Grace Christian Academy

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Donuts for Dads - Nov. 9. 2012

DONUTS

FOR

DADS

Mrs. Harrell and Mrs. Jones 4th and 5th grade students hosted their annual

"Donut's for Dads" event this morning in the GCA Dining Hall.

Thank you Dads for all you do!!!!

Friday, November 2, 2012

Picture Are Here!

Fall Pictures

Fall Pictures have arrived and are in the Front Office.
Please take a moment to visit Mrs. Carol and pick up your pictures!!

GCA Parent Meeting - November 12th

The G-Team along with the GCA Administration would like to invite all parents to attend an informative Parent Meeting on Monday, November 12th @ 7:00 p.m. Agenda items for this meeting will include some of the following; Renweb, Middle School text books, and Honor Roll requirements.

If you have agenda items that you would like to see addressed, please call the front office and let Mrs. Carol know by Friday, November 9th!

Coat Drive....HUGE Success!!

Many, many thanks to all of our GCA Students and Parent for making the Annual Farm Credit Coat and Blanket Drive a HUGE Success!! As of the deadline, Oct. 31st, GCA had collected 430 items for this year! Totally Awesome!!

Annual Farm Credit Coat & Blanket Drive

Thank You

GCA’s Student Government Association and Mrs. Harrell’s 4^th grade class would like to take a moment and thank all of the teachers, students, family, and friends of GCA who contributed to the Annual Farm Credit Coat & Blanket Drive. When asked to meet a community need, GCA stepped up willingly. Last week’s challenge was to collect 146 additional items by October 31^stin order to meet the original goal of collecting 300 items. GCA didn’t just meet the challenge, we almost doubled that number and collected 276 additional items! This brought the final total of items collected by Grace Christian Academy to 430!!!! Wow! And the timing couldn’t be better since the cold weather has begun. Needs are already being met as some coats and blankets have already been distributed. But of course, God’s timing is always perfect!

Once again, thanks to all who contributed! Your willingness to share what you have with others has helped make this community effort a tremendous success. Because of you, many families will be able to have a warmer winter.

“He (John) replied to them, ‘The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.’”

Luke 3:27

1st Grade Experience Apline Farms

The 1st Grade classes from GCA visited Aplin's Pumpkin Patch in Slocomb, AL on October 30th. The students were able to enjoy a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch where they got to pick their own pumpkin and sunflower. They visited the animals in the petting barn and learned about farm life in their interactive barn. After a picnic lunch, they had a fun trip through the corn maze!!

Preschool Students Enjoy Fireman Visit!

GCA's preschool students enjoyed a wonderful visit from our local fire department on Oct. 26th. The kids enjoyed learning all about being a fireman and getting an opportunity to see and learn about the fire truck.

Friday, October 26, 2012

GCA's Key For Free Equipment/Supplies

You have the KEY to helping our school earn FREEequipment and supplies through the Harveys Hometown Educational Rewards program. If you have not registered your Hometown Rewards Key to support our school, you can do so at any Harveys Supermarket Customer service desk or by visiting www.harveys-supermarkets.com. Each time you shop, our school earns points towards FREE equipment and supplies! Our school code is: 43757.

Coat & Blanket Drive Ends Oct. 31st

The Annual Farm Credit Coat and Blanket Drive will be coming to an end next week - Oct. 31st and we are half way to our goal. GCA's Student Government Assoc. and Mrs. Harrell's 4th grade class set an original goal of 300 items and as of Oct. 22nd we had received 156 items.

Student Government Association members show some of the donated items.
Pictured are Sara Castoro, Jared Duke, Brent Warr, Emilee Murr, Kendi Castoro and Melissa Mills.

Remember we are collecting new and gently used coats, blankets, hats, gloves, sweatshirts, sweatpants, scarves, and vests. Send all items by Wed. Oct. 31st.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Volleyball - 1st Round of State Tournament

Monday, October 15, 2012

4th Annual Coat & Blanket Drive

October has arrived and cold weather should be just around the corner. As an outreach to our community, GCA's fourth grade class and Student Government Association will be teaming up with Southwest Georgia Farm Credit for the 4th Annual Coat and Blanket Drive. The boys and girls are excited to be a part of the project again this year. All GCA Families are asked to donate new or gently used coats, blankets, gloves/mittens, scarves, knit caps, sweaters, sweatshirts, sweatpants, sleeping bags, and even socks (preferably new socks). Last year GCA passed their 200 item goal and collected 274 items. This year the goal for GCA is 300 items!!

The drive will run from October 15th - October 31st.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Book Fair Coming Oct. 29th - Nov. 2nd

2012 Book Fair .........Oct. 29th - Nov. 2nd.

Book Fair Hours will be 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Family Night is Monday, Oct. 29th from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

If you would like to volunteer to help, please let Monica or Carol know.

Here is the link for our upcoming book fair - http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/gca

Chemical Colors??

Can you tell what chemical they are burning by the color?
Mrs. Lambert's Physical Science Class is observing the flame colors of different salts.

"Play" Makes Learning Fun!!

Mrs. Morgans first grade students enjoyed sharing their learning experience by performing (2) plays recently. One of the plays told of the story of Christopher Columbus - "Columbus Sails West" while the other play shared information about bird's migrating South - "Ready To Fly"

Front - Chloe Faircloth, Ethan Burke, & Ella Grace Elkins
Back - Jackson Williams, Carson Lynn, Allie Lewis, Emily Grace Tuten

MacKenzie Antis, Hannah Wilson, Emily Grace Tuten & Daisy Pelletier