Wednesday, May 7, 2008

PRAYER CORNER

**Monthly Theme: Obeying and being responsible

**Monthly verse: II Timothy 2:15 “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”

**Keep Ben and Mike, relatives of Kolton Gradert in your prayers as they are both serving us and our country in Iraq.

**Pray that Scot Dorhout, father to Madison, will stay safe as he nears the end of his tour of Duty in Afghanistan.  

**Please keep Jackson Vander Windt in your prayers. Jackson had surgery on Wednesday evening of last week. Pray for healing of his knee.

**Congratulations to the Van Beek family on the birth of a new baby girl! Elsie Grace was born on May 1 at 9:19 pm.

 

“Moms In Touch” Prayer Group (meeting at school for the rest of this year)

Next Wednesday, May 14, we will be meeting in the Ireton Christian School’s Library from 8:15 – 9:15 am. If you would like to come and pray for our school at this time, please feel free to join us. Please contact Julie Ulmer at 551-6066 (cell) or 551-1855 (home) or email: inweave@acsnet.com with questions and times you would be available to pray.

“Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there I am also.” Matthew 18: 19-20

 

HOT LUNCH MENU:  

Thurs. May 8: chicken & rice, mashed potatoes/corn, peaches/pears, bread

Fri. May 9: ham & cheese bun, French fries/green beans, applesauce/pineapple, s’more bar

Mon. May 12: chicken patty, bun, cooked carrots/lettuce, strawberry fluff salad/kiwi,         brownie

Tues. May 13: chicken noodle soup, hash-brown/corn, apple/juice, grilled cheese

Wed. May 14: bacon cheeseburger, lettuce/carrots, grapes/pears, Charlie brown pie

 

Auxiliary News

At last nights meeting, voted into office were:

Vice-President: Gail Dorhout

Vice-Treasurer: Judy Dorhout

Vice-Secretary: Mandy Bonnema 

Thanks again to those of you who were willing to be on the ballot.  It was greatly appreciated!

School Job Openings:

Pre-school Aide

Secretary

 

TRIP NEWS

TRIP order this coming Monday, May 12 by 9:00 AM.  Please have all orders in the school office before 9:00 AM - no late orders will be processed.
We have closed out the 07-08 TRIP year. This year we made a little over $11,000.00.  We want to thank all the parents and grandparents that support this program. We had a few parents that earned over $700 toward their tuition accounts. This program is a great way to help pay your tuition and it doesn't cost anymore than you would normally spend. You just have to remember to use TRIP gift cards or certificates to pay for groceries and other purchases you make. It helps a lot to get family and friends to order TRIP through you, also. This coming year I would like to promote the Cash & Carry or on-hand inventory part of the program more. I would like to keep more TRIP on hand so people could call between order dates to purchase TRIP to use for groceries, unexpected shopping trips, etc.  But I would like to know what you would like to see me keep in the inventory - TRIP that you would probably use throughout the year. Please let me know some of the merchants you would like to see me keep on hand. You can call me at #278-2506 and just leave a message. If we can get more people to regularly use the TRIP program maybe we could go to ordering every other week. Let's try to make the 2008-2009 year a very successful year for the ICS General Fund and your tuition account. 
Remember to use up any old Family Table certificates you have since we have gone to smaller laminated cards now. Remember they still do not give change back from the cards either.

 

Thursday Piano Students

If you normally have piano lessons on Thursday, you are asked to bring your supplies with you on Friday instead. Thanks.

 

Pop Cans Wanted:

The end of the year is near! I am going to have our inventory picked up during the last week of school so that the shed is empty for the summer. So if you would like to donate your pop cans to our school, please try to have them cleaned up and here by then. Thank you for your donations.

 

PLEASE FIND THE WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE SCHOOL CLEANING ON ANOTHER SHEET OF PAPER!

 

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Thurs. May 8                K – 2 Mother’s Tea program at school 2:20 pm

Thurs. May 8                No Piano lessons today – moved to Friday

Thurs. May 8                Soccer vs. OCCS 4:00 (rescheduled from Tues.)

