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The FLEC Flyer | February 26, 2010 | Week 28Message from the Principal . . .

Dear Parents,

Greetings! One can hardly believe that Spring Break is“upon” us. Where has the 2009-2010 school year gone?Recently, at Wednesday night Prayer Meeting, we wereencouraged to present to God our “monumental” challengesand allow Him the opportunity to answer them accordingly inour lives. To wait upon the Lord as He performs amazing

miracles in our lives. I invite you to join me in presenting to the Lord your “monumental”challenges and await the blessings that He has in store for you today!

Thank you to our Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten teachers, as well as, the marvelous volunteers that assisted in presenting our annual FLECPre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Preview this past Thursday. It was a delight to see 90 plus 4 and 5 years olds discovering our campus for the first time.

I was very fortunate to be on campus Thursday evening to see our eighth grade students dressed in their finest. What a beautiful sight! Thank you to oureighth grade teachers and especially Renee Schultz. Mrs. Schultz invited our students into her home for their pre-banquet hors d'oeuvre after which theycontinued on to Heathrow Country Club to enjoy their eight grade banquet.

Our seventh grade classes took an overnight trip to the Lowry Park Zoo and Tampa Aquarium on Wednesday and Thursday. Thank you to our seventh gradeteachers, Mrs. Rose Thomas and our parent chaperones for their generous and willing participation. Without their assistance, this trip would not have beenpossible.

Next week is Spring Break. We will dismiss at noon on Friday, February 26, 2010. There will be no lunch served. School will resume on Monday, March 8,2010. I pray that you have a safe and restful vacation!

In closing, our Administrative team is always here to serve you and your children. Please find below our contact information. Do not hesitate to contact anyone, or all, of us if you have any questions or concerns.

Blessings,Janet Ledesma

Janet Ledesma Cell 407-637-9026Office 407-862-7688 Ext. 222Email ledesmaj@flec-sda.org

Rose Thomas Cell 407-790-2084Office 407-862-7688 Ext. 223Email thomasr@flec-sda.org

Bob Overstreet Cell 407-637-9778Office 407-862-7688 Ext. 229Email overstreetb@flec-sda.org

Victor Gaines Cell 803-374-3093Office 407-862-7688 Ext. 225Email gainesv@flec-sda.org

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Calendar at a Glance

Calendars were distributed to your children and are on our website. Please refer to the calendar in planning for your child's daily activites.

March 1 - 7 Spring Break

March 8 School Resumes

March 9 - 10 Spring Lifetouch Picture Days

March 19 - 21 Believe in the Power Weekend

March 21 Mariam Kittrell 5k Run (attendance required)

March 22 - 26 Spring Week of Prayer

Link to Forest Lake Education Center 2009-2010 Calendar

Administrator on DutyIn order to better serve you and your family, our Administrative team will now be available until 6:00 p.m. each evening. You will find the Administrator on dutyeither in the office or on campus. The schedule will be as follows:

SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL MARCH 1 - 5

Lunch Menu

SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL MARCH 1 - 5

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CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations - to all of the FLEC students who have worked hard to achieve good grades thisgrading period. Your hard work has been noticed we are proud of your accomplishment. Keep up thegood work!

REGISTRATION

Registration has begun for the 2010-2011 school year! New Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten students may begin the registrationprocess as well as all returning students. Passwords for returning students have been mailed. Please remember that the FLECregistration process is online at our website, www.myflec.com, and passwords will be required for all returning students. If you have anyquestions, please feel free to contact Carolyn Anderson, FLEC Registrar.

ORLANDO MAGIC PLAYER AT FLEC

Monday March 8, 2010, at 3:45 p.m. there will be an Orlando Magic player here at FLEC! This is a special eventopen to students of FLEC and their parents ONLY! All Varsity and Junior Varsity Basketball teams need to come inFULL UNIFORM for photos with the Magic Player.

SPRING LIFETOUCH PICTURE DAYS

March 9 & 10 - Spring Picture Day for your child to have their individual spring picture taken.

March 17 – your child’s class will have their picture taken as a group.

Please watch for more information after Spring Break. Thank you.

MISSING

A pair of eye glasses and case disappeared from the basketball court on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 – Iffound please return them to the front desk ASAP. The glasses have a black frame and say “Body Glove”on the side ear pieces; the case is black with green neon letters. If you know anything about thesemissing glasses please help them find their way back to their owner.

7th GRADE LATIN AMERICAN MARKETPLACE

Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m.Place: FLEC gymnasium

Come and learn about our Latin American neighbors to the south! Student groups will give you a “taste”of the cultures of 15 different countries to celebrate their most recent unit of study.

MATH CLUB UPDATE

A while ago, some students were invited to be part of a math club based on their math grades. The invitation was extended to studentsfrom grades 3 – 8. While a few students from the different grades responded, only 4th grade had enough students and parent helpers toform a club. We moved on with the 4th grade club and the volunteers and students are having a fantastic time! We do thank the childrenfrom the other grades who responded and we regret that they couldn’t be part of the club this year. It is our hope that we would havemore interest and volunteers to include other grades next year. We will inform you of our math club plan during the next school year.

FOOD ALLERGIES

On behalf of our students with food allergies, we are requesting that if you are hosting, sponsoring a party or sending food to school thatyou label foods that contain nuts, peanut oil or peanut butter. As a school family, we have put controls in place to continue to make FLECa safe place for all our students.

HELP OUR TEACHERS!

