Paw PRAISE - Cedar Park Christian Schools

PAW PRIDE
October focus:
SHOW COMPASSION
What is COMPASSION? COMPASSION is a combination of love and
understanding. COMPASSION is more
than just feeling sympathy; it also
involves doing something that helps
someone else. Sometimes we get
involved directly, and other times we
might get involved by sending money
or gifts to help people in need.
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
SCRIP
INFORMATION
10/13/15
McTEACHER NIGHT
10/30; 11/11; 11/2027/15 EXTENDED
CARE FOR KF-6
CHRISTMAS
BAZAAR 11/14/15
Understanding how people feel helps
us recognize what they need and
helps us respond to their needs with
COMPASSION. Jesus responded to
the needs of those around Him by
showing COMPASSION. He healed
the sick and fed the hungry. God
wants us to do the same — to look at
the people around us, see what they
need and then serve them. When we
see the needs of others (empathy)
and then help them (COMPASSION),
we are serving God.
What better place to practice COMPASSION than with the people you
live with? A lot of times we love our
kids, but we don't express it in the
way they can understand it. Children
understand love in three ways: affection, affirmation, and attention
Affection. Children need lots of
hugs and touch and kisses. They
need to feel your love.
Affirmation. They need to hear
it! You need to tell your kids
every day — and more than once
a day — how much you love them.
Affirm them, and build them up
with love.
Attention. One of the greatest
gifts you can give others is listening to them. When you look at a
child on his level, you're saying,
"You matter to me. You're important to me. I want to hear
what you have to say.” In doing
this, you show COMPASSION.
Could it be that my parental COMPASSION is even a hint of what God
feels for us? God feels an immense
COMPASSION for us, which far exceeds mine. And because of that
COMPASSION, we can have hope.
Jesus made it clear that not only
does God have COMPASSION on
sinners, but He desires that we have
that same COMPASSION. He wants
to turn our hearts of stone – as a
result of hurts, betrayal, cynicism, or
selfishness – into hearts of flesh that
long to love God and make His love
known to the world. When we struggle with our own set of “what ifs”
and “if onlys,” God wants to shower
us with COMPASSION, even if we
have been unfaithful or messed up
more times than we want to count.
We come face to face with the depth
BOXTOPS FOR
EDUCATION
CAMPBELL SOUP
LABELS
www.cpcsschools.com/
lynnwood
17931 64th Avenue West,
Lynnwood, WA 98037
425-742-9518,
Fax 425-745-9306
Paw PRAISE
WE THANK YOU—WILBUR,
BRIDGETTE, AND ELLIE BEAR!
This awesome family has undertaken the transformation and care of our front Cedar Park Christian
School brick sign area. Have you noticed the flowers,
rocks, and cedar log border?
Now we ask that you help us care for this beautiful
area by not parking in the gravel area so as not to
damage it.
of God’s mercy at Easter, as we celebrate the greatest act of COMPASSION ever known — the death and
resurrection of Jesus. God was a
Father on a mission, compelled by
overwhelming COMPASSION and a
willingness to do whatever it took to
scoop us up into His arms and atone
for our mistakes, making them nothing more than history. He died to
carry our burdens so we wouldn’t
have to, and so we could be free to
live in peace, not regret. Jesus was
resurrected so we can experience His
mercies anew every day. Now that is
an act of COMPASSION worth celebrating!!
The Lord never runs out of COMPASSION for us, and He meets each one
of us in the place we are at in our
walk with Him. He doesn’t require us
to be ‘better behaved’ or follow all of
His rules before working with us. We
need to be conscious of God’s COMPASSION in our lives, all of the ways
He has blessed us, and the things He
has spared us from on a daily basis.
We need to remember how He has
taken us- in baby steps, over timefrom the lost person we were to
being grounded in Christ. We don’t
have to draw from our own strength.
We can draw on His COMPASSION,
which is never-ending. COMPASSION is the heart of God. By His
grace, may it also be our heart.
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CUB COMMENTARY
I love the month of October!
The bright fall colors and crisp
cool mornings remind me of my
dad.
times we talked of important
matters, but more often, we
just talked about the simple
things of life.
