PCA Eagle s Nest News 21890 US Hwy 34 Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-2933 princetonchristianacademy@yahoo.com www.princetonchristianacademy.org November 7, 2017 Friday! Yankee Candle orders are due! The catalog is full of ideas and gifts for the holidays! PCA receives 40% of every item and all proceeds go directly to benefit Princeton Christian Academy or for those students going to Washington DC in the spring and participate in this fundraiser their portion will go towards their trip! Customers also have the option to order online at www.yankeecandlefundraishing.com where there are more things to choose from. Our Group number is 990069700. You have until this Friday, November 10th to order online and/or to collect orders using the catalog to insure that we will receive the order before Christmas. Contact Amy Thompson if you have any questions at 815-303-3310 or ericamythompson@comcast.net Veteran's Day Celebration this week ~ Friday, November 10th On Friday, November 10th at 8:30 a.m., PCA extends an invitation to all veterans and spouses to be treated to a homemade breakfast and a program of music and recitations in their honor given by the student body in the school gym. Our speaker this year is Mitch McCoy, father of Myla (1st grade) and Makaylee (PreK). Mitch spent 8 years in the Army National Guard, including a 2008-2009 tour in Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom. Please call the office with RSVP s. Listed below from the sign up sheet to volunteer for the various items to bring is: Breakfast casseroles: LeAndra Harris, Cherie House, Carmen Gray, Charlotte Terando, Pam Friel. In need of 1 more. To make coffee cake/muffins (1 dozen): Jamie Taylor, Kathey Cook (2), Jan Skaggs, Patty Cabeen, Yvonne Murray. To bring fresh fruit: Carin van den Berg, Angela Bullington. To bring orange/apple juice: LeAndra Harris, Tara Nickelsen, Angie Wall, Emily Moats. We will also be needing some individuals to serve in the kitchen for that morning. If you can help, please let the office know. Thank you so much for making this a great morning to honor the men and women who served in the military!! Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box Campaign Once again, PCA is participating in this wonderful program to give to children in need around the world the chance to be blessed with a shoebox filled with gifts for them. Everyone of these shoeboxes in an opportunity for the Gospel to be spread and you are a part of that! Please check with your student's teacher as to what to bring to fill the classroom boxes and you are welcome to also bring a box in from your family. Premade boxes are located a the office if needed. The turn-in date for our school is Monday, November 13th. What a blessing to give to others! Take your child, grandchild, nieces, nephews, mom, dad, whoever shopping, fill your box, and be blessed as we all learn to give from our abundance! Deadline for Campbell s Labels for Education It is our understanding that this program is being discontinued so please bring in any Labels for Education labels that you may have collected. We have until the end of this month of November. The labels brought in must say Labels for Education. Thank you all for all those labels you have collected throughout these last years! PCA MISSION STATEMENT ~ To provide an excellent academic education with a Christian world view based on the absolute authority of God s Word, the Holy Bible.
From Mr. Odell s desk: (God s Word given to teachers each week and we want to share with you, also!) Ephesians 3:14-19 14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 From whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Spiritual power is the mark of every genuine believer in Christ who submits to God s Word and allows the person of the Holy Spirit to reveal and teach Truth to us. True spirituality is allowing God to do within and through us what is not natural to us as humans broken by the fall. The ongoing and loving work of the Holy Spirit is to energize, revitalize and empower the committed believer. I have heard it said that when we are in God's presence many questions which we have thought and purposed to ask God will be absolutely unimportant. However the one thing we will explore and glory in for all eternity is the wonder of God's redemptive work and plan. Work predicated on God's heart of love and grace. The call from God is to love Him with a self-giving, serving love for God and His people. To be sure this kind of love only can be produced by our Father and will drive us to even more comprehend with all the saints.the love of Christ. The result will be believers who are spiritual magnets all for the glory of God. For Your Information: The school picture retakes scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, November 8th, have been cancelled. It is now scheduled for Wednesday, November 15th. The new packets of pictures will be coming home tomorrow. If you missed the school picture taken the first time or you do not like the picture taken, you have the chance to have retakes done on this date beginning at 8:15-8:30 a.m. The office has picture envelopes to order your packet. Don t forget to listen to our local Christian radio station WUNT 88.3FM for our student s interviews what I am thankful for. The interviews will run for the month of November. You can hear them at approximately the times of 7:15A, 3:45P, 6:00P & 8:00P. It was fun and we hope you enjoy them! PCA ACTIVITY CALENDAR for November Tues, 07 5:30 Boys Basketball @ Home vs. Dalzell Wed, 08 cancelled 8:30 School Picture retakes Thurs, 09 5:30 p.m. Boys BB @ Lostant Fri, 10 8:30 a.m. Celebrating our Veterans Mon, 13 Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box turn in Tues, 14 3rd grade field trip to Starved Rock 5:30 p.m. Boys BB @ Home vs Trinity Catholic Wed, 15 8:15 a.m. School picture retakes Thurs, 16 5:30 p.m. Boys BB at Dalzell Coming home tomorrow Wednesday, November 8th! Due back into the office Wednesday, November 15th! Dec lunch menu is also posted online at princetonchristianacademy.org November 10 - Matthew Harris 8th grade 11 - Elyse Anderson 3rd grade 18 - Jack Heaton 3rd grade
