Tiger Tracks - August 27, 2012
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San Jose Christian School A love for God. A desire to learn. A commitment to serve. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012 Top News! Welcome! Beginning the 2012-2013 year. Page 1 School News Extended Care Payments Page 2 Upcoming Events Middle School Parent Back to School Night Page 2 Save the Date 2012 Walk-a-Thon October 13, 2012 Page 2 Tiger Sports Fall Sports Season Kick Off Page 2 Attachments -Frozen Friday -Scrip RISE UP! From the Office Welcome! It was exciting to start the school year last week since we had spent so much time and effort to plan during the summer. Here are a few highlights of that preparation: • We launched a mentor teacher program in which 4 teachers on staff have been des- ignated as trainers for the rest of the group in the areas of intentional Christian prac- tices and technology integration. • We brought Google Apps for Education to SJCS. We are excited to explore the uses of technology with our students and to help them learn to use these tools for the glory of God and the advancement of their educa- tion. • Synthetic turf was installed on the preschool/JK/Kindergarten play area. We are thrilled with the new surface! • We brought a new approach to profes- sional development for the staff that will allow them to observe each other in action and learn from the wide array of skills we all have to offer. • Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s) are continuing after their launch last year. Three different groups will be meeting on campus this year, and each will be studying a different book together. • We have worked with Rosetta Stone to launch our Spanish program with their new Totale package. Starting in 2 nd quarter, stu- dents will have a truly unique opportunity to develop their foreign language skills in before- or after-school settings. As you heard at the opening assembly, our school theme for the year is “Rise Up.” We are basing the theme on 2 Timothy 1:7 – “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but fills us with power, love, and self-discipline.” As Christians, we serve a powerful Creator and a victorious Savior, and therefore we can march boldly for- ward into our task of redeeming this world. Let’s all rise up to who we are meant to be in God’s image and work together for a fantastic school year! Tiger Tracks The weekly Tiger Tracks newsletter is in- tended to share important school wide information and is used as a key tool to communicate topics and issues to all fami- lies. Tiger Tracks is currently sent home with the youngest student in each family. This year we are discussing sending the Tiger Tracks only in electronic form. Par- ents would receive the Tiger Tracks as an attachment to an email and also have ac- cess via sjchristian.org. Later this week you will be receiving a survey to give input to your preference. We are interested in the best way to communicate with our school community. Please consider what will work best for your family and be pre- pared to complete the survey later this week. Parking Lot and Traffic Flow Thanks to all of our families for making the first few days of drop off and pick up flow so smoothly in the parking lot. We will continue to work with the parents from the Montessori school to make sure that they know all the traffic expectations as well. Please remember: • Do not park your car at a curb and leave it unattended at any time (morning or af- ternoon). • Be courteous and aware of people be- hind you who may be waiting to move forward. • At pick up, pull all the way forward to allow cars behind you to continue to ad- vance. We will bring your child(ren) to you as you move forward. • When crossing the parking lot, always use the crosswalk. Job Opportunity: Extended Care Leader Synamon Reeves has done a great job lead- ing our extended care program and our summer camps for the past several years. While she will still run our summer pro- gram, her role on campus is expanded this year, and she will no longer be in charge of extended care. We are looking for a passionate qualified replacement for this position to oversee the care of students who are dropped off before 8am or stay on campus after 3:15pm. If you are interested, please contact Mr. Meester. Student Council Making a Difference Last year, our student council took on a project in which they used cookie sales to raise funds for one of the chapel speakers they heard during the year. Pretty Dube (Doo-bay) works in Zimbabwe to help peo- ple become aware of the dangers of HIV/ AIDS and live healthier, God-glorifying lives. Through the cookie sales, the student council members raised $500 to send to Pretty and help her continue her work. Congratulations to our student council members for demonstrating “a commitment to serve.” S J C S T I G E R T R A C K S SJCS - 1300 Sheffield Avenue, Campbell, California 95008 (408)371-7741
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San Jose Christian School A love for God. A desire to learn. A commitment to serve.MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012
Top News!
Welcome! Beginning the 2012-2013 year.
Page 1
School News
Extended Care Payments
Page 2
Upcoming Events
Middle School Parent Back to School Night
Page 2
Save the Date
2012 Walk-a-Thon October 13, 2012
Page 2
Tiger Sports
Fall Sports Season Kick Off
Page 2
Attachments
-Frozen Friday
-Scrip
RISE UP!
