EDUCATING WORLD CHANGERS November 10, 2017

All parents are invited to attend the College

Funding Coach® workshop in the Forum

Room on Tuesday, November 14, at 6 PM.

This workshop will include “Little-known

Secrets of Paying for College” designed to help families

make informed plans by incorporating effective financial

strategies. To learn more about this event and the College

Funding Coach organization, check out their website. This

workshop is open to all parents!

Thank you, preschool through 5th

grade parents, for providing us with

your grandparent information. The

invitations for Grandparents Day

were mailed last week! We are

looking forward to hosting our grandparents (and grand-

persons) on Wednesday, November 22nd from 8:30-

11:30am. Please see the website calendar for more details!

Congratulations to our 7th grade basketball team

(pictured here with Coaches Smith and Witt; L-R) for

winning their division of Cornerstone’s 13th annual Tip-

Off Tournament! Both the 7th and 8th grade teams rep-

resented us well in the tournament.

Well done, Cyclones!

Families of the P4, PF-B, and PK classes are invited to celebrate

Thanksgiving on Wednesday, November 15, in the Forum

Room from 10-11 AM. Use this SignUp Genius to tell us what you will be bring-

ing. Hope to see you there!

Due to an unfortunate mix-up at the bowling alley, Junior

High Bowling night scheduled for tonight, Friday,

November 10, has been cancelled. We will noti-

fy you once a new date has been confirmed. We

apologize for any inconvenience this may cause

and appreciate your understanding.

Our fifth graders will be per-

forming The Faithful Few Talk Show on Monday, November

13, at 2:00 PM in the Gym. Come and see what God has been

teaching our fifth graders! Uno, Dos, Tres, Praise the LORD!

Doug Pavey, Head of School

Beth Sondgeroth, Upper School Principal

Sue Chambers, Lower School Principal

Kim Brucker, Early Education Principal

John Schwartz, Athletic Director

Austin Parker, Spiritual Life Director

Danielle Garey, Director of Advancement

All you cowboys and cowgirls are invited to our annu-

al Scholastic Book Fair held in Tyndale hallway from

November 17 - November 22! The online store will

be open from November 12-

November 27.

We need lots of volunteers to make

this book fair a success. If you can

help, please sign up here. Questions?

Contact Mrs. Barnes.

Both the Winterim registration (9th-12th grade) and

the Ends of the Earth African Cross-Cultural Experience

application (10th-12th grade) are due today Friday,

November 10.

A feathered friend is missing, and

the farmhands don't know where!

So it's time to solve a mystery....

Complete with musical flare!!

Join the 2nd Grade class for our fall program

just in time for Thanksgiving! Monday, Novem-

ber 20, at 2 PM. Everyone's invited!!

All interested 5th-8th grade girls and their par-

ents are encouraged to attend an informational

meeting on Monday, November 13, at 3:30

PM in the Forum Room. Both the $125 Ath-

letic fee and a current physical must be on file before the first

practice. Questions? Contact Coach McLain.

School will dismiss promptly at 11:30

on Wednesday, November 22, for

those students not leaving with Grand-

parents earlier that morning (see front page and the website

for details about Grandparents Day).

Monday (11/13) 5th Grade Faithful Few Show

2pm; MS Volleyball Mtg. 3:20pm; MS Girls Bas-

ketball vs. Christian Life Academy @ Home 6pm

Tuesday (11/14) 6th Grade Acts 1:8 Day; HS Scho-

lastic Bowl vs. Olympia @ Stanford 4pm; College

Funding Workshop; MS Girls Basketball vs. St.

John’s Lutheran @ Buckley 6pm

Wednesday (11/15) 7th Grade Acts 1:8 Day; Prayer

Circle 8:15am; Preschool Thanksgiving Feast 10am

Thursday (11/16) 8th Grade Acts 1:8 Day; HS Scho-

lastic Bowl vs. Blue Ridge @ Farmer City 4pm; MS

Boys Basketball vs. Next Generation @ Cham-

paign 6pm

Friday (11/17) HS Acts 1:8 Day; MS Boys Basket-

ball vs. Judah Christian @ Home 6pm

*See the website calendar for more details.

“All elementary grades will go outside for recess unless

the wind chill is

below 20 degrees.

Students should

dress accordingly.”

From page 33 of the

Parent/Student Hand-

book found on our website (under Quicklinks).

Also, be sure all cold weather gear (hats, gloves, coats,

etc.) is labeled with your student’s name.

This week our Upper School students will head out into the

community to serve. Below is a list of destinations and work

assignments for each day:

Tuesday, November 14 6th Grade; Eastbay Camp (indoor

and outdoor projects)

Wednesday, November 15 7A; Southside Mission Peoria -

Elderly Benevolence Ministry (yard raking and clean up)

7B; Sugar Grove Nature Area (trail clean up and planting

project)

Thursday, November 16 8th Grade; Little Galilee (trail clean-

up and indoor cleaning)

Friday, November 17 High School

9th Grade; Little Galilee Camp (outdoor projects)

10th Grade; Eastview Food Pantry

11th Grade; City of Bloomington (city parks projects)

12th Grade; Moraine View State Park (outdoor projects)

Mrs. Dillman has a great Christmas program for K-5th grade

planned for December 19, but she needs your be-

hind-the-scenes assistance. If you would like to

volunteer as stage help or with costumes on the

night of the program, please contact Mrs. Dillman.

Thanks in advance!

If you missed the previous High School Preview Night, please

plan to attend our next Vision 2022 on

Tuesday, December 5, from 6:00 to 7:00

PM in the Forum Room! You will have

the opportunity to hear about CCA's dis-

tinctive high school program and curricu-

lum. While this interactive informational

session is designed with families of currently-enrolled eighth

graders in mind, please feel free to invite your friends who

might be considering CCA for the high school years.

Students are welcome to attend this session as well but will

have other opportunities over the course of the year to get

their specific questions answered by administrators, teachers,

and high school students. As always, please let us know if you

have any questions.