Dress for the weather! As colder weather is upon us, please be sure to dress your student for warmth. We try to let the students go outside as much as possible. Heavier coats, hats, gloves are required and as the temps drop and snow comes, snow pants and boots will also be needed. If you would like to bring a second set of hat/ gloves to be placed in the student s locker, it is a good idea. Thank you for your attention to this! We care that the students are warm as they enjoy the colder months of God s creation! TEACHER S NOTES FOR YOU! Music Notes Mrs. Marshall We are continuing to prepare for our Christmas concert on December 8th in addition to our God Made Music lessons. Here is a glimpse into music classes this week. K We can sing and use our voices to praise God! 1st Music can be fast or slow 2nd Les Toreadors by Bizet 3rd Interesting facts about the saxophone 4th Woodwind instruments 5th Review Ephesians 5:18-20 (NIV) be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Band Beats Mrs. Marshall The ILMEA (Illinois Music Education Association) Music Festival is this weekend! Leah Wilson worked hard, auditioned and was selected to be in the District 2 Junior Band. Here are the concert details. Saturday 11/11 @ 4:00 pm Augustana College @ Carver building 25 $5 admission A college map is available at http://www.augustana.edu/about- us/maps Please come out to support Leah and hear a wonderful program of music! Art Remarks by Mrs. Bullington Kindergarten will begin a unit on Uniqueness. The projects we work on during this time will focus on the uniqueness of all people and artists. We will learn being inspired by someone or something is different from copying someone. Our first project for this unit will be creating individual tree compositions. REMINDER: all paints we use are washable. If your child has a paint spot on any clothing, soak in cold water before washing! First and Second grades are continuing Mona Lisa work. These are all amazing works! Third will begin working on projects inspired by Edvard Munch's famous artwork, The Scream. Fourth and Fifth grades are creating self portraits. These will be finished with chalk pastels and we will examine what effects we can make with light and shadow. Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth graders each have a line work tree project due this week! Then we will begin self portraits in a realistic style. To create one's own world takes courage. Georgia O'Keeffe
Sonshine Preschool Note ~ Miss Elisha November 6-10, 2017 Theme: Families & Home Bible topic: Families: Jacob & Esau Bible verse: Zechariah 8:16: Speak the truth to each other. ABC Bag/Snack Wed: School Letter: J j Number: 10 ten Fri: School Color: Yellow Shape: Rectangle Mon, Nov.13: Carson Kindergarten Tidbits The Kindergartners will be filling 4 shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. We will do 2 boy and 2 girl boxes. Please bring in your donation any time before November 10. We have 2 filled already. Ideas for boxes; wash rags, soap, flashlight and batteries, socks, shirts (no writing), toothbrushes, scissors, fun pads, school supplies and money for shipping. Monday we will had a fire safety program and fire drill. Friday is Veterans Day. The school is serving any Veterans breakfast and a short program will be presented. We are singing our flag song. David faces his giant, Goliath, in Bible Times. Faith and trust in God can give us courage and help us in times of need. David loved God s word and in Psalm he shows his praise and repentance. He talked with God for wisdom. David was a man after God s own heart. Children and adults have giants to face just like David and God is there to help us. Memory Verse is So do not fear, for I am with you... Isaiah 41: 10a This week in Phonics the letters W, w and Y, y will be introduced for recognition, sound and blends as we continue to read letters, sounds, blends and words. We will make sentences with our word cards reviewing our rules for a sentence. Every sentence begins with a capital letter and most sentences end in a period. Sentences are usually made up of more than one word. Word end sounds will be identified and the students will choose the correct letter to complete a word. Wow! We are reading sentences. The double consonant rule will be reviewed with a song. If a word ends in c and k or a double consonant, you say the sound just once. The new letters and reviewed letters will be written in Handwriting. The boys and girls are carefully writing their letters and producing beautiful handwriting. Take a look at our wall outside our room for best choices to represent their handwriting. In Social Studies we will take a look at George Washington and Washington D.C. Then we will start Pilgrims, Mayflower, Indian writings and the first Thanksgiving. In Numbers our store will be open again for purchases counting out the right amount of pennies that the price tag says. We have introduced the 30 family and we will continue to identify and write all our numbers. The 40 and 50 families will be introduced. We will write the number 10 and match clocks to review o clock times. The students will have a written evaluation and counting to 30. Also adding 1 will be introduced to start addition. We have been in school over 50 days. 100 Day Party here we come!. Language Enrichment and Skills we will be practicing tying shoe laces and identifying where groups of items can be found. We will recite our poems, practice drawing and making shapes with playdoh. Opposite hot/cold, open/closed will be reviewed with other opposites. We go outside as much as possible so please send mittens, gloves, hats and warm coats. Thank you. Mrs. Whitlock
