CHCS Newsletter January February 2015

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JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2015

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Homecoming 2014 Every year CHCS plans a night when alumni return to reconnect with old high-school friends and teachers and the high-school basketball teams play their games that evening at the Ozark Christian College gymnasium. We also announce our homecoming court and crown the King and Queen. At CHCS we choose our court by character qualities.

THE CHCS 2014-2015 HOMECOMING COURT REPRESENTING LOVE (2015) Lydia Buford n Sarah Kent n Rachael Polen REPRESENTING INTEGRITY (2015) Daniel Geary n Ryan Geary n Logan Lewis REPRESENTING GENTLENESS (2016) Danielle Capehart n Paul Sherrod REPRESENTING KINDNESS (2017) Kenlee Jonas n Matthew Roberts

Congratulations to this year’s King and Queen – LOGAN LEWIS and SARAH KENT

REPRESENTING FAITHFULNESS (2018) Madison Arnall n Daniel Estep

1,000 Points Josh Woodmansee, CHCS Senior basketball captain, scored his 1,000th point on January 8th with a three point shot in a game against Liberal High School. As a 6’5” forward, he currently averages 20 points and 9 rebounds per game. Josh has been captain of the basketball team for the past two seasons. Coach Eric Johnson said, “Josh has been an outstanding student athlete for four years. He has been the varsity basketball captain for the last two years and his leadership skills will follow him through college and beyond. The honor to reach and pass 1,000 points has only been accomplished by a few that play the great game of basketball and we congratulate Josh on this feat.” Congratulations Josh!!

Alex Bruey Signs Letter of Intent Senior Alex Bruey signed a letter of intent Tuesday, December 2nd to play volleyball at Dodge City, Kansas, Community College. Alex played varsity for three seasons as an outside hitter and led the Cougars in kills (261) and ace serves (52) as a senior and was first team all-Spring River Valley Conference and first team Class 2 all-district. She plans to major in athletic training while at Dodge City.

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Christmas Appreciation Day And that’s just what our CHCS middle and high school students did on December 12th. The 3rd annual Christmas Appreciation Day was a huge success, with most students participating. CHCS Students enjoyed a day of celebrating Christmas fun. Students wore their “ugly” sweaters (some borrowed from grandmothers) while others dressed from head to toe in Christmas apparel. It was a fun day for all who participated!!

On Tacky! On Ruff led!

On Loud and Gawdy!

Come Sequined! Come Glittered!

Come Fringed and Shoddy!

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Harold Thompson Honored On January 15th, the East Middle School Gymnasium was dedicated in memory of Harold Thompson, a former CHCS faculty member. In addition to the dedication, Mayor Mike Seibert proclaimed January 15th as Harold Thompson Day. Thompson served at Commerce (Oklahoma) High School for one year before spending the next 35 years as a PE instructor at South, North and East junior high schools in addition to serving as assistant principal at South and principal at East. From 1976 until he retired in 1986, he served as athletic director at Joplin High School. Following his retirement he served at College Heights Christian School as the athletic director and PE instructor. A long-time friend of Mr. Thompson said “He was a quality person who loved and served God and was a witness to God. He was born to teach and was a great teacher.” We are blessed to have had and continue to have great leaders instructing our children at CHCS.

Fourth Grade Astronomy The fourth grade classes completed a unit on astronomy recently. They learned about constellations, planets, and God’s creation of our universe.

After spending several weeks reading, studying, and learning they ended the unit by designing their own planets. The students enjoyed icing their own sugar cookies and then adding their own creations to their planet design.

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History Day 2014 Annual History Day presentations took place on December 5th. High School students enrolled in a history class created a display board about a chosen Native American tribe. The boards covered topics about tribes, customs, controversies, and today’s challenges. The boards were displayed in the atrium for everyone to see.

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Spelling Bee Winners

CHCS elementary and middle school students took part in the annual CHCS spelling bee. Congratulations to Kayley (6th grade) and Jay Ball (4th grade) this year’s winners. Both students will move on to represent CHCS in the Joplin Globe’s 38th annual spelling bee.

