San Jose Christian School | March 30, 2015

Tiger TracksHe Is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

This Week at SJCS

Monday 3/30 3rd Grade Field Trip - Pipe Organ Demonstration with Mrs. Baham

7th Grade Field Trip - City Team Ministries with Mrs. Coetsee

Tuesday 3/31 Fine Arts Festival Try Outs for Students 5th -8th Grades

Wednesday 4/1 1st Grade Field Trip - Theater - Depart 8:40am

Thursday 4/2 Moms in Prayer - 8:30am | SJCS Library

Friday 4/3

School Holiday - Campus Closed No Extended Care Preschool Closed

Advanced Dates

April 6- April 10 Easter Break - Watch for full details on Extended Care and Preschool availability.

April 18 13th Annual Spring Auction | 6:00 Campbell Community Center

Tiger Stripes Reflections on Who We Are by: Bart Den BoerEaster. It’s about us. It’s about SJCS.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesian 2:8-10

Most of us have little trouble identifying what it is we are saved FROM. (The power of sin in our lives, the threat of eternal punishment, etc.) However fewer are confident identifying what we are saved FOR. The answer is in the passage above.

SJCS is much more than a private school offering excellent education within a Christian environment. Our mission is to train up agents of transformation seeking to reclaim all of creation and culture for our Lord, who is the ruler of heaven and earth. Those “good works” referred to in the passage are what we are training our children to do! This Easter, celebrate our freedom from sin, but also celebrate the home-church-school connection that enables our children to act on those works “which God has prepared in advance for us to do.”

Happy Easter!

Spring Is Here; Let’s Keep It Cool With Cars & Kids at 7MPHPlease limit your speed in the parking lot to 7 MPH. We can do better with our speed awareness in our parking lot area. Let’s ALL finish the year strong by continuing to make safety THE priority around cars and children AND holding each other accountable to the 7 MPH speed limit.

2014-2015 Yearbook ReminderThe last day to order your yearbook and customize your pages is rapidly approaching. Please see the attached flyer for detailed information.

Photos NeededIf you have any pictures of any class activity, please be sure to submit them to Mrs. Singh for possible use in the yearbook.

Service Update!We have already collected 253 filled tubes toward our goal of 350. That is over 16,000 meals that we have already funded! Keep up the good work, and remember Whom we serve.

We will collect tubes until April 17th. Moms in PrayerPlease submit your prayer requests to the SJCS Moms in Prayer group via email at sjcsmip@gmail.com.

Tiger Tracks

Girls Soccer:Please remember to pay the $50 participation fee to the office asap.

Monday: Practice 3:15-4:45 parent meeting following practice

Tuesday: SJCS vs. Achiever Christian @ Achiever 4:00

Wednesday: SJCS vs Los Gatos Christian @ Los Gatos Christian 3:30

Thursday: Practice 3:15-5:00Friday: Easter Break begins

Tiger Cubs|Preschool Info ArticlePotty Training:When should I start toilet training my child?

Your child must be both physically and emotionally ready for toilet training. Most children are ready to start when they are between 22 and 30 months of age, but every child is different. Toilet training usually becomes a long and frustrating process if you try to start it before your child is ready.

Before children can use the toilet, they must be able to control their bowel and bladder muscles. Some signs of this control are having bowel movements around the same time each day, not having bowel movements at night, and having a dry diaper after a nap or for at least 2 hours at a time. Children must also be able to climb, talk, remove clothing, and have mastered other basic motor skills before they can use the toilet by themselves.

Most children are physically ready to toilet train before they are emotionally ready. Your child must want to use the toilet and be willing to cooperate with you. He or she may even talk about being a "big boy" or "big girl" and wearing underpants rather than diapers. Training generally does not go well if your child is in the stage where "no" is his or her automatic response to every request.

Article provided by WebMD.

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Boys Volleyball:Monday: Practice 3:15-4:45Tuesday: Practice 3:15-4:45

Wednesday: Practice 3:15-4:45Thursday: SJCS vs. Los Gatos Christian 3:15

Friday: Easter Break begins

Chess is back! Chess Wizards will be returning for a second round of classes starting after Easter break.

Your child does NOT need to have attended the previous sessions or have any chess experience to join Round 2. Students of all skill levels are welcome, especially those who went to the first round of Chess Wizards last month. 

Details:6 classes, Tuesdays from 3:15-4:15 Start Date: Tuesday, April 14 (last class=May 19)Cost is $90 for all 6 days (make checks out to Chess Wizards or pay online)Register by 4/13 (the sooner the better, though, because we need a minimum of 7 kids)

If you have any questions, feel free to email Mr. I or stop in. If you'd like to register, you can print the attached sheet and turn it in to the office with a check. 

2015 Auction Getting CloseThe SJCS Auction is slated for 6pm on Saturday, April 18 at the Campbell Community Center. Our theme this year is “The Time is Now.” Please consider items or experiences that you can donate to the event. A dinner hosted by your family, a stay at a vacation destination, a gift basket, or sports memorabilia: The time is now to submit donations that will bless the school. Be creative in your thinking, and make your donation today! You can drop gifts by the office or inform our coordinators of your ideas. Email Betsy Phillips (bphillips@sjchristian.org) and she will help with your donation.

Track & Field OpportunityStudents K through 8th grades who are interested in Track & Field are invited to participate in the upcoming Bethel Lutheran School 14th Annual Track & Field meet. Please see the informational flyer attached to the Tiger Tracks for additional details.

Teacher Tales Spotlight on Lego Robotics! Check this section each week for exciting stories about teachers doing great things in the classrooms of San Jose Christian School.

The first year of SJCS Lego robotics wrapped up last week Wednesday. The program got it’s start in the spring of 2014, when our Lego sets were generously donated at last year's auction.

We had two sessions of Lego WeDo - one in the summer and one in the fall of 2014. The students had a lot of fun building different robots, while at the same time learning how to make them move and make sounds.

We ended the school year with a session using Lego Mindstorms EV3 sets. Fifth through eighth grade students worked in teams to build motorized robots and program them to do a given task. They experienced hands-on, cause-and-effect learning as they explored a series of cross-curricular, theme-based activities while developing their skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Students practiced higher-level thinking as they planned, created and evaluated their projects, adapting programming as needed.

As you can see, we put the funds we received at last year’s auction to good use! In April, look for more information to come out about our summer robotics sessions!