Concordia Christian Academy Quarterly Newsletter- 3 rd Quarter 1812 Rains St. Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870-935-2273 concordiachristian academy@gmail.com ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN A SCHOOL TRANSFORMED BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST CCA Knights Concordia Christian Academy has now officially become the Knights. In the Middle Ages knights were highly honored and very loyal. Knights were to hold these virtues to the highest importance: Mercy Humility Honor Sacrifice Fear of God Faithfulness Courage As we have chosen this mascot for our school, it is our greatest hope, that we can instill these virtues in our students and that they, as a result, can go out into the community and share these virtues with others. Go KNIGHTS! Calendar of Events: Jan 21st: 100th Day of School Jan 24th-30th: National Lutheran Schools Week Jan 24th: Students sing at Pilgrim at 10:30 Jan 26th: Art Show from 4-6 Jan 27th: 100 Acts of Kindness Field Trip Feb 3rd: Library Field Trip/ LIFE Night/ Family Night Feb 5th: Early dismissal at 1:30 Feb 9th: Math Night from 5:306:30 Feb 10th: Progress Reports go home Feb 12th/14th: No School Feb 20th: Parents Night out from 3-8 Mar 2nd: Library Field Trip/ LIFE Night/ Family Night Mar 4th: Early dismissal at 1:30 Mar 11th: End of 3rd Quarter Mar 14th-18th: IOWA Testing STAR Hours Thank you for all of your help with volunteering this year. Please continue to keep track of your STAR Hours on your recording sheet. Contact the office if you need another sheet. Congratulations to these families who have already completed their 30 hours of volunteering! Nate and Cade Elam Max Clements Matt Smith Benji and Miranda Grannan Taylor Clark Jonah Hall Owen Dobson Sutton Cook Ashlyn and Julianna Cottrell Sunnye Jo Boyster Reina Foster Georgie and AJ Zirbel Boe and Jonas Nomland Scrip Cards With the Valentines Day quickly approaching, now is a great time to buy gift cards for others or for your own personal shopping! A percentage of each gift card you buy will go directly to Concordia! Following is a list of gift cards available. You can also make requests and we can purchase those gift cards for you. Visit http://glscrip.com for a full list of cards available. Orders can be placed with Mrs. Christy in the office. Someone will be selling Scrip cards in the car line on Friday afternoons. Scrip Cards -Amazon -Dillards -I-tunes -Target January 8- Carson Thorn 21-Adele Johnson 26-Collin Thorn -Barnes & Noble -Dominos Pizza -Kohls -Walgreens -Best Buy -Old Navy -Starbucks -Walmart February 2-Lucy Pugh 12-Allison Sterling 14-Sunnye Jo Boyster 21-Kamron Cruce -Buffalo Wild Wings -Home Depot -Subway -MANY MORE!!!! March 4-Mrs. Hampton 5-Jalynn Hook 19-Benji Grannan 23-Mrs. Yearta 30-Reina Foster 30-Jayla Sneed National Lutheran Schools Week January 24th-January 30th is National Lutheran Schools Week! This is a special week where Lutheran Schools across the United States celebrate the blessing of attending a Lutheran School. We have many fun opportunities planned throughout the week. The theme for the week is “Life Together in Christ”. Following is a list of events that will take place each day. Sunday, January 24th: Students will be singing in church at 10:30 at Pilgrim. The members of Pilgrim are very supportive of our school and this gives us a great opportunity to celebrate with them. Monday, January 25th: Pray Day o Dress up Day: Wear your Favorite Bible Verse o Students will make cards for area Nursing home residents and Public Safety Officers Tuesday, January 26th: Learn Day o Dress up Day: Crazy Hair Day o Teachers will swap classrooms for a ½ hour o Art Show from 4-6 Wednesday, January 27th: Reach Out Day o Dress up Day: Wear Your CCA Shirt o Go out into the community for our 100 Acts of Kindness Field Trip Thursday, January 28th: Serve Day o Dress up Day: Dress up as a person who provides a service (ex: fireman, police officer, mechanic, etc…) o Students will make coupon books of things they can do to serve others Friday, January 29th: Play Day o Dress up Day: Mismatch Day o Students will eat lunch together (Burger King will provide the lunch) and enjoy an afternoon of games. Sunday, January 31st: A small group will be singing at Zion Lutheran Church in