcome to stay for the day if you’d like!

High School

Old Testament Survey (Ninth Grade)
We will continue looking at the conquest of Canaan and the division of the land between the tribes of Israel.

Band, Chorus and Drama

Lessons

Monday
7:45 Alex, 8:15 Michelle, 10:00 Claire, 1:20 All school choir rehearsal.

Tuesday
7:45 Hannah S., 8:15 Claire, 12:35 Hannah L., 1:05 Hannah T., 1:30 Leah T.

Wednesday
10:00 Jordan, 11:20 Jordan.

Friday
10:00 Caitlin, 10:30 Kayla, 1:30 Natalie

Band
The bands will be traveling to the Adult Daycare Program near Newark Hospital on Wednesday, May 16th. We need drivers. If you can help us, please let the office or Mrs. Cornwell know. Thank you!

Circle News

Hot Lunch
Hot Lunch this week will be hot dogs, sausages, soup, and dessert. Workers will be Lisa Butterfield, Brian Collom, and Molly Benne.

Bottle and Can Redemption
We now have an account at the EZ Bottle and Can Return in Newark. The address is 1167 E. Union Street, Newark (right across from Colburn Park). You can still bring bottles and cans to school, or take them directly to the redemption center. Our account number is 1264. Thank you!

Boxtops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels
Please bring in your boxtops for education tabs and the complete label from Campbell Soups.

School Door Friday, March 30, 2012

keith — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:37:39 +0000

School Door March 30, 2012 (pdf)

Young Artists Festival

What a wonderful evening of music and dance we had on Friday evening at our 18th Annual EPCS Young Artists Festival. May I say that if you were not there, you missed an amazing evening! We were in awe on our students’ wonderful talents! Together, we praised God on Friday evening!

And Friday afternoon brought the community together around creating art. Volunteers led our students in workshops in guitar playing, boondoggle, baking, drawing, beading, painting, and a whole host of glorious arts-related activities. Thank you to all those who were involved!!!

Pictures will be on our website Gallery very soon!

EPCHS Tenebrae Service

Please mark your calendar and plan to attend the Tenebrae Service on Wednesday, April 4 at 7:15 pm in the East Pal Gym. The EPCHS Choir will lead us with scripture reading and song, recalling Christ’s agony and death leading up to Good Friday.

Please feel free to invite a friend or your usual Wednesday evening church group!

EPCS Calendar

Monday, April 2, 2012

Volleyball Practice to 4:15 pm

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Report Cards Distributed
Noon Dismissal
Parent Teacher Conferences begin at 12:55
Crumpled Classics Practice from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Produce Pickup during Parent Teacher Conferences
Girls’ Home VB Match vs. Rochester Christian School 4pm start

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Noon Dismissal
No Hot Lunch Today
Parent Teacher Conferences begin at 12:55 pm
Crumpled Classics Practice from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Tenebrae Practice at 3 pm
Produce Pickup during Parent Teacher Conferences
EPCHS Tenebrae Service – 7:15 pm

And Beyond

Thursday – Friday, April 5-13 Easter Break
Thursday, April 19 EPCS Play–Crumpled Classics
Friday, April 20 Dutch Dinner
Tuesday, May 1 Charitable Giving Seminar
Thursday, May 3 Red Cross Blood Drive
Friday, May 11 St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day
Saturday, May 12 EPCS Middle/High School Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction
Saturday, May 12 Run for Reading 5k Run/2 mi Walk
Friday, May 18 EPCS Spring Program
Friday, June 8 EPCHS Choir Program

Calendar Changes

Please note the calendar changes for April 3rd through 5th. There will be Parent –Teacher conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday, and no school on Thursday and Friday before break. Please change your calendars accordingly. Thank you.

Cleaning This Week

Monday – Butterfield
Tuesday – Rosati
Wednesday – Winslow
Monday (April 16) – Butterfield

Young Artists Festival

Thank you to everyone who helped in any way to make our Young Artist Festival a great success. Please join us tonight at 7:15 for our concert and performances.

Produce Sale

Orders were due in yesterday. If you did not turn in a form, and still want to order, please call Brenda (589-8136) or Cheri (986-4240) today. The produce will be delivered on Tuesday. It MUST be picked up on Tuesday or Wednesday during conference times. (Please not before noon on Tuesday.) If you absolutely cannot make it during these times, let Cheri know and we’ll try to work something out for you.

Dutch Dinner

There are still opportunities to help with the dinner. The following are the shifts that are still open: set-up 3:00-5:00, servers 5:00-6:15 and 6:15- end, table runners 6:15-end, and lots of people for clean-up. Please call Cheri (986-4240) if you can fill a slot. We also still need a few more almond desserts (recipe can be supplied).

Reservations are now being accepted and can be made by calling the office at 597-4400.
Dinner will be served from 5 pm – 7:30 pm. Suggested cost is $8.50 for adults, $5.00 for children ages 4-11, and children under 4 are free.

Plan to come out for this unique and delicious dinner!

All School Ice Skating

Once again we will be going to Thomas Creek Skating Center on Friday, April 20th. We will leave school at 12:30 pm and return by 2:30 pm. Cost is $5 for students and adults (includes skate rental), and $2.75 without skate rental. We will need drivers for this event.

Promotion and Enrollment

We are looking for people to help with the Promotion and Enrollment Committee. Most of the work is done by email but there will be a meeting from time to time. Please call Erica VanCamp for more information. 926-0119.

Preschool and Kindergarten

Word of the Week
‘Easter’

Reading/ELA
Preschool will finish the alphabet this week with the letter ’Z’.
Kindergarten will finish the consonant blends with the ‘h’ sounds.

Math
‘more’ and ‘fewer’ with assessment on Wednesday.

Bible
We will discuss the rest of the Easter story and celebrate it on Tuesday.

Science
Phases of the moon.

Social Studies
Weather and the Four seasons.

First and Second Grade

We have a short week this week with conferences. Afterwards, enjoy the long vacation and have a joyful Easter!

Writing
Using apostrophes.

Math
First Grade
Measurement (inches and feet).
Second Grade
Measurement (weight).

Bible
We finish our Easter unit. The memory work for this unit is Romans 5: 6, 8 and Matthew 28: 18-20.

Third and Fourth Grade

Artist of the Week
Marc Chagall

Science
We will be finishing our rock unit. Students who have rock collections may still bring in their collections. We will be looking at their rocks through out our unit.

Field Trip
The week after spring break we will be going to a gravel pit to collect rocks. I am still waiting to confirm the field trip date. It will be the week we get back from break.

Math
Third Grade will have a test over division facts and concepts either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Fourth Grade will continue a unit about long division.

Field Trip
On Friday, April 27, we will be going to Tinseltown in Gates to see Disney’s “Oscar”. We will leave at 9 am and be back to school around 2 pm. I need drivers to help! The cost is $5 per person. Please let me know ASAP. Mrs. Fernaays

Have a great weekend!

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Spelling
Due to the shortened week, we won’t have a spelling unit.

Reading
Our next story is a folktale, “A Gift for a Gift.” Our unit is “A Question of Value,” a look at what we hold as most valuable.

Math
Fifth Grade starts a new unit about adding and subtracting fractions.
Sixth Grade Test over percentages on Tuesday or Wednesday.

History
We should have a test over our unit on Ancient Rome early next week.

Bible
We will continue to look at prophecies about Jesus and His birth.

Seventh and Eighth Grade

Old Testament Survey
We won’t have class next week due to the conferences and days off.

St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day
Mr. V. is looking for drivers to the St. John Fisher science field trip on Friday, May 11. We are leaving EPCS around 8-8:15 am and leaving the college at 1:00 pm. You are welcome to stay for the day if you’d like!

Physical Education
Starting Monday, April 13th, we will be rollerblading in our PE classes. East student MUST bring in a helmet to wear for class. If you don’t own a helmet, please let me know ahead of time, and I will see what I can do. No helmet means no rollerblading. You may bring your own skates if you want to.

High School

Old Testament Survey (Ninth Grade)
We won’t have class next week due to the conferences and days off.

Band, Chorus, and Drama

Lessons

Monday
7:45 Alex, 8:15 Hannah T., 10:00 Noah, 11:20 Connor.

Tuesday
8:15 Michelle, 11:20 Natalie V., 12:35 Jordan, 1:05 Jaelyn, 1:30 Kathryn.

Wednesday
7:45 Nick, 9:45 Garrett, 11:20 Natalie V.

Circle News

Hot Lunch
Because of early dismissal on Wednesday, we will not have Hot Lunch.

Bottle and Can Redemption
We now have an account at the EZ Bottle and Can Return in Newark. The address is 1167 E. Union Street, Newark (right across from Colburn Park). You can still bring bottles and cans to school, or you can take them directly to the redemption center. Our account number is 1264. Thank you!

