Family of Christ Christian School Newsletter

Family of Christ Christian School

KNIGHTS NEWSLETTER

Volume 14, Issue 3

October 2019

IMPORTANT DATES

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3

Fourth Grade Field Trip:

Columbia Restaurant &

Ybor City Museum

Bring Your Bible To School Day!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4

Sixth Grade Field Trip:

MOSI

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8

Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night

Sales count all day, fun & games 5-8 pm

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10

Original Works Due

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11

All School Pancake Breakfast

7:30 am-8:15 am

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12

Night of Knights Dinner Auction

Hunter's Green, 6-10 pm

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14

Pastor Appreciation Celebration

During Chapel

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

Report Cards Go Home

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

School Group Picture

Wear 2019 Spirit Shirts

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21

Honor's Assembly

8:10 am Sharp

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

Eighth Grade Fundraiser

Chili's Restaurant

PTL Meeting

8:30 am, Sanctuary

MON.-FRI., OCTOBER 21-25

Red Ribbon Week

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH

Second Grade Field Trip:

Cracker Country

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31

Halloween

SCHOOL LUNCH

If you have not ordered and would like to or would like to take something off your order form, please feel free to call the school office at 813-558-9343 or email Ms. Patti at pharmon@familyofchristtampa.com.

CLOTHES CLOSET

The clothes closet is located in the Narthex in the chest of drawers to the left as you enter the front doors.

A special thank you to all our volunteer parents for organizing all the clothes.

WATER BOTTLES

Students are encouraged to bring a water bottle to school to stay hydrated throughout the day. Water is the only drink permitted throughout the day in the classrooms and P.E. class. If a student would like to purchase a water bottle for 50 cents in an emergency they may at the office. Please put 50 cents in your child's pencil case for this emergency.

EARLY SIGN OUT

Please refrain from signing out your children after 2 pm unless you have an appointment. The end of the day is as important as the beginning of the day, so children should stay in class.

MEDICATIONS/ILLNESSES

ALL MEDICATIONS brought to school by the parent should be in their original containers. In addition, for medicine to be dispensed a Medicine Authorization Form must be completed in the school office.

NO MEDICATIONS should be left in student backpacks. This poses a danger to other children.

OUR PTL BOARD

President: Joyce Hepscher

Vice-President: Meghan Greene

Secretary: Amy Williams

Treasurer: Karen Saa

PTL Meeting

Tuesday, October 22nd @ 8:30 am

ORIGINAL WORKS

Please turn in your Original Works to the school office by Thursday, October 10th.

MAKING MAGIC

Students receive "Making Magic" slips for all the unselfish things they do during the school day. When students receive one, they put their name on it and turn it into the office. Names are pulled once a week at chapel for prizes.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

ILLNESS ONSET AT SCHOOL

Any child who becomes ill at school and is suspected of having contagious symptoms, which include any of the following, shall be placed in a separate area, and the parent, guardian, or other authorized person shall be contacted to pick up the student within 30 minutes of being called. Students may not return to school for at least 24 hours and must be fever and symptom free.

Symptoms may include:

Severe coughing
Difficult or rapid breathing
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea
Temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher
Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
Untreated infected skin patches
Unusually dark urine and/or gray, white, or yellowish skin or eyes
Discolored nasal discharge
Any other unusual signs or symptoms of illness

CHAPEL OFFERINGS

This quarters chapel offerings will go to the Red Cross to assist those in the Bahamas.

FIRE AND TORNADO DRILLS

We have fire and tornado drills throughout the year. Each month we have a fire drill. Tornado drills take place twice a year. Students are prepared by their teachers before these drills occur with age appropriate language. Please speak with your child about the importance of these drills.

PASTOR APPRECIATION MONTH

October is Pastor Appreciation Month.

Students will celebrate Pastor Appreciation Day with Pastor Dave on Monday, October 14th at Chapel Service.

N EW CHURCH SERVICE TIMES

Church Service Times

Saturday: Traditional Service at 6:00 pm

Sunday: Traditional Service at 9:00 am

Contemporary Service at 11 am

CANDIDS

Night of Knights 2019 will be held on Saturday, October 12th at Hunter's Green Country Club from 6-10 pm. What an exciting night it will be!

If you have any questions, please email

nok@familyofchristtampa.com. We look forward to seeing you there!

	ALL SCHOOL GROUP PHOTO Our All School photo will be taken on Friday, October 18th. Students wear their 2019 spirit shirt and their jeans/shorts/uniform bottoms since it is a Friday.

FOC SPORTS CORNER

Volleyball- The FOC Volleyball teams wrapped up their regular seasons. Sadly, our JV and Varsity teams did not make the playoffs, but experienced so much growth during the season.

The JV and Varsity volleyball players and their parents joined Coach Frank for a USF vs. Temple volleyball game. Players wore their Volleyball Jerseys, but brought a white shirt to wear for the game. Students were part of the USF experience: "The Anthem Buddies". Volleyball players stood with the team on the court during the National Anthem. Everyone had a great time! The Bulls won!

Cross Country- Our runners continue to train hard on campus improving their running times.

Soccer- Soccer sign ups are going on.


Sixth and Seventh graders attended a commemorative service for those lost in 9/11 at Mission BBQ.

	ALL SCHOOL PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Our first all school pancake breakfast will be Friday, October 11th from 7:30-8:15 am. Come enjoy some fellowship and have breakfast a yummy pancake breakfast. See you there!

CAR LINE

For everyone's safety, please have students exit and enter their cars using the side closest to the building (right side). Safety patrols should not be walking around cars to retrieve students from the left side of the vehicles. Parents, please remind grandparents, aunts and uncles of this rule too.

Middle school students begin their day at 8:10 am. Elementary parents, if possible, please drop your elementary aged children off after 8:10 am so middle school students can make it to class on time and not be stuck in carline at drop off.

As always, please drive at a slow speed approaching the building. Several vehicles have been approaching the building too fast in the morning.

In addition, please do not leave your children in your car unattended with the motor running even if you are a few feet away. This is very dangerous.

STUDENT OF THE MONTH

SEPTEMBER: KIND-HEARTED

K-Edison D.

First Grade-Melanie T.

Second Grade-Libby S.

Third Grade-Brooklyn N.

Fourth Grade-Blaine N.

Fifth Grade-Paige N.

Sixth Grade-Alena M.

Seventh Grade-Christian T.

Eighth Grade-Johnathan L.

Spanish-Natalia L.

Art-Karis S.

The above students were awarded certificates in chapel for being Kind-Hearted.

CHICK-FIL-A SPIRIT NIGHT

PTL will sponsor a fun Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night on Tuesday, October 8th. Sales count all day, fun and games 5-8 pm.

TUITION EXPRESS

Ever wonder what that $20 Tuition Express charge was for?! Tuition Express charges are sometimes processed days (or even weeks) after you authorized the payment. To help you identify charges to your account, sign up for an on-line Tuition Express account! You can monitor your activity and sign up for e-mail payment notifications. If you are interested, please request enrollment information from Brenda Uhlich at buhlich@familyofchristtampa.com or 813-558-9343, ext. 133.