PCA Eagle s Nest News 21890 US Hwy 34 Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-2933 princetonchristianacademy@yahoo.com www.princetonchristianacademy.org March 25 - Steve Gyurkovics 04 - Kinsley Wall 07 - Mrs. Wallace 1st grade Noon Recess Monitor 10 - Sianna Doran 15 - Samantha Murray 5th grade 6th grade 25 - Madisyn Shipp 1st grade 25 - Jennifer Zurinski 3rd grade February 27, 2018 to our PCA students and Staff! 7th grade 26 - Kennedy Wall Preschool 26 - Claire Grey 7th grade 26 - Kimberly Imsland 5th grade 28 - Mrs. Eggers 31 - Lexie Knipper Secretary 2nd grade 31 - Mrs. Whitlock Kindergarten teacher NO BUS SERVICE. There are several days next week that we do not have bus service. Please take note and make other arrangements as necessary. Monday, March 5 - No bus service Wednesday, March 7 - No afternoon bus service Thursday, March 8 - No afternoon bus service Friday, March 9 - No bus service Navy Pier Trip Money is due this Thursday, March 1st! The amount due has not changed. See attached note for more details. PCA Registration Reminder: Registration for current PCA students is going on now! Register BEFORE March 15 and receive $50 off the registration fee. Registration will be open to the public on Monday, March 5. PCA ACTIVITY CALENDAR Thurs, 1 Fri, Mar 2 Mon, Mar 5 March 2018 3:15P Scholastic Bowl Practice NO SCHOOL/ACSI Speech Contest @ Peoria Christian Registration for 2018-2019 school year open to public 4:00P Scholastic Bowl Match @ Deer Park Tues, Mar 6 4:00P Scholastic Bowl Home Match vs. Dimmick Thurs, Mar 8 Navy Pier Trip Grades 7-8 Fri, Mar 9-10 ACSI Music Festival Grades 7-8, at Olivet Mon, Mar 12 Re-screen Vision/Hearing 3:15P Play practice Tues, Mar 13 3:15P Play practice 4:00P Scholastic Bowl Home Match vs. BV South Thurs, Mar 15 3:15P Play Practice Fri, Mar 16 End of third 9-week grading period 2018 ACSI Speech Meet (Grades 1-4) March 2, 2018 at Peoria Christian School 9:15 a.m. Judges Meeting 9:30 a.m. Students need to arrive 10:00 a.m. Assembly in gymnasium dismissal to classrooms 11:15 a.m. 1:20 p.m. Lunch off campus 1:25 p.m. Doors to gymnasium will be open for Awards Ceremony 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Awards Assembly in the gymnasium
From Mr. Odell s desk: (God s Word given to teachers each week and we want to share with you, also!) Luke 12:1-9 1 In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, Beware of the leaven of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. 4 And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him. 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 8 Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God. 9 But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God. In this passage Jesus is allowing crowds to eavesdrop while He teaches and warns the disciples. Jesus main purpose here is to warn of the leaven of the Pharisees, Hypocrisy literally teaching people to be hypocrites i.e. creating images in others minds that is not true. Put another way, hiding sin from the faithful or hiding faith and truth from the sinner. We all are faced each day, and many times during the day, to cover sin, to pretend we are righteous. The contrast which Jesus gives to hypocrisy is authenticity. In verse 2 Jesus makes an astounding statement which, literally speaking looks like this: God will uncover what we cover- next is the amazing heart of our saving God- God will cover what we uncover! As we expose ourselves to the brilliance of God s truth, the fake will be replaced with the beauty of redemption which produces an authentic righteousness, which only God the Holy Spirit can produce in a surrendered life. CONGRATULATIONS to our Scholastic Bowl Team for their victory on their first match yesterday! CONGRATLULATIONS to the Junior High Speech Team who performed so well last week at Bradford.. All received first place scores, but 3 were marked down to second place for being just seconds under the time limit. Contestants were: Beth Freeman and Ella Grey in Duet Acting First Place Titus Cook and Natalie Richey in Duet Acting First Place Arianne Tirao and Kimmie Imsland in Duet Acting Claire Grey in Dramatic Storytelling Steve Gyurkovicsc in Poetry Second Place Second Place Second Place Claire and Steve will represent PCA in the ACSI Speech Contest in April! CONGRATULATIONS to Graeham Rumley for winning the DAR World War I Essay Contest! Graeham will read his essay at the DAR Luncheon this Friday, March 2.