Boxtops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels
Please bring in your boxtops for education tabs and the complete label from Campbell Soups.

St. Pauly Clothing Box
Please continue to bring your used clothing to our St. Pauly shed located in the school parking lot. Please be sure your items are in plastic bags.

Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges
We continue to collect old cell phones and used ink cartridges.

School Door Friday, March 23, 2012

keith — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:15:02 +0000

School Door Friday, March 23, 2012 (pdf)

Young Artists Festival

Please take note of the dates below (EPCS Calendar) for our annual Young Artists Festival performances and activities, and come on out and support your artist!

EPCHS Tenebrae Service

Please mark your calendar and plan to attend the Tenebrae Service on Wednesday, April 4 at 7:15 pm in the East Pal Gym. The EPCHS Choir will lead us with scripture reading and song, recalling Christ’s agony and death leading up to Good Friday. This moving service is usually given on Maundy Thursday, the evening before Good Friday.

Please feel free to invite a friend or your usual Wednesday evening church group!

EPCS Calendar

Monday, March 26, 2012

Crumpled Classics Practice After School–till 4 pm

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Girls’ VB Match AT Rochester School for the Deaf 5:15 pm start

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Hot Lunch Today
YAF Peer Performances
Crumpled Classics Practice After School–till 4 pm
Registration/Busing Deadline

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Girls’ VB Match AT Rochester Christian School 4 pm

Friday, March 30, 2012

YAF Adjudicator Performances (note change of day)
Middle School Skills Competition–8th graders (Morning only)
Noon Pizza Sale
YAF Workshops (Afternoon only)
YAF Concert–7:15 pm

Monday, April 2, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

And Beyond

Tuesday, April 3 Report Card Distribution
Tuesday, April 3 (Aft and eve) Parent-Teacher Conferences–Half Day–Noon Dismissal
Wednesday, April 4 (Afternoon) Parent-Teacher Conferences–Half Day–Noon Dismissal
Wednesday, April 4 EPCHS Tenebrae Service–7:15 pm
Thursday, April 5 Good Friday Break–No School
Friday, April 6 Good Friday–No School
Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13 Easter Break–No School
Thursday, April 19 EPCS Play–Crumpled Classics
Friday, April 20 Dutch Dinner
Tuesday, May 1 Charitable Giving Seminar
Thursday, May 3 Red Cross Blood Drive
Friday, May 11 St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day
Saturday, May 12 EPCS Middle/High School Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction
Saturday, May 12 Run for Reading 5K race and 2 mile walk
Friday, May 18 EPCS Spring Program

Calendar Changes

EPCS Eagles Girls Volleyball Schedule 2012

Tuesday, April 3 EPCS vs. Rochester Christian 4pm Home

Cleaning this Week

Monday – Paid
Tuesday – Rosati
Wednesday – Butterfield
Thursday – Benedict
Friday – Stenzel

Adopt-A-Bill

A big thank you to those who have participated in “adopting” a bill. In March alone, EPCS has received $750! This has been a huge help! Please continue to consider some of our other bills for April:

Water bill – $35.75
Copier – $165.75
Palmers – $95.58

Young Artists Festival

Those students who signed up for the “take apart” class will need to wear clothes that can get very dirty.
For Tie-dying, we need large/wide rubber bands (like from produce). Please send them to school by Friday, March 30th.

Produce Sale

Orders and money are due on Thursday, March 29th. Orders will arrive and MUST be picked up on Tuesday, April 3rd and/or Wednesday, April 4th starting at 1pm and throughout Parent-Teacher conferences.

Dutch Dinner

The Dutch Dinner will be held on Friday, April 20th. THANK YOU for your gracious responses for cooking, baking and serving. There are still a few spots that need to be filled. If you have not signed up, you may be receiving a phone call over the next two weeks.
Reservations are now being accepted and can be made by calling the office at 597-4400.
Dinner will be served from 5pm – 7:30pm. Cost is $8.50 for adults, $5.00 for children ages 4-11, and children under 4 are free.
Plan to come out for this unique and delicious dinner!

All School Ice Skating

Once again we will be going to Thomas Creek Skating Center on Friday, April 20th. We will leave school at 12:30 and return by 2:30. Cost is $5 for students and adults (includes skate rental), and $2.75 without skate rental. We will need drivers for this event.

Promotion and Enrollment

We are looking for people to help with the promotion and enrollment committee. Most of the work is done by email but there is a meeting here and there. Please call Erica VanCamp for more information. 926-0119.

Preschool and Kindergarten

Field Trip
On Wednesday, March 28th, we will be going to the Planetarium at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. We will be seeing the Sun, Moon, and Stars show that lasts 45 minutes. Please bring in $5 per person (both students and chaperons) as soon as possible. We will plan to leave EPCS by 8:45AM and return by lunch.

Scholastic Book Orders
Scholastic Book Orders are due Tuesday!

Word of the Week
‘have’

Reading/ELA
(PK) Emphasis on letter ‘W’ ‘X’ and ‘Y’
(K) Consonant blends

Math
We are working on ways to make/add numbers up to ten and ‘more’ and ‘fewer’.

Bible
We read stories of Jesus’ love for the lost ones he came to save. This week we will look at Nicodemus, Zacchaeus, the Samaritan Women, and Mary and Martha.

Science
Discovery of the sun and moon.

Social Studies
A new unit on Our Earth, starting with weather and the 4 seasons.
.
Show and Tell
An item/picture that represents Easter, on Thursday.

First and Second Grade

Field Trip
On Wednesday morning, we are going to the Planetarium. Please remember to send in car/booster seats!!

Young Artists’ Festival
Students can showcase 3 pieces of art (paintings, drawings, models, stories, poems, etc.) Bring this in by Monday to be displayed.

Writing Workshop
Using apostrophes.

Math
First Grade Finishing up money with a test on Wednesday. Then we’ll start measurement.
Second Grade Measurement.

Bible
Easter
Memory work is Romans 5:6, 8 and Matthew 28:18-20.

Science
Solar system.

Social Studies
We finish up the unit on work this week.

Spelling
First Grade Words with the long /i/ spelled i_e (ex: hide, ride, bike).
Second Grade Words that sound alike.

Third and Fourth Grade

Spelling
We will be doing spelling list 28.

Artist of the Week
Georgia O’Keeffe.

Bible
We will be learning about King Saul.

Social Studies
We are doing a Unit on Washington, DC.

Science
We will be continuing our rock unit. Students who have rock collections may still bring in their collections. We will be looking at their rocks throughout our unit.

Field Trip 1
The week after spring break we will be going to a gravel pit to collect rocks. A letter will be coming home next week.

Book Projects
Book Projects will be due March 30.

Math
Third Grade Continue learning about the concept of division.
Fourth Grade Begin a unit about long division.

Field Trip 2
On Friday, April 27, we will be going to Tinseltown in Gates to see Disney’s “Oscar”. We will leave at 9 am and be back to school around 2 pm. I need drivers to help! The cost is $5 per person. Please let me know ASAP. Mrs. Fernaays

Have a great weekend!

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Spelling
We will study Unit 23 next week.

Reading
Our story for next week will be “Money Matters,” an excerpt from Tough Tiffany by Belinda Hurmence.

Math
Fifth Grade Continuing to learn about fractions. They will work with decimals, do some problem solving, and have a test either Wednesday or Thursday.
Sixth Grade Continuing a unit about percentages. They will do some problem solving, work with sales tax and discounts, and learn about percent of increase and decrease and interest. They should be ready for a test early the next week.

History
We should have a test over our unit on Ancient Rome early next week.

Bible
We will start a new unit about Jesus’ birth and early ministry.

Seventh and Eighth Grade

Old Testament Survey
We will look at Joshua and the entry into the promised lands.

St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day
Mr. V. is looking for drivers to the St. John Fisher science field trip on Friday, May 11. We are leaving EPCS around 8-8:15 AM and leaving the college at 1:00 PM. You are welcome to stay for the day if you’d like!

High School

Old Testament Survey
We will look at Joshua and the entry into the promised lands.

Band, Chorus, and Drama

Drama practices
Crumpled Classics–Rehearsal Wednesday after school, 2:45-4:00 pm

Circle News

Hot Lunch
Hot Lunch will be Chef’s surprise. Workers are Maggie Cosh, Shelly Bailey, and Joan Barton.

Bottle and Can Redemption
We now have an account at the EZ Bottle and Can Return in Newark. The address is 1167 E. Union Street, Newark (right across from Colburn Park). You can still bring bottles and cans to school, or you can take them directly to the redemption center. Our account # is 1264. Thank you!

Boxtops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels
Please bring in your boxtops for education tabs and the complete label from Campbell Soups.

St. Pauly Clothing Box
Please continue to bring your used clothing to our St. Pauly shed located in the school parking lot. Please be sure your items are in plastic bags.

Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges
We continue to collect old cell phones and used ink cartridges.

