December 14

Thunder Bay Christian School
37 Cooper Road, Rosslyn ON P7K 0E2
E-mail: office@tbaychristianschool.ca
December 14, 2012
Phone: (807) 939-1209
Fax: (807) 939-2843
Volume 51, Issue 16
Website: www.tbaychristianschool.ca
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FOREVER FAITHFUL
“For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations
generations.” Psalm 100:5
2012-2013
From The Principal
Principal’s Desk:
Greetings TBCS,
This morning I had the privilege of
watching our students take part in their last
practice for the Christmas Program tonight at
7:30 pm.
Hearing the voices of children
glorifying our Lord is priceless, and seeing
them using their gifts as they play various
instruments is a delight.
Our program is entitled O Come, All Ye
Faithful – Ceremony of Lessons and Carols
Carols. For
me, the Christmas season doesn’t fully begin
until I hear children singing glory to God. Yes,
I know it is much deeper and more profound
than that, but it sure is a beautifu
beautiful image of
God’s handiwork
work here and now. It is my
prayer that many of you are able to attend this special night as together we celebrate a gift
that none of us deserved or could earn; praise God!
Next week many special events are taking place in and out of school. Some of the
highlights are:
1. Grade 5
5-6 Victoria Tea
2. JK/SK Ginger Bread Houses
3. Grades 3
3-8 Singing at Jasper Place
4. Grade 7
7-10 Talent Show
This truly is a season of joy that allows us not only to celebrate, but also take part in many
fun activities. Have a blessed weekend everyone!
Shalom,
Andy Alblas
Looking Ahead
Ahead:
Monday
Dec 17
Tuesday
Dec 18
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Dec 19
Dec 20
Dec 21
- TRIP Any times only
- Piano Recital
- TAN Sorting-Kakabeka Bus
- Gr. 5/6 Victorian Tea
- Gr. 3/4 Singing at Jasper Place
- JK/SK Gingerbread House
- Gr. 5-8 Singing at Jasper Place
- School Dismissal
9 am
2 pm
7-9 pm
1-2 pm
2 pm
2-3 pm
2 pm
1 pm
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From our School Community:
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: "O Come All Ye
Faithful" will be held tonight, December 14, at
7:30 p.m. at Hope C.R.C. Students will be sitting
with their families this year. Please arrive at least
10 minutes early so the program can begin on
time. Nursery will not be provided.
BAZAAR AND AUCTION 2012 UPDATE: Once
again we had another fun filled and successful
Bazzar and Auction. A big THANK YOU goes out to
the many volunteers who put their time in to help
it run smoothly. We want to thank the ladies who
made all the delicious oliebollen on Thursday
morning before the bazaar. Also, thanks to all
those who worked in the kitchen preparing food,
in the games rooms, and selling different goods.
We are very blessed to be part of a Christian
community that can work together and put on
these events. So far a total of $38,500 was raised
at this year’s bazaar. Thank you to all who
donated their business services, new and used
items, and hand crafted items for the
auction. Once again it went very well. We want to
also thank our Auctioneer, Alex Szczomak, and
our auction recorders for making the auction run
smoothly. They did a great job. Most of all we
thank our Heavenly Father for this school that our
children can attend and we all can be a part of.
“ For the Lord is good and his love endures
forever, his faithfulness continues through all
generations.” Psalm 100:5
The Bazaar Committee
PRAYER REQUESTS: Our Christian sympathy
goes out to Jonathan and Emily Bakker and family
with the passing of their unborn son, Jonah
Immanuel. May the Lord grant you comfort and
fill you with His peace. We pray, too, for Kadenze
as she recovers from surgery and for John and
Jeannette Meijaard as they care for her.
1:00 PM DISMISSAL: On Friday, December 21,
the students will be dismissed at 1:00 pm. The
buses will be leaving school at 1:10 so please
make arrangements accordingly.
CONGRATULATIONS to Paul and Erin Voortman
and family on the birth of Cole William. God bless you
as you welcome this little one into your hearts and
home.
ATTENTION COMMITTEES: Receipts for donations
or refunds must get to the bookkeeper, Trudy Bolt, by
the end of the year. Also, please inform her about
address changes so all tax receipts can be mailed out
correctly. Thank you.
