PCA Eagle’s Nest Weekly News 21890 US Hwy. 34, Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-2933

princetonchristianacademy@yahoo.com October 22, 2013

November 1, PCA will be hosting a Fall Open House and Fundraiser. Please invite people that would

like to invest in the lives of students who attend PCA. More are available in the office. We will be

having a soup and sandwich meal with dessert. Those who have signed up for sandwiches are: Beth

Jones, Shannon Smallwood, LeAndra Harris, & Karen Henrikson. Those who have signed up for soups

are: Laura Atkinson, Kathey Cook, Jodi Twidell, Heather Brown, Colleen LaPlante, and Kirsten

Wolbrecht. If you would like to help with soup, sandwiches, or dessert, please sign up

t the office window. Thank you for helping in this important night!

UPCOMING SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Oct. 23 6:30-7:45 Youth group 6:30-8:00 PBC Awana

Oct. 24 6 pm Boys’ Home Basketball game vs. Logan (note change)

Oct. 25 NO SCHOOL—TEACHER IN-SERVICE DAY

Oct. 25 9-10:30 Boys’ Basketball practice

Oct. 28 6 pm Boys’ Home Basketball game vs. Peru A & B

Oct. 29 6 pm Boys’ Basketball game @ Cherry B & C

Oct. 30 Report cards issued

Oct. 30 6:30-7:45 Youth group 6:30-8:00 PBC Awana

Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Parent/Teacher Conferences

Nov. 1 6:00 Fall Open House & Fundraiser

5:30 Preschool Program

Nov. 7 6:00 Boys’ Home Basketball game vs. Deer Park

There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, Oct. 25th. The calendar says that there is noon dis-

missal, but that has been changed. The teachers will be in a workshop all day.

School pictures will be taken on Friday, November 8th. The Thompsons will be taking our school pic-tures this year. You will be able to bring your other children in so they may have their pictures taken as well, if desired. Please call the office to set up a time. No group family pictures will be taken.

SAVE THE DATE: Veteran’s Day Breakfast is planned for Monday, Nov. 11 at 8:30! There is a sign up

sheet at the office window for breakfast casseroles, coffee cakes, etc.

It’s time for a contest to see which grade can bring in the most box tops! Attached to this note you will find the sheets to decorate with box tops. Please, only BOX TOPs, not Campbell Soup labels. Each box top we turn is worth 10 cents, and a sheet equals $1.00! This can quickly add up. This is a great time to ask your family, friends, neighbors to see if they save them. Sometimes these people are just waiting to give their box tops to someone who can use them. Ask away! Prizes will be awarded to winning students and classes!

Please check your TADS accounts. There have been several small charges for various school sup-plies. For your convenience, these will not be automatically withdrawn from your account. However, you must login to TADS to pay these amounts.

Kindergarten ~ Mrs. Ackerman Hello, Kindergarten Families! Here is a look at what we will be doing this week: Phonics: We know that blends are a “consonant and a vowel sounded together.” Rr and the blends and Ff and the blends will be taught this week. We will practice reading words by adding a final conso-nant to a blend as well as reading the and a. Math: Review: Recognizing 0 – 18, One and Teen families, pennies and building teen numbers. New Concepts: writing 8 and the number 19. Social Studies – America, Our Great Country: We have begun the unit America, Our Great Country. In this unit, students will learn basic facts about America. This week we will be reminded that the name of our country is the United States of America and that it has two additional “parts,” Alaska and Hawaii. Our country is made up of 50 states, Alaska and Hawaii being two of them. The United States is part of a much bigger section of land, a continent called North America. We will learn to identify oceans and land using a globe and map. We will also be reminded of Christopher Columbus. Bible –Young Samuel: The students will know that God calls Samuel to service. They will identify peo-ple who serve God, places they can serve God, and ways they can serve others. Please practice Joshua 3:9b. Other Notes:

Officer Rob will be coming to our classroom a few days next week to talk about some important safety tips.

There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday. Therefore, I will ask the students to recite their memory verse on Thursday, and there will be no Show and Share this week.

A sign-up sheet has been placed outside the classroom door. Please sign your name to reserve your time for our parent-teacher conference. Days/times are different than what is listed on the school calendar.

Buster will be going home with Timothy this weekend. Our glue stick supply is running low. If you are willing and able, would you help us restock our supply? Thank you! I hope you all have a great week! ~ Mrs. Ackerman

1st Grade ~ Mr. Clausen Bible Lesson: Moses, Joshua and Caleb

Memory Verse: Mark 12:30

Arithmetic: Number formation, addition and subtraction 1-10 families, calendars, graphs

Phonics: Chart 6-9

Spelling List #9

round down

shout brown

cloud clown

south crown

cow what

now was

3rd Grade ~ Mrs. Finley

Hello from 3rd grade! You may have noticed a flutaphone and music folder in your child’s book bag. Please make sure your child returns them to his/her book bag after practicing the music lesson of the week. They need these every Monday for mu-sic class.

Please notice that we have no school this Friday due to a workshop the teachers will be attending.

Next Friday, November 1st is our PCA Open House. The boys and girls will perform a couple of songs they have been practicing in chapel/music. In addition, you can see projects and work that your children have done at school. Please come, and invite people to come that night.

