The students of Grace Christian

School have been collecting

food to prepare Thanksgiving

boxes for needy families. If you

have not participated, please

prayerfully consider helping in

this worthy cause. Our goal is to

provide a Thanksgiving meal to

give to as many families as

possible. Our JH students will

be boxing these food items to

make Thanksgiving Meal Boxes

on this Friday afternoon, Nov.

20th. If you would prefer to

make a cash donation, that

would be great—we will use

the cash donations to purchase

scrip cards in your name and

buy the needed supplies to fill

these boxes. May God bless

you and your family during the

Thanksgiving holiday.

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NEWSFLASHNEWSFLASHNEWSFLASHNEWSFLASH November Edition November 18, 2009

Inside this issue: Thanksgiving Project 1 El Torito Tonight 1 Plan for Thanksgiving? 2 SCRIP News 2 Safety Aware 2 Book Fair News 3 Character Traits 3 Ms. Hancock Finishes 3 Sports Court News 3 JH Student Recognition 4 Spirit Day 4

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Thank you for the loving generosity of our GCS families who have already donated food for this project. We still need the following items to fill the Thanksgiving Boxes for needy families:

• $12-$15 Gift Card to be

used for a Turkey or Ham

• Bisquick

• Potatoes (boxed)

• Gravy (canned)

• Canned or powdered milk

• Yams (canned)

• Olives or Pickles

• Pumpkin Pie Filling

• Boxed Cookies

• Coffee

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Our El Torito Dining Out

Fundraiser is tonight!

Wednesday,

November 18th.

El Torito Restaurant (at the corner of Valley View & Katella)

Take our flyer with you and they will

donate 25% of your purchased din-ner bill to Grace Christian School.

We also have SCRIP cards

to use for tuition credit !

leaving their cars unlocked for just

that “short walk” to our campus in

the morning or during afternoon pick

up. Please don’t leave your purses

on the car seat. We have not had

anything stolen, but we just want to

protect our Grace families and

make everyone safety aware.

We also want to remind all of our

GCS parents that they need to stop

by the front office and sign in if they

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Most major Hotels are avail-

able: Best Western, Clarion,

Comfort Inn, Courtyard, Hyatt,

Marriott, Mainstay Suites,

Quality, Renaissance, Ritz-

Carlton and more.

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School has our Family Dining

Out Fundraisers once a month.

If you purchase SCRIP for

these restaurants it makes it a

double fundraiser for your

family. Have you bought your

El Torito’s Restaurant SCRIP

for tonight? These are fun

nights for your whole family

to enjoy fellowship with

friends and our teaching

staff. Don’t miss Don’t miss Don’t miss Don’t miss

out on the fun! out on the fun! out on the fun! out on the fun!

SCRIP NEWSSCRIP NEWSSCRIP NEWSSCRIP NEWS Here are your weekly tips from

our friendly SCRIP volunteers:

TIP # 17:TIP # 17:TIP # 17:TIP # 17: Are you making your

travel plans for the Christmas

holidays? We can pre-order by

December 11 to get your order

by Christmas:

American Airlines $250 & $100

@ 8%

Carnival Cruises $100 @ 8%

Avis & Budget Rent-A-Car $50 @

8%

We hope your family has made

plans for next week.

Grace Christian School will be

closed for the entire week. The

ACSI Teacher’s Convention &

In-Service Days are on November

23, 24, & 25. If your family will need

day care during these 3 days, your

registration and payment of $25/

day was due last Friday. You may

still register this week and pay an

additional $10 late fee.

Thanksgiving holidays will be on

November 26 & 27. There will be

no day care provided.

We want to take

time to remind our

parents who are

walking to our Grace

Christian School

campus from the

parking lot to please

remember to lock your cars. Our

day care staff are in the parking

lot at the drop off lane to help

supervise our students and keep them safe. We are concerned

with some of our parents who are

Our SCRIP volunteers are getting ready for the Christmas season. We now have available:

• Honey Baked Ham Honey Baked Ham Honey Baked Ham Honey Baked Ham SCRIP $10 cards @ 12%

• Beth Hinderaker with Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Gems Gems Gems Gems will have her finely, hand-crafted jewelry set up in the school lobby on Friday, Nov. 20 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Come and shop for Christmas. She will credit your SCRIP account 10% for purchases.

SCRIP Sales Hours: Wednesday 8:15—9:30 a.m.