My dad was a logger in Northern Idaho and he loved all
things related to forests and trees. I can
remember sitting on
the front steps of our
house with my dad as
he “whittled” on a
piece of wood. Some-
I believe it is the same with our
Heavenly Father. He loves to
hear the important matters
that are on my heart, but I
think He finds the simpler, dayto-day conversations just as
important.
God loves to hear what is on
the heart of His children—
whether simple or profound.
May you pause today and lift
your voice to the Lord, no
matter the concern. He longs to
hear what’s on your heart and
mind!
Mrs. Isakson
EXTENDED CARE CUBS
Our summer extended care students had so much fun! They started the summer off with ZOO WEEK
and went on a field trip to Woodland Park Zoo.
They had an awesome PIONEER WEEK where the students learned how to wash clothes by hand with an
antique washboard and also panned for gold, like in the Gold Rush days.
During COOKING WEEK they learned the story of ‘Stone Soup’ . They cut up their own vegetables (the
stone was a large potato), and had so much to go around that they shared it with staff and parents!
ECOLOGY WEEK found them learning
about the different layers of soil and making a pudding snack layered to look like
dirt.
At different times of the day or week they
were out riding their bicycles or running
under the sprinklers or walking to Daleway
Park.
After eight weeks of awesome fun and
activities with their friends they headed to
Edmonds Beach to wrap it all up.
CUB CHUCKLE
PAW
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CUB REMINDERS
RESERVED PARKING SPOTS
Some of our families have purchased parking spots at our auction. These parking
spots have Reserved Signs on them, but we
are finding that other families are taking
those spots. Please be aware of these signs
and not park in the reserved spots.
“HALLOWEEN”
Please remember that we do NOT recognize
or celebrate Halloween at CPCS. Halloween
costumes are not permitted at school.
HOMEWORK REQUESTS – must be
called in by 10:30 a.m. If your child is home
because of illness and you are requesting
homework– that request must be in by
10:30am so that the teacher can have the
opportunity to put it together for afterschool pick-up.
Parent and scroll down to Parent Preferences to update.
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES
COLD/FLU SEASON
One of the most exciting features of our
RenWeb software system is the ability to
provide families with an on-line family
directory. This will allow users to access
contact information for other CPCS families via www.renweb.com and on their
mobile device via the app! You may
remember when you enrolled/re-enrolled
where you were able to opt in or out to
block your contact information. This can
also be updated via your Parents Web
account by following the How to Change
Family Demographic Information directions listed above – click on Custodial
Students who have had a fever are not to
return to school until they are fever-free
for 24 hours. If your child vomits before
coming to school, please do not bring him/
her to school. Please, please help us keep
our kids healthy by observing these guidelines!
CUB KUDOS
CAMPUS SPRUCE-UP THANKS!
Have you noticed how nice it looks around
our campus? That is THANKS to a great
group of people who came out on Saturday,
August 22, and spread bark,
weeded, painted, cleaned, etc.
It’s because of people like you
who make us look good!
WE ALREADY HAVE
SOME WINNERS! Our
summer collectors winning a $5
Target gift card are:
Boxtops – Abby Seim
Campbells – Hannah Morriss
BACK-TO-SCHOOL NACHO
NIGHT THANKS!
What a fun night we had at our Back-toSchool Night August 27th!! The weather
was amazingly cooperative and we all
had a great time together as a school
family. THANK YOU to our wonderful
PSO committee for the great and yummy nachos. Those of you that just
showed up and pitched in were a blessing. Around 200 people came out. So
many new families and old friends – it
was great to say hello to you all!
PICK-UP & DROP-OFF
The parking lot is running quite smoothly.
Please remember that the lane next to
the building is for Kindergarten and 1st
graders only. Preschool and Prekindergarten families need to park in the
visitor (moms with babies) or North lot
to walk their children to the classroom.
Parents using lanes 2 & 3 must not leave
the car to escort their children to class.
Please have your children use the crosswalk.
Please drop your child off in the front of
the building. We have a wonderful volunteer parent that will supervise your child
across the crosswalk. In the north lot, no
cars are allowed to drive down into the
playground or be used to drop off your
child. Use the courtyard to walk your child
(ren) from the north lot to the playground.
Just a reminder – the right 2 lanes are to
turn right and the left 2 lanes are to turn
left when leaving the parking lot. Please
do not cross over the lanes to exit.
