Issue 14 February 17, 2011
Hockey Across America
5th grader, Eric Shearer sent me an email the other day, notifying me that this coming weekend has been marked as Hockey Across America Weekend. One of the initiatives is playing the game, but another one is the wearing of hockey jerseys. Eric was hoping that we could get into the activity by allowing our students to opt out of polo shirts and wear hockey jerseys instead. Tomorrow (Friday the 18th) we will do just that. If you have a hockey jersey or hockey t-shirt (shirt with a hockey team logo or hockey picture) you are welcome to wear it to school.
Hearing, Vision and Health Screening
Next Friday, the 25th, TCJA alumnus, Quijuana Oucharek will be here along with 3 other senior nursing students from Walla Walla University’s Portland Campus to do hearing screenings for our students. At the same time, Dorothy Patchett, Greg’s grandma, will be leading out in vision screening. From 11:30 on we will also be open to teachers and community (parents, grandparents) having blood pressure checks and screenings. We appreciate these volunteers for gifting their time and their knowledge in these fields.
Basketball Season Draws to a Close
Varsity ball ended at home this week with games against Lake City. Both teams played incredibly well and if you missed them, you missed some awesome ball handling and shooting. We want to thank our coaches for volunteering to run these programs for us. Next year we have commitments from the coaches that allow us to put into the local league for league play. While this will be a bit more costly, we are excited about the stability that being in league promises.
Week of Prayer – Coming Soon
Myron Wareham is a former electrician, middle school teacher, elementary and high school principal, and superintendent of schools, and a current 5th grade teacher in Southern California who has taken his Spring Break this year to come to us and lead in our Week of Prayer experience. We are excited about this upcoming week, the
Week before our Spring Break.
TCJAIBL Wraps Up Next Week
A number of players on the Indiana squad suffered injuries in snowboarding and other places, so they were knocked out early. Now, Utah and Maine play Tuesday to see who takes on first-place Wisconsin Thursday in the title match.
February
21 Presidents’ Day (No School)
22 Muffin Monday (on Tuesday)
25 Hearing, Vision, Health Screening
25 Columbia Basin Ringers Concert in Yakima (noon)
27 Mid-Year Concert (6:00pm)
March
3-5 Band/Choir Mini Tour
13 ABC Sale
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Early Registration Discount
Register for 2011-2012 early for substantial savings… call the office for details.
ABC Sale Coming up…
March 13… at our gym. Great opportunity to stock up on reading material, missionary and outreach pamphlets and books and vegetarian food products. Gr 9/10 class will be running a fundraising supper that evening. Watch for updates.
Out of Office
Mrs. O’s grandma passed away and I am leaving this afternoon to take her to the funeral. I will be out of the office until Tuesday. For questions or concerns, you can reach me through email. I apologize for the inconvenience.
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Giveaway…
If a person, through some tragedy, lost his or her right arm, there is one sport that that person could never play. I have a hat for the first student in grades 1 to 4 who can give me the answer. One note, if you have claimed a hat already this year, you are not eligible for another.
For 6th through 10th graders, on two events, animals shaped wars or laws. How did a pig shape a war and a cow shape a law in American history.