From the Office Welcome!It was exciting to start the school year last week since we had spent so much time and effort to plan during the summer. Here are a few highlights of that preparation:• We launched a mentor teacher program in which 4 teachers on staff have been des-ignated as trainers for the rest of the group in the areas of intentional Christian prac-tices and technology integration.• We brought Google Apps for Education to SJCS. We are excited to explore the uses of technology with our students and to help them learn to use these tools for the glory of God and the advancement of their educa-tion.• Synthetic turf was installed on the preschool/JK/Kindergarten play area. We are thrilled with the new surface!• We brought a new approach to profes-sional development for the staff that will allow them to observe each other in action and learn from the wide array of skills we all have to offer.• Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s) are continuing after their launch last year. Three different groups will be meeting on campus this year, and each will be studying a different book together.• We have worked with Rosetta Stone to launch our Spanish program with their new Totale package. Starting in 2nd quarter, stu-dents will have a truly unique opportunity to develop their foreign language skills in before- or after-school settings.
As you heard at the opening assembly, our school theme for the year is “Rise Up.” We are basing the theme on 2 Timothy 1:7 – “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but fills us with power, love, and
self-discipline.” As Christians, we serve a powerful Creator and a victorious Savior, and therefore we can march boldly for-ward into our task of redeeming this world. Let’s all rise up to who we are meant to be in God’s image and work together for a fantastic school year!
Tiger Tracks The weekly Tiger Tracks newsletter is in-tended to share important school wide information and is used as a key tool to communicate topics and issues to all fami-lies. Tiger Tracks is currently sent home with the youngest student in each family. This year we are discussing sending the Tiger Tracks only in electronic form. Par-ents would receive the Tiger Tracks as an attachment to an email and also have ac-cess via sjchristian.org. Later this week you will be receiving a survey to give input to your preference. We are interested in the best way to communicate with our school community. Please consider what will work best for your family and be pre-pared to complete the survey later this week.
Parking Lot and Traffic FlowThanks to all of our families for making the first few days of drop off and pick up flow so smoothly in the parking lot. We will continue to work with the parents from the Montessori school to make sure that they know all the traffic expectations as well. Please remember:• Do not park your car at a curb and leave it unattended at any time (morning or af-ternoon).• Be courteous and aware of people be-hind you who may be waiting to move forward.
• At pick up, pull all the way forward to allow cars behind you to continue to ad-vance. We will bring your child(ren) to you as you move forward.• When crossing the parking lot, always use the crosswalk.
Job Opportunity: Extended Care LeaderSynamon Reeves has done a great job lead-ing our extended care program and our summer camps for the past several years. While she will still run our summer pro-gram, her role on campus is expanded this year, and she will no longer be in charge of extended care.
We are looking for a passionate qualified replacement for this position to oversee the care of students who are dropped off before 8am or stay on campus after 3:15pm. If you are interested, please contact Mr. Meester.
Student Council Making a DifferenceLast year, our student council took on a project in which they used cookie sales to raise funds for one of the chapel speakers they heard during the year. Pretty Dube (Doo-bay) works in Zimbabwe to help peo-ple become aware of the dangers of HIV/AIDS and live healthier, God-glorifying lives. Through the cookie sales, the student council members raised $500 to send to Pretty and help her continue her work. Congratulations to our student council members for demonstrating “a commitment to serve.”
S J C S T I G E R T R A C K S
SJCS - 1300 Sheffield Avenue, Campbell, California 95008 (408)371-7741
Outstanding Extended CareInvoicesPlease make sure that all outstanding day-care invoices are paid by Friday, August 31. If they are not, or a payment plan is not in place, your child will not be allowed to use the before or after school care starting on September 4. If you have any questions, please contact SJCS Bookkeeper, Tanya Garside, in the office.
Google Apps for EducationThank you to the parents who have submit-ted their approval for their students’ Google Apps for Education account. About 20% of you still need to complete the permission form with the link that was emailed to you last week. If you need the link resent, please contact the office. In a few weeks, each of you will receive the login informa-tion for your student’s account so that you can see all of the exciting things he or she will be doing and have meaningful conver-sations that continue the school’s teaching about the proper use of technology and how these tools are another way for us to glorify God.
