FAMILY INFORMATION UPDATE - Trenton Christian...

TRENTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

THEME: "So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings we

passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.” 2 Thess. 2:15

September 6, 2016

This is My Father’s World

“This is my Father’s World,

and to my listening years,

all nature sings and round

me rings the music of the spheres.

This is my Father’s World;

I rest me in the thought

of rocks and trees, of skies and seas—

His hand the wonders wrought.”

(Cecil Alexander)

What a wonderful opportunity to gather

this morning with our students, staff,

parents, friends, grandparents and great-

grandparents. We were reminded of God’s

great love and grace revealed to us through

His Word, His Creation, and His Son-Jesus

Christ.

We are excited about our theme this year,

STANDING FIRM. Once again we will be

exploring the beauty in God’s Kingdom

through the study and celebration of the

Biblical Through-lines: Community-Building,

Servant-Working, Order-Discovering, God-

Worshiping, Idol-Discerning, Justice-

Seeking, Creation-Enjoying, Beauty-

Creating, Earth keeping, and Image-

Reflecting. Each month we will highlight one

of these attributes in our chapels/

assemblies, classrooms, and displays.

Following is a list of the TCS teaching and

support staff:

Admin. Assistant— Mrs. Rathbun

Bookkeeper—Mrs. vanEs

Custodian—Mrs. Rhebergen

Little Sparks Preschool—Mrs. Tucker

& Mrs. J. deWal

JK—Mrs. Hoftyzer

SK—Mrs. Bevaart (EA Mrs. Couperus)

Gr. 1—Mrs. Siebenga

Gr. 2/3—Mrs. Lammers & Mrs. Korver

Gr. 4– Mrs. Kuipers

Gr. 5/6—Mr. Vanderleeuw

Gr. 7/8—Mrs. Smeenk

Music—Mrs. J. Smit

Science—Miss Davy

May God continue to Bless us all during this

year.

The 2016/2017 school year has begun!

Welcome back returning staff and students

and a warm welcome to our new Gr.5/6

teacher, Mr. Kevin Vanderleeuw, and the

following new families joining the Trenton

Christian School community:

Stephen & Patricia —Claire (JK)

Mitchell & Theresa —Jack (JK)

Ben & Rachel —Jakob (JK) Glen & Audrey —Glen (Gr. 5)

Patricia —Kayley (Gr. 5)

Johan and Cathy — Averie (Gr. 6)

Matthew & Corra-lee —Jared

(Gr 5/Part Time)

As a Board, we pray for the safety and

transition of all of our families; may you feel

welcome and supported throughout the

school year. The following is a reference list

of the TCS Board of Directors and their

positions:

Mr. J Kuipers – Board Chair

Mr. T deWal—Vice-Chair & Transportation

Committee

Mr. A deVries—Treasurer & Finance Comm.

Mrs. M. Veenstra—Secretary/Strategic

Planning Co-ordinator/

Contract Partnership Committee

Mr. J. Indewey—Fundraising Committee

Mr. J. Bontius—Building and Grounds &

Thrift Store Committee

Mr. N. Robinson—Community Relations

Mr. D. Hutchinson—Program Committee &

Contract Partnership

Mr. J. Vanberkel—Finance Committee

We look forward to greeting you at the

annual TCS Kick-Off BBQ this Friday.

To God be the glory as we embark upon this

exciting new school year!

BACK TO SCHOOL BBQ—Please

come and join us on FRIDAY, SEPT. 9 at our

annual BBQ being held at the school. We will

be starting at 5:00 pm and don’t forget your

lawn chairs. We’re sure you’ll enjoy meeting

again with friends and please don’t forget to

help our new families feel welcome . All

parents, grandparents, and friends of TCS are

welcome. There will be no charge for the

dinner but we will be asking for a free will

donation to help cover the cost of

hamburgers, hot dogs, pop, coffee. Bring your

lawn chair. Please also be kind and pick up any

garbage that you see at the BBQ and help to

make the clean up go quickly. Please also

remember that you are responsible for your

children during the BBQ. There will be

opportunity to meet the teachers in

their classrooms from 4:45-5:45 pm.

***We are in need of people to help out.

Please contact the school ASAP if you’re

able to help Friday night.***

Employment Opportunity: Trenton Christian School is looking for

an individual to coordinate and super-

vise our After School Care Program.

Qualifications:

-Be available from 2:30-5:30pm

(Monday-Friday) for all TCS school

days.

-First Aid Qualifications.

-Good people skills, as you have

contact with children and parents.

-Good organizational skills.

Job Description:

-Supervise children ages 4-12 in

our after-school program

-Purchase and prepare snacks for

the children.

-Encourage and initiate good play

experiences.

Please contact Mr. Allen Bron, Principal

for more details or questions.

613-392-3600 or

[email protected]

BIRTHDAYS:

Sept. 1—Emma B. Gr. 5

Sept. 4—William E.—Gr. 8

Sept. 6—Cheyenne S.—Gr. 4

Sept. 6—Davis L.—Gr. 4

Sept. 10—Max W.—Gr. 6

May you have a blessed birthday.

