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1700 Buckeye Loop Road, N.E., Winter Haven, FL 33881

(863) 294-4135 or 299-8871

www.winterhavenchristianschool.org or www.whcsonline.org

September 24th, 2015

Our High School Retreat was again at Masterpiece Gardens this year. 54 high school students

spent the day from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

- 3 great meals

- shaved ice/popcorn

- team games (our mummy was better)

- free time (basketball/volleyball/ping-pong/soccer and more)

- great praise music

- awesome challenge from Pastor Mike Jarrett

- super time building friendships

- 2 students accepted Christ

- 12 students took a stand for Christ

From the desk of Mrs. Williams

The middle school enjoyed a great day of food, fellowship and activities. We started out

with breakfast, which everyone enjoyed by the look of the empty trays returned. We headed out-

side for our first round of activities next. The rain had stopped, so we were dry, which the adults

appreciated more than the students. They had free time for a while, with most trying the bungee

pull event. The 6th graders did not stand a chance against the older kids. Colton Branch was the

master at getting the marker to the end his lane. Many feet were in the air as the pull- back

flipped the students over. Mrs. Leonard did an admirable job against her 8th grade opponent. She

stayed on her feet. Volleyball was a fierce competition, with Alexis Olivier killing her opponents.

The blanket carrying was painful to the carriers and the students inside as well. Many were

dumped out on the grass as the carriers stumbled, or dropped the blankets. Lunch was enjoyed

by all, including the teachers! Ask Mrs. Herlocker for her cookie at your own peril. Mr. Brown

found that out! Chocolate chip cookies are not given away! Our message was very powerful.

About 15 students came forward, having prayed for salvation. Amazing. Our afternoon activities

were awesome. The Pictionary Relay showed how much talent our students have. Furious draw-

ing and guessing abounded! I think the students would say the highlight of the games was the Mu-

sical Spoons. No body part was spared injury in the battle for the plastic spoons. Ryan Jenkins

gave his all to get the last one, only to have Grant Heisey nudge his fingers closer, and grab the

spoon away. Great effort by all. Dinner was next, and again, clean plates abounded, even by those

who thought they were full from lunch. Chicken and mashed potatoes are a hit every time. Our

evening message was great, with powerful music bringing it home. Finally, the winning team was

announced. Mrs. Leonard had lost for the first time. The winning team was the Blueburgers, led

by Mrs. Alcala. There was much cheering from the Blueburger team at this announcement. Stu-

dents were picked up on time, and the tired staff dragged themselves to their cars and headed for

home.

From the desk of Mrs. Alcala

Masterpiece Gardens Recap

Make your plans to join us on Thursday, October 15, 6:00-8:00 PM at Faith Baptist Church Gymnasium for our annual fundraising banquet. Our theme this year is “Prepared for the Journey” where our senior class will be speaking to share how WHCS has prepared them for the journey of life and a lifetime relationship with Our Lord.

Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, September 8 for $20 each. We will have a delicious dinner catered by Simply Southern Catering again this year. You will not want to miss this very special evening where we begin the spotlight of the year…...our very first graduating Class of 2016. If you would like to help plan the event, host a table or help support the banquet by underwriting the cost,

please contact Jeanette Venable at 863-294-4135 or jvenable@whcsonline.org for more information.

WHCS “Prepared for the Journey”

Fundraising Banquet to benefit the students of WHCS

We are in need of a flatbed

trailer for our Christmas float.

If anyone is willing to loan (or

donate) a trailer we would

greatly appreciate it. Please call

the school office if you are able

to help.

Thank

you!!!

ATTENTION 10TH - 12TH GRADE

PARENTS!!

MANDATORY MEETING

Meetings will be held for each parent

with

students in 10th-12th grade on the

following dates:

Sept. 28-Oct. 2 from 3:00 - 5:30

It is your responsibility to schedule your

1/2 hour appointment through

Sycamore Education.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS September Mon. 28 -

Fri. Oct. 2 Mandatory 10th-12th grade meetings

October Thurs. 1 PTF Meeting @ 3:30 PM - Everyone welcome

Fri. 2 AG Leadership Training in Haines City (ALL DAY)

Fri. 9 K5 D & K5 L Field Trip to Explorations V and Barnett Park, Lakeland 9:15 - 2:30

Mon. 12 Progress Reports Go Home

Tues. 13 4H Meeting @ 7:00 PM - Fishing demonstration & family science ideas

Thurs. 15 Fundraising banquet from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Faith Baptist Church