TBCS TRIP NEWS: Anytime orders can be filled any
school day up to and including Dec. 21. Long form
and Anytime order forms will not be filled during the
Christmas holidays but will start up again on Jan. 7.
Safeway coupons are available in 50's, 100's, and
250's on the Anytime order forms.
PIANO RECITAL: There will be a piano recital for all
of Tara Rea`s students on Monday, Dec. 17,
starting at 2:00 p.m.
THANK YOU to the volunteers who served us our
delicious pizza hot lunch today.
FROM STUDENTS`COUNCIL: Our Christmas tree is
slowly but surely being decorated with donations of
hats, mitts, socks, etc. to donate to the Shelter
House. The floor under the tree is also filling up with
non-perishable food items to donate to local food
banks. You have till next Thursday to bring in your
donations so please give generously as there is a
great need for both in our city. Thank you.
MILK CRATES: If you brought a milk crate home
with your chocolate milk from the Bazaar, please
return it to the school as the committee returns them
for a refund. 20 of the 50 have been returned so far.
POP CAN BIN has been moved to the south parking
lot beside the TAN bin for easier access. The school
receives money from recycling the cans each year.
JANUARY MILK FORM is attached to today`s
Journal. Please fill out and hand into office by
Wednesday. Dec. 19.
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From the Classrooms:
JK & SK - Mrs. Kaemingh
Well here we are at the last school week of
December which means our gingerbread house
decorating afternoon is just around the corner.
We are anticipating a great afternoon on
Wednesday from 2-3 pm. Please consult your
December calendar for the details on what to
bring. See you then!
Grade 1 & 2 – Miss de Haan
*Work folders went home yesterday. New word wall
words were sent home but we will not have our test
until the Thursday of the week we return to school.
☺ Grade 1’s will also have Spelling Tests starting in
the new year. Please read the information that was
attached to the Spelling list.
*A new Reading Diary was sent home. Please return
the completed form on or before next Thursday.
Grade 3 & 4 – Mrs. Boer
☺ Join us tonight as we celebrate the birth of our
Saviour at our school Christmas Program.
☺
We enjoyed our delicious Pizza Lunch today.
Thank you, “hot” lunch ladies!
☺ In Bible this week, we reviewed the pattern of
the judges and the judges we learned about.
However, our test has been postponed to Tuesday
because we forgot to take home our binders to study
for Thursday’s test! Oops!!
Both grades worked on addition strategies in
math. Grade 3 worked on solving problems,
estimating, and adding 2 digit sums. Grade 4 worked
on estimating and adding 4-digit sums, mental math
tricks and estimating differences.
We enjoyed reading The Glass Angel by Patricia
and Fredrick McKissack in Literature. Just as Asa’s
Big Dad (grandpa) helped him repair the broken
glass angel, Jesus came to earth to repair all the
broken people.
*Thank you to all who sent in plastic grocery bags
recently! We have been making good use of
them!!
We will have a small Christmas celebration next
week Friday in our classroom. If you wish to send
in any snacks to share with the class, please send
it in with your child by Thursday or Friday.
Thanks!
✰ Students have been asked to contribute hats,
mitts, scarves, and socks to hang on the Christmas
tree in the front foyer and nonperishable food
items to place under the tree, to help the needy.
Thank you to all of you who have already
contributed!!
Monday: Monday: Return your Reading Record
sheet
Gr.4 Grammar pages 42,43
2 pm: Piano Recital
Tuesday: Bible test: Judges
2 pm: Singing at Jasper Place
Wednesday: Library - Remember all your books!!
✵
Thursday: Math/Mad Minute worksheets
Friday: Dismissal at 1:00
Grade 5 & 6 – Mrs. Himanen
Congratulations to Julia K. and Faryn, who each
completed reading a row of 30 books! Way to go,
girls!
Thank you so much, everyone, for sending in apple
juice and crock pots to be used at our Victorian
Tea!
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We are still in need of about 2 more large crock pots.
