The ICS Journal
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
Mission: Immanuel Christian School assists parents in raising children to follow Christ with an excellent elementary program and a focus on Christian character growth.
Upcoming Events
Sept 8th JK day
9th SK day
Back to School BBQ @ 6:00pm
14th Chapel - School families Kick-Off - 8:50am
Gr.1 field trip to YMCA Safety village -12-2:30pm
19th - 23rd Protectors Theme Week
MAP Fall testing week 1
21st Chapel - Protectors - 8:50am
26th - 30th MAP Fall testing week 2
28th Chapel - Gr. 1 - 8:50am
29th District Cross Country meet in Stratford
30th Hot lunch
Cross Country rain date
Oct 1st ICS Slo Pitch tourney
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75 Caverly Rd, Aylmer, N5H 2P6
Principal: principal@immanuelchristianschool.net
Telephone: 519-773-8476
Facebook: facebook.com/ICSAylmer
Twitter: twitter.com/ICSAylmer
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From the Principal’s Desk:
Welcome to the (really warm) 2016-2017 school year! With your children, our building has once again come alive from the summer! Welcome to Mr Paul Bierman as he teaches our gr 7/8 homeroom and to Ms Karista Smeets teaching French and resource!
There’s a story that needs re-telling. Several years ago, as a board, we committed to being faithful to our Christian educational vision of excellence (being as good a Christian school as we could be) regardless of numbers. Our numbers were much smaller, but we committed to be good with whatever numbers God brought us! Our school theme this year is Jesus’ call to “Come, follow me” from Matthew 4:19, reminding us all to seek God’s will first. And, God has blessed us in bringing new families! We now have 134 full time students (58 families), plus 4 homeschool partnership students doing just selected programs (2 families).
Welcome to new families: Paul & Danielle Bierman (Vincent, Alana, Jolene), Peter & Susie Krahn (Marshall), Bill & Sara Loewen (Dawson, Gloria, Felicity), Dean & Cally Manning (Joshua, Wyatt), Jacob & Sarah Penner (Michael, Ryan), Justin & Megan Siemens (Andrew), Mike & Susie Wall (Kolbie, Renae, Marcus, Aron), Brian & Priscilla Ward (Everett, Sully, Felix), Gordon & Corinne Wells (Stewart) as well as two of Jake & Lydia Bergen’s foster children (Caelum, Tristan). Welcome as well to our 12 students starting JK! Our board vision calls us to “Inspire Christian community to sustain and prosper ICS, using the gifts with which God has blessed us” - together, let’s be intentional in getting to know each other, and becoming a people united by a passion for Christian education! Please introduce yourself, be friendly, and be involved! Come on out to the Back to School BBQ this Friday!
Yours in Christian education, Keith Cameron, Principal and Chief Operating Officer
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God” (Phil 4:6). Each week, during staff devotions we join in prayer for our parents and staff members. We invite you to do so as well.
Praying for our parents: Please join us as we pray for Steve & Debbie Atkinson as well as Chris & Chantelle Bakker.
Praying for our staff: Please pray for our Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Sarah Penner
Farewell: to Isaac and Margaretha Dyck (Pancho, Johnny) who will be transferring to homeschool.
REMINDERS:
We Want You! The front entry ICS Family Picture Display helps us put names to faces, so please send a new picture (one from this summer) of your family to the office! Email or hard copy…
Everyone who comes into the building needs to report to the office.. Even if you are making a quick stop-in visit, please pop into the office, so we know who is in the building. Volunteers working with students must sign in at the office.
GIFTS - Every family needs to Get Involved For The Students (GIFTS) - click on Volunteer on our webpage! The 2016/17 Family Gifts Record is attached at the end of the Journal.
Back to School BBQ
Friday September 9th, 2016
Everyone is welcome!
Enjoy good food, fellowship, meet the teachers and see the classrooms.
6:00 - 6:45 pm devotions and BBQ, dessert and coffee
6:45 - 7:30 pm “bring a parent” classroom tours, hosted by your children!
Menu
Walkin’ tacos (nachos, taco meat and all the fixings in a bag with a fork!
Baked Beans and Watermelon and Freezies for Dessert,
Juice and Coffee
Cost: Donation of $20/Family or $5/individual
Join us out behind the school(weather permitting), or in the school gym if raining.
