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The Welcome Back Picnic scheduled for tonight, August, 21 at 6:00pm has been CANCELLED due to weather. The New Parent Orientation at 5pm will continue as scheduled. Enjoy your evening. See you on Tuesday, August 26th!
Posted by jroberts as Uncategorized at 4:18 PM CDT
We are on for the Welcome back picnic! Bring your waterproof blankets to sit on and your side dish or dessert and your umbrella!
We will see you at 6pm.
Thanks
LBM
Posted by jroberts as Uncategorized at 3:01 PM CDT
Since rain is in the forecast, we wanted to let everyone know that by 3pm tomorrow we will make the call about whether the picnic is on or not. We will cancel the picnic if the weather is bad. The New Parent Orientation will still be at 5:15pm rain or shine. We will post here and send an email out if we have to cancel by 3pm tomorrow.
Posted by jroberts as Uncategorized at 2:11 PM CDT
Back-to-School Edition
Please take time to carefully review these Head of School Notes.
Welcome Back Picnic: The Welcome Back Picnic is scheduled for this Thursday evening,
August 21 beginning at 6:00. Please plan to attend as this is a great time for you to meet school
families!
New Family Orientation: Prior to our Welcome Back Picnic we will have our New Family
Orientation which will begin at 5:15 p.m. This is a great opportunity for our new families to get
to know each other as well as learn more about the day-to-day activities of the school. Childcare
will be provided.
Fundraising Auction: This year Covenant School will need to raise more than $100,000 in order
to balance our budget. While we recognize that school tuition is expensive, it does not cover the
full cost of educating our Covenant School students. So, for the second time in the history of our
school we will be conducting a fundraising dinner and auction. Our previous effort in early 2007
raised more than $30,000 for the school.
The event will be held at the Frontenac Hilton the evening of Friday, February 28 so mark your
calendars now
In order to make the dinner and auction a real success we will need plenty of folks willing to
volunteer their time to help in organizing along with seeking donations for the auction.
There will be folks at the picnic who can answer any questions you might have along with a
signup sheet. If you cannot attend the picnic, please contact Russ or Heather Nolting at
314-439-8100 or hjnolting@aol.com.
Summer Improvements: A number of improvements to the school’s facility and equipment took
place over the summer and will continue into the fall.
• A new phone system was installed and teachers will be trained in using the system this week.
This new phone system will have three lines and voicemail for each of our staff members so
that you may leave confidential messages. In addition, teachers will each have a phone in
their rooms improving school security.
• New art space has been created including dedicated space for our art program and new
(wonderful) tables and stools. In addition, a new sink was put in place for cleanup and
storage has been improved.
• Computers have been purchased for both faculty and students. The new computers will
strengthen our curriculum while also improving communication between faculty and parents.
New student computers will be here in September (when the new Macbook is released) and
will enable keyboarding (4th through 6th grade) to be taught along with research and
presentation skills.
• The floors in the hallways have been stripped and waxed and the hallways have been painted.
The school’s hallways look “fresh”! In addition, several of our classrooms received a fresh
coat of paint and others will be painted as the school year goes along.
• New bulletin boards have been purchased for the hallways. Each classroom will have a
dedicated hallway board and new boards will be put in place for art display. These boards
are scheduled to be delivered this week and hopefully most will be in place before school
begins. Some of the boards are custom sized which caused delay in their delivery.
• New library shelving is being custom built and will be installed in September. We will be
looking to paint the library in September so if you are interested in helping please contact
Laurabeth.
• The Head of School office has moved to a larger space. This enables me to visit with folks in
a more comfortable environment and to clear out my “old” church office of all my books,
files, etc
Memorization: A memorization schedule for the school will be distributed to our students
shortly after the start of school. However, if you want to get you student(s) started, as a school
during the first week (and ongoing) we will be memorizing Galatians 5:22-23a:
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-
control.
These will be our theme verses for the coming year and nearly all that we do in chapel will come
from God’s desire that we bear the fruit of our faith in Christ.
Student Information Sheet: Each of you should have received a student information sheet in July
which needed to reviewed and returned to the school office. While we have received most of
these back not all have been returned. If you have not returned it please take time to carefully
review the sheet (or sheets) and update any information as necessary. In particular, please take
time to provide us with updated emergency contact information as well as current immunization
records. You may do this by simply writing on the sheet and dropping it by the school office or
mailing it back to the school at the address at the bottom of this Notes, by emailing updated
information to our Administrative Assistant, Laurabeth Medlock, at lmedlock@cpcstl.org, or by
calling Laurabeth at the school. Please take time to do this as soon as possible! If you need
another copy of the sheet we will be happy to provide you with one. Simply contact Laurabeth.