TEACHER S NOTES FOR YOU! Sonshine Preschool Note ~ Miss Elisha February 26 - March 2, 2018 Theme: Opposites Bible topic: Young David Bible verse: Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding Letter: X x Number: 1-20 Color: Pink/White Shape: Heart ABC Bag/Snack Wed, Feb. 28: Makaylee Fri, Mar 2: No School Mon, Mar 5: Marshall Reminder: NO SCHOOL Friday, March 2. 1st grade ~ Mrs. Wilson In Bible we will be learning about Being Thankful and the story of the 10 Lepers. Our memory verse this week is I will tell of the kindnesses of the LORD, the deeds for which he is to be praised, According to all that the LORD has done for us. Isaiah 63:7a In Phonics this week, we are reviewing prefixes, suffixes, rhyming words, syllables, in addition to learning new daily special sounds. In Math this week we are reviewing subtracting two 2-digit numbers, missing addends, applying addition and subtraction to three numbers, counting coins, and telling time to five-minute increments. Our new concepts will be learning the 11 subtraction family facts and counting from 301-500. Please continue to log the minutes your child reads each night on the February Book Log and return it by this Thursday, March 1 st. Good luck to Gabe, Isabella, Kristoffer, and Colby at the ACSI Speech Contest on Friday! 2nd grade ~ Mrs. Bickett This week in Bible class we will continue to look at the life of Daniel. We will see how he was continuously faithful to the Lord. Our verse is Joshua 1:9: Have I not commanded you? Do not be terrified: do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. We will recite this verse on Friday. Spelling Test 22 will also be on Friday. In English class we will be finishing our unit on capitalization, pronouns, and possessive nouns. In math we will learn to divide by one and how to subtract with zeros in the minuend. We are continuing to practice counting by 2 s, 3 s, and 4 s. Book-It Forms for the month of February are due by Thursday.
3rd grade ~ Mrs. Cleary The children are making great gains in all subject areas! I keep thinking, What an amazing group of children! They all work hard and try their best! And they are so caring. They really have so much love to share! Thanks be to God! This week, we are moving hard and fast to catch up on things since the storms and sickness stole a few days from study. Subjects Spelling List 24 test on Wednesday. History test today on Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Boone, and Noah Webster. Next up is John Greenleaf Whittier and Robert E. Lee. Health - The Balanced Diet and Safety. Language Arts - Review today. Test tomorrow, Wednesday. Pronouns of all kinds! Bible - We have covered so much...the Sower and the Seed Parable, thanksgiving in prayer, praise to God and each other. Today we are closing a chapter about reaching the lost! Next, we will talk about the gift of forgiveness! Math - We are finally conquering division and equations! Entering the world of metrics and measurements. Reading - We are reading a favorite of mine, Secret in the Maple Tree. True story! A heartwarming story, filled with thoughtful lessons. I hope to jump back into science! We will be covering some geology. The rock hounds will cheer! Thanks to all the parents for working so hard with these dear ones! It shows! In Christ, Mrs. Cleary 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. This notebook project should be completed by Mar.23. We will also be preparing for the Illinois state test to be given March 23. 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. We will be going to the Ag Fair at the Bureau County Fairgrounds Thursday, Mar. 15. We will leave at 8:20 and it is done by 11:15. We will need one or two 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!