We encourage you to invite your family and friends. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
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Tuition Reduction Incentive Plan (T.R.I.P): Orders are due Sept 15th with pickup on Sept 22nd.
What is TRIP? It is a fundraiser where you can earn money towards your next year’s tuition, this also includes families who have students at LDCSS (your tuition credit will be applied to transportation costs to LDCSS).
How does TRIP work? You purchase gift cards from the school: 40% of the profit goes towards reducing your tuition (or someone else’s), 50% goes to ICS Fundraising and the last 10% pays our coordinators. A good amount of 'TRIP credit' can be earned for individual families who diligently buy gift cards for all your shopping needs. Working to reduce tuition, we try to make the TRIP gift card program convenient for everyone!
How do we get started? If you do not have a TRIP number all you need to do is get a registration form from the office and fill it out. You will be given a TRIP number that you use when ordering. You can start buying cards the day you put in your registration form! Once you have a number, you may order online at: www.immanuelchristianschool.net/trip/
Where can I get the gift cards? Order online anytime! If you prefer paper, once a month a TRIP order form will be attached to the Journal. you will need to return it with your payment the next week. The order is due the next week - the date is printed on the form. The following week you will be able to pick up your gift cards at the school or if you choose you may have them sent home from the school with your child. You may still buy gift cards at the school on Tuesday mornings, or on Fridays all day (when the school is open). Other locations include Clovermead Apiaries, and Roszell’s Furnishings. These locations only carry President's Choice and Tim Horton’s gift cards. Family Flowers near St. Thomas carries a wider variety of gift cards.
Steps for ordering TRIP online
- Go to www.immanuelchristianschool.net/trip
- Click on ‘My Account’
- For your user name enter your 5 digit TRIP ID@immanuelchristianschool.net
(ie. 44007@immanuelchristianschool.net). If you don’t know your TRIP ID please contact Annette or Janina. If you have a four digit TRIP ID, use a zero as the first digit.
- Password is set up to be ‘icstrip2015’. Once you have got into your account, please change your password for security purposes. If you would like to receive e-mail updates on your orders please change your email address to your personal one also.
- Click on ‘Store Home’ and shop for the gift cards you want. (Even if a gift card says there is none in stock, please order anyway so we can order them for you.)
- Once done shopping go into shopping cart to finish your order. Click on check out and follow check out steps (delivery options are still the same. Pick up from school or send home with your child). If you want it sent home, please put that in the comments section.
- Payment is due upon collection. Cash or cheque for now. We are looking into e-transfer and will let you know when we know more.
- Confirm order.
- Once your order is complete you can check on the status of your order by clicking on ‘order history’ under the ‘My Account’ tab. Once your order status says ‘Complete’ it is then ready for pick-up or delivery
We want to give a big thank-you to all who participated in the TRIP program last year! By selling gift cards, the school's portion of the return totalled just under $12,000! For those of you who don't use the TRIP program we want to encourage you to start! Using the TRIP program not only helps the school but it also helps you pay for your tuition. Our highest return towards someone's tuition last year is almost $500!
Don't forgot to grab your Clovermead Adventure Farm tickets through TRIP and save the tax. Go check out the new corn maze!! Contact us for more details. Annette Dykxhoorn 519-860-6332, Janina Dykxhoorn 519-709-6620 or trip@immanuelchristianschool.net.
Cheese orders: We would like to thank all our families and friends who have supported our cheese fundraiser throughout the years. Through your purchases, we were able to buy many books for our school library. We have decided to discontinue with this fundraiser to open the doors for new adventures. Spicer's, in Aylmer, is a great local place to go for all your Dutch cheese needs. We thank you again, and we are excited to see what the future holds for us.
Chocolate Bars: A tasty treat! Chocolate bar sales (we make $30/box) remain our main fundraiser for the Student Fund, helping with the costs of school skates, field trips, and co-curricular activities. It’s also a way of talking about our school! Each student sells a box of 30. Alternatively, parents may pay a student activity fee ($30/full time student, $15 / JK or SK part-time student). By Friday morning, send in the form at the end of the Journal if you wish to pay the student fee instead of selling. Chocolate bars will be sent home on Friday Sep 9th.
