Out Like a Lamb...

Issue 15 February 24, 2011

Music Department Fundraising Dinner

Let’s Go To The Movies is the theme for this year’s February music fundraiser. This is the second year that we are featuring this mid-year music program, and for those who don’t remember last year’s treat, we come together on a Sunday afternoon to enjoy the music of the various TCJA ensembles. There is no fee for the program; rather, the fundraising portion of the evening comes by way of the snacks that are available for a donation to the music program. Groups performing include the beginner and advanced band, the beginner and advanced bells and the elementary and advanced choirs.

Kennewick Spanish Church to host Open Gym Night

This Saturday evening, the 26^th, our gym will be open for worship at 5:00pm followed by games. The ladies of the congregation have also put together a variety of foods that they will be selling, once the games portion of the evening begins. The evening is open to everyone in the TCJA family, so come on out for fun and fellowship.

Basketball…Done

Though we had originally planned to carry our elementary basketball through to spring break, it appears that interest is waning, so we have concluded that season along with our other programs, which also concluded this past week. The rate will be prorated from $50 to $30 to make up for that difference.

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 5^th 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.

TCJA Intramural Basketball Ends

The Wisconsin team lost only one game in the season, and that, it was only because they had to forfeit as many of their players were either ill or detained through not having all of their classwork in. Earlier today, they faced off against Maine who defeated Utah in the semifinals last Tuesday. Wisconsin continued their winning season scoring 24 to Maine’s 18. Wisconsin consists of the following members:

Bradley Birney, Brandon Mitchell, Jaeleah Settlemier, Justin Wenham, Krystil Hinsley, Mr. Wilson

February

25 Columbia Basin Ringers Concert in Yakima (noon)

27 Mid-Year Concert (6:00pm)

28 Muffin Monday

March

3-5 Band/Choir Mini Tour

8 SWLC Family Night (6:00pm)

13 ABC Sale (12:00-2:00pm)

18 last day of 3^rd Quarter

21-25 Spring Break

April

2 Church Service at Riverview

4 Pre-K through 2^nd grade – Visitation Day

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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.

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Giveaway…

This week’s prize is for the first person who can tell me about a yearly celebration (somewhere in North America) of the occupation that first brought Europeans to this part of the country.

The contest opens at 8:00 Monday morning.

Long Weekend...

Issue 14 February 17, 2011

Hockey Across America

5^th 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 18^th) 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 25^th, 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 5^th 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 6^th through 10^th 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.

Valentines...

Issue 13 February 10, 2011

Streams of Light Campaign Update

Many of you may remember the Streams of Light campaign that our Conference initiated in 2004. The goal was to raise $6 million and now, nearly 7 years later, we are almost at our goal. To check out where we are at or how the money is being used, or to donate to the fund, go to http://www.uccsda.org/development.

School Doors Open at 8:15am

In the mornings, more and more students who are not in zero hour classes have been coming to the school before 8:15. Before school care is provided at the Small World Learning Center for students who are 6^th grade and below. 7^th grade students and older are allowed to come into the school early, however, this is prep time for teachers. Requesting that they use this time to supervise students is unfair to them as it cuts into their time management for their other students. Also, some teachers have meetings in the mornings and others have classes they instruct, so we do not have the wherewithal to operate a program at TCJA.

As a matter of more carefully providing for supervision of all students, Mr. O will be providing work space for 7^th through 10^th grade students in the computer lab. All students who arrive early but who are not enrolled in a zero-hour class are expected to be in this study room. 6^th grade students and younger who show at the main school building will be ushered over to the day care.

Middle School Boys Basketball Comes to an End

Next week will be the last week of basketball for the MS Boys. They have a game on Tuesday at 4:00pm at Country Christian School and on Thursday, the coach is planning a game against the parents. That game, also, is at 4:00pm, however it will be at our school. Following the game there will be a skills competition, a yearbook photo op, and a small year-end party. We plan to be done the activities about 6:00pm.

Hat Giveaways – Mr. O’s Trivia Contests

I have been asked if I actually give away all the hats I offer. While some are never collected, I do give quite a few hats away to those who are able to answer my giveaway questions. So far this year, the following people have claimed hats off of me:

Ryan Lingscheit (4), Austin Parker (4), Josh Brunkhorst (T), Hannah Morrison (K), Emilee Shearer (2), Luke Irvine (6), and Lexi Scotson (8).

Will you claim the next one?

