PCA Eagle s Nest News

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1 PCA Eagle s Nest News US Hwy 34 Princeton, IL princetonchristianacademy@yahoo.com December 19, 2017 Celebrating the Season of Christmas - Jesus Birthday! PCA Christmas 6th - 8th Gr. Open House/Band & Choir Concert Great Job to the PCA Jr. High Band and Choir! Such talented students you are! And Mrs. Holmes also thanks you! The program was enjoyed by all! Thank you for your hard work and thank you to directors Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Holmes for their giving of their talents also! Lost and Found Please check out the Lost and Found table set up in the foyer. Our cupboard grows to overflowing and with the holiday break, you student may need their belongings! :) Thanks for your attention to this! Spelling Bee Contestants announced On January 19th at Trinity Oaks, IN, ACSI will once again have their annual Spelling Bee. Those students chosen to participate are: 1st grade - Isabella van den Berg, 2nd grade - Alice Scruggs, 3rd grade - Evan Wilson, 5th grade - Arthur van den Berg, 6th grade - Natalie Richey, 7th grade - Leah Wilson, 8th grade - Andrea Imsland. Congratulations to you in your abilities and as you represent our school! Students have their lists to study, so please continue to do so over Christmas break. January 19th will come quickly! For Girls grades 4-8! Coach Tony wants to meet for a volleyball meeting today at 3:15 p.m. Any questions, see Mr. Clausen. A Concern We are noticing that some students signed for hot lunches are not eating their lunches at all. We would like to let you parents be aware as you are paying $2.75 per lunch. Our main concern is that students are not eating anything and returning to the classroom with empty stomachs. Let us know if you have any questions/concerns. Thank you! Christmas Break info We dismiss at 2 p.m. this Friday for our Christmas holiday. The bus will pick up students on Friday. December 19 - Jack Nickelsen 3rd grade 22 - Gabriella Hollars Preschool 22 - Claudia Nordstrom 8th grade 22 - Braxton Bickett Kindergarten 26 - Miss Neff Lunch/Study Hall Monitor 30 - Evan Wilson 3rd grade 30 - Titus Cook 6th grade 30 - Paul Hart 8th grade 30 - Mrs. House P.E. teacher January Mrs. Kiser Vice Principal, English teacher 09 - Noelle Richey Kindergarten 10 - Carter Grey 1st grade We resume classes on Monday, January 8th, Please note that there will be no bus service on that day. Enjoy your family time!

2 From Mr. Odell s desk: (God s Word given to teachers each week and we want to share with you, also!) 1Corinthians 1:20-23: 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to Greeks foolishness. 1 Peter 1:18-21: 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from you fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 20 He was indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you 21 who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. The Word of God is very clear that where Jesus is not acknowledged as God incarnate, crucified, risen, reigning and returning, there is no Christianity. Only through genuine belief in the truth of who Jesus is will there be regeneration, a newness of life which begets a new loyalty, a new love and a new life. Put simply it involves both the head and the heart. Dear ones, we must be faithful to proclaim the true Gospel even though many to whom we speak are unwilling to listen or respond to the Truth. J.I. Packer puts it very well: The man in the street, as we like to say, sees Christianity as a moral code rather than as good news of salvation, and Jesus as a dead teacher rather than a living Savior, and spiritual life as New Agetype meditation for self-improvement, and religious commitment as a hobby for those who care about that sort of thing. That we all live in God s presence and under His eye, and that we must one day answer to him for the lives we have lived, and that our humanity is so out of shape through sin that we need Savior as urgently as persons with brain tumors need a surgeon, are truths that never enter most people s minds. Regardless of response may we continue to be bold warriors and proclaimers of the Gospel. TEACHER S NOTES FOR YOU! PCA ACTIVITY CALENDAR for December Fri, 22 2:00 p.m. dismissal for Christmas Break January 2018 Mon, 08 8:00 a.m. Classes resume Tues, 09 5:30 p.m. Boys BB HOME game vs Deer Park A,B,C Thurs, 11 5:30 p.m. Boys BB Deer Park A,B, C Fri, 12 End of 2nd 9 weeks with noon dismissal Sat, 13, Tues, 16, Thurs, 18, Fri, 19th - Prairie Conference Boys Bball Tournament Music Notes Mrs. Marshall We had a wonderful time listening to Christmas music and creating musical snowmen in K-5 music this week! Ask your musician to see their snowman and tell you about the music symbols they used to dress them. I pray your Christmas break is blessed and full of music!