This week in Bible, we are learning how Jesus shows us how to build our lives (on the Rock). Corrie ten Boom learned how to do this from her father, who prayed and read from the Bible at meals every day with his family. This strong foundation of faith helped to sustain them when they were imprisoned for helping to hide Jews dur-ing WWII. Our memory verse test (Matthew 7:24, 25) has been moved to tomorrow (Wed). The new verse will be given on Thursday to be said next week on November 1st. It will be the next two verses in Matthew 7 (v. 26, 27).

Spelling List 9 will be tested on this Thursday, since we have no school on Fri-day.

In math, we will learn how to count by half-dollars and how to divide by five. Then we have a review lesson on Wed. and a test on Thursday.

We will review our chapter on nouns in English tomorrow and take a test on Wednesday.

We watched an amazing video on plants on Monday. Today we reviewed our plant chapter in science (ch. 2), and tomorrow we will test over it. We have looked through a magnifying lens at some beautiful moss (grown from spores) that Liliana brought in and some that Sarah Freeman found at recess growing on tree bark. Thank you, Liliana and Sarah! Liliana also found a wonderful mushroom at recess, which we are using in an experiment about spores. In addition, we planted some po-tatoes and have 3 types of plant cuttings placed in water to sprout roots. Learning about God’s creation is so much fun!

2nd Grade ~ Miss Luft

We will learn about Ruth this week in Bible class. We will see how she was loyal to her

mother-in-law and how she cared for her. Our verse this week is Ruth 1:16a: “Where you go I will

go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.” We will

recite this verse on Thursday, since there is no school on Friday.

Spelling test 9 will also be on Thursday. We will be working on chart 11 special sounds this

week in Phonics class. In math class this week we will be learning how to tell time to quarter past

the hour and quarter ‘til the hour. We will also start 3 digit addition. In English class we will be

starting a new unit on verbs.

Continue to work hard on learning those addition and subtraction facts. Math is so much

easier when you know your facts. Don’t forget to keep reading for Book-It!

5th-6th Grade, Language Arts, Science, History ~ Mrs. Cook

Spelling: Spelling List 7 Test is Monday.

English: Both groups are typing our persuasive writings. Several students still need working flash

drives.

Literature: We enjoyed a Laura Ingalls Wilder piece this week in fifth grade. Fifth graders are preparing

a fun characterization for the class on Thursday. In this exercise they pretend that they are a character

from our unit who is lost from their story. The class must decide where he or she belongs. Sixth graders

have been working on some rhymed poetry. One was the basis for the folk song “Oh, Suzanna.”

Science:

5/6th Graders are testing over chapter 2 sections 2.1-2.6 tomorrow. We reviewed today in class.

7/8th Graders are testing over physics on Thursday. Students should have cards to use for their proofs.

History: 5/6th graders are studying the plains area of the United States.

7/8th graders fell a little behind last week, so we have been reviewing the war. Students will finish

quizzing over the Revolutionary Period by tomorrow, and we will move on to the Constitution Class.

4th Grade ~ Mrs. Odell

We will be memorizing/singing Psalm 139:1-14. Please read this with your child. It holds such precious truths. God is omnipresent and omniscient and omnipotent, and every child is so special to Him-- beautiful! We are also learning Colossians 1:15-17 – “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities: all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things and in Him all things hold together.”

We will be working on double digit division and more measurements – both standard and met-ric in math. We will be testing over chapters 5 and 6, and then we’ll be starting the Great Awakening in history. We are finishing friendly letters and will be learning about verbs in language. We’re finishing plants in science and beginning the marvelous world of birds! We are testing on list 9 in spelling Wednesday.

Please have your child finish their reading for the month of October to earn their Book-It re-wards.

I would like to meet with you for a parent/teacher conference. If you have not signed up, please contact me for a convenient time. Thanks!

Have a great week as you minister to your family, church, and community!

PLAY ANNOUNCEMENT:

Play practice will be on Thursday until 4 for Scenes1-3. Please pick up students

by 4:15. Mrs. Richey is planning on being here to join us.

7-8th, Computer, Math, & Spanish~ Mrs. Bermudez

8th MATH: We will be starting the metric system. We are also converting these measurements. There

will be a quiz on Wednesday.

7TH MATH: We began measurements this week. We will be doing the English and Metric systems.

Quiz on Thursday.

5th / 6TH MATH: The 5th graders will be working on LCM. We will begin to add and subtract fractions

with uncommon denominators.

The 6th graders are continuing work with decimals. We will be doing our 4 operations of math using

decimals.

5TH & 6TH QUIZ ON THURSDAY!

7th / 8th SPANISH: We are working on chapter 8 learning the -er verbs. Everyone is doing much better

with conjugating their verbs. Keep practicing and studying your pronouns and correct endings. We will

begin quizzes on Wednesday with conjugated verbs.

5th/6th SPANISH: We are going to begin our family tree project. Students need to be copying or using

pictures of their family members. They can be creative and use anything they want to make a tree. Be

creative and colorful! Have fun and include people from your family vocabulary list. These will be due

on OCTOBER 31ST.

ELEMENTARY SPANISH: We are working on some fun projects for our upcoming open house.

7th-8th Grade Language Arts ~ Mrs. Kiser

We have finished all of the short stories in our literature text and took the big test today. Now

we will begin a marvelous novella in our text, The Forgotten Door. This novella is a great alle-

gory and will further our understanding of symbolism.

In grammar we are studying pronouns, and in composition we are finishing our original short

stories. The second draft is due Thursday, and the final story is due on Friday, Nov. 1.