School Door, Thursday, March 15, 2012

keith — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 02:57:01 +0000

March 15, 2012 (pdf)

EPCS Girls’ Volleyball and More

If you get the chance to see our EPCS Girls’ Volleyball team in action, you should take advantage of that! The girls played a double header on Tuesday and, although they lost both by a 3 – 1 margin, games were close and the young ladies represented our school well. Overhand serves were distributed in abundance, underhand serves went over when otherwise they had not yet, several bump, set, and over sequences were established, and smiles were plentiful. Score? Who cares about scores. We were having too much fun!!

Our team is a small one–8 players–and a young one–one seventh grader, five sixth graders, and two fifth graders (the youngest team I’ve ever had)–and a short one–tallest player is 5’ 4”. But it is also one of the liveliest, smileiest (is that a word?), supportive, and cooperative teams I’ve ever had. Each one listens to suggestions I give on technique and method, and each tries hard to make the necessary changes. I’m already looking forward to what the future will bring for these fine young ladies.

And what I appreciate as well is their desire to live (and play volleyball) as God’s children, for that is what and who they are! They understand what it means to support one another, to complement, even the other team members, when a ball is well-played. They understand that playing the game well means waaay more than what a score says.

We are blessed, here at EPCS, with the quality of our students, with the power of God’s Spirit in each of our students’ lives. Yes, we struggle with issues from time to time, with behavior situations, or with selfishness, or with (you fill in the blank). Sometimes life gets messy! But the Spirit roams these EPCS hallways and classrooms and playing courts and fields and offices and your homes, and that Spirit is in the hearts of these precious children. Sometimes God’s presence is just so obvious!

I am sitting in a double study with the students who are not in Band and Jazz Band. It is quiet here, very quiet, except for one of my ninth-grade students, who is carefully practicing her Pachelbel’s Canon guitar piece. We are all in awe of the beauty of the sound she is making. I, too, am in admiration of the talents of our students, some in their ability to play volleyball, some to write poetry, some to be so knowledgeable of history, some to be able to understand the relationship between “x’ and “y” in the slope y-intercept equation, some to make amazing art, some to play football at noon hour, some to be actors in drama, some to understand the moods and situations of others, some to realize how to apply their faith to actual day-to-day living, and this one, picking and strumming, making amazingly beautiful noise unto God, mistakes and all! We are God’s children and I for one praise God for that!!! Our God is greatly to be praised!

Again, if you get the chance to see our EPCS Girls’ Volleyball team in action, you should take advantage of that! But if you get the chance to come and visit our school, to sit in on and help with some of our classes, to experience our high schoolers, to have Hot Lunch with us on Wednesdays at noon, to just walk around in our halls and pray quietly for our school and for each of these hearts and for our finances and for, well for EPCS, then do that! Visit us. Come see who we are. We are a place of grace. We are where God’s children live and work, messy as it sometimes gets!. May God be praised!

EPCS High School Students Sing With Houghton College Choir

Several of our EPCHS students will join with other local Christian high school students to sing with the Houghton College Choir. The choir concert is scheduled for Friday evening, March 15, at 7:30 pm and will be held at the Asbury First United Methodist Church. Asbury First UMC is located on 1050 East Ave, Rochester, NY. Tickets are $10, $5 students and seniors. www.asburyfirst.org

EPCS Calendar

Thursday, March 15, 2012

NYS Trooper Robert Frost–Internet Safety Grades 6 – 12 9 am start
Noon Pizza Sale
Girls’ Volleyball AT Greece Christian 4 pm start
EPCS Open House–Tour and Information Night 7 pm – 8:30 pm

Friday, March 16, 2012

Teachers GRACE Conference Day–No School
HS Students Sing with Houghton College Choir–Asbury First United Methodist Church
Students at 4:30 pm Concert at 7:30 pm

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Wayne County Jr/Sr High instrumental All-County–2 pm at Marion High School

Monday, March 19, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Girls’ VB Match AT St. Paul Lutheran 4 pm start

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Hot Lunch Today
EPCS Play Practice until 4 pm
Registration/Busing Deadline

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Girls’ VB Match vs Rochester School for the Deaf 4 pm HOME

Friday, March 23, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale

Monday, March 19, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

And Beyond

Friday, March 30 Middle School Skills Competition
Friday, March 30 Young Artists Festival Concert
Tuesday, April 3 Report Card Distribution
Tuesday, April 3 (Aft and eve) Parent-Teacher Conferences–Half Day–Noon Dismissal
Wednesday, April 4 (Afternoon) Parent-Teacher Conferences–Half Day–Noon Dismissal
Wednesday, April 4 EPCHS Tenebrae Service–7:15 pm
Thursday, April 5 Good Friday Break–No School
Friday, April 6 Good Friday–No School
Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13 Easter Break–No School
Thursday, April 19 EPCS Play–Crumpled Classics
Friday, April 20 Dutch Dinner
Tuesday, May 1 Charitable Giving Seminar
Thursday, May 3 Red Cross Blood Drive
Friday, May 11 St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day
Saturday, May 12 EPCS Middle/High School Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction
Friday, May 18 EPCS Spring Program

EPCS Calendar Changes

Please note the calendar changes for April 3rd through 5th. Parent –Teacher conferences will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, and there will be no school on Thursday and Friday before the Easter break. Please change your calendars accordingly. Thank you.

WNYCSAA Girls Volleyball Schedule 2012

Tuesday, March 20       EPCS at St. Paul Lutheran       4pm       Away
Thursday, March 22       EPCS vs. Roch. Sch. Deaf       4pm       Home
Tuesday, March 27       EPCS at Roch Sch. Deaf       5:15pm   Away
Thursday, March 29       EPCS at Rochester Christian       3:45pm   Away
Tuesday, April 3       EPCS vs. Rochester Christian   4pm       Home

Cleaning this Week

Monday – Malach
Tuesday – Elliott
Wednesday – Paid
Thursday – Paid
Friday – VanCamp

EPCS Promotion and Enrollment Committee

We are looking for people to help with the promotion and enrollment committee. Most of the work is done by email but there will be a meeting here and there. Please call Erica VanCamp for more information. 926-0119.

Adopt-A-Bill

Our Adopt A Bill program is looking for people to consider “adopting” a bill. When you donate all or part of a bill, EPCS is truly grateful. Here are the bills that are available:

 Houghton Mifflin – text books – $169.92
Time Warner – phone / internet – $125.28
Natural Green – snow plowing – $200
Messenger Post – open house ads – $111.28

Young Artists Festival

We are looking for workshop leaders and helpers!! If you can draw (charcoals) or paint, you are especially needed.
If you are free the afternoon of March 30 and are willing to help out in any way, please contact me at or call the office. I promise you, it will be a fun and rewarding experience. Thanks!
jrachow@eastpalmyrachristianschool.com

EPCS Dutch Dinner

Mark your calendars for our Annual Dutch Dinner to be held on Friday, April 20th. MANY people are needed to cook and/or bake the dishes we serve, as well as people to work shifts. Please call Cheri Winslow (986-4240) or Linda Kellogg (331-6424) to sign up. Thank you!

Preschool and Kindergarten

Field Trip
We will be heading to the Everson’s Maple Farm this Tuesday. We will leave at 9:45 and be back before dismissal. If you are able to drive, please let me know ASAP, and be here by 9:30 so we can load up. If you are unable to join us, please leave your child’s car seat with me in the morning so I can have another parent drive them.

Word of the Week
‘off’ and ‘on’

Reading/ELA
(PK) Emphasis on letter ‘V’;
(K) Short vowel review and high frequency words

Math
We will have our assessment on Monday and then head into our new chapter – readiness for addition and subtraction.

Bible
We start the New Testament this week with stories of Jesus’ Ministry.

Health
Finishing up our senses with touch on Monday.

Science
We will be beginning a unit on the solar system.

There is no show and tell this week!

First and Second Grade

Assembly Video
If you would like a copy of the invention commercials, please send in a blank DVD (not CD).

Upcoming Field Trips
Tuesday, March 20th, to Everson’s Maple Syrup farm. If you haven’t already, please send in $1 for each child/adult attending. Car/booster seats must be here if your child is required by law to be in one.
Wednesday, March 28th, to the Planetarium. The cost is $5 per person (student/chaperon). Please send this in immediately if you haven’t done so already.

**Change for the Museum of play – it’s now Wednesday, April 25th, rather than Thursday the 26th.

Conferences
Please watch for the conference sign-up sheet coming home. I have some conflicts with the new conference schedule (remember we now have half days with conferences Tuesday (4/3) and Wednesday (4/4) with no school Thursday (4/5), so I will attach a sheet to the form with any times I cannot meet.

Writing
Nonfiction

Math
First Grade Money
Second Grade Test on time, data, and graphs on Tuesday. Then we’ll be starting length and capacity.

