"Building a firm foundation through Christ-centered education"
JoyFULL ~
2017-2018
"You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
Psalm 16:11 ESV
Welcome Back from Our Head of School & Principals
If you have not yet had the opportunity to read the "Welcome Back Letters" that were sent from our from our Head of School and our Principals, please enjoy them here:
Classroom teacher assignments for TK-5th grade will be emailed to parents on Wednesday, August 30th. Middle School parents may log on to RenWeb beginning Friday, September 1st, to access their child's assigned schedule and homeroom teacher.
Health Requirements Due August 31st
There are certain grade specific health requirements due to the MCS Health Office before the beginning of school. Please review the following
link and submit any forms or documentation that apply to your student(s) by August 31st. Student attendance may be affected if these documents are not submitted prior to that date.
Please contact our Health Services Coordinator Ms. Matus at
[email protected] if you have questions.
Meet the Teacher Day - Tuesday, September 5th
-click flyer for details-
Meet the Teacher Day is less that two weeks away and we look forward to welcoming you to a JoyFULL 2017-2018 school year! Uniform dress is not required for this day.
Please note that we have designed a staggered schedule to provide ease of access for all. Rest assured that no family is precluded from coming at the earlier or later time based upon a specific scheduling conflict but we do ask that you make every effort to come when scheduled. The schedule is as follows:
Bring Your School Supplies on Meet the Teacher Day
You will have the opportunity to drop off your school supplies on Meet the Teacher Day. If you have not yet purchased your supplies, enclosed you will find the 2017-2018 Supply Lists for your convenience:
Click for TK-8th Grade Supply Lists.
Pre-Ordered School Supplies through School Toolbox
If you pre-ordered school supplies through School Toolbox, please stop by the auditorium on Meet the Teacher Day. The boxes will be sorted by grade and class. Please unpack them in the auditorium before taking them to the classroom.
Uniform Wear and Share - During Meet the Teacher Day
Parents are invited to stop by the auditorium on Meet the Teacher Day to shop for gently used uniform items. Donations are not required to receive clothing.
The dates and times are as follows. We request that parents shop only during these specified times and days. Thank you for your cooperation:
TK-Care and After School Program (ASP) care are both available the first day of school. Please be sure to stop by the ASP room to meet the staff and sign up
on Meet the Teacher Day. More details about TK-Care and ASP may be found on our website at this
link. If you have questions, please contact our ASP Director Angie Nakamoto at
[email protected].
The MCS Parent Teacher Fellowship is so excited to present the PTF Volunteer Interest Form for the 2017-18 school year. Volunteering is a great way to build friendships and be a part of the MCS community. There are lots of opportunities to get involved throughout the year both in the classroom and school-wide.
Those who desire to be considered for a room mom position should use this Interest Form as well.
Choicelunch is available the first day of school. Online orders must be received by 9:00 a.m. one day in advance to ensure your child receives lunch. Visit
www.choicelunch.com, register, and enter our school code: Mariners.
Mariners'
Students may also bring their own packed lunch. In the unlikely event a student forgets his/her lunch in the morning, parents may deliver their lunch no later than 11:30AM. You may deliver it to the front lobby lunch cart next to the receptionist desk. Label the lunch with your student's name and homeroom teacher. Please do not bring glass bottles or drinks without lids.
First Day of School Details - Wednesday, September 6th
"A Prayerful Community on the First Day of School"
Once again this year, we want to call upon our community to spend a few more minutes together in prayer to our King and the plans He has for MCS this year. On Wednesday, September 6th, our gates will open at 7:30 as usual. We will then all join together on the blacktop as a Middle and Elementary School and pray over our students corporately at 8:00. For this day only, all of our students will go in together at 8:10 (with the exception of 8th graders who will have their picture taken.)
From 8:15 to 8:45 our Parents in Prayer (PIP) group and Community Connectors will have stations set up around the school with topics to go before the Lord in prayer. We are hopeful you will be able to stop at one station or even a few. We will be sending out the prayer station topics and locations in advance. Please mark your calendar to join us!!
Carpool: Please enter through the third driveway (by the spirit rock). Our parking attendants will direct you from there. Parents should enter Fischer from Airway
turning right into the driveway.
