JCS News - August 26, 2020

"In the same way, LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your father in heaven." Matthew 5:16

Happy 1st day of school (PK-8th graders)!

Hi parents!

We made it to the first day of the 2020-2021 school year! We are praying for each of you as we officially begin this journey together.

A few things to note:

Our drop off loop is new this year! If you haven't done so already, please take a look at the drop off and pick up procedure found here.
Tomorrow (Thursday, 8/27) will be a half day of school (noon dismissal), because of heat.
Lastly, you are invited to worship with us in our live chapel this morning at 8:30!

Each classroom/homeroom teacher has sent multiple emails to their class at this point. If you've not received anything from your child's teacher, please let us know!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

August 26 - First day of school for PK-8th graders - HALF DAY (Noon Dismissal; NO JPS Busing at noon)

August 27 - CHANGE IN SCHEDULE - Half Day (Noon Dismissal)

August 31 - School is IN session (updated school calendar)

Sept 4 - No School

Sept 7 - No School, Labor Day

ATHLETICS

Our JCS middle school fall athletic calendars are out. More information about the season will be emailed soon to parents.

Boys 7th/8th grade Soccer

Girls 7th grade Volleyball

Girls 8th grade Volleyball

ALL SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

JCS Office Hours: The office is open Monday-Friday, 7:30 AM - 4 PM. The office will be closed at noon when we have a scheduled half day.

Yearbooks are in! The yearbooks from our 2019-2020 school year are now in the office. Many students were able to pick up their yearbooks at their 1 on 1 meeting with their teacher, or will be receiving it from their homeroom teacher this week. If you don't get yours, it is in the JCS office!

Hot Lunch will be available to students again this year. The program is run through Allendale Christian, so any checks given to the office should be made out to ACS. Here are the August and September food menus, as well as an informational sheet about the hot lunch program.

The Passing on the Faith drive for JCS kicked off last night. Each Fall we partner with J. Milito and Associates to call on the JCS community to ask for donations to our school's annual fund. Our goal this year is to raise $145,000 for annual needs at JCS (supplies, tuition assistance, extra-curriculars, etc). We value the continued support we receive from our families and community in meeting these special needs at JCS!

Bus Bulletin

For the first day of school, August 26:

JPS will provide morning busing. There will be NO JPS busing home at the noon dismissal.
JCS Deer and Eagle buses will be running both the morning and after school (noon) routes

JCS #14 Deer and #18 Eagle bus parents, please email your driver when your student does not need morning pick-up at deer14@jenisonchristian.org & eagle18@jenisonchristian.org. Bus drivers are not able to communicate during their morning bus runs from 6:50 am to 8:30 am.

Please note, the buses may be arriving at your bus stop earlier or later than the scheduled times. Students must be ready at their morning bus stop at least 5 minutes prior to their scheduled pick up time.