Transportation: We encourage all families to sign up for a free service called Remind. To receive bus fan out messages via text, text @icsbus to (226) 774-0016, or send an email to icsbus@mail.remind.com. You can opt-out of messages at anytime by replying, ‘unsubscribe@icsbus’ or reply with ‘unsubscribe” in the subject line. We sent out a test message on Remind this morning. If you did not receive one and you think you should, please let the office know.
Fog Delays/Cancellation: Our policy aims to avoid bus delays. Our policy also considers both student and staff safety in traveling to school in inclement weather. Snow creates potentially dangerous road surface conditions, which impact both buses and teachers. Fog creates reduced visibility, which impacts students getting on and off buses safely. Fog, while causing delays and requiring slower speeds and increased attention, is not seen to create the same driving risks as snow. In inclement weather situations, our delays or cancellations will be guided by decisions for East Elgin Secondary, as posted on www.mybigyellowbus.ca:
a) TVDSB snow cancellation = ICS bus cancellation, ICS closed
b) TVDSB snow delay = ICS bus cancellation, ICS closed
c) TVDSB fog cancellation = ICS bus cancellation, ICS closed
d) TVDSB fog delay = ICS AM bus cancellation, ICS open, PM buses run normally
We also update our Twitter feed and the Easy101 website.
Bus Routes: We have had a few changes to the original bus routes. If there are any parents with questions please contact our route coordinator Jeff Vannoord at 519-520-0943 or the transportation board rep Dean Mantel at 519-282-3115.
Private Music lessons at ICS: Not every school is blessed with 6 experienced musicians interested in providing music lessons during the school day! These teachers are not part of the ICS staff; we simply make a room available to them. These teachers take students from their classrooms to have private lessons right at school. If you would like to make arrangements for private lessons at school, contact the teacher:
- Mrs. June Elley (violin, voice, guitar and piano) 519-773-2811 or jb_elley@yahoo.com
- Mr. Guy Miskelly - Guitar lessons, rock, blues, country, jazz, theory and ear training - 519-859-6915 www.guymiskelly.com
- Mrs. Emily Schuurman (piano) - no longer accepting new students this year
- Mr. Derrick Drover (piano, guitar, basic vocal) - no longer accepting new students this year
- Mrs. Amanda Cameron (piano) – no longer accepting new students this year
Care 2 Cycle - Save the Date of Saturday October 15 @ 8am! This is a fundraiser supporting our Student Fund, including our ICS Compassion Child, field trips and our library. There's something for everyone - Rabbit Rodeo for ages 4-8, 10, 20 and 50km routes, and volunteer positions. More info next week, or check out https://care2cycle.wikispaces.com/home!
Cross Country: We are emphasizing tryouts for our junior and senior teams, and grade 4s will be invited to try out for the junior team. There is a recreational category for grades 2-4 runners and runners not selected in tryouts. Tryouts are Thursday and Friday at lunch. There will be practices during the school day, and an after school practice for junior and senior teams only. Competitive coach is Mr Bierman, with Mr Cameron coaching the recreational runners. The cross country tournament is Thursday September 29 in Stratford.
Co-ed Soccer: Tryouts for grades 6-8 will be on Thursday from 3:45-4:45. Coaching are Helen Friesen, Abe Giesbrecht and Mr Keith Cameron. Practices will be during the school day, and Thursdays after school. The soccer tournament is Wednesday October 5 in Warwick.
FROM THE CLASSROOMS...
Reminder: We have students with peanut allergies, so no peanut-based products are allowed at school or on the buses. We need your cooperation with this policy in order to keep everyone at school safe.
Please feel free to communicate with me with a note, telephone or email.
Welcome and welcome back! I am so excited to get to know each and every one of you. This is going to be a great year as we explore our school theme, “Come follow me.” -Matt 4:19.
Scholastic Book Club: The September flyers were sent home today. If you wish to place an order please fill out the form on the back and return it to school by Friday, Sept.22, with the payment (cash or cheque or pay online). Thank you.
Kleenex Boxes: We need to build up our kleenex box supply again at the start of this new school year. Thank you for sending along any contribution to our supply.