3 Band Beats Mrs. Marshall The sanctuary was indeed filled with joyous instrumental and vocal music Friday night! What a joy to play and sing for all of you, and to join together in song rejoicing about Jesus. Sonshine Preschool Note ~ Miss Elisha Theme: Christmas Bible topic: The Wise Men Bible verse: Matthew 2:2: We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him. Letter: Pp Color: Green Number: 15 Fifteen Shape: Triangle PARENTS REMINDER: Our Preschool Christmas Program is Friday at 10:30! Christmas break begins! School resumes on Monday, January 8th. Kindergarten Tidbit ~ Mrs. Whitlock Parents and friends for your support and encouragement! Mr. Luft for attentively running our sound! Mrs. Allen for your lovely piano accompaniment! Mr. and Mrs. Thompson for taking beautiful pictures! Mr. Bullington and Mr. Odell for your truth filled words! I am so proud of our PCA musicians! They not only did their best onstage, but also went above and beyond off stage. The junior high choir sat very respectfully while the band played. The band worked quickly to clear the stage before the choir sang. Kudos, students! Encourage your musicians to continue playing during our Christmas break. Advanced band students have brand new music in their folders. Lesson students have exercises and music to work on in their books. All instruments need to go home after school this Thursday! ABC Bag/Snack Wed: Miss Elisha Fri: School Thank you to Cara Murray and Deanna Oliver for the Mexican snack of avocado, rice and beans with nachos and salsa. We had our pictures taken in our sombreros. Elizabeth Zawistowski brought a piñata and we had a real fiesta. We head to Peru, South America this week. We will have our Christmas Party on Friday so we will not have a taste of Peru. Meredith Benson and Laura Richey are planning our Christmas Celebration in the classroom. This week we will continue addition up to the Four Family in Numbers. We will review the dime, pennies and count by tens. The double addition facts will be introduced. The students will continue to practice all their numbers with flashcard recognition. There will be an evaluation in Numbers. In Phonics letters, blends, sounds and words will be reviewed with a mix of flashcards for all four. We will identify beginning letters, blends and make words from the blends. We will review spelling words and write a sentence. We will be in reading groups this week so please continue to return the Readers. Most of the students are reading at home and bringing their Readers back for stickers. We will make sentences and read our blend books. The sight words to, do, of and for will be reviewed. There will be an Oral Evaluation in Phonics. The Christmas Story and lessons will be taught in Bible time with our memory verse in Luke 2:11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord Jesus birth was a gift that God gave because He loves all people. This Christmas we can say yes to Jesus who brought peace and salvation to all people. I wish you a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy your families.