Mon. 19-Fri. 23 Red Ribbon Week

Fri. 23 Spirit T-Shirt/Blue Jean Day– Please consult handbook - Collecting toilet paper

and toothpaste

Fri. 23 Regional Spelling Bee- Orlando Christian Prep

Mon. 26 End of Marking Period 1

Mon. 26 Fall Pictures for the Yearbook—Wear Uniforms

Wed. 28 Early Dismissal 12:30 MS/HS; 12:45 - K-2nd; 1:00 3rd-5th

Thurs. 29 - Fri. 30 FACCS Teacher Conference—School Closed—Aftercare Open

News About Ordering Lunches Through Sycamore

The only way to order lunches is through Sycamore Education. Parents will need to put money in

a pre-paid account, paid through the office, with a minimum of $20 per family, to be able to

purchase lunches. Please put the money in an envelope with your students name, grade and what

the money is for (lunch account).

How to order via Sycamore Education:

1. Log in to your Sycamore Account.

2. Click on My Accounting.

3. Click on My Cafeteria orders.

4. Select the proper Meal Cycle for the week.

5. Order a meal for each child in your family. The meals are $3.75 for regular and $4.25 for

large.

6. Be sure to enter the number 1 in the column before the meal choices. This will tell the system

you want to order one meal. If you leave it blank the system will view it as a zero.

7. Hit the blue update button in the upper right corner.

8. You should get a confirmation window that the update was successful.

9. We recommend you print a copy for your records.

Orders can be changed via Sycamore. However, all orders must be completed by

FRIDAY MORNING AT 8:30 A.M. IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN OR DID NOT RECEIVE YOUR SIGN-IN

INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE AT 294-4135

WHEN ORDERING A LA CARTE, CLICK ON THE “A LA CARTE” TAB. CHOOSE

THE DAY YOU WISH TO ORDER. CLICK ON THE BLUE “0”

BUTTON. A DROP DOWN MENU WILL APPEAR. TYPE IN THE NUMBER 1 BY

Thank you all SO much for participating in the

Otis Spunkmyer’s cookie dough fundraiser!! The total sales

are $31,416.00 with more coming!!! Wow!!!

What a blessing.

You may choose:

REGULAR entrée with 3 snacks & beverage

($3.75)

LARGE entrée with 4 snacks & beverage

($4.25)

HIGH SCHOOL ONLY

Salad and Loaded Tater

MENU FOR HOT LUNCHES September 21st - September 26th

MONEY MUST BE SENT TO THE OFFICE TO BE PLACED IN YOUR CHILD’S

SYCAMORE EDUCATION LUNCH ACCOUNT

Monday:

Fresh Hand Patty Hamburger

Tuesday:

Spaghetti

Wednesday:

Hand Battered Corn Dog

Thursday:

All White Meat Chicken Nuggets

Friday:

Hungry Howie’s cheese or pepperoni pizza

A La Carte

PB & J; CHICKEN NUGGETS; TURKEY SANDWICH

FRIDAY MORNING NO LATER THAN 8:30 AM

Chapel offering for September 22nd, 2015

$37.87

Students are allowed to

wear spirit t-shirts and blue

jeans every Friday. If your

child doesn’t have a

spirit T they are allowed to wear

their uniform shirts with blue jeans.

Winter Haven Christian Agriscience Academy School Tax Id# 59-2715430

To our perspective sponsors,

I am contacting you on behalf of the Winter Haven Christian Agriscience Academy. We are

very proud to say that we have been blessed to bring agriculture to the students at Winter Haven

Christian for the first time since the school opened back in 1965. With that being said we are looking

for support from our community and friends. It can be in the form of a sponsorship or a donation to

the Agriscience department. .

The school year has gotten off to a wonderful start and the students are eager to get started on

some projects. A few projects we would like to get accomplished this school year are irrigation for

small animals, vegetable garden, fence for the garden and animal area, vegetable garden, a chicken

coop, rabbit hutch, and a tool shed. The students are going to be helping every step of the way with

each one of these projects and we are in need of some supplies. Every little bit helps so if you have

some tools like rakes, shovels, hoes, hammers, tape measures or

materials such as wire, feeders, waterers, fence post, or anything else that could be helpful to our

projects; please contact the school and let us know.

Our vision for the Agriscience program is to grow each year. We would love to have a green

house where the students could have starter plants, a livestock barn for a few large animals, wood

working tools, and the list just keeps going.

Thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to whatever support you can

provide. Please contact Brandi Fountain, Agriscience teacher or Jeannette Williams email address

jwilliams@whcsonline.org, Academy director.

