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1 PCA Eagle s Nest News US Hwy 34 Princeton, IL princetonchristianacademy@yahoo.com February 26, 2019 THINGS TO NOTE... Our hearing screening was scheduled for February 25, but has been moved to Friday, March 1. Re- screenings will be done Monday, March 11. Bus Families There are several dates over the next couple weeks where we will have limited bus service. Please take note: - Thursday, February 28 No afternoon bus - Friday, March 1 No morning or afternoon bus - Wednesday, March 6 No afternoon bus ART supplies needed Mrs. Cleary is looking for some items for future art projects: empty paper towel rolls, gallon jugs, and egg cartons. Please bring to school if you have any. Thank you! Registration for the School Year is open for current students! For returning students, a $50 discount is given if the registration fee is paid by March 15. Reminder, registration and a $50 payment is necessary to hold each student s spot. Registration will open to the public on March 4. Navy Pier Trip Reminder to 7th and 8th grade families. Students will be going to see Shakespeare s Macbeth on Thursday, March 14th. The train ticket is $27.50 each (students & chaperones) and the play ticket is $13 for everyone except current PCA students. Money can be turned in at the office, by Friday, March 8th. ACSI Music Festival...Friday, March 15 - Saturday, March 16 at Olivet University. For those students who are going, it is $25 for the hotel room. You may pay the office anytime. Mrs. Holmes will be sending a note home soon with more details regarding the festival. Upcoming ACSI Speech Contests Our Elementary Contest is scheduled for Friday, March 15 at Christian Hills School in Orland Hills, IL. (located at 9001 West 159th St., about an hour and a half east of Princeton on I-80). Coaching sessions with Mrs. Kiser will begin soon! The Jr. High Speech Contest will be held on Friday, April 12 at Rock County Christian School in Beloit, WI (located at 916 Bushnell St.). CONGRATULATIONS! Timothy Batchelor, Claire Grey, William Marshall and Leah Wilson ALL earned the highest rating possible - one (I) - on their solos at contest this weekend! To my mysterious gift givers: Thank you for the thoughtful card and beautiful piano purse! What a sweet surprise! --- Mrs. Marshall

2 PCA ACTIVITY CALENDAR Tues, Feb 26 Thurs, Feb 28 Fri, March 1 Mon, March 4 Tues, Mar 5 Wed, Mar 6 Thurs, Mar 7 Mon, Mar 11 4:00P Scholastic Bowl Neponset Hearing Screening with Sue Cater Registration open to public Hearing Re-screening Scholastic Bowl DePue From Mr. Odell s desk: Thurs, Mar 14 Navy Pier Trip for 7th & 8th Grade Fri, Mar 15 NO SCHOOL. End of third 9 weeks ACSI Elementary Speech Meet (Orland Hills) Mar ACSI Jr. High Music Festival (Olivet) Mar NO SCHOOL. Enjoy your Spring Break! Mon, Mar 25 8:00A Classes Resume Wed, Mar 27 Report Cards Issued Mar Parent-Teacher Conferences Fri, Mar 29 ACSI Regional Spelling Bee (God s Word given to teachers each week and we want to share with you, also!) Psalm 16: Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the Lord, You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you. 3 As for the saints in the land, they are excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. 4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. 5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. 6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. 7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. 8 I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwell secure. 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let you holy one see corruption. 11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at you right hand are pleasures forevermore. As we approach the end of the school year I take great confidence in the fact that the ministry here at PCA is not mine, neither is it yours. This great opportunity we are given each day rests completely in the hands of our Sovereign Lord. Anything that is accomplished, which is of heavenly consequence, is because of God s gracious work in (sometimes in spite of) and through us. Interestingly David begins this wonderful Psalm with a prayer begging for God s protection. However it is not without responsibility on our part, for the next phrase is, for in you I have put my trust. As we truly trust God we will see the Glory of God, not our own inventions, revealed. I pray we will grasp the urgency of the day and seize every opportunity to proclaim God s saving grace. We truly do not rest in our own confidence as Paul says in Phil. 1:6; And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. March 04 - Kinsley Wall 07 - Mrs. Wallace 10 - Sianna Doran 15 - Samantha Murray 25 - Madisyn Shipp 25 - Jennifer Zurinski 25 - Steve Gyurkovics 2nd grade Noon Recess Monitor 6th grade 7th grade 2nd grade 4th grade 8th grade