Fri. May 9                     Piano lessons today

Fri. May 9                     BEACON articles due to secretary

Fri. May 9                     NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS

Mon. May 12               TRIP orders due in office before 9:00 am

Mon. May 12               5th & 6th – Outdoor Classroom

Mon. May 12               School Board Mtg. 7:00 pm

Tues. May 13               All Library Books are due back

Wed. May 14               Dordt Track Meet

Thurs. May 15             8th Grade Class Trip

Sat. May 17                  All school picnic & track meet 9:30 am

Mon. May 19               Preschool graduation

Wed. May 21               K-2 Class Trip to Zoo need $3.00 and sack lunch

Fri. May 23                   End of Quarter – dismiss at 11:30

Fri. May 23                   8th Grade Graduation 7:00 pm

Tues. May 27 – Fri. May 30: Teacher Mtgs. and work days

Wed. June 4                  All School Cleaning 6:00 pm until done

 

Driver Schedule: Soccer/Track

May 14: S. Dorhout, B. Dekkers, T. Puttmann, D. Noteboom, B. Johnson

              leave at 11:25

 

Library News:

ALL BOOKS are due back in the library by May 13th so that Mrs. Davelaar will have time to do the inventory. NO new books will be checked out after May 6th. This means that if you want to use the school’s books for AR you must have all of your AR points done by May 13th and the books chosen by May 6th. This deadline may be earlier than your teacher requires, but if you want to only use the school’s library books, this has to be the deadline. Parents please keep these dates in mind and help your child to be respectful of the hard work and time that Mrs. Davelaar gives to our school’s library.

 

Summer Band Lessons:

This year I will again be offering band lessons for the last 6 weeks of summer. I suggest lessons for all band members, but especially for incoming 5th graders and those likely to be trying out for Honor Band (incoming 7th & 8th graders). I sent a note home about this with the students last week. Please return the signed note by May 21, 2008.

Thank you. Shirley Van Engen

 

Household Hazardous Material Disposal Options

The Northwest Iowa Area Solid Waste Agency, in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has established a local permanent option for proper and safe disposal of household hazardous materials (HHM) from residents and conditionally exempt small quantity generators within the Agency’s service area. Free HHM disposal for residents! (Unusable latex paint will be assessed $1.00 per gallon.) What is HHM? Corrosive, flammable, toxic, reactive it includes: degreasers, waxes & polishes, solvents, lacquers & thinners, caustic household cleaners, spot & stain removers, pesticides & herbicides, oil based paint. Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Appointments Only! Please call – 712-324-4026. Location: Northwest IA Area Landfill, 4540 360th St., Sheldon, IA 51201 (This information was taken from a flyer we received. If you would like to see the flyer, have a copy of it, or want a map of the location, please contact the school.)

 

Concert Committee News:

We will again be selling ads for our 11th Bluegrass Concert booklet for the upcoming year. We will have a business sign-up sheet at the all-school track meet. Since, we had a special year this year and didn’t have to sell ads; we are starting with a clean slate. If you had the same businesses year after year and want them again, you’ll have to sign up again or they may be taken by someone else.  It is best to seek businesses that you patronize. Sometimes this isn’t possible but, do try your best. Thanks for your cooperation with this fantastic fundraiser!

 

Book Drive Update:

We would like to thank those of you whom have already donated to our book drive. (See colored flyer that went home last week.) As we continue to go through the inventory, we are seeing more books that need replacing. If you have any of the following or would like to contribute here are some more ideas to consider: (these are AR books)

Thomas J Dygard: Halfback Tough              

Patricia Reilly Giff: All About Stacy

Doris Gates: Blue Willow     

Dixie DiCamillo: Because of Winn-Dixie

Betsy Byars: The Pinballs            

Candy Meindert DeJong: Hurry Home

Beverly Cleary: Runaway Ralph              

Walter Farley: The Black Stallion Returns

Betsy Byars: The Summer of the Swans                                                                   

Jim Kjelgaard: Irish Red

Eric Knight: Lassie Come Home                    

Marguerite Henry: King of the Wind

Carolyn Haywood: Betsy’s Little Star          

Francis Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden

L. M. Alcott: Little Women                              

L.M. Alcott: Little Men

Dodge: Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates     

Carroll: Alice in Wonderland

Patricia Reilly Giff: Say “Cheese”                  

Sheila Burnford: The Incredible Journey

Irene Hunt: Across Five Aprils                        

Irene Hunt: Up the Road Slowly