Thanksgiving - El Camino Academy

El Camino Academy
Bogotá, Colombia
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Model
United Nations
Hannah Anderson is the new 3rd grade teacher. She grew up in the Portland,
Oregon area and spent the last 4 years studying elementary education at
Wheaton College in Illinois. Through Wheaton she was able to make several
connections that God used to lead her to ECA, including meeting Annie
Johnson her freshman year, who told her about her awesome experience at
ECA. Her parents even met Jake Carlson’s aunt at a wedding in Canada!
This is her first year in Colombia, and what she likes most are the people and
the delicious food. She loves how people have welcomed her and made her
feel at home. She likes that food is a unique and cultural key to Colombia,
especially ajiaco.
by Sofia Alvira and Valentina Santiago, 11th
Praise & Prayer
Upcoming Events All-School News
Elementary
Secondary
Fundraising
Sports
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Praise & Prayer
Praise
Happy
Thanksgiving
Prayer
• For Liliana Castiblanco, our newest
SENA apprentice. She is helping with
administrative tasks in the front office,
especially working with our files.
• For María Alejandra Olarte (9th grade),
who was hospitalized for almost a week
due to an infection and an abscess on
her neck.
• For the 30 people who came to the potluck
integration, where we shared about customs and
traditions from other countries and cultures.
• For Vanessa Vives (9th grade)​,​who was
hospitalized this week for a
​ ​migraine.
• For Flavio Uribe (HS math teacher),
for recovery at home after 3 weeks of
suffering from vertigo.
• For Santiago Garza (guard), who is in
his 5th chemo session. Pray that he can
return to work soon.
• For Edgar Suárez (maintenance), who is
still at home recovering from surgery on
his Achilles tendon 2 weeks ago.
• That Beth Afanador, on her recent recruiting trip,
was able to speak to 16 college education classes,
visit 9 different universities in 3 states, participate
in 6 different recruiting fairs, and talk to over 100
different possible teachers. Pray that God will
continue to speak to those who are praying about
teaching overseas.
Happy
Is anything too
hard for the Lord?
Thanksgiving
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Genesis 18:14a
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Upcoming Events:
SUN
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9
MON
TUE
10
Nov / Dec 2015
WED
11
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THU
Progress Reports
emailed home
13
FRI
7th
to Hogar de Paz
and Buena Semilla
Bake Sale – 11th
14
SAT
9th to Nuevo Nacimiento
10th to Formavida
11th/12th to The Jungle
Colombian Woman’s Day
15
16
17
18
19
20
No School
The Giving Place
Holiday: Independence of Cartagena
MAP® testing all week
Spring Play Auditions
22
23
24
25
29
4th
30
1
Spring Play Auditions
26
No School
Parent Workshop
Holiday:
Thanksgiving
to Hogar de Paz
December
th
Bake Sale – T4:8
Elem Thanksgiving
Celebration
2
Bake Sale –
Mission Trip
7
8
9
28
Virtual Day
Mission Trip to La Vega
Offices Open
4
5
T4:8 Christmas Party
10
11
12
Flag Raising
Bake Sale – 11th
Elementary Christmas
Concert
Green = Elementary
November 13, 2015
Purple = Secondary
Worship Night at UCB
Pre-K to Hogar
San Rafael
Steve Green
Christmas Concert!
6
Bake Sale – 10th
Offices Open
3
8th
Flag Raising
4th to Hogar de Paz
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Parent Prayer Meetings: 2 – 4
nd
Cena
Galardones
OBED
21
9th to Nuevo Nacimiento
10th to Formavida
11th/12th to The Jungle
Blue = All School, Parents, or Staff
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UPCOMING EVENTS
... in chronological order ...
The Giving Place
Thu/Fri, November 19 and 20
The Giving Place is our special ECA Christmas
store where students can buy gifts at reduced
prices for the ministry children we serve. We will
buy presents for 350 children and adolescents.
Students are encouraged to buy more than
one gift, if possible.
If shoppers end up having money left
over, there will be a decorated box to
receive cash gifts toward our service
outreaches.
To volunteer to help out at The Giving Place,
contact Angela de Ramos at service@eca.edu.
co.