Upcoming Events
MS Parent Back to School NightAll SJCS Middle School Parents are invited and encouraged to attend the Parent Back to School Night on Wednesday, September 5, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.
This is an excellent opportunity to meet the teachers, get an idea of how the year is starting off, and understand all that SJCS has to offer. Parents of 6th-8th grade students will meet their child’s teachers as they walk through a typical daily schedule of their middle school student.
2012 Walk-a-ThonThe annual SJCS Walk-a-Thon is planned for Saturday October 13. With a beautiful walking route, lap prizes, raffles, food, and new attractions, this is easily one of the biggest events of the school year for our SJCS family. Things to consider this week include:1. A planning committee meeting Friday morning at 8:30. If you are interested in assisting on the planning committee, please join us. There is a place for you.2. Team leads are still needed for ticket
sales and raffle planning.
CPTA NewsRoom Parent MeetingSJCS is looking for parents to support our teaching staff through our Room Parent program. Room Parents support their classroom teacher as directed by the teacher. Support may include, helping with class activities, coordinating teacher gifts, and coordinating event volunteers. If you are interested in more details and/or would like to sign up to support your class, please contact Emily Rios at (408)629-8797.
School News
Moms in TouchMOMS IN TOUCH is starting up again for the year on Thursday, August 30 at 1:45 in room 15. Moms in Touch (also known as Moms in Prayer) is a group of moms who meet twice a month to bring SJCS, the needs of the school community and our children before the Lord in prayer. If you are interested in finding out more about the group, feel free to join us this Thursday. Childcare can be arranged. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Rebecca Miller ([email protected]) or Cher Kooiman ([email protected]). It has been such a blessing in the past to see the Lord answer so many prayers! We would love to see you there!
SJCS Scrip ProgramThis week you will find a Scrip order form attached to the Tiger Tracks. Scrip is a sim-ple program that allows families to raise funds for SJCS & their own tuition while making regular purchases such as gas, gro-ceries, and gifts. Scrip order forms are sent home bi-monthly. Your order is due in the office on Friday, August 31. Attached to the Tiger Tracks you will find additional details about the program. If you have questions please contact Mrs. Garside in the school office at (408) 371-7741 ext. 223.
Tiger SportsA message from Mr. WebbWelcome back to a new school year. If you are new I hope your time here has been great so far. I wanted to give you some news regarding the fall sports season. It looks like we will offer the following sports this fall; girls softball, boys flag football and girls and boys cross country. Fall sports regular season play run from August 28 through October 27.
I will be coaching the flag football team. Mrs. Phillips & Mrs. Kunde will be coach-ing girls softball, and I am interviewing candidates for the Cross Country team.
Official signups and practices will be start-ing this week. Here are just a few reminders• Make an appointment for a physical • Turn in sports contracts• Submit the sports fee to the office ($40)• Softball Meeting Tuesday, 8/28 at lunch• Flag Football Meeting, Tuesday 8/28 at
lunch• XCountry Meeting & Sign Up date to be
announced.
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This Week at SJCS Tuesday, August 28Room Parent Meeting - 8:45amLocation: SJCS Auditorium
Wednesday, August 29Fall Sports Begin*See Sports Section for Details
Friday, August 31Happy Birthday Mrs. Bost
Walk-a-Thon Meeting8:30amSJCS Auditorium
Sunday, September 2Happy Birthday Mrs. Baham
Get InvolvedMentor FamiliesSJCS is proud to offer a program known asMentor Families. Current SJCS familiesare matched up with families that are newto our school. Mentor families are avail-able to welcome new families and answertheir questions as they navigate throughtheir first year at SJCS. With our 39 new students we still need a few additional families to partner with these new families. Please contact the school office if you are interested in supporting this program.
Frozen Friday The SJCS student council will be organiz-ing Frozen Friday again this year for stu-dents in Grades 1-8. Frozen Friday finan-cially supports the Student Council pro-gram allowing the students to expand their organizational, planning, and leadership skills. Please see the attached form to sign up for the program.
Advance DatesSeptember 3School HolidayNo Classes/No Extended Care
September 5MIddle School Parent Back to School Night
September 20 & 21SJCS Picture Day
October 13SJCS Annual Walk-a-Thon
SJCS Office HoursMain Office8:00am - 4:30pmBookkeeper8:30am - 3:00pmStudent Services8:00am - 3:30pm
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