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August 24, 2019

Dear Families,
Mr. Young, the Preschool - Grade 8 Principal, taught at Lower School and Middle School Chapel this week on John 13:34-35: "By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” He encouraged the students to be good friends to one another. Please watch this excerpt below. Have a great weekend!
 

ALL SCHOOL PARENT NIGHT
All School Parent Night 
Thursday, September 5 

Join us for an All School Parent Night! Preschool Family Night begins at 5:30 PM in your student’s classroom. Grades K-12 begin at 6:30 PM in the Chapel and will visit your student’s classroom at 7:30 PM.

Preschool Class time: 5:30- 6:15 PM
All Parents in Chapel: 6:30- 7:15 PM
Grades K-12 Class time 7:30- 8:15 PM

It’s Student of Week time! Congratulations to Taylor! Great job! Watch the video below to see the presentation.
PICTURE DAY 9/17 & 9/18

Cornerstone Photography will be onsite conducting School Portraits. Lower and Middle School students should dress in uniform. Order forms will be available at a later date. Please see the details below.

Preschool, Middle, and Upper School Students: Tuesday, September 17

Preschool and Lower School Students: Wednesday, September, 18

2019-20 GREEN VEHICLE STICKERS
Please make sure that you are displaying your green 2019-20 vehicle sticker on your car when you come into the parking garage at HCA. Thank you for ensuring our building is safe for our students! Our goal is 100% compliant with new stickers by September 1. Stop by the Reception Desk if you need a sticker.
DOWNLOAD THE NEW HCA APP
"SUBSCRIBE" FEATURE | HCA APP
Make sure to subscribe to the channels from which you want news
  • Search for "Harvest Christian Academy" in the App Store.
  • Go to "Subscribe" in the app to select which news you want alerts for including:
    • Preschool News, Lower School News, Middle School News, Upper School News, Athletics, Theater, PTF, Athletics Booster Club
    • You can tailor your "Newsfeed" to be exactly the news you want from HCA
  • Go to the right side of the bottom of the "Subscribe" for teachers. Select your student's classes by teacher (for Grade 5-12).
PRESCHOOL IMPORTANT INFO

PRESCHOOL EXTENDED CARE
Please take note of a few reminders for our Extended Care program as we begin our school year. 

Extended Care will be in room S280 this year. Please bring a labeled bedroll and blanket (or sleeping bag) and pillow in an easy to manage tote bag for nap/rest time.

If your child will be bringing a cold lunch from home, please remember we are NUT FREE; which includes almond butter, Nutella, etc.

If you choose, hot lunch fees will be deducted from your HCA lunch account. The cost is $3.75. If you have not set up your account, please do so at your earliest convenience.

GARAGE PICK-UP FOR PRESCHOOL
Garage pick-up will begin next week. Please see the door assignments for your child’s class. Classroom pick-up is available prior to 10:50 AM. Afternoon classes are dismissed from the classroom.
 
 E West (Red Door) - Mrs. Pawelek

  • Enter the parking deck driving straight down the ramp and follow the arrows to the West Deck.
  • Please proceed up the deck following the red lane circles up several levels proceeding to the RED door.
  • Please pull aside after your child has entered your vehicle to buckle him/her in.
C West (Blue Door) Miss McCormick
  • Enter the parking deck driving straight down the ramp and follow the arrows to the West Deck.
  • Please proceed up the deck following the gold lane circle (outer lane) up to the BLUE door.
A East (Bright Yellow Door) - Mrs. Havis
  • Enter the parking deck driving straight down the ramp, take the second left at the green door (B East)
  • Follow the arrows to the YELLOW door.
Preschool News
MAP TESTING
A word from Cathy D'Alessandro: 
"We are off to a great start and with that comes MAP testing. Today we finished up Grades 5-8. Students did a great job, worked hard, and took it seriously. Starting on Monday, we will be testing students Grades 2-4. We use this data to help guide our instruction in the classroom to better serve your children and help them grow as learners. MAP data results will be available at parent conferences. However, if you would like to see results sooner, email your teacher for an electronic copy. Thank you for supporting your student to do their best."
LOWER SCHOOL PARENT COFFEE
Grade Level Parent Coffees
8:00 - 9:00 AM in Cafe B

Join Mr. Young and our grade level teachers for important class information, and a question and answer time. Grade specific parent coffee dates are below.

  • Grade K: Wednesday, 8/28
  • Grade 1: Wednesday, 9/4
  • Grade 2: Wednesday, 9/11
  • Grade 3: Wednesday, 9/18
  • Grade 4: Wednesday, 9/25
Lower School News
GRADE 6 OUTDOOR EDUCATION TRIP
Grade 6 students and faculty spend time learning and growing during our annual Outdoor Education trip. Please register your Grade 6 student here. The trip will be September 9-11, 2019 at Camp Timber-lee in East Troy, WI. There will be a parent meeting on September 5, 2019 from 6:00-6:30 PM in Cafe B to discuss details for the trip.
Middle School News
Cast List for Upper School Fall Play


BACKSTAGE CREWS
There is something for everyone!  Backstage Sign-ups coming soon - no fees required for Grade 7-12 Students. 

Call board sign up here. 
Upper School Class Parent Meetings
Parents, please make plans to join us for your student's grade level meeting. The meetings are from 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM in Cornerstone. 
 Grade 12 - 9/12
Grade 9 – 9/19
Grade 10 – 9/24
Grade 11 – 9/26
Upper School News
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