vol 2 – Issue 13 December 15, 2011
Library Books
A number of students have checked out books over the first semester (a good thing), but have neglected to bring them back (not so good) so that others could also enjoy them. Please take a look around to see if you might have school library books at your home. They have the school’s name and’ or a barcode label on the outside front or back. If you find such, please bring them back to the school so that we can complete an inventory over the Christmas break.
Hot Lunch Update
We want to thank parents for purchasing meal plans in advance or as meals are ordered. We are trying to keep the cost of the program relatively low, at the same time, offering meals that are of good quality and good quantity. This is a task more simply managed when accounts are not in arrears.
9/10 Party
The 9th and 10th grade students have been invited to a party at the Laubach’s home this coming Monday evening. There will be the usual “this is a party” food and games. Mr. and Mrs. Laubach always do a dandy job of ringing in the Christmas vacation so if you are in the high school class, you won’t want to miss that activity.
Wanting to be Busy?
If, as this vacation looms large, you find yourself looking for something to keep you busy, we do have a few small tasks that will be going on at the school. We would like to install mini-computer labs in three of the classrooms. We have a gymnasium floor to line and finish, basketball standards to set up, and leaves – more leaves than you can think of – to rake and toss. If you would like to give some time to any of these or other projects that we need to get busy on, please give us a call so that we can use your service.
Basketball Coaches Found for Boys
We have coaches who have stepped up to the plate to coach our basketball, and will start scheduling games for those teams very soon. To date we have coaches for both boys’ teams. The grades 6 (5 can some out if they can keep up) to 8 team practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5. The grades 8 (7 can play if they can make the cut) to 10 team will practice on the same days from 5:30 to 7. We will try to schedule all games for those days, as well. We are still seeking applicant to coach our girls’ teams.
December
15 TCJA Christmas Program 6:30pm
19 9/10 Party at the Laubach’s
19-J2 Christmas Break
January
3 School Resumes
16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – no school
20 Last day of 2nd Quarter
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Mr. O’s Pick…
Sasha – I want to thank you for being extremely helpful, polite, and respectful. Teachers and students alike appreciate you. I appreciate how much you seem to enjoy school, and how you take pride in your schoolwork and in all of your activities. Because of your excellent school spirit, you can have the first freebie muffin of 2012 on Tuesday, the 3rd.
Hot Lunch This Coming Week…
Lunches run at $3.00 a meal. A student favorite is the lunch where we offer big franks, grillers, or black bean burgers with a side of fries or chips – different days, different offers. Because this is served at least once a week and sometimes twice a week, we will call this the TCJA lunch… For a catchy way to remember it, we’ll call it McTCJA.
On all days, fresh veggies and deserts are on the side for children to choose. Below is the menu for tomorrow through January 6:
Friday, D-16th…McTCJA
Tuesday, J-3rd … pasta & veggieballs
Wednesday, 4th … soup and biscuit
Thursday, 5th … hoagies
Friday, 6th … McTCJA
If you would like to make a request for a preferred menu item, please put your ideas in at the office. We are toying with making one day a week, “foods from around the world” with the first of those being a Ukrainian lunch, featuring peroghies. What do you think about that idea?
Principal’s Corner…
I talked to two little boys on the playground. Both were unhappy. One claimed the other had hit him, and I asked if it was so. “Yes,” said the little accused, “I hit him. But he was laughing at me, so I got mad…” Such reasoning is amusing when it comes from children on a playground when they are only 6 year-olds. It falls apart as they age, though, doesn’t it? And yet I hear adolescents and adults who claim that their misbehavior is justified because of their having been provoked. Provocation doesn’t hold as an excuse in our courts and it won’t hold in God’s either. I know he says “become as a little child” but I seriously doubt that this is one of the areas he wants us to be like them.
……..………Remember indoor Shoes in the new year………………..
