“Glorify God…Serve Others” OCTOBER 10, 2014 North Iowa Christian School 811 N Kentucky Ave || Mason City, IA 50401 [email protected] || 641-423-6440  Next Wednesday, October 15, is the last day for wearing shorts. Please dress appropriately for cold weather and recess.  Remember to sign up for our parent-teacher conferences on Friday, October 31 from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Please let Mrs. Hellman know the times you are available to meet, one time for each child/teacher. Each meeting will take about 20 minutes. Parents of middle school and high school students will meet with each teacher.  You may have noticed under “In the Community” that Brooke Hoeppner is performing in THE PIED PIPER with Stebens Children’s Theatre next week. Be sure to go out and support Brooke at one of the six performance times!  Thank you to Jani Dahlin for orchestrating the purchase of our new sign! It looks great! OCT. 13-17 SCHOOL SPIRIT WEEK (SEE DETAILS BELOW) OCTOBER 13 School Board Meeting 6pm OCTOBER 17 Hearing Screenings: Grades 1, 2, & 8 OCTOBER 24 End of Quarter | Noon Dismissal Teachers working on report cards FROM THE KIDS CHAPEL REPORT SPEAKER: Pat Teeters NEXT WEEK IN CHAPEL: David McClung She talked about 4 steps to help you grow in God. G – Go to church R- Read your Bible and pray O- Obey God W- Witness OCTOBER 31 Parent-Teacher Conferences 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. | NO SCHOOL NOVEMBER 8 Fall Banquet|6p.m. @ Faith Baptist NOVEMBER 20 Fall Festival | 4 to 7 p.m. FROM THE STUDENT COUNCIL: NEXT WEEK IS… MONDAY: SCHOOL PRIDE DAY WEAR NICS SHIRTS OR BLUE SHIRTS TUESDAY: FAVORITE TEAM DAY REPRESENT YOUR FAVORITE TEAM WITH JERSEYS, HATS, FAN REGALIA, ETC. WEDNESDAY: WACKY WEDNESDAY WEAR MISMATCHED CLOTHES, ETC. THURSDAY: PAJAMA DAY WEAR YOUR FAVORITE COMFIES…KEEP IT PRESENTABLE  FRIDAY: FAVORITE HERO/CHARACTER DAY (SUPERMAN, CINDERELLA, STORYBOOK/MOVIE CHARACTER, ETC.) OTHER UPCOMING STUDENT COUNCIL-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES: Nov. 3-21 Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank Food Drive Nov. 4 Student Clubs Begin Nov. 20 Fall Festival “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 Page 1 of 3 FROM THE TEACHERS Weekly Chuckle Grades 3-4 Memory Verses: Psalm 135: 13-15 Review Hebrews 11:1-3 Bible Topic: Judges 3-4, Ehud, Deborah (Barak, Jael) Review for Science test on Wednesday! Grades 5-6 Memory Verse: Jeremiah 17:7-10 Bible Topic: Daniel, Living in Exile Grades 7-8 Memory Verse: Matthew 5:3-8 IN THE COMMUNITY Test on Tuesday (Matt. 5-7) MC YMCA COLOR PARTY Questions: 1. Can you name three rooms in the White house named after colors? 2. Cows have sweat glands in what part of their bodies? 3. What is the only mammal that can fly? 4. On September 9, 1983, which region with more than half a million population unsuccessfully petitioned the U.S. Congress to become the 51st State of the United States? (Answers at the bottom of the page, don’t cheat!) “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” -Abraham Lincoln October 12 | 2-4 pm Color Run Obstacle course, face painting, hair color, t-shirt design…$10/child for wristband into event or $5/child with donation. Parents are free/required to accompany their children. Bring a white shirt that can get COLORED! A GET ACTIVE IN NATURE (A.G.A.I.N.) Oct. 13 | 4:00 p.m.| Lime Creek Nature Center Kids of all ages are invited to join a Lime Creek naturalist to improve their wildlife watching skills with a hike and scavenger hunt. THE PIED PIPER (Brooke Hoeppner is performing as Blytzel Spreng!) October 15-19 | Stebens Theatre Rats everywhere in Hamelin and only one man can get rid of them! Humor, romance and political shenanigans.. Cost is $10 adults/ $8 for youth 18 & under. Box office is open 1-5 PM or call 641-4249802 NIACC: THE ST. OLAF BAND October 19| 4:00pm. Listed by The New Yorker as one of America’s preeminent bands. From Northfield, MN, they are the oldest music organization at St. Olaf College founded in 1891. They perform the very best compositions and transcriptions for symphonic band. Tickets $15/free to students 21 & under. Call 641-422-4188 for information. Answers: 1. Green Room/Blue Room/ Red Room 2. Their noses 3. Not a flying squirrel, a bat! 4. Washington, D.C. “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 Page 2 of 3 ***Remember: Anything on this page is an idea for the MYSTERY BAG! *** Parents, there will be no take-home folders until after Parent/Teacher Conference on October 31. I am saving your child’s work papers to prepare for report cards and conferences. I will give you the collection at conferences. - Mrs. Rust ALL GRADES BIBLE Memory Verse: Psalm 139:13-14 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Topics: Dinosaurs lived on the earth after the flood. Why dinosaurs became extinct. Was there really an Ice Age? Job 38:29 What about “dragons”? SCIENCE New unit on Bones and Muscles. Vocab: blood vessel, cartilage, and skeleton. At home: compare and measure each family member’s main bones (skull, leg, thigh, arm, etc.) Don’t forget your pet’s bones, too!  HERITAGE STUDIES Review names and locations of the seven continents GRADE-SPECIFIC STUDY TOPICS Kindergarten:  Delivering the mail (past, present, & future?!)  Mailing packages  Making thank you cars to our mail carriers  Writing to a missionary family  Writing/reading service words: here is, the, mother,  Word families: _it, _an, _in 1st Grade:        Identifying names and sounds of w, s, t, h, n Writing h, w Math: forming 6 and 7, working with numbers 0-5, understand relationships between number six and its quantities, Reading service words: was, picture, come, mother, one, said, they, color, have, what, you, here Learning words with two syllables Math: identifying dimes vs. pennies, relate to place value digits of tens and ones, addition sums to 6 family, writing out the long form of 3 digit numbers, i.e. 116 = one hundred + ten + six Spelling: First test on Tuesday, October 14! o FIRST LIST! At, had, man, am, has, ran, cat, can, I, the 2nd Grade:   English: common and proper nouns, rules for capitalization, using commas in a sentence Math: counting by 5’s to read a pictograph, combining nickels & pennies, dimes and nickels; ordinal numbers, adding and subtracting 100’s, sums up to 8 family  Spelling: o Review over lessons 1-5. A study sheet will be sent home today. o Practice test on Tuesday, October 14 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 Page 3 of 3