Summer Reading: Just a reminder that children in grades Second through Sixth have a summer
reading assignment as shown below:
• Second Grade: Any book in the Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne.
• Third Grade: Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
• Fourth Grade: The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
• Fifth and Sixth Grades: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien.
If you would like a copy of the book just let us know and we will pass one along to you or you
can use your own copy.
If you have any questions regarding the contents of this Notes (or anything else) please feel free to contact Laurabeth or me at the school at 314-787-1036 or at lmedlock@cpcstl.org or
jroberts@cpcstl.org.
Thanks and God Bless,
John Roberts
Head of School
Posted by jroberts as Uncategorized at 11:27 AM CDT
Don’t Miss It!
Welcome Back Picnic
Thursday August 21, 2008
6:00pm
Edwards House Lawn
(White house adjacent to Covenant Christian School)
School provides hot dogs and drinks.
Please bring the following:
Last name A-L: Side dish
Last name M-Z: Dessert
Posted by jroberts as Uncategorized at 2:10 PM CDT
Important Information, Please Read!
Summer Packet Overview
It is my hope that you are having a great summer! But while we are still in the heart (heat) of summer, we are all looking forward to the start of the 2008-2009 school year.
We have mailed you several pieces of information that you need to review (and respond to) in preparation for the upcoming school year. Please take time to carefully review this Head of School Notes along
with each of the pieces we enclosed with the packet.
The pieces were:
Student Information Sheet: Enclosed you will find your student’s information sheet. This sheet contains information regarding you and your child. Please take time to carefully review this sheet and update any information as necessary. In particular, please take time to provide us with updated emergency contact information as well as current immunization records. You may do this by simply writing on the sheet and dropping it by the school office or mailing it back to the school at the address at the bottom of this Notes, by emailing updated information to our
Administrative Assistant, Laurabeth Medlock, at lmedlock@cpcstl.org, or by calling Laurabeth at the school. Please take time to do this as soon as possible!
Welcome Back Picnic: You will find a flyer for our Welcome Back Picnic which is scheduled for Thursday evening, August 21. This is a great time for you to meet school families!
New Family Orientation: Prior to our Welcome Back Picnic we will have our New Family Orientation which will begin at 5:15 p.m. This is a great opportunity for our new families to get to know each other as well as learn more about the day-to-day activities of the school. Childcarewill be provided.
Above & Beyond Registration: For parents with children in Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten
you will find your Above & Beyond registration information. Above & Beyond is a supplemental program for children which meets twice each week (Wednesday and Friday) through the school year and is completely optional.
Clothing Guidelines: Just as a reminder we are enclosing the Clothing Guidelines for 2008-2009. Please remember that there are some changes to the guidelines for this year including a requirement for students in grades 1 to 6 to wear “uniform style” pants. If you have any questions regarding these guidelines please call the school office.
School Supply List: Your student’s school supply list is enclosed.
Class Rosters: Your child’s class roster is enclosed. We are excited that our enrollment for the
2008-2009 school year is up nearly 50 percent! An updated roster and school directory will be
provided to you after the beginning of the school year.
Music CD Enclosed you will also find a CD that has been produced to help our Covenant students recognize and memorize the great hymns of the faith. While we sing a wide variety of music at Covenant, we do believe that these hymns enrich our understanding of who God is. We pray that this CD will be a blessing to you.
Summer Reading: Just a reminder that children in grades Second through Sxith have a summer
reading assignment as shown below:
• Second Grade: Any book in the Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne.
• Third Grade: Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
• Fourth Grade: The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
• Fifth and Sixth Grades: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien.
If you would like a copy of the book just let us know and we will pass one along to you or you can use your own copy.
Calendar for 2008-2009 School Year: Enclosed is the calendar for the 2008-2009 school year.
The calendar has not changed, we are just sending it along for your convenience. Please make
note of important dates including the back-to-school picnic and first day of school.
If you have any questions regarding the contents of this packet (or anything else) please feel free
to contact Laurabeth or me at the school at 314-787-1036 or at lmedlock@cpcstl.org or
jroberts@cpcstl.org.
Thanks and God bless,
Rev. John Roberts
Head of School
Posted by jroberts as Uncategorized at 2:07 PM CDT
Don’t Miss It!
Welcome Back Picnic
Thursday August 21, 2008
6:00pm
Edwards House Lawn
(White house adjacent to Covenant Christian School)
School provides hot dogs and drinks.
Please bring the following:
Last name A-L: Side dish
Last name M-Z: Dessert
Posted by jroberts as Uncategorized at 1:56 PM CDT