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Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 25th! We will celebrate our grandparent's and special friends. The morning will begin with a reception in the Narthex at Grace Episcopal Church at 8:00 AM, followed by Chapel, a trip to the Book Fair, photos on the front steps of the little Chapel, and then a quick classroom visit. We look forward to seeing everyone on campus! (Invitations were mailed to Grandparent's last week.)
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We'll kick off the week of the book fair with Grace's annual Book Character Parade, Monday October 23rd. Students will parade through campus dressed as a character from their favorite book (and carrying the book). The parade will begin immediately following drop off, and will end at Flag Monday morning. Please send your child in costume with the matching book and stay on campus after dropping your child off to be a parade spectator!
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The Scholastic Book Fair will take place in Benedict Hall Tuesday, October 24th - Thursday, October 26th. Your child will get to "preview" the book fair with their classroom teacher. You are welcome to shop the book fair with or without your child during the week.
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Tuesday, October 24th from 3:30 - 7:00 PM is Family Night at the Book Fair. We will have two food trucks (Le Petite Cheri Cupcakery and Fae's BBQ) parked in front of Benedict Hall with tables set up for your dining pleasure! Bring the family, eat, and shop the book fair! |
On Wednesday, October 25th the Book Fair will be open for the Grandparent's and Special Friends to do their shopping. The Book Fair will be open for regular shopping on Thursday during the school day.
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Service Learning at Grace
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Now that school is well under way, the storms have passed, and we are settled in, it is time to focus on a year of showing our gratitude to God for our many blessings. How can we do that with our students? By reaching out to others through sharing and service to our community. Each year Grace Episcopal Day School participates in numerous service learning projects and this year, we will focus on a new project each month.
G - Gratefully
R - Reaching
A - Across
C - Communities
E - Everywhere
October Outreach
We will be collecting items for the Blessing Box located in front of Grace Church.
What is a Blessing Box?
While our community provides wonderful services for those in need, such as food pantries and soup kitchens, there are still people out there who find themselves hungry and in need at times those services are unavailable. This is where the Blessing Box comes into play. It is stocked with items continuously, so that people in need can stop by and pick up what they need at any time of day or night. By helping stock the Blessing Box, we will share the blessing of access to food that we enjoy with others who have not had the same.
Continuing through the month of October, we will collect food items to help stock the Blessing Box. Please bring your items to Mrs. Peterson in the Christian Formation room.
Items Needed:
Ready-to-eat meal items in pop-top cans, such as soups, stews, ravioli, etc.
Canned meats
Peanut Butter
Individually wrapped packs of crackers
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Have You Heard About Grace's Soccer Team Yet?
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They have had a great season and will be in the playoffs again this year! The team ended their season, 6-2. Their first playoff game is
October 17, at 5:15 PM,
at Hogan Baptist Church (
8045 Hogan Road, Jacksonville
)
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If the team wins, they will play in the championship game on
Thursday, October 19
. Way to go EAGLES!
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This week's Artists of the Week are Ashley and Izabella from the 4th grade. The girls each designed an abstract tree and used oil pastels to color it in. The results are beautiful and resemble stained glass windows.
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I bet you got some mail from Grace this week! We've already started to receive pledge cards and financial contributions back. You all are amazing. Thank you. The Grace Fund helps the school bridge the gap between tuition dollars and what is actually needed to run the school. The money raised through the fund is crucial to our existence.
We will begin class competitions for participation in the Grace Fund next week. The chalkboards will go back up on the fences, and the games will begin! Watch your email for contests, videos, and special prizes!
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With cold and flu season quickly approaching, we wanted to remind you about the school's policy regarding sick children. If your child is sick (taken from the Family Handbook):
Children who have a fever MUST be kept at home until fever-free, without medication, for 24 hours. Children who are vomiting or have diarrhea must be symptom free for 24 hours before they can return to school. Please advise the office if a child is diagnosed with a contagious disease. At the discretion of the school, a doctor's release may be required for the child to return to class. In some cases, the school will send a letter notifying families in the case of a communicable disease exposure in our school.
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