PCA Eagle’s Nest Weekly News 21890 US Hwy. 34, Princeton, IL 61356
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February 17, 2015
There will be NO school this Friday the 20th. Registration for the 2015-2016 school year is now open for our current students! Go to your TADS account to register your student. We do want to let you know that space could be limited in some classes. So please register your students before public registration opens up in two weeks.
This Thursday, February 19 at 6pm is "Pack the Place" for our final regular season volleyball game. We will honor our 8th grade players and parents. Please join us and support our Lady Eagles! SPEECH CONTEST FOR 5th – 8th: Grades 5 – 8 should be memorizing their speeches for the contest at Bureau Valley South in Buda on Wednesday, February 25 at 4:00. Do your best for the Lord! Contest Info Parents may park in the back lot and in the front lot after 3:45. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for students, and $1 for senior citizens. Children 5 and under are free and no passes will be accepted. Food may be purchased in the cafeteria. Schedule is included in this note.
UPCOMING SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Feb. 17 6 p.m. Feb. 18 Feb. 19 6 p.m. Feb. 20 Feb. 23 Feb. 25 4 p.m. Mar. 2, 3, 5, & 6 Mar. 6 Mar. 6 Mar. 13 Mar. 20 Mar. 20 5:30
Volleyball game @ St. Louis Progress reports issued Volleyball home game vs. Lostant NO SCHOOL—Teachers’ Conference 2015-2016 Registration opens to the public 5th-8th grade Speech Meet @ BV South Prairie Conference volleyball Tournament NO SCHOOL ACSI Elementary Speech Contest in Peoria ACSI Music Festival End of 3rd 9 week period Science, Art, & Talent Show
Six Flags Reading logs deadline for K-6th grade students is February 20th. Since there is no school that day, please have them in by the Thursday, the 19th. They can be turned in to classroom teachers.
Kindergarten ~ Mrs. Ackerman Here is a look at what we will be doing this week: Phonics: We will practice the one and two vowel rules, mark one and two vowel words, practice reading sight words, and learn these special sounds: fr in frog, tr in train, sh in ship, th in thick, and th in this. We will continue to meet in our reading groups! Homework will continue to come home on Tuesday and Thursday. Math: New Concept: the nickel. Review: reading clocks set to the hour and writing the times, after numbers, counting by 5’s and 10’s, 1 – 6 Addition Families, ordinal numbers 1st – 10th, the number words one, two, three, and four, and the dime. Social Studies – Children of the World: This unit introduces kindergartners to the geography of our world and to children who live in other countries. This week we will visit Israel.
Bible – Jesus Calms a Storm: The students will know that Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law and later calms a storm. They will learn to follow Jesus’ example to care for the needs of people in all circumstances. Psalm 111:4 is this week’s verse. Other Notes:
Thank you, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Klingenberg, for planning such a fun party!
Remember to continue reading for a Book-It pizza hut certificate! A new form has been sent home for February.
1st Grade ~ Mr. Clausen
Spelling:
Bible Lesson: Loving Others
happy
baby
bottle
Memory Verse: Hebrews 13:16
pretty
tiny
middle
Arithmetic: Measuring inches, telling time, calendars, measuring inches, counting by 2s, 3s, 5s, 10s, 25s, 50s addition and subtraction families 1-15
penny
little
Bible
puppy
puddle
your
lady
saddle
here
Phonics: Charts 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Poetry : God Gave Me Eyes
2nd Grade ~ Miss Luft We are learning about Daniel in Bible class. Our verse is Psalm 138:3: “When I called you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted.” We will recite this verse on Thursday. Spelling test 21 will also be on Thursday. Have a wonderful long weekend!
3rd Grade ~ Mrs. Finley This is a short week since we had no school yesterday in honor of President’s Day and we will have no school this Friday due to a teacher professional development day. Read on to see what we will be doing this week… The next several chapters in Bible class are about some of Jesus’ miracles. We are learning Psalm 121:1-8, but we are learning only two verses at a time. The new memory verse is Psalm 121:3, 4. “He will not let your foot slip—He who watches over you will not slumber; Indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” The test over this verse will be next Tuesday, February 24th. We will practice Spelling List 21, but will NOT have a test over it because of the short week. In math we are working problems with parenthesis. We are working on our stories in English this week. We will learn about John Smith and Jamestown in history. Keep practicing and polishing those speech contest pieces! Work on volume, expression, and clarity. Annunciation is very important!
