Hello ACS Family,
God has blessed us with a beautiful icy world. He also gave us a snow day to enjoy and give us a chance to ease back into school again. As a native of New Hampshire this week has been very enjoyable for me. It brings back memories of walking to school with snow banks so high you felt like you lived in world of white tunnels. (Of course everything is larger when you are in elementary school). Yes students, Mrs. Crosier and I did actually walk to school in the winter and had to go up a hill both ways. I had also forgotten how quiet it is when you stand outside as the snow is falling. God’s peace just settles down around you along with the downy flakes. Then you wake up the next morning and the world is covered in white and looks so clean and fresh.
Of course it has been a challenge keeping my feathered friends fed during this time where all other sources of food are covered up. The “Young Diner” has been in full operation with feeders being refilled several times a day. Our back deck looks like a set from Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “The Birds”, with several squirrels thrown in as extras.
I pray that this weekend you take a new look at the wonder of snow.
With a thankful heart,
Mrs. Young
"Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated. When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone, without leaving any record behind."
Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley 1925
Announcements:
Winter Bash – Grades 7 & 8 on Saturday, January 16. Please have your permission slips in by this Monday! We will be meeting at the Wheel Thing Skating Rink at 1:00. Weather permitting; the students will take a limousine ride up to Kansas City at 3:00. They have reservations to play 3 games of Laser Tag and 1 game of Paintball at Jaegers underground Complex at 5:00. For dinner we will go to the Independence Shopping Center. The students can be picked up at the school parking lot around 9:00pm. Cost is $15 per student for everything except paintball which is an additional charge of $30. Two additional drivers are needed. If you have any questions please contact Shannon Koeller at 827-3787.
Junior High field trip to WWI museum is rescheduled for Tuesday, January 12. Students will not have homework that day. Mrs. Young will be going as a chaperone and can be reached on her cell at 473-8145.
The mission team is hosting dinner at Golden Coral this Tuesday (Jan. 12) from 5 – 9. A percentage of the sales made during this time will go to sending our mission team to Costa Rica. So come on out and have dinner with the ACS gang, while mission team members wait on tables, and help send them to Costa Rica.
Garage Sale for mission team going to Costa Rica. Saturday, Jan. 16 from 8 – 5 at Our Savior Lutheran (across from WalMart). Items for donation are greatly appreciated and can be brought to the office throughout this week. You can bring them priced or we can do the pricing. We will also be selling baked goods. Please bring in baked goods either Friday to the office or Saturday to the church.
Mission Team – we need help pricing items for the garage sale. Parents can help Monday or Friday starting at 9:00am at the school. Students can help Tuesday at 9:00am at the school. Also, if you haven’t signed up for a shift working at Golden Coral, please contact Mrs. Cloud.
Make sure you mark your calendars for Saturday, Jan. 30. The Student Council is putting on their annual Carnival for family & friends. You don’t want to miss the games, face painting, the gold fish, and our pie-in-the-face competition!
End of 2nd quarter is Monday, Jan. 11. Students, please have all your work into your teachers by that day. Report cards will go out Jan. 22.
Antioch Fellowship is putting on God Hunters Youth Conference for grades 6 and up, Jan. 30th. For further information call Kim Mabry.
JH Field Trip to WWI Museum will leave ACS parking lot at 8:00am. Students should be at school by 7:50am so that we can leave on time. Students can be picked up at 3:30pm at school. No money is necessary as tickets & lunch money have already been collected. If students want to bring money for the gift shop they can.
Needs:
We still have two parent jobs that need to be filled:
A parent to organize the elementary social.
A parent to organize the senior recognition night for basketball season.
Contact Lorna Sparks for further information, 298-3100.
Praise and Prayer:
Mark Your Calendar:
Feb. 11 – School Valentine’s Day party