Grace Christian School

Newsflash

June 2017

Dr. Don Pettinger 4545 Myra Avenue 714/761-5200

Superintendent Cypress, Ca 90630 www.gcsrr.org

See you in August!

…but put these dates on your calendar!

Junior High First Look

Wednesday, August 23 9:00 – 11:00am

Junior High students will get their schedules and lockers, and be able to purchase PE clothes

and a planner.

Preschool Orientation

Sunday, August 27 Parents only please. 2:00pm

Parents will see the classrooms, and meet teachers and classmates.

Transitional Kindergarten and

Kindergarten Orientation

Wednesday, August 23 10:00 – 11:00am

Parents and students will see their classrooms, and meet teachers and classmates.

The school office will be open during the month of June Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

The office will be closed in July.

Summer hours will resume in August on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

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Tuition payments will still need to be paid as they are due (July 1st if you selected the 11 month plan,

and August 1st if you selected the 10 month plan).

You can mail in your payment as mail will be picked up throughout the summer, or you may pay online through Renweb.

You can continue to earn tuition rebate throughout

the summer! Our amazing SCRIP ladies will

be selling SCRIP on

Tuesdays

9:00 – 10:30am. However, the scrip ladies will

be on vacation July 4th!

We would like to express our sincere thanks to the many volunteers from

Cottonwood Church who were on our campus this month making some beautiful improvements.

They removed 4 cubic yards of dirt and grass outside the school office and

replaced it with decomposed granite! They also painted 123 poles throughout

the campus and pulled weeds!

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The GCS teachers and staff would like to send out a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to the PST members for spoiling us during Teacher Appreciation Week. You were so generous with your time and talents. The Taco lunch was enjoyed by all…as were the sweet treats and coffee. And everyone will be driving sparkling clean cars thanks to the gift certificates we all received. But that

wasn’t al! We have all been blessed and will continue to be reminded of how you showered us with kindness and love as we

watch our plants grow and enjoy our movie night! You may think GCS has the best teachers…but GCS knows that we also have

the best PST.

And then on top of all of this so many of you blessed your classroom teachers with all sorts of treats and special attention

that truly made them feel appreciated and treasured!

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Many of our talented piano and guitar students who take private lessons with Mrs. Cabrera

performed in an end of the year recital. It was so wonderful to see how much they have learned this year and all that they can now do!

It was quite bright on campus during

the May Spirit day… it was

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Kindergarten is an eventful year full of firsts!

To celebrate this year, the Kindergarteners invited

their families to celebrate at the

Kindergarten Tea… with a little help from PST.

Students sang the Grace Christian School song… all about how GCS has

been a place where they have learned to live, give,

share and care!

Families were spoiled with all kinds of delicious treats

and had some good ol’ silly fun at the photo booth.

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Junior High students celebrate the end of the school year at

Knott’s

Berry Farm!

Students who met their reading goal ALL YEAR

LONG were awarded with a day at

Boomers!

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All of our students at GCS are unique and have been gifted by God with amazing talents. Each year, we take time to recognize each student for a particular character trait that is evident in his or her everyday behavior and interactions. This month we honored students whose last names begin

with the letters H through M. Thanks to all of you who were able to come out and make it a special day.

We were blessed to have the team from Seacoast Church Children’s Ministry in Chapel with us this month. Their message was one of

DETERMINATION…deciding it’s worth it to finish what you started. They shared the Bible story of Cornelius…and finished with giving students the bottom line…keep going even when the job is bigger than you think – don’t forget to pray for determination and

tell everyone about Jesus!

Our very own Andrew Cline, or Mr. C as the students know him as, shared with students in Chapel. Not

only is he part of the Daycare staff at GCS, but he is also works with Junior High and High School

students at his church and is graduating this month from the Talbot School of Theology at Biola

University. He read from the Bible about the sins of Adam and Eve and how their response to their sin

was to hide and blame others. But that is not what God wanted, and is not what God wants from us when we do naughty things. Be honest in your

prayers with Him…He loves you and wants to hear from you. He can handle any troubles you may have!

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3rd graders extended their study of space by visiting the

Tessman Planetarium at Santa Ana College.

1st graders invited

dads, grandpas, uncles,

and special guests for a

morning of sawing,

hammering, sanding,

and power tools. Not

sure who had the most

fun…the students or

the grow-ups!! Be sure

to stop by the

classrooms during

Open House to see the

creations they

constructed!

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Cub Scout Pack 611 would like to extend a great big thank you to all of you who supported the

scouts by participating in the taco dinner fundraiser! And we would like to thank you…Cub Scout Pack 611 for preparing and cooking such delicious meals, and giving families a night off from cooking and an

opportunity to eat and visit with the school family.

What an amazing evening to celebrate a fantastic year! Our student’s talents were

showcased and they were able to share, with family and

friends, their classrooms filled with projects they had worked

on throughout the year. There were also performances

from our instrumental and choir groups, as well as some

truly spectacular items up for auction.

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As you are aware from the email sent home, we held an earthquake drill this month in an effort to continue to ensure the safety of each and every student on this campus as this is

of utmost importance to us.

This drill lasted approximately one hour. It allowed our students a chance to practice

what they need to do in the event of a real earthquake,

and allowed teachers and staff an opportunity to put into practice skills they have learned

throughout various training sessions. We were able to deploy our search and rescue

team as well as put a medical and triage team in place.

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Class of 2017

So proud of all your hard work and accomplishments…job well done! May God’s richest blessings be upon you as you step with

confidence into the next adventure of your lives!