Here are the suggested gift lists from the various
outreaches.
Buena Semilla - School Supplies
Cuaderno Cosido de 100 Hojas Rayado
Cuaderno Cosido de 100 Hojas Cuadriculado
Reglas Plásticas de 30 cms
Tajalápiz Faber Escolar
Borrador Pelikan Caja X 20
Lápiz Mirado Caja X 12
Esfero Bic Negro Caja X 12
Colores Norma X 12
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Cantidad
Disponible
Valor en
Pesos
50
150
50
50
50
50
50
50
$ 2.000
$ 2.000
$ 1.000
$ 1.500
$ 1.000
$ 1.000
$ 1.500
$10.000
Cantidad
Valor en
Esfero
NegroX Caja
ColoresBic
Norma
12 X 12
Colores Norma X 12
FormaVidas
FormaVidas
Muñecas de Trapo
FormaVidas
Muñecas
de Trapo
Carro Casco
Muñecas
de Trapo
Carro
Casco
Morral Frozen
Carro
Casco
Morral
Frozen - Niños
Carro Niñeras
Morral
Frozen
Carro
Niñeras - Niños
Kit
de Médico
Carro
Niñeras - Niños
Kit
de
Médico
Baúl Grande Kitty - Niñas
Kit
deGrande
MédicoKitty - Niñas
Baúl
Balones
Baúl
Grande Kitty - Niñas
Balones
Juegos Chaquiras
Balones
Juegos
RaquetaChaquiras
Frisby
Juegos
Chaquiras
Raqueta
Frisby
Juego Ben
Uno
Raqueta
Frisby
Juego Ben Uno
Juego Ben Uno
Hogar de Paz
Hogar de Paz
Juegos de
Chaquiras
Hogar
Paz
Juegos
BalonesChaquiras
Juegos
Chaquiras
Balones
Carro Policía
Balones
Carro Policía
Muñeco
de Power Steel
Carro
Policía
Muñeco
de Power Steel
Juego Rompecabezas
Ronda
Muñeco
de
Power Steel
Juego Rompecabezas
Ronda
Juego Rompecabezas Ronda
Nasa Shamb
Nasa Shamb
Morral
Frozen
Nasa
Shamb
Morral
Frozen
Kit de Médico
Morral
Frozen
Kit de Médico
Balones
Kit
de Médico
Balones
Juegos Chaquiras
Balones
Juegos
RaquetaChaquiras
Frisby
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Chaquiras
Raqueta
Frisby
Juego Ben
Uno
Raqueta
Frisby
Juego
Ben
Uno
Carro Policía
Juego
Ben
Uno
Carro Policía
Muñeco
de Power Steel
Carro
Policía
Muñeco
de Power
Bolso Kitty
Baul Steel
Muñeco
de
Power
Bolso Kitty Baul Steel
Bolso
Baul
NuevoKitty
Nacimiento
Minions
Muñecas de Trapo
Volquetas
Carro Casco
Cocolinas
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at UCB
50
50
50
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UPCOMING EVENTS
... in chronological order ...
Thanksgiving
November Parent Workshop
Worship at UCB
Principles and Norms of
Friendship and Dating
On Sat, Nov 28, the ECA High School
worship team will be hosting an evening of
worship at the United Church of Bogota.
This has been a meaningful event in the
past, and we encourage anyone who will
be in town to join us for this evening of
worshiping the Lord together. The service
begins at 6:00p and goes until about
8:00. There will also be a T4:8 bake sale at
the event, where you can buy coffee and
snacks. We hope to see you there!
Parents, have you set aside
7:45a - 9:15 on Tue or Wed,
Nov 24 or 25 to attend the
parent workshop? Juan Carlos
Castellanos, Community Care
Director, will be giving tips on how to identify a friendship
or courtship that is harmful for your child.
Cena Galardones
Parent Prayer Meetings in November
The annual OBED Cena Galardones is on
Sun, Nov 22. This is a special dinner to
honor teachers, students and staff from
various schools who are recognized as
the Teacher/Student/Staff of the Year for
their individual schools. This week we are
choosing a 12th grade student, a teacher,
and a staff member to represent ECA at
this dinner. The selected individuals will
be announced in next week’s bulletin.