1st grade ~ Mrs. Wilson This week we will learn about Naomi and Ruth. Our memory verse is Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers." Galatians 6:10 We had special fire safety program on Monday. Please make sure to check your smoke alarms and discuss a meeting place in case of a fire. We will be filling a shoebox for both a boy and a girl for Operation Christmas Child. We will need toothbrushes, washcloths, small toys, and school supplies for our boxes. Please do not send any candy or toothpaste this year, as they no longer allow it in the boxes because of shipping rules. Items will need to be here by Friday, Nov 10 th. In Phonics, we are learning about syllables and suffixes, in addition to our new daily special sounds. In Math, we will begin to learn about fractions (½ of a whole and ½ of a group) introduce the 8 subtraction family, differentiate between A.M. or P.M (morning/night), and learn that there are 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute. The students really enjoyed our guest reader, Madison Swisher's grandma, last Friday afternoon. She read a few of the Piggy and Gerald books by Mo Willems. Please let me know if you would like to be a guest reader! 2nd grade ~ Mrs. Bickett In Bible class this week we are continuing to learn about Ruth. Our verse is Galatians 5:14; The entire law is summed up in a single command; Love your neighbor as yourself. We will recite this verse on Friday. Spelling test 10 will also be on Friday. 3rd grade ~ Mrs. Cleary We are continuing to work on our personal narratives and our unit on verbs in English class. In history we are learning about Colonial America. In math class this week we will count quarters and combine them with other coins and dollar bills. We will also begin working on the eleven addition family. We will be working on filling a shoebox for both a boy and a girl for Operation Christmas Child. We will need toothbrushes, washcloths, small toys, and school supplies for our boxes. Please do not send any candy or toothpaste this year, as they no longer allow it in the boxes because of shipping rules. Items will need to be here by Friday, November 10 th. This weeks Bible verse is Matthew 5:7-8, the 5th and 6th Beatitude: Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. The children are doing very well. We are done with 6 out of 9 Beatitudes. Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes need to be completed by this Friday. We are still in need of a WOW toy for a boy and a girl age 5-9, and the shoeboxes are still waiting to be filled! I look forward to seeing it happen. All it takes is one small item like a bar of soap or a box of crayons to bless these little ones across the continents. The class field trip is a week away on November 14th. We have plenty of cars and drivers. Thank you, parents and grandparents! Please make sure you bring a copy of insurance card and drivers license to the office to place on file. This is very important! Watch the weather and prepare to dress appropriately and bring a sack lunch. I am still waiting for the permission slips to be turned in. The note went out a week ago. Last Friday we had an amazing time in Science class as the students competed an in-class mammal poster and presentation. They worked in pairs and I am so impressed with how well they did. We will hang the posters up for Open House next month. This week in class: Spelling List 11 test on Wednesday Bible - We are discussing all about Jesus who is the rock we build our house on. Prayer, Worship, Bible and Fellowship are the walls and rood. They drew and colored their version of this parable. History - Review Pocahontas and on to Squanto. Language - all about verbs
3rd grade continued - Health and Science - We are studying about the human body. We plan to make modeling clay versions of the parts of the brain, the eye and the ear. How amazing Our God is in His creation. We are awed by the nervous system and the way the nerves travel with messages from the brain down the spinal cord and through the body. Math - division and money. Please keep working on math facts. Many have stalled on these and need a little jumpstart to get them finished. God bless the 3rd graders and their families! In Christ, Mrs. Cleary 4th grade ~ Mrs. Odell Our Scripture focus this week is I Thess. 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God s will for you in Christ Jesus. We are also refining the Phil.2:5-11 passage. Thank you for all the donations toward the shoe boxes. We are continuing our giving focus toward our community this week. We will be starting compare/contrast writing in English later this week. Math is keeping us busy learning about factoring which leads into fractions. Again, please practice facts at home. We began the Great Awakening chapter in history, and we are learning about God s amazing creativity in birds. We will be testing on spelling list 11 Wednesday and then we will begin and do list 12. 5th grade ~ Mr. Clausen 6th, 7th & 8th grade Math ~ Mr. Luft Mrs. Cook s Jr. High News: Have a wonderful week! Missionary projects are due a week from Friday. On the poster board should be a picture of the missionary, missionary s name, life span, place of ministry, important accomplishments, quotation, and other interesting facts. Science test this Wednesday. Continue to work on your Nation Notebook. Final draft on student diamante poem will be due on Friday. Please plan your week accordingly. We would like to welcome our new 6th - 8th grades math teacher, Michael Luft. (If the Luft name sounds familiar - yep! He is Mrs. Bickett s brother!) Mr. Luft has had a passion to teach at PCA for a long while and the door opened for him. He lives in Princeton and is married to Erika. Mike and Erika attend Princeton Bible Church. We are so happy he has joined our staff! 7th History: Architect projects due this Thursday 8th History: Please work on our walk through the Revolutionary War for Friday s program. 6th History: Study your notes! Language Arts 7th grade: We will be writing daily for the next two weeks. We are emulating the voice and themes of other authors from our text. 6th grade: We will re-take Spelling List 2 from The Westing Game this Friday. Please study. Spanish: Quiz 75P Thursday Test 85P Thursday