CUB LIBRARY NEWS
Welcome to the Cubs Library! Our
goal is to provide students, faculty
and staff with access to print and
online resources for curriculum support and their leisure reading interests. The Lynnwood campus library/
Media Center is the heart of information for our school. We have a
collection of over 15,000 books. We
have a selection of literature that
covers all different kinds of genre. In
our collection many hard copy resources are represented such as, encyclopedias, non-fiction information
books, almanacs, dictionaries, etc.
We, also, have seven computers that
are able to access our OPAC (online
public access catalog). We are excited to
introduce our new Library Management
system called Follett Destiny. Students
will now be able to find books using the
typical OPAC or they will be able to use a
visual search function. Teachers and
students will be able to rate books, write
comments and create book summaries
for our library books in Destiny. Soon
online catalog can be accessed from
home on any computer or mobile device.
Students will be able to place holds on
items as well as download ebooks. As the
months progress we will introduce more
news about this exciting system and what
it has to offer our school community.
MakerSpace Cubs
CUB CALENDAR
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Chapel
CUB FRIDAY
MIP 8:30-9:30am
K-6th VISIONHEARING SCREENING
Chapel
STUDENT COUNCIL
ELECTIONS
KF-6 SPECIAL
ASSEMBLY 2PM
Cub Club 3-4:30pm
PSO MEETING 3:15
Chapel
3rd-4th-5th-6th to The Farm
9:00-2:30
MIP 8:30-9:30am
PS to Fairbanks Animal
Farm 9-11am
McTEACHER NIGHT
5-7pm
PK to Fairbanks Animal
Farm 9-11am
MIP 8:30-9:30am
Chapel
Kindergarten to The
Farm 9:00-2:30
MIP 8:30-9:30am
Chapel
Watch for November PAW
PRIDE
EARLY DISMISSAL
11:30 for KF-6th
CUB CALENDAR CONTINUED
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CHAPELS – THURSDAYS,
8:45-9:30AM!
October 1—Mrs. Jan Isakson
October 8—Dr. Clint Behrends, Supt.
October 15— Pastor Robin Munshaw
October 22— Mrs. Brockmann’s 5th/6th
grade
October 29—Mrs. Whiteman’s 2nd grade
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PSO MEETING—THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 8th at 3:15pm in the library. WE NEED YOU to get involved!
YOU are the backbone of the school and
our teachers need YOU to lean on.
Would YOU be interested in supporting
our teachers and planning some fun social
events for our school families? Please join
us as we make plans for the year.
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OCTOBER 13th McTEACHER
NIGHT
Please join our teachers/staff as we serve
you at the McDonald’s at 2608 196TH Street
SW, Lynnwood (across from Barnes & Noble) on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13th, 5:007:00pm (see attached). Come and cheer
our teachers on as they serve you!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5th—
VISION/HEARING SCREENING for grades kindergarten through
six. We have a team of Northwest
Christian University staff/students
coordinating this event for us. If your
student needs further testing, a note
will be sent home. If you do not want
your child tested, please let the front
office know.
Students in grades 1-6 will be electing their
STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES on TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 6th.
FIELD TRIPS:
October 13—PS to Fairbanks Animal
Farm 9-11am
October 14—PK to Fairbanks Animal
Farm 9-11am
October 16—3rd/4th/5th/6th to The
Farm in Snohomish, 9:00-2:30
October 20—Kindergarten to The
Farm in Snohomish, 9:30-2:30
End 1st Quarter
SCHOOL PICTURE
RETAKES 8:30-9:30AM
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OCTOBER 28th is SCHOOL
PICTURE RETAKES for those who
missed the original picture day and for
those who need retakes. This will be from
8:30-9:30am.
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OCTOBER 30th is an EARLY
DISMISSAL DAY at 11:30 for KF6th grade for the end of the 1st quarter. Reservations must be made for
Extended Care (see attached).
PAWS TO
PRAY
MOMS-IN-PRAYER
Wouldn’t you like to be a part of a growing number of moms who meet in the
teachers’ lounge every Monday morning,
8:30-9:30? What an awesome opportunity to surround our school and families with prayer!
Please call Patti Berline for more information: 425-774-9779 or email her at
pattiandchad2004@gmail.com.