Bible
Easter. Memory work is Romans 5: 6, 8 and Matthew 28:18-20.

Science
Solar System

Social Studies
Work

Spelling
First Grade Words with the long /a/ sound spelled a_e (ie: cake, late, gate…) and ay;
Second Grade Words ending with -s (all are animal words).

Third and Fourth Grade

Spelling
We will be doing spelling List 27.

Artist of the Week
Henry Seurat

Bible
We will be learning about King Saul.

Social Studies
We are starting a Unit on Washington, DC.

Science
We will be continuing our rock unit. Students who have rock collections may still bring in their collections. We will be looking at their rocks throughout our unit.

Math
Third Graders The concept of division.
Fourth Graders Multiplying two digit by two and three digit numbers. If they don’t know their multiplication facts, flash card practice (either with cards or online) will be very helpful.

Have a great weekend!

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Spelling
We will Unit 22 next week.

Reading
We are starting a new unit (“A Question of Values”) in our readers. Our first story will be one of Aesop’s fables called “The Miser.”

Math
Fifth Grade Continuing to learn about fractions. They will work with greatest common factors, fractions in simplest form, and ordering and comparing fractions.
Sixth Grade Continuing a unit about percentages.

History
We should have a test over our unit on Ancient Rome early next week.

Bible
We will start a new unit about Jesus’ birth and early ministry.

Seventh and Eighth Grade

Old Testament Survey
We will continue looking at the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness.

St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day
Mr. V is looking for drivers to the St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day field trip on Friday, May 11. We are leaving EPCS around 8 – 8:15AM and leaving the college at 1:00PM. You are welcome to stay for the day if you’d like!

High School

Old Testament Survey
We will continue looking at the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness.

St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day
Mr. V. is looking for drivers to the St. John Fisher Science Exploration Day field trip on Friday, May 11. We are leaving EPCS around 8 – 8:15AM and leaving the college at 1:00PM. You are welcome to stay for the day if you’d like!

ELA 9
Nature poem/ description is due on Tuesday.

EPCS Band, Chorus, and Drama

Drama Practices
Crumpled Classics: Rehearsal Wednesday after school, 2:45-4:00 Act 2

Lessons

Monday 7:45 Alex, 8:15 Liam, 10:00 Jaelyn, 11:20 Leah
Tuesday 7:45 Hannah S., 8:15 Caitlin, 11:20 Kayla, 12:35 Claire, 1:05 Michelle, 1:30 Katie
Wednesday 10:00 Jordan
Thursday 1:30 Hannah T.
Friday 1:05 Hannah L., 1:30 Connor

Circle News

Hot Lunch
Hot lunch will be tacos or taco salad, fruit and dessert. Workers will be Laura Boss, Michelle Malach, and substitute worker.

Produce Sale
Produce sale packets went home this week. Please remember that orders are due to the school office by March 29th, and the money is to be collected at the time of the order. Orders can be picked up on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 3 and 4 during Parent Teacher Conferences. Please do not come before Noon on Tuesday the 3rd. Thank you.

Boxtops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels
Please bring in your boxtops for education tabs and the complete label from Campbell Soups.

St. Pauly Clothing Box
Please continue to bring your used clothing to our St. Pauly shed located in the school parking lot. Please be sure your items are in plastic bags.

Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges
We continue to collect old cell phones and used ink cartridges.

Reflections
Reflections accepts household items and clothing on behalf of EPCS. Please place all items in bags and mark them for EPCS with our account number 95018 clearly written on them.

School Door Friday, March 9, 2012

keith — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:23:23 +0000

March 9, 2012 (pdf)

EPCS Board Ham Dinner

Thanks to our high schoolers and parents for their help in preparing, serving, and cleaning up at the EPCS Board Ham Dinner. You all were professional, thorough, considerate, responsible, and we enjoyed your hard work. You represented your school well!! Thanks as well to the EPCHS Choir and Friends for the beautiful music you made. Together, with the Benne Family and the many friends of EPCS, we had an enjoyable evening. Thanks also to Henry Kuperus for all the prep work he did!!! It was a great evening of good food, good music, and good fellowship!

“Thank you to everyone who came and helped us celebrate our 50th anniversary at the Ham Dinner on Saturday night. We were delighted you could join us on our special day. “ ~Arie and Molly Benne

Tour and Information Night at EPCS

Mark your calendars! Invite friends to the Open House at East Palmyra Christian School on March 15 (7:00 – 8:30 p.m.) The best advertising is word of mouth, so e-mail your friends, call them, or offer to meet them at EPCS to see the school, learn more about Christian education, and find out for themselves what EPCS offers. To insure transportation for next year, remind friends that applications for busing must be in place by March 21.

Check the “And Beyond” Calendar

Please feel free to check our “And Beyond” calendar and take note of the several up-coming events in the life of this school, and mark these on your calendar.

EPCS Calendar

Friday, March 9, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale

Monday, March 12, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Girls’ VB Matches (Home):
4 pm St. Paul Lutheran
5:15 pm Greece Christian
EPCS Board Meeting @ 7 pm

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Hot Lunch Today
EPCS Play Practice until 4 pm

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale–Note Change in Day!!!
Girls’ VB Match AT Greece Christian 4 pm
EPCS Open House–Tour and Information Night 7 pm – 8:30 pm

Friday, March 16, 2012

G.R.A.C.E. Conference–No School

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Wayne County Jr/Sr High instrumental All-County–2 pm at Marion High School

Monday, March 19, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

And Beyond

Wednesday, March 21 Registration/Busing Deadline
Friday, March 23 End of Term 3
Friday, March 30 Young Artists Festival Concert
Tuesday, April 3 Report Card Distribution
Tuesday, April 3 (Aft and eve) Parent-Teacher Conferences–Half Day–Noon Dismissal
Wednesday, April 4 (Afternoon) Parent-Teacher Conferences–Half Day–Noon Dismissal
Wednesday, April 4 EPCHS Tenebrae Service–7:15 pm
Thursday, April 5 Good Friday Break–No School
Friday, April 6 Good Friday–No School
Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13 Easter Break–No School
Thursday, April 19 EPCS Play–Crumpled Classics
Friday, April 20 Dutch Dinner
Tuesday, May 1 Charitable Giving Seminar
Thursday, May 3 Red Cross Blood Drive
Saturday, May 12 EPCS Middle/High School Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction
Saturday, May 12 5K run/walk
Friday, May 18 EPCS Spring Program

Calendar Changes

Please note the calendar changes for April 3rd through 5th. Parent –Teacher conferences will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, and there will be no school on Thursday and Good Friday. Please change your calendars accordingly. Thank you.

WNYCSAA Girls Volleyball Schedule 2012

Tuesday, March 20       EPCS at St. Paul Lutheran       4pm       Away
Thursday, March 22       EPCS vs. Roch. Sch. Deaf       4pm       Home
Tuesday, March 27       EPCS at Roch Sch. Deaf       5:15pm   Away
Thursday, March 29       EPCS at Rochester Christian       3:45pm   Away
Tuesday, April 3       EPCS vs. Rochester Christian   4pm       Home

Cleaning this Week

Monday

Benedict

Tuesday

Rosati

Wednesday

Wuilliez

Thursday

Malach

Friday

Stenzel

Promotion and Enrollment

Adopt-A-Bill

Our Adopt A Bill program is looking for people to consider “adopting” a bill. When you donate all or part of a bill, EPCS is truly grateful. Here are the bills that are available:
Houghton Mifflin – text books – $169.92
Time Warner – phone / internet – $125.28
Natural Green – snow plowing – $200
Messenger Post – open house ads – $111.28

Young Artists Festival

We are looking for workshop leaders and helpers!! If you can draw (charcoals) or paint, you are especially needed. If you are free on the afternoon of March 30 and are willing to help out in any way, please contact me at or call the office. I promise you, it will be a fun and rewarding experience. Thanks!
jrachow@eastpalmyrachristianschool.com

Dutch Dinner

Preschool and Kindergarten

Reading/ELA
(PK) Emphasis on letter ‘S’ & ‘T’;
(K) finishing ‘short e’ sound

Word of the Week
“what”

Math
We are finishing up our geometry unit with basic fractions. Assessments next week Monday.

Bible
Stories of Daniel and the Lion’s Den and The Fiery Furnace.

Science
Animal review with zoo animals (show and tell Thursday).

Health
We will be discovering taste and sound sense

St. Patrick’s Day
We will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on Thursday this week. Watch for information on upcoming field trips with next week newsletters.

First and Second Grade

Assembly Video
I can make copies of the invention commercials if anyone would like one. Please send in a blank DVD if you would like a copy.

Upcoming Field Trips
Everson’s Maple Syrup
There was a typo on the original form I sent home — the field trip is on Tuesday, March 20th. Please send in $1 to help cover costs per child/adult attending. We have 2 drivers, so we are set for this trip.

