Verse of the day: Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6
Donations Needed - New Hope Baptist Church is putting together a 'North Pole Express Christmas Store' which is a community outreach event that makes giving presents to loved ones possible for children who could not otherwise afford such a gesture. This store will allow kids to come and shop for gifts for their loved ones free of charge. They are asking if each of our Applewood families would feel led to donate 2 - 3 unopened rolls of wrapping paper so the gifts can go home with children already wrapped and ready to be gifted. If you would feel led to help in this way, please have your donations dropped off in the school office by Wednesday, November 29th. 'Thank You' to the families that have already donated!
2nd Quarter Mid-Term Cutoff - TODAY - mid-terms will go out next week
Thanksgiving Feast - Wednesday, November 22 - this is a 1/2 day for students - K - 5th grade will perform around 11:30, and we will plan to eat around noon - A very special 'thank you' to Matt and Breanna Wells for coordinating our Thanksgiving feast and Mrs. Jamie Groshart for coordinating our K - 5 performance. These events are made possible because of you and others that actively serve.
No School - Friday, November 24th - Classes Resume on Monday, November 27th
Hot Lunch Forms - Forms with payment due by November 27th
Spanish Caroling - Friday, December 1st
Christmas Program Dress Rehearsal - December 8th and 11th - 3:30 - 5:00 pm - please plan to send an extra snack for your student to enjoy between school and dress rehearsal (especially for our younger kiddos) because it will be a long day for them. Administration will pick up our elementary students from their classroom at 3:00 and bring them to the ROC to eat and play before rehearsals begin. Students should be picked up at 5:00 in the sanctuary.
Christmas Program - Mark you calendars now to attend; I'm confident you will be blessed - Tuesday, December 12th @ 6:30 pm
2nd Quarter Ends - Friday, December 15th
Christmas Gift Exchange - Each year our students exchange Christmas gifts with one another based on a 'name exchange' done the morning of the Thanksgiving feast. In an effort to ensure that these gifts are not a burden to families, we ask that each student adhere to the following spending caps: Elementary (grades K - 5) $3.00 - $5.00 JH (grades 6 - 8) $5.00 - $7.00 HS (grades 9 - 12) $7.00 - $10.00 - It's always encouraging when we have the opportunity to witness our students being both gracious givers and receivers during our gift exchange. Gifts are asked to be brought to the school by December 13th to ensure no one forgets theirs in the busyness of getting ready the morning of party day. Students will exchange gifts with one another on December 15th.
Christmas Party - Friday, December 15th - students will be released at 11:30 -As part of our party day, we ask everyone to bring a snack to share. If you are in grades K - 5, please bring a healthy and a sweet snack to share. If you are in grades 6-12, please bring the following: Last name beginning with A-L (bring a sweet snack) - M-Z (bring a healthy snack). All clean up jobs must be done before students are released for Christmas break - Christmas break begins December 18th and classes will resume January 3rd
Upcoming Events - November (17) 2nd Quarter Mid-Term Cutoff (22) Thanksgiving Feast - 1/2 day of school (24) No School (27) Classes Resume December (01) Spanish Caroling (07) School Board Meeting - 6:30 pm (8 & 11) Christmas Program Dress Rehearsal 3:30 - 5:00 pm (12) Christmas Program @ 6:30 pm (13) Gift exchange gifts brought to school (15) 2nd Quarter Ends (15) Christmas Party - 1/2 day of school (18) Christmas break begins January (03) Classes resume (17) Add/Drop Deadline (31) 3rd Quarter Mid-Term Cutoff
Upcoming Birthdays - November (19) Leah Nevels (21) Isaac Greer (23) Steven Bussey December (01) Gaye Hiller (05) David Bessert (05) Allison Griffin (14) Xiara Leon (21) Julie Morrison January (02) Victoria Sparks (02) Diana Kapitula (08) Madeline Sumner (12) Peyton Triplett (20) Tori Price (25) Erika Rehmer (27) Samuel Bessert (27) Christian Farley (30) Isaac Cormican (30) Robin Blake