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Some of the headlines from the January newsletter:
- Essay & Poetry Winners
- Spelling Bee
- Katelynn Clifford Scores 1,000th Point
Essay and Poetry Winners
GCCS is pleased to announce our school winners for the 2007 Poetry and Essay Contest.
Elementary Poetry- Luke Moore, sixth grade: Pieces of a Puzzle
Elementary Essay- Richard Duggan, fourth grade: Dreams
Junior High Poetry- Amanda Mills, ninth grade: Faces in a Crowd
Junior High Essay- Ashlyn Moser, ninth grade: A Blessing or a Curse
The winning entries will now be entered into the Garden State Association of Christian Schools Poetry and Essay Contest. Congratulations to our winners!
No School on Friday, February 8, 2008
There is a change in the school calendar. Students will have off from school on Friday, February 8, 2007. Our school will once again be hosting the Garden State Association of Christian Schools Spelling Bee. We are sorry for the late notice. Report cards will now be sent home on Monday, February 11, 2008, and return date will be Thursday, February 14, 2008.
Box Tops for Education
The final deadline for collection is Friday, February 15, 2008. Please have all box tops sent in to your child's class. Please continue saving box tops for future collections.
Spelling Bee
On Thursday, January 8, 2008, GCCS held its annual school spelling bee for first through sixth grade. The results were as follows:
First Grade: Tie first place: Austin Andrews and Sarah Cassaday, Third Place: Ronnie Bannon
Second Grade: First- Abigail Harris, Second- Lauren Cassaday, Third-Faith Duggan
Third Grade: First-Marissa Kennedy, Second- Samantha Mitchell, Third - Laura Sejda
Fourth Grade: First- Mary Wright, Second-Bryan Stimpson, Third-Christiana Wright
Fifth Grade: First-Scott Haney, Second- Georgie Lentini, Third- Kathleen Gross
Sixth Grade: First- Marisa Duggan, Second-Jonah Spindler, Third- Jaimee Bassett
The top two students in each grade will represent our school at the Garden State Association of Christian School's Spelling Bee held here at GCCS on Friday, February 8, 2008. The third place winner will be our school alternate. Congratulations to our winners!
Katelynn Clifford Scores 1,000th Point
"Or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it!" Corinthians 12:26b
On January 3, 2008, Katelynn Clifford, a senior basketball player from GCCS, did something that only two other young ladies have ever done at the school. She scored her 1,000th career point. It happened at Calvary Christian School in the second quarter on a three point basket on a pass from Kayla Schenke. (Continued on next page.)
"It was awesome to see it happen because I know how hard she has worked to get to this point. This has been a goal of hers since she was in the eighth grade", said Coach William Capel, Katelynn's coach since seventh grade.
Katelynn is not done with goals yet! She is just 130 points away from Jenn Hice, who is GCCS's all-time girl's basketball scoring leader. As well, Katelynn and her teammate's goal of defending their 2007 Garden State Championship! Congratulations Katelynn!
Upcoming Dates
February 7 GSACS Senior High Testing
February 8 GSACS Spelling Bee (No School)
February 11 Report Cards issued
100th Day of School
February14 Report card return date
February 15-16 GSACS Basketball Tournament
February 18 President's Day (No School)
February 22 Elementary International Day
March 1 Re-enrollment Begins
March 7 GSACS Educator's Conference (No School)
March 11 Senior High Music Festival@ Parsippany
March 13 Fine Arts Night @ HBC 7PM
March 14 Senior High Academic and Fine Arts @ Pilgrim
Principal's corner: Eleven Ways to Help Your Child Tackle His Homework
- Use an assignment notebook so he knows what homework is required each day.
- Students in grades seven through twelve should keep a copy of the schedule at home since the same classes do not meet every day.
- Introduce a planning calendar and show her how to use it when she begins to have long-term assignments.
- Each day he should preview the assignments that he has to do and get the tough tasks out of the way first.
- Use a cooking timer to help "document" time on task.
- Only keep one subject on the desk at a time to reduce the image of being overwhelmed.
- He should write down the order in which he will do assignments.
- Teach her to review her work frequently.
- Encourage him to establish a regular time for doing homework.
- Eliminate distractions such as phone calls and television during homework time.
- Set up a regular place for doing homework.
From http://school.familyeducation.com/ . This looks like a good resource to help you with school work.
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