November is the month
for 2nd – 4th grade parent
prayer meetings.
2nd Prayer Meeting
Nov 24 & 25
3rd Prayer Meeting
7:00 – 7:40a
4th Prayer Meeting
PARENT WORKSHOP 7:45 – 9:00a
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Bulldog Commons 1
Bulldog Commons 2
Project Room
MPR
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Thanksgiving
Student Health
Parents, do not send your children to ECA if they
are sick. Several classes have numerous students
with respiratory or gastrointestinal viruses. Working
together we can stop the spread of infection.
Solicitamos a los padres por favor no enviar al colegio a
sus hijos si se encuentran enfermos. Hay cuadros virales en
diferentes cursos de origen respiratorio y gastrointestinal.
Si todos colaboramos, disminuimos el riesgo de contagio.
Contamos con su apoyo.
ECA is implementing the Measures of Academic
Progress® (MAP®) test, an online adaptive
standardized test that provides immediate
feedback on student progress and growth, as well
as strengths and weaknesses. Parents of 2nd, 3rd,
5th, 7th, and 9th grade students, please make sure
your children are here at ECA on time the week
of Nov 17 - 20 for the MAP® testing.
If you know of any homeschool families with
children in those grades who might be interested
in taking advantage of this opportunity, tell them
to contact the ECA office.
Pre-K Applications
for 2016-17
ECA Families and staff
who have children eligible
for Pre-Kinder in August are
invited to send an email to
admissions@eca.edu.co
if they are interested in
enrolling next year.
Saving Natural Resources
It’s time to commit to saving water
and electricity in our homes and at
school. Parents, take time to discuss
this topic with your family. Next
week the Environmental Committee
and our Operations staff will start
a campaign to reduce overall
consumption of electricity at ECA.
We count on your support!
Happy
Thanksgiving
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ALL-SCHOOL NEWS
Thanksgiving
Family Memory Verses
How did you do trying to fill in the blanks last week? Did you
get them all? We have the correct answers in red.
Review these three verses, reading them three times a day for the next 3 days.
1 John 4 (NIV)
1 Juan 4 (NVI)
This is love: not that we loved God, but
that He loved us and sent His Son as an
atoning sacrifice for our sins.
10
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we
also ought to love one another.
11
No one has ever seen God; but if we
love one another, God lives in us and His
love is made complete in us.
12
En esto consiste el amor: no en que nosotros hayamos
amado a Dios, sino en que él nos amó y envió a su Hijo
para que fuera ofrecido como sacrificio por el perdón de
nuestros pecados.
10
Queridos hermanos, ya que Dios nos ha amado así, también
nosotros debemos amarnos los unos a los otros.
11
Nadie ha visto jamás a Dios, pero si nos amamos los
unos a los otros, Dios permanece entre nosotros, y entre
nosotros su amor se ha manifestado plenamente.
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FUNDRAISING
Thanksgiving
Steve Green
Christmas Concert
Have you bought your tickets? There are only 2
weeks left! Be sure to invite family and friends to
celebrate the Lord’s birth and ministry together
at this special concert. Here are the prices:
$40.000 per ticket
or by Nov 25:
$200.000 for 8 tickets
($25.000 per person)
$120.000 for 4 tickets
($30.000 per person)
fundraising@eca.edu.co
(300) 435-5324
(310) 552-3847
(316) 875-8310
Publicity Posters
Proceeds go toward our
construction project.
You can buy your tickets at:
We have extra locations where you can buy your tickets:
• Coffee - JESUS (Iglesia Su Presencia)
Coffee
JESUS (Iglesia
Su Presencia)
• Iglesia El
Rio –- Machuca
Gutiérrez
family (10th grade)
th
Iglesia
El Rio
– Machuca
Gutiérrez
family (10
• BBN
- Emisora
cristiana
Av Boyaca
# 48grade)
A 11
BBN - Emisora cristiana Av Boyaca # 48 A 11
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Christmas is Jesus and the Father’s
Love
for Lost
Humanity
Christmas is Jesus and the Father’s
Love
for Lost
Humanity
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on campus,
check out the
fundraising
publicity
posters on the
walls in the
new building,
courtesy of
the 5th and
6th graders.
