THREE Reminders! :)

Don't Forget....

1. Tonight is Trinity's Spirit Night! Be in the gym at TCS at 6PM for a fabulous time!  See The Trillium or the school website for more information. Admission is only $1 for kids and $2 for adults.

2.  This Monday is DR. SEUSS DAY!  All students from K-12 are allowed to dress up as any character from any work of Dr. Seuss, or they can simply wear a Dr. Seuss t-shirt!  The middle school will be going down to read stories and make butter and bread with the kindergarten, first, and second graders.  (Read The Butter Battle Book for further explanation.)  Additionally, we will be having a schoolwide assembly in 6th period on Monday to celebrate this special day.

3. Standardized testing is the week of March 9th-13th.  We will test for around two hours each day that week.  On Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, the testing will take place in the morning, before lunch.  On Wednesday and Thursday, the testing will take place in the afternoon, after lunch.  We gave the students a specific chart regarding these testing times.  Students will take the tests in their homerooms, and their homeroom teachers will administer the test.  Please make sure your student is present and well rested during these days and times.

The Lock-In!

Permission slips and money were due today for the Annual Middle School Lock-In.
Below is a copy of the permission slip in case it was misplaced last week.  Please get these in tomorrow at the latest!  THANKS! :)
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Who? TCS 7^th and 8^th Graders

What? Middle School Lock-In

When? 7PM Friday, February 13^th – 8AM Saturday, February 14^th

Where? Trinity Christian School- meet in the cafeteria at 7PM

Why?  We want to create lasting memories and bond together as junior high students! J

How? We will have an entire night of fellowship, games, food, worship, and more!

Please bring…

*$10 to cover the cost of pizza, drinks, and a pancake breakfast in the morning!  Any leftover monies will be donated to the senior class who will be helping the teachers chaperone this event! J

            *a sleeping bag and pillow.

            *any snacks you wish to share.

            *your Bible for a time of devotions.

            *athletic attire for a basketball and volleyball competition

            *modest, comfy clothes

NOTE: Only students who are currently enrolled in 7^th or 8^th grade at Trinity Christian School are permitted to attend the lock-in.  Also, parents may be called to pick up their student at anytime if necessary (for misbehavior, not abiding by rules, etc.). 

Please return the bottom portion of this form and the $10 cost to a middle school teacher by Monday, February 9^th so that we may plan accordingly.

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My student ____________________________________________ (name) has my permission to participate in the Middle School Lock-In on February 13^th.

Parent Signature:________________________________________________________

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Chugging Along! :)

Can you believe we are at the half-way mark of the third quarter?!  Progress reports already go out on February 13th!  

Here is what your students are currently doing as well as a glimpse of what they have to look forward to in the remainder of the third quarter....

7th Bible: As we just finished our unit on the prophets, we have begun a unit on prayer.  We are on the sixth unit, and there are only eight in the entire curriculum!  These kids are flying through!  More importantly, my prayer is that they are drawing nearer to Jesus during our Bible time together.  Right now, their Scripture memory work is a four verse passage of their choosing that has to do with prayer.  They submitted their individual choices today, and all were approved.  Ask your student what part of God's Word he or she is currently memorizing!  

7th English: We are currently in the midst of a non-fiction unit which started with learning how to write a formal business letter.  Each student wrote to a business of his or her choosing, and we will see if we get any results from our sent letters!  We are also on vocabulary lesson 8, and we are continuing in our grammar exercises as well!  The students will enjoy reading some non-fiction selections from our literature text in the next two weeks.  After this unit is through, we begin our poetry unit where we create our own poems as well as read some classical selections by Poe, Frost, Emmerson, and more.

8th Bible: Church history continues on!  We are currently in the 1500s!  (Please remember that we began with Pentecost in the book of Acts!  Wow!)  It is amazing to look through history to see how God has sustained His beautiful body of believers.  We look to His Word daily in light of what our founding church fathers have taught.  We pray that as we learn, we grow in a deeper understanding of what Scripture has to say about the church.  We humbly ask for wisdom and guidance while looking at various beliefs on worship, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and more.  I love this class's grace and kindness as well as interest in one another's church backgrounds.  From Baptist, to Presbyterian, to Eastern Orthodox, to Anglican, to Evangelical Free, to Methodist, to Lutheran, and more-- the eighth grade is truly a picture of the diversity in The Body of Christ.  How interesting it has been to see where each of us has derived our traditions, always seeing God's Word as the foundation of Truth.  After these units on church history, we have a unit on "cults" and seeing the results of the church departing from The Scriptures.

8th English: The students did a fantastic job with our recent Shakespeare unit, and they completed wonderful literary essays on their interpretation of the themes of A Midsummer Night's Dream.  Now we are on to a short story unit!  We will be reading some classic short stories from our literature text.  We are currently on lesson 6 in vocabulary, and we definitely had fun with these words today.  We are never short on laughter in the 8th grade.  We press on with grammar and will be covering two more units of Shurley Grammar in the next three weeks in the midst of literature, writing, and vocabulary!  After our short story unit, we will be writing speeches.  Perhaps I will invite parents for the speech presentations?  Hmmmm....  I will keep you posted!

THANK YOU for sharing your kids with me.  They are doing a wonderful job.  There are a few students who may be losing some gusto in this third quarter.  Please make sure to check PowerSchool occasionally, and we will work together to hold your student accountable.  Let's shoot for NO missing assignments this quarter! :)