PRAYER CORNER: In years past we have had a continual prayer

corner in our bulletin and we would like to

continue that again this year. It’s a great way

to continue to hold the TCS

community up in prayer. This week we

remember our new families:

Stephen & Patricia Bosscher—Claire—JK

Mitchell & Theresa denOuden—Jack—JK

Ben & Rachel deWal—Jakob—JK

Glen & Audrey McInnes—Glen—Gr. 5

Patricia Samms—Kayley—Gr. 5

Johan and Cathy Schenk- Averie Spicher-

Gr. 6

Matthew & Corra-lee Langdon-Jared-Gr 5

(Part Time)

We pray that they will quickly feel part of the

TCS community.

COMING EVENTS: BBQ—Friday, Sept. 9 @ 5:00 pm

FAMILY INFORMATION

UPDATE— Coming home today

with your child is a sheet which should

be filled out and returned TOMOR-

ROW. This form will include the class

trip

permission and permission to use pic-

tures of your children in printed

material. Please read carefully, complete

and return it to the office

TOMORROW. (EVEN IF THE

INFORMATION IS THE SAME AS LAST

YEAR or IF YOU’RE A NEW FAMILY) If

you have a child with health needs that

the school needs to know about, please

contact the office. ALL medication will

be dispensed from the office ONLY.

Parental permission and signatures are

required.

RELATIONSHIP POLICY: Coming home today with your child is

the Relationship Policy. Please sit down

as a family and read through this policy

and have your children who attend our

school to sign the contract along with

you and return them to the school office

It has been four months since our thrift store, Treasure Chest Store, has opened for business. We are very excit-

ed by how well it has been received by the community! Not only are things selling well, we are also receiving lots

of donations. God is faithful and good!

We are still looking for more volunteers to fill in the shifts. We would like four volunteers per shift. We need more help Tuesday afternoons from 1 pm - 4 pm, Friday mornings from 10 - 2 pm, 2 pm - 5 pm

and 5 pm - 8 pm. We are hoping that TCS families could volunteer for one Saturday per year from 9 am - 1

pm.

This is a wonderful, easy and fun way to fund raise for our school! Please let Henrietta Indewey know if you can

help. Her contact info is [email protected] or 613-475-3436 OR check out the online sign up for all available

times.

http://signup.com/go/QRGFpD

Fundraising:

The Fundraising Committee works to support TCS through various fundraising activities. Our first meeting of the

year will be on Monday, Sept. 12th at 7:30pm here at the school. Come join us and learn how you can support

TCS by joining the committee or volunteering to help with just one event!

Gift Card News: Have you heard the news? The TCS Gift Card program is now even easier to use! Sign

up for our new Standing Order program by the end of September and you will be entered into a draw to win a

$250 gift card prize basket!

Please see details on the forms attached. For those wishing to place one-time orders, our traditional order forms are still avail-able. Orders will be placed

on Mondays and will be available for pick up on Friday. Orders will not be placed on short weeks (ie. holidays, PA

days). **See the brochure that’s coming home, pass it on to family and friends and encourage them to get on the

program as well.”

Check out the video and forward that as well.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Kla5eA3Q8cRWtqdGQ3Znc2Wmc/view?usp=sharing

60th Anniversary TCS Spirit Wear:

For a limited time, TCS Special Edition spirit wear will be available. Short sleeve t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts, full

zip hoodies, soccer shorts and baseball caps are available in youth and adult sizes. Items will be on display at the

Anniversary BBQ this Friday.

Orders must be received by Sept. 19.

Little Sparks Preschool

Welcome to Preschool! Your teachers this

year are Miss Lori and Miss Jen. Miss Tara

will be returning as our Classroom

Assistant. We are all excited to get to know

our new students and see how much our

returning students have grown over the

summer! This week in preschool we will

focus on learning our preschool routines.

If your child would prefer to have their own

water bottle in the classroom, feel free to

send one along!

JK [email protected]

This morning we welcome 8 brand new

faces to the Junior Kindergarten program. It

will be an exciting year of learning and

growing together. This week our focus will

be on learning new routines as well as

learning the names of our friends in JK. We

will be having fun with Pete the Cat this

week.

Chocolate Sales—Primary students do need

to have a signed permission slip to

participate in the sale.

SK [email protected]

A big welcome to SK who will meet

on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays with

me. I also welcome the JK/SK students who

are participating in the 5-day program with

me. I am so excited to see all my special

students this week and to get started on

learning about God's amazing world. Just a

reminder that for this week only the 3-day

Kindergarten students come to school on

Tuesday and Friday. We will go back to our

regular schedule next week. This month we

will be focusing on how to become

community builders for Jesus and each

other. I hope you all received the Kinder-

garten email that went out a few weeks ago

that lists the

supplies needed. Please let me know if you

did not receive it. In September, SK will be

exploring their 5 senses in lots of neat ways.

