FW: Calvary Lutheran Church & School Cross Connection

Janurary 11, 2013 Calvary Lutheran School Cross Connection Here are the upcoming events at Calvary.  Be sure to mark your calendar. January: 1/9-1/12 - Mission Peak Boys' Basketball Tournament (see bracket below) 1/12 - Calvary E-Waste (9am-4pm) - Need Volunteers! 1/13 - Church Service (9am) - "Seeking God's Heart" Nehemiah 1; Adult Bible Study & Sunday School following service 1/14 - Boys' Basketball - Redeemer @ Calvary (3:30pm) 1/15 - Boys' Basketball - Calvary @ St. John (3:30) 1/15 - Dining for Dollars - Elephant Bar 1/16 - Field Trip - 3rd/4th to Chabot Space & Science Center 1/17 - Boys' Basketball - Calvary @ Zion Piedmont (3:30pm) 1/18 - Hot Lunch - Chicken Nuggets 1/18 - Field Trip - 7th/8th Grade to Monterey Bay Aquarium 1/18 - End of 2nd Quarter (48 days) 1/18 - One With the Lord (OWL) Jr. High Youth Group (6pm-8pm in Youth Rm) 1/21 - M.L. King Jr. Day - No School (No Calvary Club) 1/23 - Spelling Bee (9:30am-11:30 in the chapel) 1/25 - Accreditation Day (11:30 Dismissal & Free Dress) 1/25 - Student Council Sponsored "Hat Day" ($1.00 to wear hat) 1/26 - CLS Work Party (9am-noon) 1/27-2/3 National Lutheran School Week (see details below) February: 2/1 - Open House & Science/Art Fair (6:30pm-8pm) Save the Date:  Calvary's Annual Auction & Dinner - March 23 E-Waste This Saturday, Jan. 12th 9am-4pm    Now that you got some new electronics for Christmas, it's time to recycle the old ones! Bring your old TVs, monitors, laptops, cell phones and other electronics to Calvary's back lot (some items have a small fee to recycle).   We desperately need volunteers for this event.  Please prayerfully consider volunteering for an hour or two.  Earn PPP Hours! Click on the link for details. e-Waste Flyer - January 2013         __________________________________________________________   Mission Peak Basketball Tournament Update The boys won their first game last night 45-32 against Bella Vista, Tracy. Great job, Cougars! The next game is today, Friday 1/11 against California School for the Deaf at 5:30 at Prince of Peace.         Come on out and support our Boys' Basketball Team!      Boys' Basketball Tournament Bracket 2012-13  _______________________________________________ National Lutheran School's Week is coming! Click on the links to see the NLSW schedule and our school's recycling service project to raise money for our scholarship fund.  NLSW 2013 Schedule Recycling for Lutheran Schools' Week 2013     Featured Articles Dining for Dollar$ Elephant Bar   Calvary's next Dining for Dollars will be Tuesday, Jan. 15th for lunch and dinner.  Bring the flyer in (see link) and 20% of the tab will be donated back to our school (some restrictions apply; see flyer for details).     Dining for Dollars - Elephant Bar  __________________ Five Guys Dining for Dollars Profit Thank you to everyone for supporting our last Dining for Dollar$.  Calvary received $150 which will go back to help fund class field trips.    Enriched Student Experience   Volunteer & PPP Opportunity The ESE Program  provides individual or small group assistance to children requiring support with their math and literacy skills in the regular educational program. Unique instructional approaches may include: review and reinforcement of essential skills concrete examples multisensory techniques modified materials consistency in approach structured learning environment technology If you are interested in joining our parents who care ESE program, please contact the school office.      Prayer Box - Student & Family Prayers  The following students were drawn from the prayer box this week: Christian Salling-P Devin Deller-K Isabella DeLaMater-1 Danika Dellner-4 Cori DeTurk-6 Aaron Glock-8 Over the course of the next week, our staff will be lifting them and their families up in prayer. 3rd Quarter Hot Lunch Forms  Hot Lunch Forms for the 3rd Quarter were sent home this week. If you did not receive one, and your child would like to participate, please click on the link below to print the Hot Lunch Form. Reminder! Hot Lunches must be ordered in advance, not the same day as the Hot Lunch. Hot Lunch Form - 3rd QTR 2012-13 Cheerleading  Coach     Opportunity     Calvary is looking for a volunteer to lead our Calvary Cougar Cheerleaders. If you have some experience in cheerleading or just have a desire to coach Cheerleading, please call the school office or speak to Mr. Souza. This rewarding position will fulfill all 20 of your PPP Hours!  Need PPP Hours?  The year is half over; how many PPP hours have you completed?  There are 2 PPP opportunities available! We need someone to write the week's upcoming info on the black CPA Boards each Monday, and we are looking for a librarian to volunteer Thursday mornings. Please call the school office if you are able to help.  Spelling Bee   Calvary's Spelling Bee will be Wed. Jan 23rd following chapel. The times are as follows: 9:30am-10:00am - Grades 1st - 3rd 10:15am-10:45am - Grades 4th - 5th 11am-11:30am - Grades 6th - 8th Parents are welcome to watch the Spelling Bee!         Christmas Program DVDs Available Relive the magic and keep the memories!  Buy a Christmas Program DVD for $5.00