Sunday, February 20, 2005

Essay Just Part of Changes to the SAT - EarthLink - U.S. News

Parents,

If you have a child in high school, you should read this article. Students in 11 and 12 grade should be taking these tests. Pastor Bob has the information you need. They are not taken at Grace. You will take them at a selected spot, usually a college, in your area.

Monday, February 07, 2005

Sweet Drinks Linked to Preschool Obesity - EarthLink - U.S. News

Very interesting article here on the effects of juices and sweet drinks on children in school.

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

We had an assembly this week following the close of the first semester. Many of our students have not kept up with their workload, causing many more incompletes on report cards than I like. So, we've added more class time and less play time for all students who are behind.

Parents, expect to see more homework coming home. Our system is built to not have a lot of homework IF the student does what is expected each day. When they fall behind, however, we have no choice but to start sending it home.

Please make sure your child does his homework each night. It costs us a lot to have to print it out. Students who do not show any progress in this area will be removed from the computer and put into books, making it easier to send homework home.

Pastor Bob

Friday, January 21, 2005

Winner of the Christmas DVD

The Christmas DVD is finished. We promised to give away one free DVD to one of our visitors who came on Sunday morning to the performance. The winner, picked by Elizabeth, was Susan Hernandez.

Your DVD will be ready for you to pick up on Monday morning.

Congratulations!

Pastor Bob

Monday, January 17, 2005

Christmas DVD Ready

I know many of you have been asking about the Christmas DVD. It is now ready! It contains the entire Christmas Program as well as a pretty long slide show of rehearsal shots. Normally, our school DVDs are $25.00, but since this one is just 30 minutes we are going to discount it.

Here are the prices:

1 DVD - $15.00

2 DVDs - $25.00

3 DVDs - $35.00

Each additional DVD is $10.00

If you would like to order one please send cash, not check, to the school, attention Pastor Bob. We have pre-burned several so if you order quickly you will not have to wait.

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

First Basketball Game

Our First basketball game will be on Friday. I dont' know the time as of yet. Unfortunately for us the process this year has been less organized than usual. We are very late in finding out information. What I do know so far is that we have 6 boys playing. We have provided them each with a basketball shirt. They each need to get black basketball shorts before Friday if they are going to play.

The cost for registration for each boy is a one time fee of $35.00 and a weekly fee for refs of $4.00. Please send the money asap.

Thanks,

PB

Monday, December 27, 2004

Parachute


Parachute, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

This shot was taken before Christmas vacation, but I really like it. The children play games with this colorful parachute while under the direction of Miss Colleen.

Cooks


cooks, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

The cooks don't know where the child is either.

Farmers


farmers, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

Our farmers stop swinging their scythes to talk to the Wisemen.

Getting Ready


Getting Ready, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

Jonathon gets a kick out of costume changes.

Fishermen


fishermen, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

Townfolk mending their nets are approached by the Wisemen.

Mary and Joseph


Maryjo, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

Musicans


musicians, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

Some more of our townfolk from the beginning of our program.

Practice


PracticeJosh, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

Josh has a big smile for us during our practice time.

Nativity 2


nativity2, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

Another shot of our Nativity while the angels announce the Christ Child's birth.

Nativity Scene


nativity, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

Mayra and Jonathon were Mary and Joseph. Devin and Elizabeth were the angels. They did a great job.

Staff and Children


staff, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

These are the people who made it happen. My wife, Connie on the left and Colleen Keith on the right helped with getting the costumes changed and crowd control. Colleen also helped with the spotlight and Connie made some of the costumes for us. Cindy Kesler and Stephanie Garibaldi are the teachers of the two classes who participated in the program and worked very hard in all our practices.

Wisemen Question Laundry Folk


washers, originally uploaded by bobrocky.

This is the first of several pictures from our 2004 Christmas Program. These are from the opening seen where the Wisemen question the townfolk.

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Parents:

Don't forget that we have TWO showing of our Christmas program. One on Friday night @ 7:00 p.m. Students should be at the church at 6:30 p.m. Then we will be doing the program once more on Sunday morning, Dec. 19 @ 9:30 a.m. Students should be at the church at 9:00 a.m. We think you are really going to enjoy the children's program this year.

Also, we are asking students to come dressed as they will for the performances on Friday during school. We will be filming the dress rehearsal and need it to look at authentic as possible.

We'll be looking for you. Make sure you invite friends and family to the program.

Pastor Bob

Monday, December 06, 2004

Parental Notice - Christmas Day Care
Grace Christian Schools

Dear Parents,

Last week we polled you on Day Care during Christmas Vacation. Only two parents indicated they would be using day care at this time. Unfortunately, we cannot afford to stay open for only two students, so we will not be open at all during the vacation time.

We wanted to give you ample notice so you could get someone to watch your children during the vacation period.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause you.

Sincerely,

Pastor Bob Rockhill