Welcome back Zoe, Travis, Dennis, Hollis, Ella, Roenan, Elaina, Jarvis, Wyatt M., Wyatt P., Eleanor, Audrey, and Rosemary to a new school year. And a warm welcome to our new friends Jolene Bierman, Caelum Leatherdale, Bentley Milmine, Aron Wall, and Sully Ward who joined our grade one class. May we grow in following Jesus throughout our learning journey. One of our students has already blessed our class with a new song to sing. Here is what Sully sang to us on the first day of school:
Holy Spirit give us each a holy mind.
Make us more like Jesus, gentle, pure, and kind.
Amen
Happy 6th Birthday
Audrey VanGurp
Friday, September 9, 2016
“May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 115:15
Field Trip to the Children’s Safety Village: On Wednesday, September 14 the students will have the opportunity to participate in a safety program offered at the YMCA Children’s Safety Village in London. This program will help the students recognize safety risks and safe practices. At least two volunteers are needed to help on this field trip. We are planning to leave I.C.S. at 11:30 a.m. and return back to school at 3:30 p.m. Please send a note or call the school if you are able to help. Thank-you.
Memory Work - Each Wednesday, your child will be given a scripture verse or a song to learn from memory. Please help your child review it so that he/she can say/sing it from memory the following Wednesday.
Memory Work for Wed., Sept. 14
“Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 4:19
Spelling: Dictation quiz will be on Friday, Sept. 9
Grade 1 words to learn to spell are: a, an, am, at, and
Scholastic Book Club: The September flyers were sent home today. If you wish to place an order please fill out the form on the back and return it to school by Friday, Sept. 16, with the payment (cash or cheque or pay online). Thank you.
Gym Footwear: Physical Education classes are scheduled for Monday and Wednesday. Although the students may have their indoor running shoes, please ensure that your child’s outdoor shoes on those days, are also running shoes. Thank you.
Kleenex Boxes: We need to build up our kleenex box supply again at the start of this new school year. Thank you for sending along any contribution to our supply.
Please feel free to communicate with me with a note, telephone or email.
Welcome back to each of you in Grade 2/3! I am so excited to be teaching you this year. A special welcome to our new Grade 3’s: Ryan Penner, Alana Bierman, and to Everett Ward! We hope that you will feel welcome in our class and in the school.
Happy Birthday to Ethan Atkinson (September 3), who turned 7! We wish you many blessings and a wonderful year.
Happy Birthday to Rylee Peters (September 4), who turned 8! We wish you many blessings and a wonderful year.
Memory Work - Each Wednesday, your child will be given a scripture verse or a song to learn from memory. Please help your child review it so that he/she can say/sing it from memory the following Wednesday.
Memory Work for Wed., Sept. 14
“Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 4:19
Spelling Dictation quiz on Friday, Sept. 9:
Grade 2 words are: because, have, said, they, was
Grade 3 words are: because, have, said, they, was
Agendas: Students have received agendas and will use them to keep track of their weekly activities and assignments. Parents, please review and initial your child’s agenda daily, to assist communication with home and school.
Scholastic Book Club: The September flyers were sent home today. If you wish to place an order please fill out the form on the back and return it to school by Friday, Sept. 16, with the payment (cash or cheque or pay online). Thank you.
Gym Footwear: Physical Education classes are scheduled for Monday and Wednesday. *Although the students may have their indoor running shoes, please ensure that your child’s outdoor shoes on those days, are also running shoes. Thank you. Health classes will take place on Thursday.
Kleenex Boxes: We need to build up our kleenex box supply again at the start of this new school year. Thank you for sending along any contribution to our supply.
Please feel free to communicate with me in the agenda, telephone or email: School: 519-773-8476; Email:a.loewen@immanuelchristianschool.net
Welcome back to school Grades 3 and 4! I am looking forward to teaching you all this year! A special welcome to our new students, Gloria Loewen and Marcus Wall, Grade 3, and Michael Penner, Grade 4. We hope that you will soon feel at home with us, Gloria, Marcus and Michael!
Fri. Sept. 9 - Spelling Dictation. Grade 3 words are: said, ask, stand, catch, eight, afraid, away, always, playing, waved, takes, than, great, they, prey, super, stay
Grade 4 words are: bridge, gravity, hungry, eclipse, secret, applaud, laundry, trouble, attract, twilight, between, describe, snowflake, freedom, slimy, glance, burglar, switch, brave, twice
Memory Work - Each Wednesday, your child will be given a scripture verse or a song to learn from memory. Please help your child review it so that he/she can say/sing it from memory the following Wednesday.
