Our school is off to a good start. We have a great bunch of students this year. Something exciting is in the air. As you all know, our curriculum, grades 3-12, is mostly computerized, which is exciting in itself. But soon we hope to offer students and parents the opportunity to do their homework online if they have a broadband connection. We are installing a DSL line next week and after we beta test it, we should be on our way to offering this.

What's even better is that we will be able to offer Distance Learning to anyone in the country or the world, for that matter, who has a broadband connection. After installing some software, people can homeschool through our school, taking all their classes through us with a live teacher on the other side, standing by to help them. Stay tuned for more information.

Silent Auction

You won't want to miss our Silent Auction Fundraiser. Prior to our 7:30 meeting, we will have our Silent Auction at 7:00 p.m. When you enter the cafeteria, you will see tables with items on them. In front of each item will be a paper with lines for you to write on. The first person will sign their name and what they would like to bid on that item. Another person comes by and if he's willing to pay more for that item, he puts his name down and what he will pay/bid for the item etc. Sometime before we go in to the Parent's Meeting a bell will ring from a timer. When it goes off, all bids are final and people with the highest bids get the item at that price. There are many nice items that I think you'll like.

Pastor Bob

Parent's Meeting

Be sure to attend the Parent's Meeting on September 8, which is a Thursday. It is here that you will receive your menus, school year calendar etc.

Every year parents complain to me about not knowing things and I say, "We discussed it at the Parent's Meeting. Were you there?"

School starts at 8:30 a.m. on September 12. Please make sure the kids are well prepared. You need to be at the School's Parent Night on Thursday, Sept. 8. We will be giving you the new school handbook, going over changes we have made for the new year. There are things you will need to buy by Monday. Children on computers, mostly grades 3-12, need to bring a set of headphones, a new mousepad, and an optional new mouse.

We will be taking an order for new school T-Shirts at this time as well. Until the new school uniforms are ready, you will need to use last year's t-shirts or solid red or white polo shirts with the blue or black pants.