Waldenburg. You are invited to join us for this service at 8 am. Box Tops We have already collected $327.80 in Box Tops. Each class is keeping track of how many Box Tops they have earned. So far, Preschool is in the lead with over 800 Box Tops this year. Way to go! Keep saving Box Tops. Shoparoo In a few short months we have raised over $300 on Shoparoo. Shoparoo is a quick and easy way to earn money for our school by taking pictures of your receipts. Download the app “Shoparoo” and use the referral code “STREW110”. Invite your friends and family to help as well! Parents’ Day Out On Saturday, February 20th, we will be having another “Parents’ Day Out” fundraiser. Parents may drop their children off at CCA for an afternoon/ evening of crafts, cooking projects, and fun activities. The event lasts from 3-8 pm and the cost is $25 per child or a total of $50 per family. We also invite parents to volunteer to help. This is a great way to earn STAR Hours. Math Night Tuesday, February 9th, we will be having a special Math Night On from 5:30-6:30. We invite all students and families to join us for a special night of math fun! This will give parents a chance to see how math is being taught in their child’s classroom. Refreshments will also be served. Yearbooks We have a yearbook committee hard at work on our yearbook for this year. Yearbooks can be purchased by visiting www.TreeRing.com/validate. Our passcode is: 1014042482232479. Yearbook Ads are due by February 15th. Contact the office if you would like to purchase an Ad. Scholarship Fund We are excited to announce that we have received a special grant from the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod as a result of the “Big City Mission: Tools for Schools” project. We have chosen to use this grant to start a special Scholarship fund for students in our school/ community who would like to send their children to CCA but are unable to cover the cost. We will start awarding these scholarships for the 2016-2017 school year. The grant was awarded in the amount of $2,223. Our goal is to match this amount through donations from members in our community. If you or someone you know would like to make a donation to the scholarship fund, please contact the office. We look forward to working with you to share God’s love with those in our community. Adult Confirmation Class This past Sunday, Pilgrim Lutheran Church welcomed 5 new members through Adult Confirmation. If you are interested in learning more about the Basic Lutheran Teachings of the Lutheran Church, Pastor Shewmaker will be starting another class at the end of this month. Please contact Pastor Shewmaker at (870)897-4443 for more information. Prayer If you are looking for a quiet place to come and pray, Mike Cottrell will be opening the church from 5-6 pm on Sunday evenings for a time of prayer. LIFE Night/ Youth Group at Pilgrim LIFE Night will be held every Wednesday Night this year from 4-5. We will have two LIFE Night age groups: K-4th and youth group for 5th-10th grade. The first Wednesday of every month we will have a special Family Night from 5-6. We hope you and your families can join us! F.U.E.L Youth Group Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser This year we have begun to build our youth group for 5th-10th grade. One exciting opportunity that some of our youth get to experience is the 2016 National Youth Gathering. This July, approximately 30,000 youth from all over the country will gather in New Orleans and spend 5 days in worship and fellowship together. As a way to raise funds, the youth group will be hosting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on February 6th at 6 pm in the cafeteria. Adult tickets are $10 and child tickets are $5 for children 10 & under. If you are interested in purchasing tickets, please see Miss White, Ashlyn Cottrell, Zach Duerr, or Allison Sterling. Thank you for your support. Join us for Church We would love to have you join us for church at Pilgrim or Zion: Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Jonesboro: Sunday School at 9:15 and Church at 10:30 Zion Lutheran Church in Waldenburg: Church at 8:00 Spirit Gear We have the following spirit gear available for purchase in the office: CCA cups: $5 CCA car decals: $5 CCA key chains: $3 each or 2 for $5