Memory Work for Wed. September. 14
“Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 4:19
Agendas: Students have received agendas and will use them to keep track of their weekly activities and assignments. Parents, please review your child’s agenda daily, to assist communication with home and school.
Accelerated Reading: Each morning the students will be given independent reading time. They should have a chapter book or novel to read during this time.
Scholastic Book Club: The September flyers were sent home today. If you wish to place an order please fill out the form on the back and return it to school by Friday, Sept. 16, with the payment (cash or cheque). Thank you.
Gym Footwear: Physical Education classes are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday (the two T days). *Although the students may have their indoor running shoes, please ensure that your child’s outdoor shoes on those days, are also running shoes. Thank you. Health classes will take place on Friday.
Kleenex Boxes: We need to build up our kleenex box supply again at the start of this new school year. Thank you for sending along any contribution to our supply.
Please feel free to communicate with me with a note, telephone or email.
GRADE 5 and 6 – Ms. FarrowJones (k.farrowjones@immanuelchristianschool.net)
Welcome to grade 5/6. I’m looking forward to the new programs we are starting this year and seeing students appreciate learning and discovering. Our theme is about following Jesus. How blessed we are to share our faith in education!
Planners: Students have received planners and will use them to keep track of their weekly activities and assignments. Parents, please review your child’s planner daily, to assist communication with home and school.
Accelerated Reading: Each morning the students will be given independent reading time. Students are asked to set reading goals each night, such as a chapter per night and talk with someone about it.
Scholastic Book Club: The September flyers were sent home today. If you wish to place an order please fill out the form on the back and return it to school by Friday, Sept. 16, with the payment (cash or cheque). Thank you.
Physical Education classes are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday. Please have gym wear and shoes available at school.
Kleenex Boxes: We need to build up our kleenex box supply again at the start of this new school year. Thank you for sending along any contribution to our supply.
Please see introduction and classroom rules notes, computer policy notes coming home today.
Welcome back to school everyone! I look forward to working with you, discovering with you, worshipping with you, and getting to know you this year. Here’s a look at what is going on in the senior end to start the year…
Integrated Studies: Discover- Develop- Deploy: Spiritual Gifts! In support this year’s theme as well as the ICS Vision and Mission we will begin to understand what the Bible says about Spiritual gifts and throughout the year we plan to continue the study. We will begin to consider how we can steward the gifts the Lord has entrusted to us for His glory in and through the school and community. By term 3 we plan to put our gifts into practice to serve the Aylmer community in a tangible way. Parents, students will take the youth version of the test found at: http://www.spiritualgiftstest.com/. There is an adult version of the test. Give it a try; compare and discuss your results with your kids. It’s a great conversation idea for around the dinner table!
Bible: Soon, we will explore the Book of Proverbs. Students will be responsible for reading through the whole book and keeping up a Journal where they will respond with personalized entries about specific proverbs which inspire or challenge them.
Memory Work: Written reflection on theme (Matthew 4:18-22): Due Monday, September 12.
The memory work for the next couple weeks will be individualized verses which come from the student’s results of their Spiritual Gift Survey. The remaining Memory Work for term 1 will come from Proverbs and/or from other texts which support the words of wisdom we will encounter there.
Mathematics: Students will start the year taking diagnostic tests to help me determine the best strategies to help each student develop in this area. Following this we will begin a Numbers unit on chapters 11,3,5.
Science: We will study the basic yet complex unit of life - cells. Students will have opportunity to appreciate the importance of cells to living organisms as they conduct hands on activities using microscopes. There will be a science fair this year after Spring Break. Students will be encouraged to begin to consider this already in September.
Humanities: Students will fine-tune and upgrade their cartographic skills during the first couple of weeks. Afterwards they will have opportunity to practice their knowledge as they explore the Rainforest Biome.
Language Arts: In addition to regular spelling and vocab assignments throughout the year, students will digest and respond to some short stories.
Student Activity Fee Form
By Friday morning, please send in this form to the office:
Yes, I wish to pay the student fee instead of selling chocolate for my children listed below:
Student Name:
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Activity Fee Enclosed:
($30/full time student, $15 / JK or SK part-time student)
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