We look forward to hosting you at our Victorian Tea
on Tuesday, December 18. Just a note: Please send
in your dozen dainties on Monday or Tuesday of
next week with a written ingredients list or a signed
note indicating that the item is NUT FREE. Thank
you!
This week we were extremely busy practising for the
Christmas program and preparing a coffee table
book of Victorian traditions. We also enjoyed pulling
open our Christmas crackers and being kings/queens
for the afternoon! Next week we are going to learn
how to do calligraphy with real pens, nibs, and ink.
We’ll use this skill to label our coffee table book.
We thank Mrs. Laura Heerema for joining us this
afternoon to teach us how to make homemade
Christmas cards. It was great fun! We so
appreciated her taking time from her busy
schedule to help us with this fun activity!
Next week:
Tuesday: Victorian Tea (1:00pm - 2:00pm drop in)
Thursday: Math test - grade six (sorry!)
Grade 5 Math: Students have started a unit on
measurement this week.
Grade 7 & 8 – Mr. Himanen, Mr. Alblas, Miss Baxter
The grade 7/8 class will be going to Jasper Place
with the grade 5/6 class to play guitar and sing
different Christmas carols to the residents there on
December 18. We hope it will be a great time for
everyone involved.
Bible: The students are working in groups writing
a short skit about a theme in the book of Proverbs
that they will be performing for the class. The skits
are intended to show that the proverbs found in
the Bible are relevant to our everyday lives today.
Science: The class will be looking at how different
compounds are formed when elements are combined
in specific proportions. They will look at the formulas
and identify the elements that are found in the
compound.
Memory Work: John 1:1-3 Wednesday Dec. 19.
Math: There will be a math test Thursday,
December 20.
Grade 9 & 10 – Mrs. Drost, Mrs. Baxter, Mr. Alblas, Mr. Himanen, Mrs. Hawkins
CHV 20: Students watched Remember the Titans
and finished their unit three posters. I will send
home a mark update next Thursday.
Bible: There will be a test on Wednesday.
Music – Mrs. Hawkins
Grade 1/2 Music: Students worked on their songs
for the Christmas program.
Grade 3/4 Music: Students worked on their
songs for the Christmas program.
Grade 5/6 Music: Students worked on their songs
for the Christmas program and watched a movie
about J.S. Bach.
Grade 7 Band: Students worked on their music
for the Christmas Program and worked through
page 11 in their method book.
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MINI MINUTES OF T.B.C.S. BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING – December 11, 2012
1. OPENING: - Chairman E. Breukelman opens with 2 Corinthians 4 followed by prayer.
2. PRINCIPAL’S REPORT:
a. A new Contract Partnership manual was explained. Executive will investigate further.
b. Christian Education Affordable Fund (CEAF) was explained in a PowerPoint presentation –
Finance was asked to investigate.
c. Preliminary planning regarding High school course and scheduling for teachers for 2013-2014
has begun.
3. EXECUTIVE:
a. Membership letters were revised.
b. A letter explaining the Chief Operational Officer (COO) will be in the December Newsletter
c. A Town Hall Meeting – School Improvement Plan letter will be released in early January.
4. THRIFT STORE:
a. $20 000 more was donated to the school for a total of $110 000 since July 2012. The Board
would like to thank the committee and volunteers for their commitment to the store.
5. BAZAAR
a. A total of $38 000 has been raised! The Board would like to thank the committee and
community for another successful year.
6. BOOSTER CLUB
a. Health inspector came and the kitchen area passed the inspection.
b. Countertops in kitchen will be replaced
7. MAINTENANCE
a. Motion “to have all outside doors locked at all times except for the front entrance; teachers
will be required to let students in before, during and after instructional day” was made by
Lauri Fieldhouse and Dan Breukelman. Carried.
8. ACE
a. Phone blitz – committee spent a number of hours contacting numerous people promoting the
ACE program
9. NEW BUSINESS:
a. Moral code of ethics is signed by all Board members.
10. NEXT BOARD MEETING is January 29th, 2013; the Executive will meet on January 15, 2013.
11. MOTION TO ADJOURN by Ed Van Voort & CLOSING PRAYER by Amy Breukelman
All committee reports to be sent into the office two business days before the next meeting.
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