Yearbooks and Email

Happy May Everyone!

Yearbooks: We are sending home a letter today with all the students that has information on ordering yearbooks and a new order form in case you have misplaced the one we sent home last week. The deadline for yearbook orders is this Friday, May 4.

Email List: Also, please remember that if you did not get an email recently asking that you re-subscribe to our email list, please make sure you click this link to go sign up for it.  A recent update to our email program deleted our email list so we are asking for you to help us build it back up.  We rely on email for many communications to our parents so please make sure you are on it if you have a student here.

New Look for the Site

Welcome to the new website for CCLC!  I know it’s very different but we needed to change the whole way we updated the site and put up information.  If you have any issues with the functionality of the site, please contact us.  Thanks!

Important Upcoming Dates

***SAT TESTING***

We will be doing standardized achievement tests for the students in K5 through 12 the week after next:

April 16-20

Please make every effort to have your student here on time every morning that week since not only would it hurt them to be late because they wouldn’t have enough time to test but it is also a distraction to other students when they walk in after the testing has started.

It is very important to make sure that your student is well rested and has a good breakfast before they come to school those mornings.

***SPRING FLING***

Saturday, April 21

T-SHIRT ALERT – This year we will be offering Spring Fling t-shirts for $10 each. We will be able to order sizes Youth Small through Adult 2XL. They will have the names of our sponsors on the back so if you are interested in sponsoring the Spring Fling this year please let us know as soon as possible. You can grab an order form for the shirts at our website here: http://www.calvaryclc.com/downloads/springflingtshirt.pdf
Please return the order form along with payment by Monday, April 9.

These shirts also qualify as a “school” tshirt that the students can wear on Fridays.

***Good Friday***

We are out of school this Friday for Good Friday. Have a Happy Easter and a wonderful three day weekend with your family!

Yearbook Photos and Advertisements

• We will be able to send in a second yearbook portrait order this week.  Please hand in your order form with payment by Wednesday, March 28.

• If you are interested in advertising in the yearbook or placing a dedication to your student, please get the form back to the school by Wednesday, March 28.  If you no longer have the advertisement form, please let us know and we can send one home with your student.

Important February Dates

Winter Break: February 20 – 21

Family Pizza Night – Thursday

Where: Papa’s Pizza in Gulf Shores (in the Pelican Place/Target shopping center)

What Time: February 23, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

What it’s About: Not only is this a great time to fellowship with the other CCLC families but Papa’s Pizza has offered to give us 15% of their proceeds for anyone that comes in during that time frame! This is a great tasting and fun way to raise money for our school so please spread the word to all your friends and let’s pack that place with people! If you can’t make it during that time frame, please drop by for lunch instead. Make sure if you do that you tell them you are with Calvary Christian so that they will know to apply the 15% to us. See you there!

School Portraits Date Change (Again!) Friday, March 2: K4 through 5th grade Coupon Books

Be on the lookout for coupon book information next week.

Important December Dates

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

- and singing in church next Sunday (Dec. 11 in the morning service)

Our Christmas Program will be held on December 15th, at 6 p.m (please have the students here at 5:40).  However, don’t forget the children are singing two of the songs from the program at the Christian Life Church Orange Beach morning worship service next Sunday, 12/11.  Please meet with Mrs. Schlauder in front of the church at 9:45 a.m.  There was a note sent home about this with more details.  If you did not receive one, please let us know as soon as possible.

COOKIE WALK

Our 4th annual Cookie Walk will be held on Sunday, Dec. 11 from 10 am until 2 pm at the school in the multipurpose building (where we have Art and PE classes).  For those who are new to the Cookie Walk, this is a great time to get a variety of yummy Christmas Cookies without all of the baking and a fun way to raise funds for the school.  We need all parents to donate cookies.  Please plan on baking and sending as man as you can.  We will be collecting cookies at the school on Friday, December 10.

This year we will be adding a Family Cookie Contest.  Cookies will be judged on taste and decorations.  I you would like to enter your cookies in the contest, please label your container “cookie contest” when you drop them off.

BOXED LUNCH

We are also offering a boxed lunch available for pick up on Friday, Dec. 9 or on Sunday during the Cookie Walk.  Please click here to print then fill out the form to return it with payment tomorrow (Tuesday, December 6th) if you would like to have lunch ready for you.

CRAFT BIZARRE

We will again be offering a Craft Bizarre.  Space is limited and will be awarded on a first come, first serve basis.  If you are interested in reserving a booth space, click here to download a form.

 

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

We are out of school for the last two weeks of December for Christmas break. (December 19-30)  We hope you have a great holiday!

