Update 4-02-07
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AND IMPORTANT DATES:
Thurs, April 12, 2:45-3:15
High School bake sale
Thurs, April 12, 3:30-4:30 PM Parents of Grades 3,
5, 8 students
IOWA TEST PREP
Mon, April 16, 6:30 PM Meeting
CANCELED
Mon-Wed, April 23-25, 8-12 Iowa Achievement Tests
"Schoolhouse"
Fri, April 27 Relay for Life
Sat,
April 28 Convoy of Hope
Thurs, May 10
T/T Showcase;
more details to be
announced
Friday, May 18, 3:00 - 7:00 End-of-Year Picnic, Kathi
Smith's
Battle/McPeak Teams: planning
Mon, May 28, 8:30 - 3:30
Deadline for Records Check-in
Check with team leader.
June 5 High
School Parents' meeting
June 7 T/T wrap-up and
gear-up meeting.
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RESOURCE CENTER AT PCS:
Up and
running! Check out...
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=PraiseChristian
Please
contact Diane Swearingen if you would like to check out
an item.
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GRADE K-5 - 1st GRADE GRADUATION/PROMOTION
CEREMONY:
Parents of K5-1st graders, please watch for a "snail mail" letter
this
week to clarify this...
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FROM PCS HIGH SCHOOL:
The
PCS high school students will be walking in the American Cancer
Society's
Relay for Life at the University of South Alabama on April
27. In order to
raise money for the cause of this event (Cancer
Research), the high school
students will be hosting a bake sale on
Thursday, April 12 from 2:45 - 3:15
PM. The bake sale will include
cookies, brownies, pies, cakes, fruit baskets,
other similar items, and
various soft drinks. ALL PROCEEDS will go to the
American Cancer Society.
Please take some time after school on April 12
and stop by the bake
sale table to purchase some of our delicious
treats!
Also, any donations will be gladly
accepted!
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CALCULATE HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS AND GPA:
...
book that can be e- or hard copy that Bonita recommends for each
family of a
middle or high school to purchase. PCS will have a
downloaded copy in our
resource center, but it will be one of those
resources that you will want to
have handy to refer to over and over.
It will cut down on confusion for
calculating credits and the GPA.
So...
check out http://www.everyday-education.com/tme/index.shtml
for
TRANSCRIPTS MADE EASY e-book is $17.95 or hard copy is ~$27.00.
Page
46 uses the same techniques for evaluating writing that Bonita
teaches in her
writing classes: "6Traits + 1"
Calculating GPA is made easy by going to
this site:
http://www.everyday-education.com/gpacalc/index.shtml
It
is FREE and you do not need to buy the above book.
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HIGH
SCHOOL SERVICE OPPORTUNITY: "God Cares" sponsored by Convoy of
Hope http://www.convoyofhope.org/
High
School students will have an opportunity in April to give back to
their
community. Praise Family Church will be serving alongside other
ministries as
we reach out to those in need.
There is a volunteer meeting on April 27 at
Moffett Road Assembly of
God. This would be a great way for students to
receive community
service credit in addition to the RELAY FOR
LIFE.
Gulf Coast Area Outreach:
Saturday, April 21st, 2007 09:00 AM -
03:00 PM (Pastor Dan Brown)
Bayou La Batre, AL or 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Gautier, MS
Saturday, April 28th, 2007 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
The
Fairgrounds, 1035 Cody Rd. N., Mobile, AL
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"SUMMER
SCRUBS":
High school students interested in the field of healthcare are
invited
to apply to "Summer Scrubs", exploring health careers in area
hospitals
July 30-Aug 3. Visit www.summerscrubs.com for more info. You
need to
apply early...
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VOCATIONAL TESTING:
This is
sponsored by the military for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. We
have been
contacted by Major H.L. Atkinson, Commanding Officer of the
Recruiting
Station in Montgomery. He and his wife are parents of five
sons and are a
Christian home schooling family. He is encouraging an
interest for the ASVAB
(Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery)
testing for the high school
student. "Taking the test does not commit
an individual to enter the military
just like taking the ACT does not
commit a person to attend college. It is
merely a test that measures a
person's aptitude and reveals areas that a
young person may be
naturally talented in. It is a useful tool for
determining a career
course."
Check out this website: www.asvabprogram.com. If there is
enough
interest, we will pursue this for a high school activity 07-08.
The
test can be administered in Mobile.
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"DO NOT press
90# for ANYONE" email being sent - Partly True:
According to SNOPES "...by
pushing 90#, you give the requesting
individual full access to your telephone
line, which enables them to
place long distance calls billed to your home
phone number...Scam has
been originating from many local
jails/prisons."
SNOPES: This applies to businesses that use #9 as an access
to outgoing
calls..