If you haven't heard by now, this blog is no longer the school blog. We have moved everything to a brand new site. The new school blog plus all the rest of the info you'll need about our school can be found on www.gcsnorwalk.com

Please go there for all the latest news.

Pastor Bob

If you haven't heard by now, this blog is no longer the school blog. We have moved everything to a brand new site. The new school blog plus all the rest of the info you'll need about our school can be found on

Please go there for all the latest news.

Pastor Bob

Dear Parents: May 4, 2007

I have a few important announcements to send your way today. First of all, our TerraNova Testing is done for the year. It took much longer than expected because after the standard test was given, the cognitive test had to given in very small groups, allowing me to only administer about 3 per day. The tests will now be sent in and they will be scored by the testing company and returned in 4-6 weeks. If they do not return before school is out, they will be mailed to you.

Secondly, I know several parents have been asking if we will have summer school this year. Unfortunately, there were not enough people wanting to have summer school for us to be able to offer it. Several parents have used the YMCA or Parks and Recreation for their children during the summer and have been pleased. I suggest you might try either alternative.

We will offer some classes in distance learning over the summer. This is not included in the yearly tuition, however. More information will be coming on that soon.

The last think I need to mention is that our annual Graduation and Awards Banquet will be held at the Ritz Gardens in Whittier this year. It will be a dinner followed by the awards and graduation. We could not get seating for June 15, so the graduation has been moved to June 14 @ 7:30 p.m. Please note this on your calendars. Also, the last day of school will therefore be on Wednesday, June 13, 2007.

I showed a video in chapel the other day that many of the student wish to see again or show you. You may view it at our church blog at
http://graceevfree.blogspot.com/

TerraNova Testing

When we return from Easter Vacation we will begin to prepare for the TerraNova test, which will be given at the end of April. This test replaces the CAT/5 Test we have used for the last several years. That test is no longer being given. This new test from the same company is updated for current standards.

It is very important that you pay strict attention to good nutrition during the testing days. Please make sure your child has a wholesome breakfast with protein in it, not sugary cereals. Please do not send any sugary snacks or sodas. Use diet sodas, fruit, chips etc., but not candy and sweets. Some juice boxes have a very high sugar content. You do not want your child to have a low blood sugar crash during testing. It will skew the results and we only get one chance at taking this test each year.

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Easter Vacation

Easter vacation will start April 6, Good Friday, and students will return on April 16th. Enjoy your vacation.

Pastor Bob

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We've has several new students join us at Grace in the last few weeks.

We welcome Chris, 10th grade, Ben, 7th grade, Jacob, Kindergarten, Stephen, 6th grade, and Courtney in 7th grade. We hope you'll all have a great time learning together at Grace Christian School!

Love this picture of Katelyn after the Valentine's Day party.

I'm very happy to announce the winner of our last fundraiser. Once again, Daniel Rojas raised more than twice as much money as any other student and he is the winner of a blue iPod Shuffle!

Congratulations, Daniel. We're very proud of you (and mom too)

PB

Some of you will remember Deanne Schenk. She was the secretary for the church and helped out the school a lot. She's been at our school and church for about 50 years. We celebrated her 85 birthday today at church. Congratulations, Deanne!

New Fund Raiser!

We are now selling Valentine's Day candy from See's Candy. We did great with the Christmas sales and hope to repeat that with this effort. We haven't really sold much yet, it's a bit early, but please help us out as you did for Christmas so we can buy even more equipment for the school.

Thanks,

Pastor Bob

By now all our students should have received their Student IDs.

We welcome two new students to our school this week. Chris is a tenth grader and his brother Ben is in 7th grade. They are off to a great start and we give them a big Grace welcome.

We received the proofs for the Student IDs last week and have sent them back. We hope to have them soon for the students. It took them quite a while to get them done for some reason.

There will be no school on Monday, January 15. We will be closed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. School resumes on the 16 of January.

Congratulations to our 3 winners for selling the most candy before Christmas. Here are the winners:

First Place - Daniel R.

Second Place - Veronica H.

Third Place - Elizabeth R.

Good work. Among themselves they raised about $1,000.00!