Jefferson Christian
Academy
Cardinal Call
219 Big Stony Creek Rd
Ripplemead, VA
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CARDINAL NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Full Country Breakfast Buffet Fundraiser
A Race for Education
Biscuits, gravy, eggs, bacon, sausage, home
fries, pancakes, fruit, toast, coffee, juice, and
milk will be served from 7:00 a.m. – 11:00
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a.m. on Saturday, May 2 . The breakfast will be held in the
gymnasium, and donations will be accepted. All monies
collected will help with the JCA trip to the Creation Museum. 
May 4 – 8 is SPIRIT WEEK!!!
Let’s show our school spirit!
Monday – Sports Day
(Wear your favorite sports team apparel)
Tuesday – Crazy Hair
(How crazy can you make it?!)
Wednesday – Storybook Character
(Dress up as your favorite storybook character)
Thursday – Decades Day
(Dress up in 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, or 90’s apparel)
Friday – School spirit
(Wear JCA apparel or colors) 
Visiting Fort Chiswell Safari Park
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The 2 and 3 grades went to
the Fort Chiswell Safari Park on
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April 24 . It was a little chilly but
a great time was had by all. We
enjoyed
seeing
Puff
and
Humphries, two of the camels
that live there. We also saw a
wallaby and her joey tucked
away in her pouch. The children
were able to feed some of the animals which included
camels, zebras, an American bison named Cody, antelopes,
wildebeest and many more. We enjoyed a picnic lunch on
the bus (too cold to eat outside).
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On Friday, April 17 we held our annual Race for Education
fundraiser. Students raised a record breaking $6,254.23. We
started our day (in our Race for Education t-shirts) by walking
20 laps around the campus, which is the equivalent of about 3
miles. Kindergarten and First Grade were allowed to take a
detour through the course, but most wanted to do the "big
course," with the rest of the student body. The top fundraiser
in grades K-5 was Grace Meredith with a total of $550 and in
grades 6th-12th was Alyssa Pennington with a total of $411.50.
Both were awarded a $100 Visa gift card for their hard work!
We also awarded the top fundraiser in each class with the
ability to pie their teacher in the face. Winners were Anna
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White-Kindergarten, Trey Gilmer-1 , Grace Meredith-2 ,
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Payton Dunbar-3 , Medariah Richardson-4 , Ryan Urban-5 ,
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Alyssa Pennington-6 , Brennen Davis-7 , and Mikhail Mann
and Ellowyn Steele-High School. The Lord blessed us with a
beautiful day and an abundance of fun! Thank you to all who
supported our fundraiser. It was a HUGE success! 
DON’T FORGET!
Teacher appreciation day is Friday, May 8th.
A BIG THANK YOU to Mr. Frank Longrie for driving the bus
and to our chaperones Wanda Songer, Kelly Steele and Trent
and Byron Hurley. 
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) For I know the plans I have for
you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future.
MAY 2015
SUNDAY
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MONDAY
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SPIRIT WEEK
Sports day
Wear your
favorite team
apparel
TUESDAY
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SPIRIT WEEK
Crazy hair
day
How crazy
can you
make it?!
WEDNESDAY
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SPIRIT WEEK
Storybook
character day
Dress like your
favorite
character
THURSDAY
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NATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER
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SPIRIT WEEK
Decades day
Dress in apparel
of 50’s, 60’s, 70’s,
FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
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COUNTRY
BREAKFAST
BUFFET,
7-11 a.m.
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Teacher
Appreciation
Day
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Grades 6-12,
Creation
Museum Trip
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Grades 6-12,
Creation
Museum Trip
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SPIRIT WEEK
School spirit
Wear JCA
apparel or
colors
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Grades 6-12,
Creation
Museum Trip
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80’s, or 90’s
KINDERGARTEN
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NO SCHOOL
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Graduation,
7pm
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Fun Day/Field
Day
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HIGH SCHOOL
Graduation,
7pm
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Awards
Assembly, 9am
LAST DAY OF
SCHOOL—
NOON
DISMISSAL
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Have a WONDERFUL summer!
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