Mrs. Cook s Jr. High News: History : All students have maps to study. These are great to do in study hall. 6th grade: We are wrapping up our studies of WWII. 7th grade: We have completed Chapter 16, and with so many students having been ill, we completed the quizzes for that chapter as a homework assignment. We are moving on to Chapter 17 which is an overview of the early years of settlement in the United States. 8th grade: This class is finishing the Civil War and Reconstruction today. We will review and test Thursday over this chapter. Also, our quizzes will be used as a review sheet. These will be due tomorrow. Spanish: 8th graders will be continuing our work on Chapter 21 this week. Expect a quiz over vocabulary on Thursday ( vocab 21a & 21b). 7th graders are in our last Chapter of Por Todo El Mundo. We will finish and test next week. We will be trying our hand at writing short skits again, but this time in Spanish class. Language Arts: 6th grade: Spelling List 17 We will finish up A Wrinkle in Time this week. We are also working on subject-verb agreement. 7th grade: This group has done quite well on Romeo and Juliet. We will be reading the short comedy of A Mid Summer Nights Dream next. That is the play that we will see next Thursday in Chicago! We are thankful that the trip was able to be rescheduled. All students wanting to attend an ACSI Speech Contest for Jr. High only, please see Mrs. Kiser ASAP. This one is different in both rules and what can be done. Sorry folks, there is no duet acting at this one. However, it could be adapted for puppets or prose if you are interested. Our students did an outstanding job at the Bradford Speech Contest! We are all so proud of your efforts! Science ~ Mr. Cornman 6th - Principles of Flight: Robert Goddard, Wernher Von Braun, Sir Isaac Newton, Astronauts, Satellites 7th - Snakes: Serpents, Constrictors, Vipers, Movements, Anatomy, Habits 8th - Solar System: The Outer Planets, Conditions, Climates, Atmospheres 8TH Grade Language Arts ~ Mrs. Kiser We are currently reading Shakespeare s Hamlet in class, so it is important that students do not miss school if possible. We start Act II today! We will also be looking at interjections, conjunctions, and prepositions in grammar. We are looking forward to our trip to Navy Pier as well. Please see attached letter and reminders. We thank God that the money remains the same as our first scheduled trip. Be sure your payment is in by this Thursday!
Music and Band Mrs. Marshall PLEASE TURN IN TALENT SHOW AUDITION FORMS TODAY! Forms are available on the table next to the doors. If your child does not turn in a form, we do not know they have a talent to share and they will not be considered for the show. We will be holding auditions next Monday 3/5 during school. Any K-8 th grade student may audition. All talents are welcome, as long as they are school appropriate and honoring to God! PCA s annual talent show is on Thursday 4/5 this year. Mrs. Holmes is available to accompany students on the piano if needed. We are looking forward to hearing and seeing all their talents! In K-5 general music this week: K learned that music contains clock-like pulsation, about quarter and half notes, and listened to Russian Dance from Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky. 1 st learned about the life and music of Franz Josef Haydn, his musical prank, and listened to Surprise Symphony No. 94 Mvmt. 2 by Haydn. 2 nd learned about stringed instruments, specifically the violin and bass, and Lillian brought her violin to show and demonstrate! 3 rd learned about the life and music of Modest Mussorgsky, who composed Pictures at an Exhibition for piano, then listened to the orchestral work composed by Ravel. 4 th learned about note rhythms and the secret of the dot! 5 th learned about the life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and listened to Air from orchestral suite 3 in D and Toccata in D Minor by Bach. 3rd grade and band parents: We were disappointed that our concert last Friday 2/23 was cancelled! Your children asked when we could make up the concert. We will not have a chance to do so, but the orchestra is performing a public concert on Sunday March 11 th at 3:00 pm. You can go to http://www.ivso.org/ and click on Concerts & Tickets to purchase tickets. Please check with the office about lunch money refunds. Thank you! Band rehearsal will be combined next week due to the Navy Pier field trip on Thursday. ALL band students (beginning and advanced) will rehearse together on Tuesday 3/6 from 12:30-1:00 pm. Every student will need to bring their instrument and music that day!
Parents, with all the sickness we ve been having, there have been questions about when it s a good time to send kids back to school. Here is a helpful reminder if you are looking for some guidance. Who is ready for spring?! I need to stay home if... I have a FEVER (Temp of 100.4 or higher) I am VOMITING within the past 24 hours I have DIARREHA within the past 24 hours I have a RASH with itching or fever I have HEAD LICE (itchy head, active head lice) I have an EYE INFECTION (redness, itching, drainage, or crusty eyes) I am ready to go back to school when... I am FEVER FREE for 24 hours without the use of medicine I am free from vomiting for at least 2 meals I am free from diarrhea for at least 24 hours I am free from rash, itching or fever and have seen a Dr. if necessary. I have received appropriate lice treatment at home and readmission form is provided to school I have been seen by a Dr. and okayed to return to school. 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.