Parking: On the first day of school, parking is available in the front parking lot, on Fischer, and on Airway. Please do not park in our neighbors' lots. Thank You!
Please note that Wednesday (9/6) is a Regular Start day. Late Start Wednesday will begin on Wednesday (9/13).
6th-8th Grade Summer Reading Due the First Day of School
Middle School summer reading assignments are due the first day of school. Click the appropriate grade level for your student's assignment.
MCS encourages students to take pride in their appearance and to dress appropriately for all occasions. Recognizing that the quality of their character is more important than clothing, MCS has an established uniform.
Support of this policy begins at home with parents.
Just a reminder that the dress code will be enforced beginning the first day of school.
For your convenience, we have included this year's
schedule and
calendar.
Back to School Nights 2017-2018
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Please note that preceding BTSN, there is a 6th Grade Pine Valley Meeting for Parents at 5:15PM in the Learning Commons and an 8th Grade Washington, DC Parent Meeting at 5:15PM in the MPR.
PTF Welcome Social - Save the Date
The MCS Parent Teacher Fellowship warmly welcomes all parents to gather for fellowship and refreshments to start off our year together on Tuesday, September 12th, at 8:15AM in the multipurpose room. Look for more details in the next E-Newsletter.
6th-8th Grade Fall Sports Tryouts
Boys' Flag Football
Monday (9/11), Tuesday (9/12), & Wednesday (9/13) from 3:00-4:30 in the gym
Girls' Basketball
Monday (9/11), Tuesday (9/12), and Wednesday (9/13) from 3:00-4:30 on the field
Students must attend all 3 days of tryouts. Parents must complete the Student Health History form for students to participate.
We are in need of coaches. Please contact Coach Thompson at [email protected] if you, or someone you know, might be interested or if you have any questions.
The Real Reason Back-to-School Makes Us So Emotional
by Dr. Kelly Flanagan
If the reality check of heading back to school is triggering a little emotion in you this week, you are not alone! To borrow from the beautiful words from Dr. Kelly Flanagan, who muses on the "back to school emotions" so eloquently on his blog:
"...Our family will be walking through the boundary lands of first-to-second grade, third-to-fourth grade, and, gulp, seventh-to-eighth grade. Sending Aidan off to kindergarten eight years ago made me more than a little emotional. I thought that would subside over time.
Yet, here I am, feeling the boundary lands once again.
I'm starting to think this back-to-school boundary land is so emotional for so many of us because it stands in for all the other boundary lands. It is a marker of the passage of time, so it is a symbol not just of our kids growing up and moving on but a reminder that all of life is moving on, as well. In every new backpack and lunchbox there is the haunting reminder of birthing rooms and funerals, of seasons rolling along, of a sun relentlessly rising and setting, regardless of our tendency to sleepwalk through it all.
Boundary lands like this one present us with a choice. Will we allow the periods of time between boundary lands to become wastelands-will we slip back into mindlessness about this passage of time, will we settle into the oblivion and become unconscious of it all slipping by? Or will we turn the ordinary, wide-open spaces between boundary lands into farmlands? Will we tend to them, cultivate them, and sow within them mindfulness and intentionality, so that one day we can reap from them the memories of time well spent?..."
Continue reading the rest of this post on his blog at this link.
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kelly Flanagan to MCS for our first LEGACY MORNING of the year for MCS Parents! See details below.
A Fall Legacy Morning with Dr. Kelly Flanagan
For MCS Moms and Dads
"ENOUGH"
[a conversation about worthiness]
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12th
8-9:30 am
with author and blogger
Dr. Kelly Flanagan
Dr. Flanagan is the author of "Loveable" and blog "Untangled." He has been featured in The Huffington Post, USA Today, Reader's Digest, babble, and on multiple podcasts on parenting and marriage.
About MCS Legacy Events - Legacy events are a part of our Parent Enrichment/Education offerings. These are mornings that serve to intentionally help us pause and reflect and evaluate how we are building our legacy as parents and as a families. We lean heavily on experience from speakers who are either one step ahead of us in parenting, or who are able to share from a perspective that provides wisdom, inspiration and insight.
Questions? Contact Community Connector, Ali Bray, at [email protected].
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Middle School summer reading assignments are 
