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Message from thePrincipal . . .

Dear Parents,

Greetings! What atremendous day we had atthe Fall Festival lastSunday. We have awonderful community of

FLEC family and friends that provide the teamworknecessary to produce such a lovely event. Thank you toall who participated and particularly a heartfelt thank you

to Lori Hernandez and Brenda Nee-Jaho. Mrs. Hernandez and Mrs. Nee-Jaho coordinated the festival along with our Home &School volunteers. Our FLEC family is grateful for the love and dedication of our Home & School Association.

FLEC was especially blessed this week with our Parent/Teacher conferences. These meetings provide an excellentopportunity to enhance communication between our teachers and parents. We are proud to partner with you in yourchildren’s educational journey.

As we close another week, let us continue to give thanks for the blessings that the Lord has bestowed upon our school.

“Know then that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God. He keeps His promise and shows His loving-kindness to thosewho love Him and keep His laws.” Deuteronomy7:9

Blessings in the coming week.Janet Ledesma

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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'sdaily activites.

November 6 - 8 Markham Woods Pathfinders

November 8 Kindergarten Thanksgiving Play

November 11 LifeTouch Picture Re-Takes

November 20 Mid-term

November 23 - 27 Thanksgiving Break (Noon Dismissal)

December 7 - 9 Christmas Concert

December 21 - January 3 Christmas Vacation

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. Youwill find the Administrator on duty either in the office or on campus. The schedule will be as follows:

Monday Mrs. LedesmaTuesday Mrs. ThomasWednesday Mr. OverstreetThursday Mr. GainesFriday Mr. Gaines

Our Administrator on Duty looks forward to assisting you in any way possible.

Lunch Menu

Monday Subs

Tuesday Chicken Tenders, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Veggies, Fruit Snacks

Wednesday Spaghetti with Red, White or Butter Sauce, Salad, Breadsticks

Thursday Seasoned Black Beans over Rice, Baked Plantains, Fruit Cubs

Friday Cheese Pizza, Salad, Cookies

Choice of juice, milk or chocolate milk is included with the meal.

Prices: $4.00 per ticket or $19.00 for a strip of five (5) tickets

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PICTURE RETAKE DAY

Lifetouch orders were sent home this week. If you are requesting a retake for your student the date is November 11th. Your child’spicture packet must be presented to the photographer at the time of retake. Also please indicate on the packet envelope what you did notlike about the picture and the photographer can make sure it is corrected. If your child was absent on the original date of pictures thiswould be the time to have their picture taken.

LOST AND FOUND

We presently have a lot of lost and found items here at the school. It is the school’s policy that at the end of each month all lost andfound items will be donated to the Forest Lake Church Thrift Store. November 20th will be our next delivery. If you have lost an item,please come and claim that item as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please feel free to stop by the office.

NEW AFTERCARE HOURS

Due to daylight savings time, Aftercare hours will be changing. Effective November 6 through March 5, 2010, Aftercare will be closing at5:15 p.m. ON FRIDAY’S ONLY. Please make arrangements to pick up your child by 5:15 p.m.

This prayerful decision was made to allow time to prepare for Sabbath observance. While our goal is to honor this special day of theweek that God bestows upon us and to receive His blessings, we recognize that this may present a hardship for some families. Pleasedo not hesitate to contact us if our new hours present a problem for you. As always, we are here for you.

FOOD ALLERGIES

Over the last two weeks, we have dealt with reactions to food allergies. On behalf of our students with food allergies, we are requestingthat if you are hosting, sponsoring a party or sending food to school that you label foods that contain nuts, peanut oil or peanut butter. Asa school family, we have put controls in place to continue to make FLEC a 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.

H1N1 PROTOCOL

Parents, please refer to our website for instructions regarding the H1N1 protocol. Remember that your child MUST be symptom free for24 hours before returning to school.