Planetarium
This is on Wednesday, March 28th. We have 2 drivers, so we are set. Please send in $5 (both students AND chaperons) by the end of next week, cash or check made out to EPCS.

Writing
Nonfiction writing

Math
First Test on Place Value, Data, and Graphs. Then we start a new chapter on Money.
Second Data and Graphs.

Bible
Easter; memory work is Romans 5: 6, 8 and Matthew 28:18-20.

Science
Solar System

Social Studies
Work

Third and Fourth Grade

Spelling
We will be doing spelling list 26

Artist of the Week
Sonia Delaunay

Science
We will be continuing our rock unit. Students who have rock collections may still bring in their collections. We will be looking at their rocks through out our unit.

Book Reports
Reports are due Friday, March 30. More information will come later.

Young Artists Festival
Mrs. Rachow is still looking for volunteers. Please let her know if you are interested.

Math
Third Graders will be learning about the concept of division.
Fourth Graders will continue learning about multiplying two digit by two and three digit numbers. If they don’t know their multiplication facts, flash card practice (either with cards or online) will be very helpful.

Field Trip
Friday, April 27, we will be going to Tinseltown in Gates to see Disney’s “Oscar”. We will leave at 9am and be back to school around 2pm. I need drivers to help! The cost is $5 per person. Please let me know ASAP. Mrs. Fernaays

Have a great weekend!

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Spelling
We will do review work next week.

Reading
We finished our literature circle books and are reading from our readers. Next week, we will read a poem about Borneo and ecology.

Math
Fifth Graders are continuing to learn about fractions. They will work with equivalent fractions and with decimals.
Sixth Graders are starting a unit about percentages.

History
We should have a test late next week.

Bible
We will start a new unit about Jesus’ birth and early ministry.

Science
On Thursday, March 15, we will have a Unit Test on “Motion, Force, and Work”. A vocabulary sheet will be sent home for studying. All back work will also be due to me at this time.

Seventh and Eighth Grade

Old Testament Survey
We will continue looking at the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness. Tabernacle projects are due on Tuesday, Mar. 13. Extra time has been given, but any projects not finished by then will be late.

High School

ELA 9
Animal Farm projects and essays are due on Thursday, March 15.

Band, Chorus, and Drama

Drama Practices
Wednesday after school, 2:45-4:00. Beginning-Sherlock.

Lessons

Monday

7:45 Alex, 8:15 Jaelyn, 10:00 Kayla P., 11:20 Connor

Tuesday

7:45 Hannah S., 8:15 Claire, 11:20 Liam, 12:35 Michelle, 1:05 Katie, 1:30 Caitlin

Wednesday

10:00 Natalie

Thursday

12:35 Hannah T., 1:05 Jordan, 1:30 Hannah L.

Circle News

Hot Lunch
Hot lunch will be hot dogs, chili, veggies and dip, and dessert. Workers will be Maggie Cosh, Deb McKaig, and Diane Wiley.

Produce Sale
Coming home soon will be information about our produce sale. Keep this in mind if you are going to be cooking for the Dutch Dinner!

Boxtops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels
Please bring in your boxtops for education tabs and the complete label from Campbell Soups.

St. Pauly Clothing Box
Please continue to bring your used clothing to our St. Pauly shed located in the school parking lot. Please be sure your items are in plastic bags.

Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges
We continue to collect old cell phones and used ink cartridges.

School Door, Friday March 2, 2012

keith — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:11:51 +0000

Friday 2, 2012 (pdf)

EPCS Board Ham Dinner

We look forward to joining many of you at our EPCS Board Ham Dinner. Several of our high school students will be serving and singing at the dinner and we look forward to a good time.

Letter From the EPCS Board

Dear families and supporters of East Palmyra Christian School,

The EPCS Board met this week specifically to prayerfully discuss the issue of tuition. Members noted that tuition took quite an increase two years ago, the year when Financial Aid (Scholarship Fund) was also made available. Parents were encouraged to apply for those funds to help with tuition payments. This past year there was no increase in tuition.

Now we are facing a new year and the Board has discussed the need to raise tuition once again, and has decided to do so, but in a very limited way–3%. Calculating that amount ($114 for a 1-8th grade student and $144 for a high school student), it comes to about $11 per month increase for 1st – 8th grade students and a $14 per month increase for high school students. Board members expressed a desire to keep tuition at current levels, but felt that a slight increase was needed to keep up with rise in costs and expenses.

As re-enrollment packets are distributed next week, you will notice the increase reflected in the new tuition amounts. Our hope is that this increase does not dissuade you from enrolling your child(ren) at East Pal. However, if you find yourself concerned about finances, please feel free to contact Ned Morgan and to apply for Financial Aid. Monies have been set aside for this Financial Aid program!

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! We pray your student(s) will be here next year and, together, we will work hard to make that happen! East Pal is a wonderful school and we praise God for it, and we praise God for you!

EPCS Calendar

Friday, March 2, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale

Saturday, March 3, 2012

EPCS Board Ham Dinner Fundraiser–at EPCRC 6:30 pm

Monday, March 5, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Hot Lunch Today
EPCS Play Practice until 4 pm

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

Friday, March 9, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale

Monday, March 12, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

And Beyond

Friday, March 16 GRACE Conference–No School
Saturday, March 17 Wayne County Jr/Sr High Instrumental All-County
Wednesday, March 21 Registration/Busing Deadline
Friday, March 23 End of Term 3
Friday, March 30 Young Artists Festival Concert
Wednesday, April 4 Report Card Distribution
Wednesday, April 4 EPCHS Tenebrae Service
Friday, April 6 Good Friday–No School
Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13 Easter Break–No School
Thursday, April 19 EPCS Play–Crumpled Classics
Friday, April 20 Dutch Dinner
Tuesday, May 1 Charitable Giving Seminar
Thursday, May 3 Red Cross Blood Drive
Saturday, May 12 EPCS Middle/High School Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction
Friday, May 18 EPCS Spring Program

WNYCSAA Girls Volleyball Schedule 2012

Tuesday, March 13 EPCS vs. St. Paul Lutheran 4pm Home
EPCS vs. Greece Christian 5:15pm Home

Thursday, March 15 EPCS at Greece Christian 3:30pm Away

Tuesday, March 20 EPCS at St. Paul Lutheran 4pm Away

Thursday, March 22 EPCS vs. Roch. Sch. Deaf 4pm Home

Tuesday, March 27 EPCS at Roch Sch. Deaf 5:15pm Away

Thursday, March 29 EPCS at Rochester Christian 3:45pm Away

Tuesday, April 3 EPCS vs. Rochester Christian 4pm Home

Cleaning this Week

Monday – Malach
Tuesday – Elliott
Wednesday – Malach
Thursday- Terry
Friday – Stenzel

Parent Organization/Circle Meeting

We will be meeting at school next Tuesday, March 6th at 7:30pm to discuss upcoming events. All are welcome to attend. Please call Cheri if you are coming. Thanks 986-4240.

Promotion and Enrollment

Adopt-A-Bill

Our Adopt A Bill program is looking for persons to consider “adopting” a bill. When you donate all or part of a bill, EPCS is truly grateful. Here are the bills that are available:

 Houghton Mifflin – text books – $169.92
Time Warner – phone / internet – $125.28
Natural Green – snow plowing – $200
Messenger Post – open house ads – $111.28
Quill – copy paper – $279.90

Tour and Information Night at EPCS

MARK your CALENDARS! Invite friends to the Open House at East Palmyra Christian School. on March 15 (7:00 – 8:30 p.m.) The best advertising is word of mouth, so e-mail your friends, call them, or offer to meet them at EPCS to see the school, learn more about Christian education, and find out for themselves what EPCS offers. To insure transportation for next year, remind friends that applications for busing must be in place by March 21.

Young Artists Festival

We are looking for workshop leaders and helpers!! If you can draw (charcoals) or paint, you are especially needed.
If you are free (or can arrange to be free) the afternoon of March 30 and are willing to help out in any way, please contact me at jrachow@eastpalmyrachristianschool.com or call the office. I promise you, it will be a fun and rewarding experience. Thanks!

Auction News

At this point in the year we have a need for some people to help out to get ready for next year’s auction. We have lists of businesses sorted by town and need people to go through the list and update it as to whether or not these businesses are still in operation. Contact Don or Cheri Winslow at 986-4240 or reroteacher@verizon.net if you can help. We’d like the lists to be ready by early June. If you would like to join the auction committee, let us know!

Change for Education

Change for Education has officially ended. Thank you to all of the students/parents/grandparents, etc., for your generous donations towards your classroom goals. We raised a total of $335.04. Here are the totals raised per classroom:

Pre-K-K $83.21
1st/2nd $52.68
3rd/4th $51.70
5th/6th $113.77
7th – 12th $34.68

Congratulations to the Pre-K-Kindergarten classroom. They raised an average of $10.40 per student, making them the winners of a celebration party. Great job everyone!