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We continued to see God’s perfect
love in the Bible. Students learned
that Gideon was used by God,
not through his own strength but
through God’s perfect protection.
After testing God by putting out
a fleece, he obeyed God to fight his
enemies with a small army without using
any weapons!
Zach Dalton, one of our counselors, taught us
how to identify a person’s feelings by looking
at their body signals (faces.) Knowing our own
feelings is so important because our emotions
affect our thinking. When we are in the emotional
red zone, we may be grumpy or upset, angry
and out of control. When we are in the yellow
zone, we may be excited or surprised, nervous
or silly. When we are in the blue zone, we may
feel sad or hurt, disappointed or depressed.
How we feel can strongly affect how we think
or respond to others. Be aware of the zone you
are in!
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Elementary Christmas Concert
The elementary
Christmas programs
will be on Fri, Dec 11
during the school day.
Parents, come watch
your children show
some of what they have
learned this semester!
PK - 1st
2nd - 4th
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Service Outreach
3rd graders had a great time with Acoinprev
kids last Thursday!
11:00 - 11:45
1:45 - 2:30
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Model United Nations
Seven ECA students and Mrs. Carlson had an
exciting 4 days at the Rosario Model UN conference
last weekend. The kids debated and problem solved
everything from containing epidemics to laws
governing drone use to women’s empowerment
in Africa. Most of the participants were university
students so it was a great opportunity for our kids
to be stretched to rise to the challenge!
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Auditions for Spring
Play: Robin Hood!
Don’t forget the auditions
this Wed and Thu, Nov
18 and 19 after school in
Bulldog Commons 1. Did
you turn in your permission
forms today?
High School Afternoon of Activities!
When:Fri, Nov 20, 3:00p - 8:00
Cost:
$5.000
Snack and dinner provided!
All High School students are invited to an
afternoon of activities hosted by StuCo. There
will be lots of fun games and wonderful food.
Join us and spend a great time with your peers!
Bring a snack to share!
Hope you can make it!
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Mission Trips
Futuro Juvenil: We have 4 students and 2 teachers
signed up to go to La Mesa over Thanksgiving
weekend. They have only 2 weeks of preparation
left, so pray for them, especially 2 students, María
Alejandra Olarte and Vanessa Vives, who are
sick. We want to say, “Thank you!” to the Chaparro
Romero family for graciously offering to take our
team in their truck.
Where
What
Nov 27 – 29
Fri-Sun
Thanksgiving
La Mesa
Futuro Juvenil: help 30 children with
games, English, Bible lessons, crafts,
etc.
Cost: around $150.000 including
transportation, food, and lodging
Leader: Allie Mitchell
planning meeting in preparation for the trip to
Sierra Nevada during Semana Santa to minister to
Kogui Christians. Pray for the students to be able to
raise the funds needed for the trip.
Mar 17 – 23
Thu-Wed
Holy Week
Sierra
Nevada,
Santa
Marta
Comunidad Cristiana Trompito Alto:
Helping children ages 5-18, games,
English, Bible lessons, crafts, etc.
Cost: around $600.000 including
transportation, food, and lodging
Leader: Yolanda Cardozo
Guanabara III: Due to an insufficient number of
Mar 17 – 23
Thu-Wed
Holy Week
Amazon
Guanabara III: ministry with children
and teens, possibly with a medical
team
Cost: around $900.000 including
transportation, food, and lodging
Leaders: Juan Carlos Castellanos and
Robbie Becker
Comunidad Cristiana Trompito Alto: Today is the first
students signed up for the Amazon ministry trip,
that outreach has been canceled. Pray for people
in Guanabara III that we have invested in over the
last 5 years, that the Lord will continue to pull down
strongholds held by the enemy in that spiritually
challenged area.
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Dear Parents,
I want to address a question that several
students have asked me this quarter:
Should I attend a summer course at a
school in the U.S.?