Many classrooms are being disrupted between 2:45-3:00 p.m. and we need your help. It is our desire for teachers to utilize class timeeffectively and would like to request that disruptions be kept to a minimum. Also, if you would like to see a teacher we ask that you waituntil after dismissal, call or e-mail for an appointment. The FLEC Receptionist is happy to deliver messages, lunches, books and papersto your child. Thank you so much for your cooperation in this matter.

DISMISSAL

Remember school is out at 3:15 pm. Please note that it is disruptive to learning when parents come to theclassroom door at 2:50 or 3:00 to get their child. Please be patient and wait till the class is dismissed, youcan meet your child as the class leaves the classroom. Thank you for understanding and helping theteachers utilize those last minutes of the day.

Choose a Lane - Please remember to be extremely careful and patient when driving on campus. As youturn into the school drive please use the right lane if you are picking up from behind the school (5ththrough 8th grader riders) and the left lane if you are picking up children in front of the school (Pre-Kthrough 4th grade and multi-grade riders). Remember to be considerate; yield to your neighbor andpractice patience. Safety is our number one concern.

Rain Dismissal – We continue to tweak our rain dismissal procedure. Our goal is to safely completedismissal in 30 minutes or less from when the dismissal bell rings. Be assured that your child will not besent to Aftercare as long as there are still cars in line to pick-up.

PLEASE REFER TO PREVIOUS WEEKS FOR INFORMATION ON OUR H1N1 PROTOCOL AND FLU.

CELL PHONES

The FLEC Handbook states: “Cell phones must be powered off during school hours: 7:50 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. Monday –Thursday, and 7:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Fridays. They must not be visible during class, in the halls, or anywhere oncampus during school hours.”

There will now be a $25.00 fine for any cell phone visible during the school day. Students can use school phones withteacher’s permission and parents may leave messages with the front office if they need to reach their student.

INTRAMURALS FOOTBALL GRADES 1-3

Teams were picked and posted on the web. First game is Monday February 22, 2010. A schedule will come home with your child also.Games will begin at 3:30 p.m. and end at 4:10 p.m. Anyone left after 4:10 p.m. will be escorted to aftercare. If you have any questionsyou can contact me at 407-862-7688 ext. 263 or email me at mastrapam@flec-sda.org. Mark Mastrapa

HOME & SCHOOL NEWS

BELIEVE IN THE POWER WEEKENDI wanted to take this opportunity to share with you what we have in store for our community the weekend of March 19 – 21, 2010. Weare praying for the Spirit to move our parents to renew their commitment to SDA education..... To understand the value it holds for alifetime for our kids.... To realize that we ALL (church, family, school) play a part in raising up Godly children...... And most importantly toengrain in our hearts that the only source of power that allow our children (and us) to live above this world is through the power ofChrist!!!

What Will The Weekend Entail?

March 19 - Friday Vespers- FLEC gym – evening will include: Speaker - Kay Rizzo, former teacher now inspirational speaker;testimonies from those who have been impacted by our schools, teen skit and musical selections from our SDA schools.

March 20 - Sabbath Program – Sabbath will include: Speaker - Shane Anderson, Pastor and Author of “How to Kill Seventh-dayAdventist Education;” music from our SDA schools; testimony or commitment expression from our pastors from our constituentchurches.

March 20 - Saturday afternoon parent-values meeting – Seminar focusing on what parents need to do in the home to partner withour schools and churches in maintaining a commitment to our values of Christian education.

March 20 - Saturday evening educators meeting – Shane Anderson – will gleam elements from his book and motivate those whoare serving our schools to continue the charge and help regain the commitment from parents.

March 21 - Sunday Miriam Kittrell 5K Race for Christian Education – FLEC – a race for worthy student funds, removing financialbarriers to our education.

PARENTS IN PRAYER:We meet every Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. in the Aftercare room next to Chris Carey's office in the library. Please join us as we upliftour students, teachers, staff, administration and our entire FLEC family in prayer! Our locked "Prayer Request Mailbox" is in the gym onthe wall in front of Coach McCoy's office.

MAGAZINE DRIVE – Orders can still be submitted online at www.qsp.com using FLEC's school order code: 425006163. Questionsabout the status of your magazine order? Call QSP at 1/800-678-2673.

Thank you parents for all that you give to FLEC.

Sincerely,

Melissa KellerHome and School Association

DEVELOPMENT REPORT

You hear a lot about giving in the community, the churches need money, FLEC needs money, our kids are doing fundraising for variousthings, not to mention all the causes around the world, such as the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Before you give up in frustration,saying you can't help everybody, please consider these two quotations:

“The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.” - Ted Turner

“You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” - Zig Ziglar

Now, prayerfully reflect on your own life and ask God to show you where He wants you to make a difference in thankfulness for all thegood life has given you.

Remember, if you want to begin supporting FLEC in a more specific way than you have before, with time or gifts, give me a call: DanTilstra, 269-208-1111 or email tilstrart@gmail.com. I’m always ready to talk.

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PRIOR FLEC Flyer Editions

Need a prior FLEC Flyer Edition? No problem! They are waiting for you online or available to be downloaded and printed by simply goingto http://priorflecflyers.displayedhere.com. Also available on the FLEC website.

If you have a young boy or girl in grades 1st -5th who is interested in training in ourSports Jujitsu Program at FLEC on Fridays at 1:45, please take a moment topre-register them to secure your place today. All participants MUST be able to followdirections and work well with others. As soon as we have 12 students registered withall three forms filled out, we will launch the new program. Pre-registration cost $25.

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