Candy Bars

Just a reminder that we still have more candy bars to sell. Feel free to sign out a case from the office. If you’ve sold the ones you’ve taken, please turn the money in soon. Thanks

Mileage Club

We are off to a slow start, so we will be picking up the pace with a contest. We are going to wee what classroom can log the most miles. The winner will get an ice cream party. Dust off your sneakers and start to stretch because the contest starts Monday, February 13th and will go until March 5th.
All family members are welcome to join in. Send in a note or e-mail me with the miles that you log. I will count all that are turned in. Have fun!

Preschool and Kindergarten

Please look for a newsletter in your student’s backpack next week for information for the week.

First and Second Grade

Assembly
We are leading assembly on Wednesday. If my editing software starts cooperating, we will be showing our invention commercials. If not, it will be a surprise…

Field Trips
A sheet with all the upcoming field trips will be coming home. Attached is a page for parents to sign up as chaperons/drivers. Please return this as soon as possible.

Writing Workshop
Nonfiction Writing

Math
First Graphs
Second Time and graphs

Bible
We finish up our unit on the beginning of Passion Week, and will begin studying Easter about halfway through the week. The new memory work is Romans 5:6,8 and Matthew 28:18-20.

Science
The Solar System

Social Studies
Work (jobs, needs vs. wants)

Spelling
First Words with /wh/ and /sh/
Second Words with /sl/, /sp/

Third and Fourth Grade

Spelling
We will be doing spelling List 24

Artist of the Week
George Seurat

Science
We will be continuing our rock unit. Students who have rock collections may bring in their collections on Tuesday even if they have already done so.

Book Reports
Students need to let Miss Feinour know what book they have chosen, by Tuesday. Reports are due Friday, March 30. More information will come later.

Book Orders
I will be sending book orders home today. They are due next Wednesday.

Young Artists Festival
Mrs. Rachow is still looking for volunteers. Please let her know if you are interested.

Math
Third graders will have a test over multiplication facts and concepts on Wednesday. Their next unit will be about the concept of division.
Fourth graders will learn about multiplying two digit by two and three digit numbers. If they don’t know their multiplication facts, flash card practice (either with cards or online) will be very helpful.

Field Trip
On Friday, April 27, we will be going to Tinseltown in Gates to see Disney’s “Oscar”. We will leave at 9am and be back to school around 2pm. I need drivers to help! The cost is $5 per person. Please let me know ASAP. Mrs. Fernaays

Have a great weekend!

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Change For Education
Our final total is $113.77! Thanks to all who helped us with this.

Spelling
We will do Lesson 21 next week.

Reading
We will finish our literature circle books and start a new unit in our readers.

Math
Fifth Graders are learning about fractions.
Sixth Graders will have a test late in the week over ratios, unit rates, and proportions. Their next unit is about percentages.

History
We are learning about The Roman Empire. We should be ready for our test either late in the week or early the next week.

Bible
We will do a quick review of what we learned about poetry in the Bible and will start a new unit about Jesus’ birth and early ministry.

Seventh and Eighth Grade

Old Testament Survey
We will continue looking at the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness. Tabernacle projects are due on Friday, Mar. 9.

High School

Old Testament Survey
We will continue looking at the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness. Tabernacle projects are due on Friday, Mar. 9.

Band, Chorus, and Drama

Drama Practices
Crumpled Classics–Rehearsal Wednesday after school, 2:45-4:00 p. 26-end.

All County Band and Chorus 5 & 6
Please have your child at Newark Middle School Saturday morning at 8:30. The doors open for the concert at 1:30, and the concert is at 2:00.

Lessons
Monday
7:45 Alex, 8:15 Hannah L., 10:00 Jaelyn.

Tuesday
7:45 Hannah S., 8:15 Connor, 11:20 Hannah T., 12:35 Michelle, 1:05 Kayla

Wednesday
10:00 Liam

Thursday
12:35 Jordan, 1:05 Katie

Friday
7:45 Noah, 1:05 Leah, 1:30 Claire

Circle News

Hot Lunch
Hot Lunch will be sloppy joes, chips, veggies and dip, and dessert. Workers will be Lisa Butterfield, Esther Hutt, and Brian Collom.

Produce Sale
Coming home soon will be information about our produce sale. Keep this in mind if you are going to be cooking for the Dutch Dinner!

Boxtops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels
Please bring in your boxtops for education tabs and the complete label from Campbell Soups. We get money for every one we send in.

St. Pauly Clothing Box
Please continue to bring your used clothing to our St. Pauly shed located in the school parking lot. Please be sure your items are in plastic bags.

Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges
We continue to collect old cell phones and used ink cartridges.

Reflections Boutique
Located behind McDonald’s in Newark, Reflections accepts housewares and clothing for East Palmyra Christian School. Please place all items in bags and mark them for EPCS with our account number 95018 clearly written on them. Thank you.

School Door Friday, February 17, 2012

keith — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:39:15 +0000

February 17, 2012 (pdf)

EPCS Middle and High School Pasta “Sweetheart” Dinner

Thanks to all of you who helped at the annual EPCS Middle and High School Pasta Dinner and also to all of you who dined with us. Estimates have the number of diners at over 200 persons and we are grateful. A time of fellowship was had!!! And, the students were able to raise over $1400! Thank you!!

Letter From the EPCS Board

Dear families and supporters of East Palmyra Christian School,
We have just finished the six-month mark in our school’s financial year, and the board wishes to provide you with an update. When we as a society finally passed a budget for this year, it was a balanced budget. By saying balanced it means if we theoretically started our year at zero we should end at zero as well.
Because we carried forward some of past years’ operating expenses, we actually started this year with approximately $29,000 of last year’s expenses, expenses that have been paid using this year’s money. Twenty six thousand dollars of this is actual day-to-day expenses from the past. Three thousand dollars of this was used to restore restricted funds to their proper level. (In past years, “restricted” meant that we kept track of the amount that should be there, but it never was kept separately in savings and it was used for day-to-day expenses.) The board felt it was wise to restore restricted funds, and has a desire to leave these funds untouched.
Also, a $9,850 payment was made toward the $50,000 line of credit, bringing the balance to $40,150. These funds were raised through a phone-a-thon in which many of you participated. Thank you! Going forward, this line of credit balance will be amortized by Lyons National with monthly payments. We no longer have a line of credit available through a commercial bank.
Our records in the finance office are very organized and up to date, a credit to Cheri VanderBrook, our finance coordinator. We trust that you are able to receive information, and interact with the finance office with the utmost confidence.
Our budget calls for a total of $104,500 of income to be raised through fundraisers and donations. At this six-month point in our operating year, we have been blessed with over $61,000 of donations and fundraising income, a tribute to God’s providence and the faithfulness of our many supporters. The Lap-a-thon, our largest fundraiser left this year, is being planned as we speak, and is budgeted for a very aggressive $21,000. That leaves us with a donation based budget need of $22,500. The board hopes to raise this amount through the implementation of a Phone-a-thon, Alumni Fundraising Letter, 5K Run, and Adopt-a-bill, among others. Please consider where these opportunities may fit into your future of helping to raise these funds or actually donating to them.
As well, currently we find ourselves in a cash shortfall. We are on budget for this year however that nagging $26,000 of last year’s expenses has depleted what should be a cash surplus. The board is exploring the option of bridging this shortfall with obtaining temporary notes payable next October. Understandably, this moves the problem forward to another year. But now we know that it’s coming, and we can plan for it!
So, what can you do? Be in prayer for the school, for the staff, the board, the families and volunteers to rise up to help. East Palmyra Christian School is small, yes, but it is not trivial in the Lord’s eyes. As a matter of fact, this IS God’s school! As you seek Him in your daily life, seek His will and providence for the school. God has been faithful for many years and He has no plans to stop blessing us now!