& Friday

8:15—9:30 a.m.

are staying on campus to work

in the classroom, any teacher

conferences, attend chapel or

special programs, or eat lunch

with their child. For the safety

of our students, our staff members

look for that authorization name authorization name authorization name authorization name

badgebadgebadgebadge to make sure you have

permission to be on our school

campus. This safety rule is for the

protection of your children.

A time to be Safety Aware

The cafeteria will be

closed during the ACSI

Teacher’s Convention

and Teacher In-Service

Days:

November 23, 24, & 25

If you have registered

for day care during

these 3 days …

...please remember

that you will need

to pack a lunch

and any snacks for

your student(s).

Last month Grace Christian

School started a program of

recognizing specific charac-

ter traits in our students.

There are basic values that define ethical behavior or

character. This program is

our effort to encourage and

to develop our students into

adults of tomorrow who will

apply these rules of ethics

when making decisions in

their lives. The students who

Our new Instrumental Music

Teacher, Ms. Hancock, is a great role model for persever-

ance. This past weekend she

ran 13.1 miles in the Silver Strand 1/2 Marathon in San

Diego on Coronado Island.

Her 99 year old great-

grandma who lives on the

island was there to cheer her

on and her dad flew in from

Georgia to run the entire race

with her. We are proud of her

and this awesome accom-

plishment! Ms. Hancock is a

fantastic addition to our GCS

staff. We love her energy and

her enthusiasm for teaching all

of her students music!.

Boy’s Basketball

Team Try Outs

Tuesday & Wednesday

December 1 & 2

3:00—4:30 p.m.

Authorization forms are on

our website under “athletics”

Girl’s Volleyball

Team Try Outs

Tuesday & Wednesday

December 1 & 2

3:00—4:30 p.m.

Authorization forms are on

our website under “athletics”

MS. HANCOCK MS. HANCOCK MS. HANCOCK MS. HANCOCK FINISHED THE RACE! FINISHED THE RACE! FINISHED THE RACE! FINISHED THE RACE!

SPORTS COURT NEWSSPORTS COURT NEWSSPORTS COURT NEWSSPORTS COURT NEWS

Book Fair Book Fair Book Fair Book Fair

NewsNewsNewsNews

Boy’s Football, Girl’s Basketball, and Cheerleading

All Teams Party

Thursday, November 19 at 3:00 p.m.

in Fellowship Hall

The Grace Christian

School Book Fair was a

great success last week.

Thank you to all of our

supportive parents who

purchased books at our

Book Fair. We hope you

and your family will enjoy

these books and know

that you have helped

our school library. Our library will now be able to purchase $2,623.00 in books and new library curriculum materials for our students.

Our librarian, Mrs. Beigh-ton, and our school buyer, Mrs. Fort, organ-ized this book fair for our

school. They would like

to thank their parent

volunteers: Tricia Burley, Sarah Guelpa, Petey Lorey, and Anne Marie

McClaflin. for helping at the Book Fair.

Character traits Character traits Character traits Character traits

awards on Friday awards on Friday awards on Friday awards on Friday

in chapelin chapelin chapelin chapel

will be honored in our chapel

on this Friday will receive a

certificate and place their

names on the character

pillars that are located in the

school lobby. We hope all of

our parents will

be able to

at tend the

chapel service

when their child receives his/her

recognition.

Check out our website: www.gcsrr.org

Tuesday’s Top Three

Every other Tuesday, Mrs. Chaney and the JH staff

choose students to honor

based on different criteria. This

week is honoring:

Exemplary Work Habits

Congratulations: Breanna (6), Allison(6), Rebekah (7), Quiana (7), and Britney (8)

A BIG THANKS to all of our 8th grade students who worked at our “E” Waste Drive on Saturday.

The funds from this

project will be used to

help pay for our 8th

grade students’ Wash-

ington D.C./ New York

City Trip.

SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY

JH Student Recognition

VS.

SPIRIT DAY ON THIS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18TH

JH Staff vs. JH Students

Football Game 1:30—2:00 p.m.

All students should wear spirit clothes on Friday.

Games & Activities outside on our campus for Jr. High students water balloon toss—obstacle course

2:00—2:50 p.m.

JH Student Council request the following items for Spirit Day activities: Mrs. Vande Kerk’s & Mrs. Schick’s classes: Chips Mrs. Summers’ & Mrs. Chaney’s classes: Drinks