Guidance
Counselor
Corner
This is a great question. There are many
programs available every summer at
schools from coast to coast. As we have
looked at programs, I have been asking
students:
Why does this course interest you?
The lure of going to the U.S. and
participating in a class that sounds
fun is very strong. But, this may not
be enough reason to invest time and
money. It is worth looking at how this
course will benefit your teen 2-5 years
from now. Will this be a course that
will refine their current strength? Will
this be a precursor to what your teen
wants to study in college?
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Is the cost of the course more or less
than the value this course will provide?
The cost of the course varies in importance
depending on your personal finances.
But, the cost of these courses will always
be significant. The trip will incur many
costs that are not included on the glossy
brochure. These include logistics to and
from the school, spending money during
the teen’s down time, and any unforeseen
emergencies. This doesn’t include nonfinancial costs, such as time invested in
the course, being separated from family,
and possibly being alone in a completely
new environment.
Once you work through these questions and
are certain this course will be a blessing not
only to your teen but to your family, then
you can proceed to the next steps. These
are expansive experiences for young people,
and will be memorable. If you would like
more information on available courses, here
is a link: http://www.fastweb.com/collegesearch/articles/summer-programs-for-highschool-students
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SPORTS
Happy
Girls HS Soccer
Tournament
Thanksgiving
Our HS girls soccer team competed with Liceo Católico and Liceo
Chicó in a 2-day tournament this last Wed and Thu, Nov 11 and 12.
They lost both games, but they showed great teamwork and spirit.
We will continue training and working for future matches.
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CLASSIFIED ADS
Thanksgiving
Venta Apartamento
TOMORROW!
Translation and
Interpretation Training
It’s not too late to plan to attend the Translation and
Interpretation Training tomorrow with Viviana Afanador
as the main workshop leader.
Venta apartamento en conjunto cerrado, barrio Jose
Joaquin Vargas Av Cll 68 con AV cl 60, 132m2 (82
m2 primera planta (3 alcobas, 2 baños, estudio, hall
de entrada, hall de alcobas, salacomedor, cocina),
50 m2 de altillo (3 espacios habitacionales), garage
cubierto), $ 260 millones negociables.
La familia Muñoz Roble
Sat, Nov 14
from 8:30a – 5:00p
at Iglesia Cristiana Confraternidad
(Avenida Calle 127 # 19A - 43)
You are welcome to register at the door. The special
ECA price of $80.000 includes materials, 2 snacks,
and lunch. For non-ECA-related participants, the cost
is $95.000. Contact funintermaranata@gmail.com for
more information.
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SUN
15
22
Lawrence Azevedo
(14)
MON
9
November / December Birthdays
Marcela Guzmán
(10)
Isabella Obando (15)
16
Luciana Cardona (5)
Juan Esteban
Roldán (10)
Juanita Patiño (11)
Samuel Lara (15)
Liliana Forero
23
Daniel Ballesteros
(6)
10
TUE
Sara Trujillo (6)
Isabella Forero (10)
17
24
11
WED
12
18
Angélica de
LaRRota
Eliana Peña (12)
THU
19
13
FRI
20
Bettina Peñaloza (5)
Julián Ramírez (17)
Cristina Moguel (18)
14
SAT
Juannita Campos (8)
Ana Paula Chaparro (9)
21
Jonathan Snyder
Lucía Aguilar
25
26
27
28
2
3
4
5
11
12
Juan Marcos Pabón
(7)
Juan David Castro (15)
Allie Mitchell
29
Karen Acosta (6)
Matías Borda (9)
María Antonia López
(13)
Samantha Silva (18)
6
Green = Elementary
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Ana María Mojica
(15)
7
Eliseo Vargas (6)
Laura Delgado (15)
Juana Bartel (18)
Purple = Secondary
1
8
December
Beth Afanador
Susan Carreño
Samuel Bernhard (9)
Timothy Samosir (15)
Nicolás González (15)
Luz Adriana Rojas
9
José Daniel Peña (9)
María Alejandra
Rivas
Blue = Staff
10
Gabriel Tobar (6)
Jennifer Johnson
Issue #35 - 13
ECA Weekly Bulletin
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