Ned Morgan, Board Treasurer

EPCS Calendar

Friday, February 17, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale

Monday, February 20 through Friday, February 24, 2012

Presidents’ Week–No School

Monday, February 27, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Hot Lunch
EPCS Play Practice

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm
EPCS Ski Club at Brantling 4 pm

Friday, March 2, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale

Saturday, March 3, 2012

EPCS Dinner—seating for 5:00 pm only

Monday, March 6, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

And Beyond

Friday, March 16 GRACE Conference–No School
Saturday, March 17 Wayne County Jr/Sr High Instrumental All-County
Wednesday, March 21 Registration/Busing Deadline
Friday, March 23 End of Term 3
Friday, March 30 Young Artists Festival Concert
Wednesday, April 4 Report Card Distribution
Wednesday, April 4 EPCHS Tenebrae Service
Friday, April 6 Good Friday–No School
Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13 Easter Break–No School
Thursday, April 19 EPCS Play–Crumpled Classics
Friday, April 20 Dutch Dinner
Tuesday, May 1 Charitable Giving Seminar
Thursday, May 3 Red Cross Blood Drive
Saturday, May 12 EPCS Middle/High School Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction
Friday, May 18 EPCS Spring Program

Cleaning (2/27- 3/2)

Monday – Goetz
Tuesday – Benedict
Wednesday – Paid
Thursday - Malach
Friday – Stenzel

Adopt-A-Bill

Our Adopt A Bill Program is looking for people to consider “adopting” a bill. When you donate all or part of a bill, EPCS is truly grateful. Here are the bills that are available:

 Health insurance: $1460
General Insurance: $589
Phone / Internet: $125
Snow Plowing: $200
Advertising: $111
Copier: $165
Pension: $780

Tour and Information Nights at EPCS

MARK your CALENDARS! Invite friends to any of the two upcoming Open House events at East Palmyra Christian School. February 28, and March 15 (7:00 – 8:30 p.m.) will be “TOURS & INFORMATION Nights” at EPCS. The best advertising is word of mouth, so e-mail your friends, call them, or offer to meet them at EPCS to see the school, learn more about Christian education, and find out for themselves what EPCS offers. To insure transportation for next year, remind friends that applications for busing must be in place by March 21.

Change for Education

Change for Education officially began on Wednesday, February 1st and will run for the entire month of February. The progress of each classroom can be tracked on the paper thermometers located outside each classroom door. Some thermometers have already started filling up! Keep up the good work!

School Board Sponsored Dinner

In order to make this evening a success, we are in need of volunteers to make company potatoes (recipe will be provided), desserts (recipe will be provided), and rolls. We are also in need of workers: 8 servers, 3 kitchen staff, 6 clean-up workers, 4 dishwashers, and 1 cashier for the evening. Please call 597-4400 to sign up to work or donate food items!

Young Artists Festival

Do you have a hidden talent? A special skill or ability? Then we could use your help for the Young Artists Festival!!!!! We need people with artistic skills, carpenters, mechanics, cooks, sewers (is that even a word?) and all manner of creative, God-given abilities. We also need people (like me!) who aren’t particularly good artists, but can read and get simple craft projects from the Internet or magazines. If you are free (or can arrange to be free) the afternoon of March 30 and are willing to help out in any way, please contact me at jrachow@eastpalmyrachristianschool.com or call the office. I promise you, it will be a fun and rewarding experience. Thanks!

Auction News

Candy Bars

Just a reminder that we still have more candy bars to sell. Feel free to sign out a case from the office. If you’ve sold the ones you’ve taken, please turn the money in soon. Thanks

Promotion and Enrollment

Mileage Club

All family members are welcome to join in. Send in a note or e-mail me with the miles that you log. I will count all that are turned in. Have fun!

Preschool and Kindergarten

Reading/ELA
(PK) Emphasis on letter ‘N’ & ‘P’;
(K) short ‘u’ sound

Word of the Week
‘we’ & ‘they’

Math
Beginning a unit on geometry by discovering solid figures, flat surfaces, and plane shapes.

Bible
The kingdom is divided, but God continues to be faithful and show mercy to His people, beginning with Elijah and Elisha. (Memory verse is Psalm 25:1-3a)

Science
Jungle Animals!

Health
Talking about feelings and how to respond and relate to others.

Show and Tell
On Thursday this week, bring an animal or a picture of an animal that lives in the jungle.

Change for Education
Don’t forget – this is our last chance to get money in! Last day is Wednesday!

First and Second Grade

Have a fun and relaxing break! Hopefully everyone comes back healthy!

Field Trips
Be looking for information on upcoming field trips.

Cancer Awareness
Remember to wear the different colors for cancer awareness the week we come back!

Writing
nonfiction

Math
First Grade place value
Second Grade time

Bible
Jesus’ death and resurrection. Memory work is Zechariah 9:9 and John 13:34-35.

Science
We are starting a unit on the solar system.

Spelling
First Grade ch and th
Second Grade words with br, fr, and tr.

Third and Fourth Grade

Spelling
We will be doing spelling list 23 when we get back from break.

Artist of the Week
Picasso

Science
We will continue our rock unit.

Math
Third graders will continue working with multiplication facts and concepts.
Fourth graders will learn about multiplying two digit by two and three digit numbers.

Have a great break!

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Change For Education
Our class is hoping to raise enough money to purchase a projector that can be mounted for our computer. This would allow us to view many things, including PowerPoints, pictures, videos and WORD documents. We would greatly appreciate your contributions!!!! Our total is now: $66.44. Hurray!

Spelling
We will do Lesson 20 the week after vacation.

Reading
We will continue with literature circle books.

Math
Fifth graders will have a test over their geometry unit the Tuesday after vacation.
Sixth Graders are learning about ratios, unit rates, and proportions.

History
We are learning about The Roman Empire.

Bible
When we come back, we will learn about Job. Our memory work is Psalm 139:1-12.

Seventh and Eighth Grade

Old Testament Survey
We will continue looking at the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness.

High School

Old Testament Survey
We will continue looking at the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness.

Band, Chorus, and Drama

Band Lessons

Monday
7:45 Alex, 10:00 Katie, 11:20 5/6 All county Band rehearsal

Tuesday
7:45 Hannah S., 8:15 Claire, 11:20 Michelle, 12:35 Hannah L., 1:05 Connor, 1:30 Jaelyn

Wednesday
10:00 Hannah T

Thursday
12:35 Noah, 1:05 Claire, 1:30 Jordan

Friday
8:15 Natalie, 1:05 Caitlin, 1:30 Leah

5 & 6 All-County Band and Chorus
Students will leave on Friday, March 3rd, after school (2:50) for our rehearsal in Newark. I need another driver who can take 4 kids. Please let me know if you can help. All parents need to pick up your students at Newark Middle School at 5:30 p.m.

Crumpled Classics
Rehearsal Wednesday, February 29th, after school, 2:45-4:00 Frankenstein, Phantom (pp.9-26).

Circle News

Hot Lunch
Hot Lunch will be pasta, salad and dessert. Workers will be Maggie Cosh, Shelly Bailey and Joan Barton.

Boxtops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels
Please bring in your boxtops for education tabs and the complete label from Campbell Soups. We get money for every one we send in.

St. Pauly Clothing Box
Please continue to bring your used clothing to our St. Pauly shed located in the school parking lot. Please be sure your items are in plastic bags.

Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges
We continue to collect old cell phones and used ink cartridges.

School Door Friday, February 10, 2012

keith — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:46:40 +0000

February 10, 2012 (pdf)

New Year at EPCS

As part of our Faith and Culture class, our students and I were discussing the topic of Tabernacling with God. They had never heard of this term before, Tabernacling with God… We turned to Exodus and the several chapters that deal with God’s desire that Moses build a tabernacle in which God will dwell. God tells Moses the dimensions of the tabernacle, the structure, the walls and rooms, the contents, what each is to be made of, and where each is to be located inside the tabernacle. God is as specific as can be, detail upon detail upon detail. This tabernacle, the one Moses is to build, is to be God’s home, the place where God lives among God’s people. This isn’t just to be a tent, or a shack, or a run-down place, or temporary housing. No, God’s dwelling is to be spotlessly clean, permanent, constructed of, and decorated with, the most beautiful and precious metals, woods, and fabrics. God was very specific! This was to be God’s home, God’s dwelling.

And what does this have to do with us? Well, God asks to dwell in us. We are to be a temple for God, a tabernacle. And God is very specific with us as well. We are to be spotless, beautiful, precious. And yet, in so many ways we are still a tent, or a shack, or a run-down place, temporary housing. But, praise be to God, through Jesus as our Savior, God sees us as a tabernacle, as God’s temple. And our faithful God lives in us. God tabernacles with us. We are God’s creation, a new creation in Christ, a spotless dwelling, clean, a place where God wishes to dwell, to live with us in community.

Tabernacling with God. God dwelling in us. What an amazing invitation! What grace! Our class was moved by the concept!

May we, each of us, be God’s workmanship, God’s sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true. With thanksgiving, may each of us be a living Tabernacle for God!!

