January 17, 2017

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PCA Calendar 2017

Wed, Jan 18 Report cards issued

Thurs, Jan 19 5:30P Girls Volleyball at Holy Family

Mon, Jan 23 ACSI Creative Writing due

Tues, Jan 24 5:30P Girls Vball at home vs. Lostant

Thurs, Jan 26 5:30P Girls Vball at home vs. Deer Park

Fri, Jan 27 6:00P Family Reading Night

Mon, Jan 30 2017-2018 PCA REGISTRATION opens to current PCA students!

Fri, Jan 31 5:30P Girls Vball at Dimmick

Wed, Feb 1 In-house speech contest

Thurs, Feb 2 5:30 Girls Vball at Peru Catholic

January birthdays:

18 Isaiah Hart 5th grade

20 Rachel Rieker 8th grade

20 Mr. Wallace

22 Xavier Gyurkovics 4th grade

23 Joseph Foster K

25 Karlie Schultz 1st grade

29 Joelle LaPlante 4th grade

Enjoy your special day!

PCA MISSION STATEMENT ~ To provide an excellent academic education with a Christian world view based on

the absolute authority of God’s Word, the Holy Bible.

<>Parents~ take note!

Report cards will come home tomorrow (Wednesday, January 18)! Please look them over, sign, and return.

<>Family Reading Night 2017

Take a “Journey Through Reading” on Friday, January 27th at 6:00 at PCA. This will be a fun

night of reading and activities for everyone to enjoy!

This year we are going to do things a bit differently in hopes to have more participation from every-

one in the school. Each class will be picking a favorite book and a display about that book will be

set up for everyone to visit. Sounds like fun! We will see you on Friday, January 27th! Cookies and

treats are needed! Please let the office know if you can make something. Thank you!

<>2017 PCA Eagle Run--WOOT WOOT!!

We are need sponsors for this year's race. Do you have a business or a personal connection with a business that would

like to support PCA in the 2017 EagleRun? If you would like to donate or know someone who does, contact Beth

Jones 815-830-1626 or liz.beth.jones7@gmail.com

<>ACSI Spelling Bee Results

8th grade - Jerrey Nelson placed 4th in her group and 4th in the spell-off. Jerrey qualifies for Regional Competition by

finishing 4th in the spell-off. Great job, Jerrey!

7th grade - Andrea Imsland, 9th place

6th grade - Leah Wilson, 1st place

5th grade - Titus Cook, 4th place

Congratulations to all those who competed. We are so very proud of you!

<>Congratulation to Mrs. Wolbrecht on becoming a Grandma! Kirsten and Keith welcomed their first grandbaby,

Jackson Tyler, to the world on Tuesday, January 17. Many blessings to the new parents, Jessica and Jeremy Doze.

SonShine Preschool - Mrs. Pollok (Miss Elisha)

Kindergarten Tidbit - Mrs. Whitlock Report cards will come home on Wednesday.

Our “100 Day” Party will be January 30th. I hope you saw the letter that went home on last Friday. If you have any questions, please see me.

I will copy and send home the sign up list for the 100 day treats for activities. Most of you have already brought them to the classroom. I thank you very much.

In Phonics this week we will work short/long vowels on the board, marking the sounds. We will review the “ck” rule and learn “ck “ follows a short vowel. The long “e” at the end of short words will be introduced as these are special sounds. (be, me, we, and he)

Reading Groups will continue Book 4 and review books 2 and 3 for fluency. Everyone is doing a great job with Reading Homework, just keep reading. Several students have finished books and signed off on the back. Book 4 has lots of two vowel words. This can be difficult at first. We will reread the sections over and over until it becomes easy for the students to sound/read the stories. There will be a Reading Grade evaluation this week.

In Numbers the students will be asked to fill in the missing number in an addition combination. We will continue to practice writing 0-9 and dictated numbers. As we count we will identify what number comes after a said number and write it. The parts of a calendar will be introduced.

Students will be asked to answer addition facts they have learned and write the twin fact. The word numbers “one, two and three” will be learned. A review of dimes and pennies will be practiced determining how many will be needed to purchase a certain object.

We will practice shoe tying skills and introduce tally charts.

In Social Studies we are heading to the Netherlands to sight see and have a Dutch cheese and chocolate tasting. Does anyone have wooden clogs we could show?

Our tea with the Queen of England was a big hit. Thanks to Myla all the girls had princess dresses to wear. The boys learned to bow and the girls learned to curtsey. Thanks Myla.

Our Bible story is Jonah. As he chose to disobey God, we can learn from Jonah that we need to ask forgiveness and tell God we are sorry along with asking God to help us change. When we disobey. This is a great story of God’s lov-ing concern for all people. We need to be showing God’s love and mercy to other people even when we don’t want to or feel uncomfortable.

Our memory verse: “He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8

Have a great week!