Kayley will represent CHCS middle school and Jay will represent elementary.

Congratulations and good luck!!

Patriot’s Pen Winners

Geography Bee Winner CHCS students took place in the annual school Geography Bee on December 11th. Two winners from each grade (4th through 8th) won their classroom competitions and participated in the school-wide bee. This year’s winner was Tessa Greathouse. She will go on to compete at the state level later this school year. Congratulations, Tessa!

Each year more than 100,000 6-8th grade students enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen essay contest.The first-place winner from each state competes to win one of 46 national awards totaling $46,000. The national first-place winner wins $5,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., in March. The contest encourages students to look at America’s history, along with their experiences in American society, by writing a 300-400 word essay, explaining their views based on a theme chosen by the VFW Commanderin-Chief. This year CHCS had three winners. Eighth graders – Reid Beard (left) won 2nd and Garret Lewis (middle) won 3rd place in the Youth Essay division. Senior, Grace Bass (right) won First Place in the Voice of Democracy Division. Commander Kirk Brite told the students during the assembly that no other school has ever had as many winners area wide as College Heights.

Congratulations Reid, Garret and Grace, you make us proud.

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2014-2015 Annual Fund Kick-Off We kicked off this year’s Annual Fund campaign in December and it will run until June 30, 2015. We have established a goal of $ 55,000 in order to reach the following contribution targets… n $5,000 additional funding that is needed to replace our oldest bus n $10,000 for special tuition assistance for struggling families n $20,000 for additional instructional technology resources n $20,000 for classroom furnishings and facility upgrades We hope to increase the number of participants by at least 50%, from 96 donors last year, to at least 150 financial partners who will commit to support the 2014-2015 Opportunity and Excellence campaign. There are several ways to contribute to this year’s fund. You can send a check or donate online by going to our webpage. If you have questions about the Annual Fund or how to contribute, contact Anita Zarrabi at 417-782-4114 ext. 227.

Open House is scheduled for February 12th, from 6-8 p.m.

Be sure to invite a friend and come to the Missions Dinner the CHCS Cafe between 5:30-8:00 p.m.

Follow us on TWITTER… https://twitter.com/chcsjoplin

Find us on FACEBOOK… College Heights Christian School – Joplin MO

Little Miss Cheer December 6th was the annual CHCS Little Miss Cheer Camp. Interested elementary students participated in a day full of fun, sponsored by our high school cheerleaders. Their hard work was featured at our homecoming game on December 19th.

Annual Christmas Store Elementary students enjoyed shopping at the annual Christmas store to purchase items for their parents, siblings, pets, and many others. The store is open every year during the Christmas season and allows students to do some personal, surprise shopping for family members.

PTF Wraps A HUGE Thank you goes out to our PTF for sponsoring a day of Christmas gift wrapping for faculty and staff. Your help was really appreciated during a very hectic time!!

Renweb Parents, don’t forget to take advantage of Renweb, our online school management system.

You can check homework assignments, lunch menus, student grades, school calendar, etc. If you are having problems accessing Renweb or have not set up your account, please contact the school. A Renweb phone application is now available. This is a great tool to use to stay informed about your students’ progress.

ECFA ACCREDITED – On November 12, 2012, the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability announced the accreditation of College

Heights Christian School. Accreditation is based on the ECFA’s Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship, including financial accountability, transparency, sound board governance, and ethical fundraising. When an organization is accredited by ECFA, it demonstrates its willingness to follow the model of biblical accountability.

MISSION STATEMENT

CHCS glorifies God through excellence as a Christ-centered learning environment that produces servant-leaders with a Biblical worldview.

COLLEGE HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL n 4311 E. NEWMAN ROAD n JOPLIN, MISSOURI 64801 n 471-782-4114 n WWW.COLLEGHEIGHTS.ORG