School Matters – November

 School Day Matters

** Thank you to Kaylyn and Jerilyn Quick for presenting a special program on Veteran’s Day. The girls shared with us why we celebrate Veteran’s Day and all the many reasons we have to thankful for the brave service men and women who continue to serve our country.

** Please mark your calendar for Dec. 15 for our Christmas Program. This is a change from our school calendar due to scheduling conflicts with the building.

School will be closed for the following holidays:

Nov. 23-25 Thanksgiving
Dec. 19- 30 Christmas

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Fund Raiser Matters

Coupon Books: Thanks to everyone who supported our Coupon Book fund raiser. This was our most successful sale yet. We raised over $2000 to go toward curriculum needs. We rely on our fundraiser to help supplement our income allowing us to keep tuition as low as possible. We will be selling the Spring Coupon Books later in the year.

Recyclables: We are currently collecting used ink cartridges and old cell phones. If you have any that you can donate, it is a great way to recycle and help raise money for the school.

Cookie Walk: Our 4th annual Cookie Walk will be held on Sunday, Dec. 11. For those who are new to the Cookie Walk, this is a great time to get a variety of yummy Christmas Cookies without all of the baking. We will again be hosting a Craft Bizarre. If you are interested in reserving a booth space, call the school at 967-2688 or download a form from our website at www.calvaryclc.com . Be on the look out for more information.

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Soul Matters

This month, let’s think about how:

(1) We can show Gratitude because of what God has done.

(2) God instills Gratitude in us as we respond to His goodness.

(3) God uses Gratitude in us to influence our families, friends, and neighbors.

Remember: A virtue is something God does in us to change the world around us. As others notice the virtue being lived out in our lives, we have more opportunities to tell them about God. As they come to trust God, they’ll influence others as well. See the cycle?

 

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Home Matters

Parenting is all about relating. The better our relationship with our children, the better are our chances at effective parenting. Youth expert, Josh McDowell, believes there are six factors that play into good parenting. He calls them the 6 A’s of Parenting.

1. Affirmation When we affirm a child’s feelings it gives them a sense of authenticity.  Have you ever heard the old saying, “Laugh with those who are happy and cry with those who are sad?” It means that when our child is sharing his feelings or opinions, they want us to listen to them, identify with them and affirm them. It would go something like this. Your son comes home and says, “Man! My math teacher made me so mad today, he said I wasn’t trying.” Well, your instinct might be to try to downplay the situation like this, “Oh son, he probably didn’t mean anything by it. Let it go.” Or you might say, before you even address his feelings, “Now son, were you trying? Maybe he had a point.” Or, “You’re a big boy now; you can’t get so upset about things.”  Those are all attempts to control or fix the situation. Instead try, “Son, I am so sorry that happened. How do you feel about it now?”  Then just listen, let him know you understand how he’s feeling and thank him for sharing his feelings. Even when we don’t agree with our children, we can still affirm their feelings and them as individuals.

2. Acceptance     When you give unconditional acceptance you give a child a sense of security. This basically comes down to one principle that must be conveyed to our children: “I don’t love you because of what you do or achieve, I love you because you’re my child.”  Our love and affection should not be based on grades, behavior or achievements.

3. Appreciation    When we express appreciation it gives a child a sense of significance. Appreciation is one of the most powerful motivations for right behavior. So, the more we “catch” our children doing things right, and we express our appreciation, the more motivated they will be to behave better. You can express that appreciation, by saying something like, “Thanks for telling me the truth about what happened.  I know it wasn’t easy, but I really appreciate the way you are owning and taking responsibility for your actions.”  Appreciation can also be expressed by writing a short note of encouragement to your child.

4. Availability      When we are available to our children it gives them a sense of importance. We can say all we want about how important our children are to us. But if we’re not available to them, our words will ring hollow. Sometimes, our automatic response to our kids when they approach us is, “Not right now, I’m busy.”  But our children should come before our TV-watching, our hobbies and our work. So when our kids come to us, our response should be to stop, drop and listen. Stop what we’re doing, drop to our knees, and listen to them, hug them, play with them.

5. Affection     When we show our children affection it gives them a sense of lovability. All children want to feel like they are lovable. If they don’t get love from you they will get it somewhere else. Here are a few things you can do to show affection.  Wink at your daughter across the dinner table.  Give big hugs to your son.  Develop a bedtime tuck in routine for your children. Hold your daughter’s hand. Have a special nickname for each of your kids.  Wrestle with them on the floor. Give them piggy back rides.

6. Accountability When we hold children accountable it gives them a sense of responsibility and self-control. Children need the disciplines of responsibility and self-control to function successfully in life. As parents, we must create rules and boundaries for our children. Once those guidelines are set, we must be consistent in enforcing them.