FLU PREVENTION

Flu season has started early this year and with swine flu being such a prominent news story do you ever wonder what FLEC is doing toprevent the flu? Be assured that FLEC Administration and staff takes flu prevention very serious. In consult with several medical experts,FLEC Administration has adopted the following practices:

Posters at every sink to show and encourage good hand washing techniques. (Make hand washing fun and effective, sing “Happy

Birthday” twice to encourage children to wash for the recommended 20 seconds)Hand sanitizer placed in every classroom and many other convenient places around our school. (CDC recommends a minimum of60% Ethyl Alcohol in hand sanitizer, FLEC uses hand sanitizer with a 63% Ethyl Alcohol base.)Classrooms are thoroughly cleaned every day. If a student shows signs of the flu that classroom receives a deeper cleaning withan industrial sanitizer that includes every desk, chair, keyboard lunchbox storage area and the nearby bathrooms and drinkingfountains.Frequent cleaning, through-out the day our doors, drinking fountains, sinks phones for student use, are wiped down withdisinfectant.Flu Shots are encouraged.

Stay Healthy Links:http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/home_work_school.htmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTAl4lO3aMhttp://www.itsasnap.org/snap/statistics.asp

LOWER YOUR CELL PHONE BILL

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 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.

VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN

We still have several openings in our VPK program. This is a wonderful opportunity for your four year old to experience learning in aChristian school environment. We are one of the few schools that offer a full day VPK program. Please contact the Registrar at407-862-7688, ext. 221 for more information.

STEP-UP SCHOLARSHIP

If you haven't already, please stop by the Business Office and sign your check or you will be obligated for the full tuition. Thank You.

BILLING

Just a friendly reminder: All school bills are due at the end of the month. If you have questions about your charges, please contact theBusiness Office at 407-862-7688, ext. 226.

INTRAMURALS HOCKEY GRADES K-3

An application went home with your child. If you did not receive one come by the office to get one or the FLEC web page. Please fill itout and have it to the office by Tuesday, November 10. Teams will be picked and posted on the web on Friday, November 13. First gamewill be Monday, November 16. If you have any questions you can contact me at 407-862-7688 ext. 263 or mastrapam@flec-sda.org

Mark Mastrapa

SPECIAL THANKS

A REALLY BIG THANKS to Lori Hernandez and Brenda Nee-Jaho for all their hard work organizing, planning, decorating, calling,delegating, etc. for the Fall Festival. Everyone had a wonderful time with their friends and family thanks to all their effort!

HOME & SCHOOL NEWS

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

Our "Weekly Bible Promise" is about faith: “We live by faith, not by sight.” 2Corinthians 5:7

FALL FESTIVAL WAS FABULOUS!!Thank you to all the volunteers that helped make this day a success. We couldn’t have

these wonderful family events if it wasn’t for all of you giving of your time and talents.Thank you for all that you do!

MAGAZINE DRIVE CONTINUES – Orders can still be submitted online at www.qsp.comusing FLEC's school order code: 425006163.

Thank you parents for all that you give to FLEC.

Sincerely,

Melissa KellerHome and School Association

DEVELOPMENT REPORT

SQUARE FOOT CAMPAIGN UPDATE

Thank you to those of you who sent in your list with 5 names with 5 phone numbers and 5 addresses! Your students will be receiving aprize today for participating.

(If you did not yet turn in your 5 names, you can still participate and support the campaign, but the prizes were for Thursday only.)

Remember, these are names of potential participants in the campaign – people who might consider sponsoring 1 square foot of the NewClassroom Building at $100/square foot – they don’t have to give to be included on the list and for the student to get the prize onThursday.

Also, please note: these names will be used only for this campaign. We will not save their names and send them other things either forfundraising or from the school.

All the names that your students put on the list will have a letter sent to them asking if they would consider sponsoring 1 or more squarefeet of the New Building. We will be calling them ahead of time to let them know a letter is coming.

Let’s all get behind this effort to raise $100,000 for the New Building. If we all do a little bit, we can accomplish a lot!

At any time, call Dan Tilstra, 269-208-1111, if you want to give a gift to the building project, have questions, or simply a suggestion thatmight give us more success.

CLASSIFIEDS

Terry's Family Day Care"A happy and fun Christian home away from home."

With 13 years of experience, CPR and First Aid Certification.I have three full-time openings, for Infants (0 - 12 months) or Toddlers (12 - 36 months)

For more information call: 407-886-6940 (home) or 407-276-6965 (cell)Email: Terrysfamilydaycare@gmail.com

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.

Email: info@ReLIONceSelfDefense.comPhone: 407.758.8666

Have a service or product you are looking to promote? This classified section is a service to ourconstituent churches and to our school families. Ads are $5.00 for two weeks and are accepted on afirst come, first served basis. Requests are due no later then Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. of each week.

Forms are available at the front office, or click on the Contact Us link

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