Sincerely,

Brandi Fountain

bfountain@whcsonline.org

863-412-0720 cell

Yearbook Update There are 15 Secondary yearbooks and 8 Elementary yearbooks available

for sale. Price is $15 each or 2 for $25. Make check payable to WHCS.

Yearbook request:

$15 for 1 yearbook [ ] Elementary [ ] Secondary

$25 for 2 yearbooks

Quantity: ____ Elementary ____Secondary

Name:____________________________________________________

I have enclosed: Cash Check Money Order

WE ARE IN

DESPERATE

NEED OF

VOLUNTEERS

TO HELP DURING

ELEMENTARY LUNCHES.

LUNCH BEGINS AT 11:00

AND ENDS AT 12:10.

YOUR TIME IS GREATLY

APPRECIATED!!!

WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE

Week of

9/28/2015

SPORT Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Bowling

Practice 3:00-5:00 Cypress Bowl

Volleyball

Away Volleyball game vs. Gene-va Classical 5:00 Varsity ONLY

Away Volleyball game vs. Mul-berry 4:30 MS/JV 5:30 Varsity

Practice at Grace Lutheran Church 3:30-5:30pm

Home Game at St. John's United Methodist Church vs. Lega-cy Christian 4:30 MS/JV ON-LY

Cross Coun-try

Practice 3:10-4:00 WHCS

Practice 3:10-4:00 WHCS

Practice 3:10-4:00 WHCS

Holloway Park Jambo-ree in Lake-land 8:00am

Cheerlead-ing

Practice 2:45-4:00 WHCS

Practice 2:45-4:00 WHCS

WHCS WARRIORS Athletics News Congratulations to the Girls Volleyball Teams for their wins this week! JV/MS won their game against Hillsborough Baptist and the Varsity Team beat Central Baptist to earn their 3rd win in the CFAC Conference. We are still looking for someone to Co-Coach with Coach Jay for the Boys Varsity Basketball Team. Please contact WHCS Athletic Director Barb Franklin at bfranklin@whcsonline.org.

WHEN: OCTOBER 2, 2015

WHAT TIME: 4:30 PM- 6:00PM

WHERE: WARNER UNIVERSITY

13895 N US Hwy 27

Lake Wales, FL 33859

WHAT FOR: We will be having cross country

practice with the WARNER

UNIVERSITY Cross Country Team!

Parents: Please bring a water bottle for your child. If your

child needs a ride over to Warner please get with one of the

coaches. Parents will be responsible for picking up their child

at Warner University no later than 6:00pm. This a GREAT

opportunity for our cross country team to interact with the

students at Warner University…..you won’t want your child to

miss this!!

Dear Parents: As you probably know, our school is participating in the Tyson Project A+™ Program, a fund-raising program sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. By collecting labels from participating Tyson® products, we can raise up to $12,000 for our school this year! That money can go toward supplies, building improvements, school programs, or anything else we choose. And now there’s an extra incentive to participate! For each 100 labels submitted between 8/15/15 and 10/31/15, our school will receive 10 free Scholastic books. That’s in addition to the 24¢ in cash we already receive for each label. Just clip and collect Tyson Project A+ labels from Tyson products. Send the labels to school with your child. We’ll collect the labels and send them to Tyson Foods. The more labels we collect right now, the better our chance at earning bonus books and cash!

We are only 10 labels away from having the 100 labels to qualify for the

10 free Scholastic books!!! SEND IN THOSE LABELS!!!

SPECIAL TIMES FOR ART

Mrs. Handley will be making the art room available to students who do not have art

1st quarter. There are 2 separate art projects that are coming up. First, is the Carols’ in

the Park and second is the Original Works fundraiser. The art room will be available

after school for the Middle School and High School students starting Sept. 28th thru

Oct. 20th, Monday—Friday from 2:30-3:30. If your student will be staying after

school to work on their art project, Mrs. Handley will need a parent letter stating your

child has permission to stay after school.

Check your

e-mail

for more

details!

The Agriculture Academy received it first donation last week. Thank you to Stacie Keene for contacting Home Depot and getting them

to donate supplies to help us get started on our box vegetable gardens.

On Monday, September 21st, the WHCS FFA Officer team went to Lakeland High School to compete against other high school FFA

chapters in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies contest. The overall experience was very fun and informative. All of the people were

very friendly and welcoming. We cannot wait to be able to go to more competitions in the near future! Rachel Smith

Don't forget to like our Facebook page "Winter Haven Christian School Agriculture Academy"

From the desk of Brandy Fountain

AG Academy Scoop