Mrs. Whitlock

Theme: Bears, Bears, Bears Bible Topic: Jesus Calms a Storm Bible Song: “Jesus Can”

Bible Verse: “What kind of man is this? Even the wind and waves obey him.” (Matthew 8:27)

Bible Lesson:

Wed. - A Storm at Sea; The Disciples Are Afraid

Fri. - The Wind and Waves Obey; Trusting Jesus Through Fear

Letter: Rr ABC Bag/Snack

Number: 17 Seventeen Wed. - Jacey

Color: White Fri. - Fritz

Shape: Oval Mon., Jan 23 - Jakari

2nd Grade - Mrs. Bickett

First grade – Mrs. Wolbrecht

3rd grade - Mrs. Cleary

Bible: We’ve learned all about the birth and boyhood of Jesus. This week we will experience His first teachings and the revelation that He was not just a man, but our Savior! Our verse this week is: I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:11

Speech: We will not have a spelling list this week. We will spend that time each day working on our Speech entries. The in-house speech contest will be on Wednesday morning, February 1, time TBD. Parents, grandparents, loved ones are welcome to come watch and encourage the students!

Phonics:

o in shovel ey in key a in banana ey in obey c in city ph in phone au in faucet ch in chorus aw in saw ought in thought ea in leaf dge in fudge aught in caught ea in thread ea in steak g in giant ie in brownie

Language:

organizing words alphabetically adding –s, -ing, or –ed to a root word; when to double the consonant homonyms when to drop the silent e from a root word, ie. tape = taped

Math:

10’s family, addition and subtraction Units of measure Counting by 3’s and 5’s Counting coins and dollars Telling time in 15 minute increments

Many of you know that our oldest son, Jeremy and his wife Jessica are expecting our first grandbaby. Baby Jackson is scheduled to arrive this afternoon! I will be travelling to California to meet Jackson and will be gone from school February 2-13. I wanted to make sure I was here for the students’ speech contest. I have let the students know my plans and will prepare them before heading out. While I do not like missing more time with your precious children, I am so very excited to go meet my grandson! Please keep the students and my family in your prayers!

In His Hands, Mrs. Wolbrecht

Our in house speech contest will be on Wednesday, February 1st. I don’t know what time yet, but I will let you know

as soon as I do. Please make sure your child has their speech material memorized by then. Students need to say the

title, and author or Bible reference and version of Bible before saying their poem, fable, or verses. Students doing

Bible memorization need to tell what the verses mean after they are done quoting them.

Spelling test 17 will be on Friday. Our verse this week is Proverbs 19:20: “Listen to advice and accept

instruction and in the end you will be wise.” We are looking at Esther this week in Bible class. We will recite Prov-

erbs 19:20 on Friday.

We are continuing to learn about Patriotic Holidays in history. We are working on counting by 3’s and

4”s in math class.

Don’t forget to be working on January’s Book-It.

The children have come back from break refreshed and amazingly calm! We are busy now getting back

to a routine and everyone is doing well.

Our weekly Bible verse is John 3:3 - In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the

kingdom of God unless he is born again." How amazing it is to watch the children grow in the Lord with this truth!

We also have been studying The Beatitudes and are almost done. One left to go.

Spelling - List 18. Pre-test is on Wednesday and test on Friday. I will work extra to get them ready since

we are short a day.

Math is going to be a big focus this semester since we need to get our multiplication facts down. You

will see math homework every week, at least one day, as we get caught up with our lessons. (continued on next page)

4th Grade - Mrs. Odell

6th - 8th Grade Science - Mr. Cornman

8th grade homeroom and Jr. High Math - Mrs. Anderson

(continued) A highlight to this month is the Family Reading Night on January 27th at 6:00. I sent a note home about

our class book and demonstration for that program. We are very excited to present The Pilgrim Boy. More news to

come as we get ready. Any ideas for costumes would be appreciated. We are sure to have a table with interesting in-

formation, food and reports.

Thanks for all your help with keeping your child on track!

Our Scripture passage this week is Isaiah 53:5-7.

We chose speech contest items before break. Please make sure your child has memorized their piece.

They will compete in poetry, fables, or Scripture.

We are focusing on fractions in math. We are testing on list 18 in spelling tomorrow and will be on to

list 19. We’re learning about writing book reviews in English and testing on that Thursday. We are learning of sound

and hearing in Science. History is showing how our nation grew and we will test over chapter 11 Thursday.

Enjoy your week!

6th- Reviewing chapters 1-4 for test on Friday, then the Periodic Table.

7th- We will be studying “One of a Kind Mammals.” - Real Mermaids, Anteaters, Earth Pigs, then, “Unusual Mam-

mals” - Marsupials. Then, the Periodic Table.

8th- We will be studying the Greenhouse Effect and what effect it has on the earth. Then we will be getting into

Heat Distribution in the Atmosphere (Atmospheric Convection and Radiation electromagnetic waves).

8th grade- Semester Review. Test Thurs 1/19. Begin Unit on Equations of a Line

7th grade- Semester Review. Quiz Tues 1/24. Test Thurs 1/26.

6th grade- Review. Test Fri 1/20. Begin Geometry Unit.

“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28