3 TEACHER S NOTES FOR YOU! Sonshine Preschool Note ~ Miss Elisha February 25 - March 1, 2019 Theme: Music/Nursery Rhymes Letter: W w Number: Review Color: Pink/White Shape: Heart Bible Topic: Miracles at Sea Monday: A Great Catch of Fish and Peter Worships Jesus Wednesday: Peter Walks on the Sea and Jesus Calms Fears Friday: Review Bible Verse: Matthew 14:33 - The disciples said, Truly You are the Son of God. Bible Song: Favorites ABC Bag/ Snack Wed, Feb 27 - Kaylee Fri, Mar 1 - Marshall Mon, Mar 4 - Mia Kindergarten Tidbit ~ Mrs. Pease In phonics, the students will learn the beginning blends, st, pl, and the sh digraph. We will continue working with long and short vowels. They will also begin a new book. In Math, we celebrated the 100th day of school. Some 100 day activities included counting to 100, writing to 100, counting by 2s, 5s and 10s to 100, finding 100 words we know, making 100s day crowns, doing a 100 piece puzzle and eating a 100s day snack. We enjoyed seeing the 100s day projects the students brought in. They were so creative. This week s memory verse is My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27 Our Bible lessons will be about Jesus, the good shepherd. Just a reminder - Library is every Tuesday and Friday. February Book It will be due at the end of February. 1st grade ~ Mrs. Wilson We finally got to celebrate the 100th day of school last week! The class had fun making 100 day glasses, doing 100 exercises, flipping a coin 100 times, counting to 100 and writing about what they would do with $100. Bible This week we will learn about Caring for Others and how Jesus healed a paralyzed man. Our memory verse is Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Phonics This week s special sounds are -en in enjoy, -un in unbutton, -wr in wrinkle, -air in hair Math This week we will introduce the 11 addition family facts and combinations with addition and subtraction (2+4-1=5). We will continue to review counting by twos (even and odd), telling time, counting coins, and adding and subtracting with two-digit numbers. Spelling please practice week #22 words at home. February Book-It Reading Calendar are due back on Friday.

4 2nd grade ~ Mrs. Bickett Bible: Daniel is faithful Verse: Psalm 138:3: When I called you answered me; you make me bold and stouthearted. We will recite this verse on Friday. Phonics and Language: adding suffixes, contractions, singular and plural nouns, diagramming subjects and predicates, using verbs correctly Math: borrowing in the 1000 s place, division terms, multiplying by 1, dividing by 1, pounds and ounces, and kilograms and grams Spelling: List 23. Bonus words - plantation, success, courage, president, soldier Handwriting: Kk, Ll, and Mm in cursive Science: animals and insects Book It forms are due by Friday for February! 4th grade ~ Mrs. Odell We are continuing Romans 12:9-21 this week. I hope you have an opportunity to hear your child recite/sing this soon. We will be working on the writing of the Illinois personality research reports. We ll begin on list 25 in spelling Wednesday. The Illinois Notebook should be coming along. We are studying oceanography in science. If you are interested in driving for our Springfield trip, let me know so I can finalize a date. The target date is May 3. We will be going to the Ag Fair at the Bureau County Fairgrounds Thursday, Mar. 14. We will leave at 8:20 and it is done by 11:15. We will need two or tree parent drivers. It is a great morning experiencing the different branches of our local agriculture and you are welcome to come along. Have a terrific week! 5th grade ~ Mr. Clausen Keep working on your Nation Notebook. It should be nearly done by now. Science Test on Friday. April 23 is our Peoria Symphony field trip. If you would like to attend and drive 5th graders to this, please contact Mr. Clausen or the office so that we can order the correct number of tickets.

5 Science ~ Mr. Cornman 6th: Exploring the outer planets; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune then Quiz 21 section 5.9 probably Thursday. Then The origin of the Universe: God's seven day creation period. Test 9 on chapter 5 next Tuesday. * We have started a project to feed birds and set up bird houses around the garden area. If anyone can help by donating bird seed and/or another bird feeder it would be greatly appreciated. We could also use shepherd hooks. 7th: Rays, Skates, Chimaeras, Hagfish, Lampreys, Quiz 24 on section 8.2 Thursday. Then Reptiles: Lizards, Crocodiles, Geckos, snakes, turtles, dinosaurs. Quiz 25 section 8.3 probably next Tuesday. 8th: We will be starting Simple Machines: Mechanical advantage, ideal mechanical advantage, friction and machines, actual mechanical advantage, efficiency. The terms, equations and how to calculate the formulas Mrs. Cook s Jr. High News: History 6th: Quiz Thursday over notes 7th: Chapters Test is Wednesday 8th: Students have done an outstanding job learning different forms of note taking. We are moving into a study of the Civil War this week. There will be a research paper due 3 weeks from today. They were given topics and plans today. Language Arts 6th: We are continuing in our studies of pronouns and their uses. We will begin a research paper in two weeks. The topic will be famous inventors of the 20th Century. I want to teach this process first. The paper is to be no longer than three pages. 7th: We are enjoying Romeo & Juliet. We head to Navy Pier in two weeks. Please pay any fees for this in the office as soon as possible. Spanish 7th graders are working on a project. They are creating menus in Spanish. These are due March 4th. 8th graders are writing short skits having to do with restaurants, lunchrooms, or homes serving food. These are going to be quite creative! PCA MISSION STATEMENT ~ To provide an excellent academic education with a Christian worldview based on the absolute authority of God s Word, the Holy Bible.