Issue 3 November 11, 2010
Program Honoring Veterans and Grandparents
Earlier today, our ninth and tenth grade students and a handful of adults served breakfast to more than 300 people. After that, we had a special program, at the end of which Paul Daniel led 28 veterans around our flagpole. 4 senior veterans were hand-picked to raise our flag as the rest of the morning’s attendee’s looked on. One of the people at the program said, “As I stood there watching them all snap to attention or salute while the flag was going up, I was wondering how different their memories are from mine.”
Programs like this serve to heighten our awareness of what it takes to live in a free nation. Thank-you veterans, for all that you gave. Thank-you grandparents for all that you continue to give.
Picture Retakes
In the printed calendar you may notice that retakes are set for this coming Wednesday. We want to remind you that this date is changed, and retakes will be on Friday, the 19th. The photographers will be starting at 9:00am. Whenever we run into schedule conflicts, always look at the online calendar (at the TCJA webpage) as the final word. A parent volunteer, Brenda Smith, spent several hours getting that up and running for us, and we will be watching it closely so as to better keep you informed about what’s going on at our school.
Webpage / Grading Program… check it out…
Less than 40% of our parents have logged in to see their children’s grades. Call us to find out how to log in, if you are one of the more than 60%...
Also, our newsletter, calendar, handbook, webpage – all are online. Start at http://tcja.org and follow the links.
Diapers
Did you know that 1 in 3 mothers do not have the means to adequately diaper their child? Research shows that some mothers are forced to choose between buying diapers and heating their homes or buying food. The nearest diaper bank is in Spokane, WA, so the Riverview SDA church has decided to set up a diaper bank here in the Tri-Cities. Our first annual diaper drive will be held during the week of December 6 – 10. Send diapers with your child to school during this week… any size and/or brand will be fine. If you don’t have time to go shopping, just make your check payable to Riverview SDA Church with diaper drive in the memo line. Classes will be competing in this drive. For more information, ask a teacher.