4th Grade ~ Mrs. Odell We are going to start working on another “Love” passage –Romans 12:9-21. What a “love”-ly job your children are doing! We are beginning to multiply fractions in math. We are beginning our research reports about a famous Illinoisan in English. Our spelling list is 22-- test Wednesday and we’re learning about geology in science. Illinois notebooks are progressing. Final completion date is March 30. Our speeches are getting fine-tuned in preparation for the Peoria Speech Meet. We still need to practice them ever so often. Have a great week “in the Lord and in the power of His might.”
6th - 8th Language Arts: Mrs. Kiser 6th Grade Language Arts: We finished The Cay, a wonderful novel by Theodore Taylor. The test over the novel will be on Thursday. We are also finishing our first essay, and beginning another one for the Elks Contest on “What America Means to Me.” Besides all of this work, we are memorizing our speeches for the contest coming up on Wednesday, February 25, at Bureau Valley South in Buda at 4:00. Busy, busy, busy! 7th and 8th Grade Language Arts: We finished Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then viewed a wonderful production of it at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater last Friday. The final exam over the play will be on Thursday. We are also writing an essay on “What America Means to Me” for the Elks essay contest, as well as working on speeches for the speech contest on February 25 at Bureau Valley South in Buda at 4:00.
6th Grade, Jr. High Science and History ~ Mrs. Cook Science: 5th/6th: Posters are due tomorrow: students should bring a poster to display which tells about the vertebrate they have researched. 7th/8th: Expect a quiz on Wednesday over p. 316-322. Quiz next Monday over p. 328-338, Orders of Insects. History: 5th: We are studying Rome. 6th: We are studying Jolly Old England this week and next. 7th/8th: We are completing an overview of Colonial and early America. There will be a quiz Thursday.
Bureau Valley Speech Contest Schedule for Princeton Christian Academy Bureau Valley South in Buda
4:00
Room 1
Kenley Grimmer & Kelly Van Den Bussche
4:15
Room 3
Eliza Atkinson & Katherine Henrikson
4:15
Room 4
Rhiannon Searl
4:45
Room 1
Andrea Imsland & Claudia Nordstrom
4:45
Room 2
Thressa Nelson
4:45
Room 5
Anna Grey & Madison McKenney
4:45
Room 6
Cozy Wolbrecht
5:00
Room 3
Myla McCune & Paige Twidell
5:00
Room 4
J’Kira Wolbrecht & Anya Bauer
5:15
Room 1
Anya Bauer, J’Kira Wolbrecht, & Jerrey Nelson
5:15
Room 5
Addilyn Glass, Paige Twidell, & Jerrey Nelson
5:15
Room 2
Conner McKenney & Matthew Harris
5:45
Room 4
Regan Cook & Gracie Pollok
5:45
Room 5
Miguel Jones & Graeham Rumley
PRINCETON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SECOND NINE WEEKS GRADING PERIOD 2014 - 2015 HIGH HONORS: 8th Grade:
Drew Grey *Kenley Grimmer Kelly VanDenBussche Sam Wolbrecht
7th Grade:
Eliza Atkinson *Katherine Henrikson Rhiannon Searl
6th Grade:
Anya Bauer *Regan Cook Addilyn Glass Elana Martinez *Jerrey Nelson *J’Kira Wolbrecht
5th Grade:
*Andrea Imsland Miguel Jones *Andrew Knipper *Nicholas Mecum Graeham Rumley Cozy Wolbrecht
HONORS: 8th Grade:
Jonathan Henrikson Thressa Nelson Gabe Thompson
7th Grade:
Wessley Baker Anna Grey
6th Grade:
Ellie Geldean Gracie Pollok Paige Twidell
5th Grade:
Benjamin Henrikson Claudia Nordstrom
* = Straight A’s
PRINCETON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SECOND SEMESTER 2014 - 2015 HIGH HONORS: 8th Grade:
Drew Grey *Kenley Grimmer Kelly VanDenBussche Sam Wolbrecht
7th Grade:
Eliza Atkinson Katherine Henrikson *Rhiannon Searl
6th Grade:
Anya Bauer *Regan Cook Addilyn Glass Elana Martinez *Jerrey Nelson Gracie Pollok *J’Kira Wolbrecht
5th Grade:
*Andrea Imsland Miguel Jones Andrew Knipper Nicholas Mecum Graeham Rumley Cozy Wolbrecht
HONORS: 8th Grade:
Jonathan Henrikson Thressa Nelson Gabe Thompson
7th Grade:
Wessley Baker Anna Grey
6th Grade:
Ellie Geldean Myla McCune Gracie Pollok Paige Twidell
5th Grade:
Benjamin Henrikson Claudia Nordstrom
* = Straight A’s
