North Iowa Christian School OCTOBER 10, 2014

“Glorify God…Serve Others”
OCTOBER 10, 2014
North Iowa Christian School
811 N Kentucky Ave || Mason City, IA 50401
nicschool@mchsi.com || 641-423-6440
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Next Wednesday, October 15, is the last day for wearing shorts. Please
dress appropriately for cold weather and recess.
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Remember to sign up for our parent-teacher conferences on Friday,
October 31 from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Please let Mrs. Hellman know
the times you are available to meet, one time for each child/teacher.
Each meeting will take about 20 minutes. Parents of middle school and
high school students will meet with each teacher.
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You may have noticed under “In the Community” that Brooke Hoeppner
is performing in THE PIED PIPER with Stebens Children’s Theatre next week.
Be sure to go out and support Brooke at one of the six performance
times!
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Thank you to Jani Dahlin for orchestrating the
purchase of our new sign! It looks great!
OCT. 13-17
SCHOOL SPIRIT WEEK
(SEE DETAILS BELOW)
OCTOBER 13
School Board Meeting 6pm
OCTOBER 17
Hearing Screenings: Grades 1, 2, & 8
OCTOBER 24
End of Quarter | Noon Dismissal
Teachers working on report cards
FROM THE KIDS
CHAPEL REPORT
SPEAKER: Pat Teeters
NEXT WEEK IN CHAPEL: David McClung
She talked about 4 steps to
help you grow in God.
G – Go to church
R- Read your Bible and pray
O- Obey God
W- Witness
OCTOBER 31
Parent-Teacher Conferences
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. | NO SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 8
Fall Banquet|6p.m. @ Faith Baptist
NOVEMBER 20
Fall Festival | 4 to 7 p.m.
FROM THE STUDENT COUNCIL: NEXT WEEK IS…
MONDAY: SCHOOL PRIDE DAY
WEAR NICS SHIRTS OR BLUE SHIRTS
TUESDAY: FAVORITE TEAM DAY
REPRESENT YOUR FAVORITE TEAM WITH JERSEYS, HATS, FAN REGALIA, ETC.
WEDNESDAY: WACKY WEDNESDAY
WEAR MISMATCHED CLOTHES, ETC.
THURSDAY: PAJAMA DAY
WEAR YOUR FAVORITE COMFIES…KEEP IT PRESENTABLE 
FRIDAY: FAVORITE HERO/CHARACTER DAY
(SUPERMAN, CINDERELLA, STORYBOOK/MOVIE CHARACTER, ETC.)
OTHER UPCOMING STUDENT COUNCIL-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES:
Nov. 3-21 Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank Food Drive
Nov. 4
Student Clubs Begin
Nov. 20 Fall Festival
“Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
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FROM THE TEACHERS
Weekly Chuckle
Grades 3-4
Memory Verses: Psalm 135: 13-15
Review Hebrews 11:1-3
Bible Topic: Judges 3-4, Ehud, Deborah (Barak, Jael)
Review for Science test on Wednesday!
Grades 5-6
Memory Verse: Jeremiah 17:7-10
Bible Topic: Daniel, Living in Exile
Grades 7-8
Memory Verse: Matthew 5:3-8
IN THE COMMUNITY
Test on Tuesday (Matt. 5-7)
MC YMCA COLOR PARTY
Questions:
1. Can you name three rooms in the White house named after colors?
2. Cows have sweat glands in what part of their bodies?
3. What is the only mammal that can fly?
4. On September 9, 1983, which region with more than half a million
population unsuccessfully petitioned the U.S. Congress to become the
51st State of the United States?
(Answers at the bottom of the page, don’t cheat!)
“The philosophy of the
school room in one
generation will be the
philosophy of government
in the next.”
-Abraham Lincoln
October 12 | 2-4 pm
Color Run Obstacle course, face painting,
hair color, t-shirt design…$10/child for
wristband into event or $5/child with
donation. Parents are free/required to
accompany their children. Bring a white
shirt that can get COLORED!
A GET ACTIVE IN NATURE (A.G.A.I.N.)
Oct. 13 | 4:00 p.m.| Lime Creek Nature Center
Kids of all ages are invited to join a Lime
Creek naturalist to improve their wildlife
watching skills with a hike and scavenger
hunt.
THE PIED PIPER
(Brooke Hoeppner is performing
as Blytzel Spreng!)
October 15-19 | Stebens Theatre
Rats everywhere in Hamelin and only one
man can get rid of them! Humor,
romance and political shenanigans..
Cost is $10 adults/ $8 for youth 18 & under.
Box office is open 1-5 PM or call 641-4249802
NIACC: THE ST. OLAF BAND
October 19| 4:00pm.
Listed by The New Yorker as one of
America’s preeminent bands. From
Northfield, MN, they are the oldest music
organization at St. Olaf College founded
in 1891. They perform the very best
compositions and transcriptions for
symphonic band. Tickets $15/free to
students 21 & under.
Call 641-422-4188 for information.
Answers: 1. Green Room/Blue Room/ Red Room 2. Their noses 3. Not a flying squirrel, a bat! 4. Washington, D.C.
“Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
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***Remember: Anything on this page is an idea for the MYSTERY BAG! ***
Parents, there will be no take-home folders until after Parent/Teacher Conference on October 31.
I am saving your child’s work papers to prepare for report cards and conferences. I will give you the
collection at conferences.
- Mrs. Rust
ALL GRADES
BIBLE
Memory Verse: Psalm 139:13-14 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I
praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
Topics: Dinosaurs lived on the earth after the flood. Why dinosaurs became extinct.
Was there really an Ice Age? Job 38:29 What about “dragons”?
SCIENCE
New unit on Bones and Muscles. Vocab: blood vessel, cartilage, and skeleton. At home: compare and measure
each family member’s main bones (skull, leg, thigh, arm, etc.) Don’t forget your pet’s bones, too! 
HERITAGE STUDIES
Review names and locations of the seven continents
GRADE-SPECIFIC STUDY TOPICS
Kindergarten:
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Delivering the mail (past, present, & future?!)
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Mailing packages
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Making thank you cars to our mail carriers
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Writing to a missionary family
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Writing/reading service words: here is, the, mother,
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Word families: _it, _an, _in
1st Grade:
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Identifying names and sounds of w, s, t, h, n
Writing h, w
Math: forming 6 and 7, working with numbers 0-5,
understand relationships between number six and
its quantities,
Reading service words: was, picture, come, mother, one, said, they, color, have, what, you, here
Learning words with two syllables
Math: identifying dimes vs. pennies, relate to place value digits of tens and ones, addition sums to 6 family, writing
out the long form of 3 digit numbers, i.e. 116 = one hundred + ten + six
Spelling: First test on Tuesday, October 14!
o FIRST LIST! At, had, man, am, has, ran, cat, can, I, the
2nd Grade:
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English: common and proper nouns, rules for
capitalization, using commas in a sentence
Math: counting by 5’s to read a pictograph,
combining nickels & pennies, dimes and nickels;
ordinal numbers, adding and subtracting 100’s,
sums up to 8 family
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Spelling:
o Review over lessons 1-5. A study sheet
will be sent home today.
o Practice test on Tuesday, October 14
“Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
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