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February

10 School Board Meeting (7:00pm)

11 HS Salsa cook-off & vespers (5:30 at Riverview)

12 Games night at TCJA Gym (6:30pm)

13 1-day HS Basketball Tournament at UCA

14 Muffin Monday

14 HS Girls Basketball @ LCJA (3:30pm)

14 HS Boys Basketball @ LCJA (5:00pm)

15 MS Boys Basketball @ Country (5:00pm)

16 HS Girls Basketball vs LCJA @ TCJA (3:30pm)

16 HS Boys Basketball vs LCJA @ TCJA (5:00pm)

21 Presidents’ Day (No School)

25 Columbia Basin Ringers Concert in Yakima (noon)

27 Mid-Year Concert (6:00pm)

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Early Registration Discount

Register for 2011-2012 early for substantial savings… call the office for details.

Salsa Cook-off (High School)

HS students are invited to bring a bowl of homemade salsa and some chips to a salsa cook-off / vespers party at the Riverview church this Friday evening.

Technology (mis)Use at School…

Parents – you pay for the techie entrapments, so please ensure their responsible use… Texting, taking calls, or Instant Messaging during class time is not acceptable.

TCJABL Standings
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Wisconsin	4	4	0	114	61	53	8
Utah	4	2	2	92	105	-13	4
Maine	4	2	2	69	80	-11	4
Indiana	4	0	4	51	80	-29	0

Giveaway…

Be the first to correctly give me the names of twins who currently play on the same team in any professional sport (along with the sport and the team name) and I have a hat for you.

and it's February...

Issue 12 February 3, 2011

Salsa Cook-off (High School)

High school students are invited to participate in the Riverview High School-aged Youth Sabbath school class’s first annual Salsa Cook-off. Entrance to the party is gained by bringing a bowl of homemade salsa, and a bag of chips for dipping. The Riverview Sabbath School teachers will be providing the chili, rice and salads to round out the meal.

We will be eating, playing some games and just generally having a good time. To round out the evening, we will finish with a vespers service at about 8:30. Again, though this is hosted by Riverview Youth, it is open to high school aged young people,

Small World Learning Center – Family Night

If you have children that are registered in the Small World program, or if you know someone who might be thinking about checking out that program, come out and bring them along to the family night activity on February 8 at 6:00pm. The theme for the games and activities will be Valentine’s and the menu features Italian food. You will not be disappointed.

Overdue Library Books

Please go through your houses and look for library books that may have taken up more permanent lodgings than our library, where they belong. At the same time, we do encourage students to read. In fact, I have a Mariners baseball cap to give away to any 3^rd to 5^th grade boy or girl might have read a story book that has a chapter on bush babies. To claim the prize, you have to find the book, check it out, read that chapter, come in to see me (bring the book) and answer a couple of quiz questions about the chapter. I can’t wait to part with my Mariner’s hat.

Time for a Major Cleaning

Send a Walmart or other shopping or garbage bag on Friday… Teachers will be standing beside students toward the end of the day as they carry out some major locker cleaning, both in the halls and locker rooms. Between food long past its “use by” date and clothes sorely in need of laundering, our halls and locker rooms have developed characters of their own – and these are not pleasant characters.

Technology (mis)Use at School…

Parents – you pay for the techie entrapments, so please ensure their responsible use… Texting, taking calls, or Instant messaging during class time is not acceptable.

February

7 Muffin Monday

8 SWLC Family Night (6:00-7:30pm)

10 School Board Meeting (7:00pm)

11 HS Salsa cook-off & vespers (5:30 at Riverview)

12 Games night at TCJA Gym (6:30pm)

13 1-day HS Basketball Tournament at UCA

14 HS Girls Basketball @ LCJA (3:30pm)

14 HS Boys Basketball @LCJA (5:00pm)

16 HS Girls Basketball vs LCJA @ TCJA (3:30pm)

16 HS Boys Basketball vs LCJA @ TCJA (5:00pm)

21 Presidents’ Day (No School)

25 Columbia Basin Ringers Concert in Yakima (noon)

27 Mid-Year Concert (6:00pm)

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Repeat article from last week

Early Registration Discount

Registering early for the coming school year allows us to more accurately purchase over the summer to accommodate the incoming classes. The discounts are significant enough that we would like to pass on the savings to those who help us know how to plan. We therefore, offer significant discounts for registering early.

Registering for 2011-2012 by April 11 will see you save $200 over the fall entry as it runs at $180. By May 10 it is $230, by June 10, $280 and by July 11, it will cost $330 to register. Registration between July 12 and the first day of school will run at $380.

TCJABL Stats
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Wisconsin	4	4	0	114	61	53	8
Utah	4	2	2	92	105	-13	4
Maine	3	1	2	67	80	-13	2
Indiana	3	0	3	51	78	-27	0

Giveaway…

I have a Boston Red Sox fitted hat to give away on Wednesday (after school) to the student who best explains the riddle of the Sphynx to me. This is not first-come, first served, but rather whoever does the best job. I also have a piece of saltwater taffy for every person who attempts the puzzle between Wednesday after school and Thursday before 8:30am.