If you were ever wondering about Christian education, try that class period on for size!! May God be praised!! kv

EPCS Middle and High School Pasta “Sweetheart” Dinner

EPCS Calendar

Friday, February 10, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale
EPCS Middle/High School Pasta Dinner 5 pm – 7:30 pm

Monday, February 13, 2012

EPCS Play Practice

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Hot Lunch Today
EPCS Play Practice

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm
EPCS Ski Club at Brantling 4 pm

Friday, February 17, 2012

Noon Pizza Sale

Monday, February 20 through Friday, February 24, 2012

Presidents’ Week–No School

Monday, February 27, 2012

Girls’ VB Practice until 4:15 pm

And Beyond

Saturday, March 3 Wayne County Elementary Vocal/Instrumental Concert
Saturday, March 3 EPCS Dinner
Friday, March 16 GRACE Conference–No School
Saturday, May 12 EPCS Middle/High School Pancake Breakfast and Dessert Auction

Cleaning this Week

Monday – Lochner
Tuesday – Paid
Wednesday – Wuilliez
Thursday - Paid
Friday – Winslow

All School Secret Valentine’s Exchange

All of the students were given the name of their Secret Valentine yesterday. We will be doing an all school Secret Valentine’s exchange Monday, February 13th through Friday February 17th. Monday thru Thursday will be a homemade gift. For, example, bookmark, poem, etc. The gifts need to be made at home. Please make sure you put the recipients name on the gift. On Friday a small purchased gift costing no more than 5 dollars should be given. Each student should personally deliver their final gift either in the morning or during lunch/recess, not during class time. Please make homemade gifts at home as there will be no class time given to work on gifts. If you have any questions please get in contact with Miss Feinour.

Tour and Information Nights at EPCS

MARK your CALENDARS! Invite friends to any of the three upcoming Open House events at East Palmyra Christian School. February 16, February 28, and March 15 (7:00 – 8:30 p.m.) will be “TOUR & INFORMATION Nights” at EPCS. The best advertising is word of mouth, so e-mail your friends, call them, or offer to meet them at EPCS to see the school, learn more about Christian education, and find out for themselves what EPCS offers. To insure transportation for next year, remind friends that applications for busing must be in place by March 21.

Change for Education

School Board Sponsored Dinner

The EPCS School Board invites you to join us on Saturday, March 3 for a special night out! This adult only, sit down dinner will be held at the East Palmyra Christian Reformed Church and include ham, company potatoes, rolls, carrots, applesauce, garden salad, dessert, and your choice of beverage (milk, coffee, tea, water). The cost is $12.50 per ticket and reservations are required. Choose from 2 seatings: 5:00pm and 6:30pm. Don’t miss out! Call 597-4400 to make your reservations today!
In order to make this evening a success, we are in need of volunteers to make company potatoes (recipe will be provided), desserts (recipe will be provided), and rolls. We are also in need of workers: 8 servers, 3 kitchen staff, 6 clean-up workers, 4 dishwashers, and 1 cashier for the evening. Please call 597-4400 to sign up to work or donate food items!

Young Artists Festival

Do you have a hidden talent? A special skill, or ability? Then we could use your help for the Young Artists Festival!!!!! We need people with artistic skills, carpenters, mechanics, cooks, sewers (is that even a word?) and all manner of creative, God-given abilities. We also need people (like me!) who aren’t particularly good artists, but can read and get simple craft projects from the Internet or magazines. If you are free (or can arrange to be free) the afternoon of March 30 and are willing to help out in any way, please contact me at jrachow@eastpalmyrachristianschool.com or call the office. I promise you, it will be a fun and rewarding experience. Thanks!

Auction News

Candy Bars

Just a reminder that we still have more candy bars to sell. Feel free to sign out a case from the office. If you’ve sold the ones you’ve taken, please turn the money in soon. Thanks

Promotion and Enrollment

We are looking for people to help with the Promotion and Enrollment committee. Most of the work is done by email but there is a meeting here and there. Please call Erica VanCamp for more information. 926-0119.

Soccer Players

Houghton College sent us information on their summer soccer camps. There are resident and day camps for boys and girls entering grades 4-12. There is also one week of mini day camp for students entering grades 1-3. Please contact Kelly Hooge if you would like more information on these camps.

Mileage Club

We are off to a slow start, so we will be picking up the pace with a contest. We are going to wee what classroom can log the most miles. The winner will get an ice cream party. Dust off your sneakers and start to stretch because the contest starts Monday, February 13th and will go until March 5th. All family members are welcome to join in. Send in a note or e-mail me with the miles that you log. I will count all that are turned in. Have fun!

Preschool and Kindergarten

Reading/ELA
(PK) Emphasis on letter ‘M’
(K) Short ‘o’ sound

Word of the Week
‘love’

Math
(PK&K) Money, money, money – great time for Change for Education! Kindergarten assessment will be on Friday.

Bible
(PK&K) The boy named David turns King.

Science
(PK&K) We will talk about where animals live this week. Our next group, after break, will be jungle animals.

Valentine’s Day
Our shoe boxes are decorated and ready for Valentine’s. Please be sure to bring in your Valentine’s items on Tuesday for the class to share. Our party will be from 10:30-noon.

Kindergarten
The girls received the names of their Secret Valentine last week. Homemade or little items are for Mon.-Thurs. and the $5 present and reveal will be Friday.

Change for Education
Don’t forget your spare change!! We only have two more weeks to collect enough money for our listening center!

First and Second Grade

President’s Day Theme
We’ll be doing some Presidents’ Day themed activities this week, learning in particular about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Reading Challenge
Remember the Reading Challenge ends on February 16th! Turn in your journals and calendars by Friday, Feb. 17th!!! (Journals can be turned in earlier if they are finished).

Valentine’s Day
Remember to bring in homemade items Monday-Thursday for your secret valentine and a $5 gift for Friday. We will also celebrate Valentine’s Day on Tuesday in our class. Students are welcome to bring valentines in for everyone.

Writing Workshop
commas

Math
First Grade Place value
Second Grade Fractions, with a test on Wednesday. Then students start Time.

Bible
Jesus’ Parables. Memory work is Matthew 13:8, 23 and Mark 9:35.

Health
Growth and Development, with a focus on hearing.

Third and Fourth Grade

Spelling
We will be doing spelling list 22 next week and spelling contracts will be due on Friday.

Bible
We will be finishing our unit about Samuel.

Artist of the Week
Van Gogh

Valentine’s Party
We will be having a Valentine’s Day party on Tuesday, February 14th in the afternoon. Mrs. Webb may be getting in contact with you soon about sending in food for the party.

President’s Day Celebration
On Friday, February 17th we will be celebrating President’s Day. Let me know if you would like to send in snacks.

Secret Valentine’s Exchange
Look in the School Door for information about our all school Secret Valentine’s Exchange.

Math
Third Graders did a great job on their test over multiplying by 0, 1, 2,5, 9, and 10. They have started l earning the rest of the multiplication facts through 12 times 12.

Fourth Graders will have a test over multiplying two, three, and four digit numbers by single digit numbers early in the week. They will then move to multiplying two digits by two and three digit numbers.

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Change For Education
Our class is hoping to raise enough money to purchase a projector that can be mounted for our computer. This would allow us to view many things, including PowerPoints, pictures, videos and Word documents. We would greatly appreciate your contributions!!!! Our total is now: $37.09. Hurray!

Spelling
We will do Lesson 19 next week.

Reading
We have started new literature circle books.

Math
Fifth Graders are working on a geometry unit.
Sixth Grade Group One will continue a unit about multiplying and dividing fractions.
Group Two will be working on a unit about ratios.

History
We are learning about The Roman Empire.

Bible
This week we will look at Proverbs. Our memory work will be Psalm 139:1-12.

Seventh and Eighth Grade

Old Testament Survey
We will continue looking at the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness.

High School

Old Testament Survey
We will continue looking at the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness.

ELA 9
Write a humorous essay, one page, double spaced, due Friday, February 17th.

Band, Chorus and Drama

Drama Practices
Crumpled Classics Rehearsal Monday after school, 2:45-3:45 Act One: Frame Cast, Phantom, Act Two: Sherlock Rehearsal Wed. after school, 2:45-3:45 Frame cast, Artie, Romeo.

Lessons

Monday
7:45 Alex, 8:15 Katie, 10:00 Leah, 11:20 Claire

Tuesday
7:45 Hannah S., 8:15 Hannah L., 11:20 Josh, 12:35 Connor, 1:05 Hannah T., 1:30 Jaelyn

Wednesday
10:00 Michelle

Thursday
8:15 Garrett, 12:35 Jordan, 1:05 Kayla, 1:30 Natalie

Friday
8:15 Noah, 1:05 Liam

Circle News

Hot Lunch
Hot lunch will be French Toast and sausage with syrup and fruit du jour, milk/orange juice. Workers will be Cathie Couperus, Michelle Malach, and Laura Boss.

Bottle and Can Redemption
We now have an account at the EZ Bottle and Can Return in Newark. The address is 1167 E. Union
Street, Newark (right across from Colburn Park). You can still bring bottles and cans to school, or take them directly to the redemption center. Our account # is 1264. Thank you!

Boxtops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels
Please bring in your boxtops for education tabs and the complete label from Campbell Soups. We get money for every one we send in.

St. Pauly Clothing Box
Please continue to bring your used clothing to our St. Pauly shed located in the school parking lot. Please be sure your items are in plastic bags.

Cell Phones and Ink Cartridges
We continue to collect old cell phones and used ink cartridges.