Just a reminder that students are welcome

to bring photos, videos, pictures, stories etc.

of ways they used their 5 senses this past

summer. I can't wait to share

mine! Students are asked to bring $5 to

school to cover photos for portfolio, etc. for

the year. September book orders will go

home this week and should be returned by

next Wednesday, if you would like to place

an order. Cheques can be made out to

Scholastic Canada. A big thank you to all the

families who brought in supplies for our

classroom! Students are going to love

creating with them! I will post pictures and

stories on our Kindergarten blog next week.

I will email you this week with more infor-

mation concerning the blog.

5-day Kindergarten: This week we will

create a special name for our 5-day mix of

JKs and SKs. We will also explore God's

creation and create a list of things we

wonder about His world. From this list we

will come up with some exciting topics!

Chocolate Sales—Primary students do need

to have a signed permission slip to


GRADE 1 [email protected]

Welcome back to school. It is exciting to

start a brand new year in Grade one!

Today, a package of information will be

coming home with your student. It will

explain some of the routines and events

that are planned for Grade one this year.

We are starting a unit called "The Sky

Declares" and we will be learning about the

sky and clouds and weather over the next

few weeks. If you have a kite that we could

borrow, please send it to school this week.

The students will be starting their Reading

program tomorrow. Most days they will be

adding a new word in their binders. Please

look for the information and binders

tomorrow. Over the next 2 weeks we will

be learning the theme verse for Memory

Work. It says, “So then, brothers, stand

firm and hold to the teachings we passed

on to you." 2 Thess. 2:15. I look forward

to seeing everyone at the BBQ on Friday.

Chocolate Sales—Primary students do

need to have a signed permission slip to


GRADE 2/3 [email protected]

[email protected]

Welcome back! We are looking forward to

a great year together. WE pray that God will help us to Stand Firm this year. Please

look for a yellow newsletter which will

answer many of your questions that is coming home today.

No Spelling this week.

Book bags will begin next week.

Chocolate Sales—Primary students do need to have a signed permission slip to


GRADE 4 [email protected]

Welcome to another school year. I am

looking forward to getting to know a new

group of students. Expectations will change

for everyone now that you have moved

down the hallway to the senior wing. What

an opportunity to rise to the challenge.

Math - our first unit is on whole numbers.

Do you remember your Math facts? Time

to practice. Speed and accuracy make you

expert mathematicians.

Memory Work - the school theme:

2 Thessalonians 2:15 "So then brothers

stand firm and hold to the teachings we

passed on to you.”

Science: What makes a pond healthy? We

will begin in Goodrich Loomis on Sept 14,

in the afternoon. We will also have the

naturalist from Presqui'le visit our class on

Sept. 23. Our class will go to Presqui’le

Park on Sept. 28. Drivers and supervisors

will be needed for both excursions. More

information will be coming home. If you

would like to volunteer to drive, please

contact me.

CLASSROOM NEWS:

HEAD LICE : It’s that time again....post

summer means possible head lice Please

check your children several times over the

next few weeks as this is the time when it

spreads from head to head the easiest.

Please remember to keep hair up in pony

tails, etc. Please keep your child home

and contact the school if you see signs

of lice.

Chocolate Sales –

The beginning of the school year would not be

complete without our traditional chocolate bar

sales. We all love World's Finest Chocolate. We

encourage each family to participate in our sale.

The profits help to fund our Compassion Child,

class field trips as well as Music,, Drama and

sporting activities. Chocolate almonds, chocolate

bars with almonds and caramel bars are available

in cases of 30 items. Each item is $2.00 . Primary

students do need to have a signed permission slip

to participate in the sale. Chocolates will be

handed out on Friday. Direct questions to Mrs.

Kuipers.

FRENCH—Français (Pour toutes les clas-

ses de français)

Bienvenue à la classe de français!

I am excited to teach your child(ren) this

year. Each week I will provide an update on

the activities of each class. Any questions,

comments or concerns regarding your

child’s progress, please feel free to call or

email me

([email protected])

GRADE 5/6 [email protected]

Welcome back to school! I’m excited to

have become part of the Trenton Christian

School community and Grade ⅚ teacher. I

want to welcome the several new students

joining our class this year. We hope they

feel welcome in this class.

Our theme this year is “Standing Firm”

based on our theme verse 2 Thessalonians

2:15. A more detailed letter will go out this

week as well as a copy of their class

schedule later this week.

I look forward to meeting you at the school

BBQ this Friday night!

There will be opportunity to meet the me

in the classroom from 4:45-5:45 pm.

GRADE 7/8

[email protected]

Welcome back to school. I know the grade

seven students are excited to be in a class

with the grade eights. The grade eights are

going to enjoy their last year at Trenton

Christian School. As grade eights you will

have many opportunities to show your

leadership skills. We pray that the 7/8

students will grow intellectually, spiritually

and emotionally this year. Our theme for

the year is found in 2Thessalonians 2:15,

which says to stand firm on the teachings

we have taught you.

You will have different teachers during your

day but Mrs. Smeenk will be your home-

room teacher. All major assignments, tests

and projects will be put in the weekly

bulletin so please make sure that you read

the bulletin, The students have received a

planner and they are required to write their

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