4 1st grade ~ Mrs. Wilson In Bible, we will be learning about the Christmas story. Our memory verse is For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And the government will be on his shoulders. And his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 The students are looking forward to the class Christmas Party on Friday afternoon. Thank you to Heather Heaton and Jamie Taylor for planning the party! Thank you to Maddox and Jennifer Searl for providing the treats! This week we are making lots of Christmas crafts, including a special craft with help from Mr. Clausen s fifth grade class. Thank you, Carin van den Berg for your help with this project! Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! See you next year! 2nd grade ~ Mrs. Bickett For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6. We will recite this verse on Thursday, December 21 st. Students will not be tested over spelling list 14. Students have picked their pieces for the speech contest. Please work on helping them memorize their poem, fable, or Bible passage over break. Our in house speech competition will be here before we know it. Have a wonderful Christmas break celebrating the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ!! Also a BIG THANK YOU to the moms who are planning and helping with our Christmas party!!!! I know we will have a wonderful time!!! 3rd grade ~ Mrs. Cleary Blessed and holy time this Christmas. We remember how important because of Christ Jesus born into this world to save us. This week will be very busy as we bring to close topics in each subject for the Christmas break. We will have test in Bible, Math and Language. No worries as we will prepare in class. Most of these are simple. These dear 3rd graders work hard! We will get there. Animal Notebooks are coming along great. Thursday we will review them together and make sure all I on track. The are due the last day of the quarter, January 12th, We will begin to work on book reports for Squanto or All Kinds of Animals. How amazing it is! We have learned so much. 4th grade ~ Mrs. Odell Friday afternoon will be our Christmas party. Blessings to all of you this Christmas and a promising New Year! In Christ s love, Mrs. Cleary We are reviewing the year s verses this week. Thank you to Mrs. Towne-Peldonia for driving us last Thursday for our fieldtrip. We had over 15 items for the mitten tree and it was such a nice time at Country Comfort. The Lord has gifted us in so many ways and it is such a privilege to share with others. We will test on spelling list 16 Wednesday and then begin list 17. We are learning dry measurements and fractional equivalents in math. We are writing a book review on Saved at Sea. We are beginning a chapter on Energy in science and we are beginning to learn of our nations growth in history. We are choosing speeches this week so the children can have theirs to begin memorizing during Christmas break. They might need help/counsel from you in making their decision.

5 4th grade continued Our class Christmas party will begin at 12:30 on Friday under the direction of Mrs. Hardy so you may direct any inquiries toward her, and school dismisses at 2:00. I pray that your family will have an incredible time together focusing on Christ and the beauty of His magnificent plan for us. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 5th grade ~ Mr. Clausen Oral report for Science will be assigned this week. Reports will be due approximately 2 1/2 weeks after Christmas break. Reports will be 1-2 minutes in length and will include 5 facts. Reports should be memorized, but note cards may be used. Topics may include: planets, stars, meteors, the sun, the moon, moon landings, space probes, space shuttle, etc. 6th grade Science ~ Mr. Cornman Mrs. Cook s Jr. High News: 8 TH Grade Language Arts-----Mrs. Kiser Jr. High Choir - Mrs. Holmes I hope that everyone has a wonderful time with family celebrating the birth of our Savior. 6th grade: God s Universe: space and what it compose of. 7th grade: Carnivores and Big Beasts: bears, wolves, tigers, lions. 8th grade: The Atmosphere: layers, magnetic field, greenhouse effect. 6th History: Test Chapter 9 tomorrow, study rivers and falls 7th History: We are studying Martin Luther 8th History: Merry Christmas! We are completing Chapter 8 this week. Quiz Thur. All work will be graded. 6th Language Arts: Review Spelling test lessons Thursday 7th Language Arts: Poetry writing and daily Doctor Doolittle reading 7th grade Spanish: reviewing 8th Spanish: reviewing and daily work Jr High Notice about Friday s party! 7th grade home room will be doing a suggested soup can or vegetable can donation and a white elephant gift exchange. New, homemade, or gently used items that you might like to have, but nothing embarrassing. We want to keep this inexpensive and in the spirit of giving. This will be on our party day. ALL Junior High will brings snacks for the fabulous feast on party day. Girls bring food snacks and boys bring a beverage. Girls should bring enough for 40. The original stories are due THIS WEEK! Students will have typing time today and tomorrow, but any other typing will have to be done at home. I will still accept the stories on Friday even though it is party day! Christmas blessings to all of you as you relax together with family and friends, and worship the Savior who came to give us life. Jesus is truly the reason for the season! Junior High Choir group pictures were taken last Friday before their concert by Mr. & Mrs. Thompson. Order forms are available in the office if you would like to order a picture. Please order before this Friday. Your pictures will be ready to pick up after the Christmas break. CHRIST is the heart and soul of Christmas! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!