EDUCATING WORLD CHANGERS November 10,...
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EDUCATING WORLD CHANGERS November 10, 2017
All parents are invited to attend the College
Funding Coach® workshop in the Forum
Room on Tuesday, November 14, at 6 PM.
This workshop will include “Little-known
Secrets of Paying for College” designed to help families
make informed plans by incorporating effective financial
strategies. To learn more about this event and the College
Funding Coach organization, check out their website. This
workshop is open to all parents!
Thank you, preschool through 5th
grade parents, for providing us with
your grandparent information. The
invitations for Grandparents Day
were mailed last week! We are
looking forward to hosting our grandparents (and grand-
persons) on Wednesday, November 22nd from 8:30-
11:30am. Please see the website calendar for more details!
Congratulations to our 7th grade basketball team
(pictured here with Coaches Smith and Witt; L-R) for
winning their division of Cornerstone’s 13th annual Tip-
Off Tournament! Both the 7th and 8th grade teams rep-
resented us well in the tournament.
Well done, Cyclones!
Families of the P4, PF-B, and PK classes are invited to celebrate
Thanksgiving on Wednesday, November 15, in the Forum
Room from 10-11 AM. Use this SignUp Genius to tell us what you will be bring-
ing. Hope to see you there!
Due to an unfortunate mix-up at the bowling alley, Junior
High Bowling night scheduled for tonight, Friday,
November 10, has been cancelled. We will noti-
fy you once a new date has been confirmed. We
apologize for any inconvenience this may cause
and appreciate your understanding.
Our fifth graders will be per-
forming The Faithful Few Talk Show on Monday, November
13, at 2:00 PM in the Gym. Come and see what God has been
teaching our fifth graders! Uno, Dos, Tres, Praise the LORD!
Doug Pavey, Head of School
Beth Sondgeroth, Upper School Principal
Sue Chambers, Lower School Principal
Kim Brucker, Early Education Principal
John Schwartz, Athletic Director
Austin Parker, Spiritual Life Director
Danielle Garey, Director of Advancement
All you cowboys and cowgirls are invited to our annu-
al Scholastic Book Fair held in Tyndale hallway from
November 17 - November 22! The online store will
be open from November 12-
November 27.
We need lots of volunteers to make
this book fair a success. If you can
help, please sign up here. Questions?
Contact Mrs. Barnes.
Both the Winterim registration (9th-12th grade) and
the Ends of the Earth African Cross-Cultural Experience
application (10th-12th grade) are due today Friday,
November 10.
A feathered friend is missing, and
the farmhands don't know where!
So it's time to solve a mystery....
Complete with musical flare!!
Join the 2nd Grade class for our fall program
just in time for Thanksgiving! Monday, Novem-
ber 20, at 2 PM. Everyone's invited!!
All interested 5th-8th grade girls and their par-
ents are encouraged to attend an informational
meeting on Monday, November 13, at 3:30
PM in the Forum Room. Both the $125 Ath-
letic fee and a current physical must be on file before the first
practice. Questions? Contact Coach McLain.
School will dismiss promptly at 11:30
on Wednesday, November 22, for
those students not leaving with Grand-
parents earlier that morning (see front page and the website
for details about Grandparents Day).
Monday (11/13) 5th Grade Faithful Few Show
2pm; MS Volleyball Mtg. 3:20pm; MS Girls Bas-
ketball vs. Christian Life Academy @ Home 6pm
Tuesday (11/14) 6th Grade Acts 1:8 Day; HS Scho-
lastic Bowl vs. Olympia @ Stanford 4pm; College
Funding Workshop; MS Girls Basketball vs. St.
John’s Lutheran @ Buckley 6pm
Wednesday (11/15) 7th Grade Acts 1:8 Day; Prayer
Circle 8:15am; Preschool Thanksgiving Feast 10am
Thursday (11/16) 8th Grade Acts 1:8 Day; HS Scho-
lastic Bowl vs. Blue Ridge @ Farmer City 4pm; MS
Boys Basketball vs. Next Generation @ Cham-
paign 6pm
Friday (11/17) HS Acts 1:8 Day; MS Boys Basket-
ball vs. Judah Christian @ Home 6pm
*See the website calendar for more details.
“All elementary grades will go outside for recess unless
the wind chill is
below 20 degrees.
Students should
dress accordingly.”
From page 33 of the
Parent/Student Hand-
book found on our website (under Quicklinks).
Also, be sure all cold weather gear (hats, gloves, coats,
etc.) is labeled with your student’s name.
This week our Upper School students will head out into the
community to serve. Below is a list of destinations and work
assignments for each day:
Tuesday, November 14 6th Grade; Eastbay Camp (indoor
and outdoor projects)
Wednesday, November 15 7A; Southside Mission Peoria -
Elderly Benevolence Ministry (yard raking and clean up)
7B; Sugar Grove Nature Area (trail clean up and planting
project)
Thursday, November 16 8th Grade; Little Galilee (trail clean-
up and indoor cleaning)
Friday, November 17 High School
9th Grade; Little Galilee Camp (outdoor projects)
10th Grade; Eastview Food Pantry
11th Grade; City of Bloomington (city parks projects)
12th Grade; Moraine View State Park (outdoor projects)
Mrs. Dillman has a great Christmas program for K-5th grade
planned for December 19, but she needs your be-
hind-the-scenes assistance. If you would like to
volunteer as stage help or with costumes on the
night of the program, please contact Mrs. Dillman.
Thanks in advance!
If you missed the previous High School Preview Night, please
plan to attend our next Vision 2022 on
Tuesday, December 5, from 6:00 to 7:00
PM in the Forum Room! You will have
the opportunity to hear about CCA's dis-
tinctive high school program and curricu-
lum. While this interactive informational
session is designed with families of currently-enrolled eighth
graders in mind, please feel free to invite your friends who
might be considering CCA for the high school years.
Students are welcome to attend this session as well but will
have other opportunities over the course of the year to get
their specific questions answered by administrators, teachers,
and high school students. As always, please let us know if you
have any questions.