Knightly News

MCS Weekly Announcements
  • Feb. 1: Open enrollment for 2022-2023
  • Feb. 2: Donut Day
  • Feb. 4: Pizza Day
  • Feb. 9: Hot Dog Day
  • Feb. 10 & 11: Parent Teacher conferences - NO SCHOOL
  • Feb. 18: Pizza Day
  • Feb. 21: President's Day - NO SCHOOL
RE-ENROLLMENT

Open enrollment has started!

If you are interested in re-enrolling your student, we strongly recommend you do so as soon as possible.

To re-enroll, simply stop by the office to initial off on your current registration paperwork and pay the registration fee.

There is no need to fill out new paperwork unless you are enrolling a new sibling.

Enrollment is a “first come, first serve” basis and we can not reserve a space without registration paperwork and payment.
DONUT DAY

Tomorrow is Donut Day!

Donuts can be purchased before or after school for $1 each.

If you would like your student to participate, please send them with money.

Special thanks to the Racine family (Jonathan, Patricia, Lincoln & Jackson) for sponsoring Donut Day this month!
PARENT / TEACHER CONFERENCE

Parent / Teacher Conferences are Thursday, February 10th and Friday, February 11th. An email with your scheduled conference time has been sent.
Please make sure to confirm your conference time by replying to the email. If you did not receive an email yet, please contact Dena Bobinger at secretary@monroechristian.org or call 360-794-8200.
COVID PROCEDURE

  1. Please notify the office if anyone in your family has tested positive. 
  2. We will discretely notify the teacher.
  3. The teacher will email the notice to each of the parents in the classroom.
  4. The office will then give each teacher a hard copy for the students to place in their backpack to take home.
  5. If you have any questions, please contact the office.
  6. Do not assume that if a student is missing from the class that this is the reason, they are absent.
  7. We have had tremendous transparency and support. We want this to continue.
MOMS IN PRAYER

The Moms in Prayer group provides a good way for moms to connect with other moms, support each other, and most importantly pray together.

Moms in Prayer meet Mondays at 9am across from the school at New Hope Fellowship Church.
Tentative scheduled meetings are every 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday except holidays. See our tentative schedule below.
This is a very open and welcoming group. Feel free to share as much or as little as you would like, ask for prayers, or simply sit with us to enjoy the love and support of other moms in the same stage of life.

We understand schedule constraints so please feel free to come when you are able.
We look forward to meeting you and praying with you!

The Moms in Prayer tentative schedule:
February 7th
March 7th and 28th (instead of the 21st)
April 4th
May 2nd and 16th
June 6th
FREE & EASY WAYS TO HELP THE SCHOOL

There are many ways you can help the school that are free and easy.

  • Matching Employer Funds - Many larger employers offer matching funds when their employees donate to the school through their portals. Check with your employer to see what they may offer!
  • Fred Meyer Rewards - Link Monroe Christian School to your Fred Meyers Rewards card through the "Community Rewards" setting and a percentage of your eligible purchases will go directly to MCS. If you have already designated MCS as your Community Reward, please take a minute and check if it is still active. (The community reward must be renewed yearly.)
  • AmazonSmile - Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to MCS. Simply go to smile.amazon.com to get setup.
  • Office Depot - Use our school ID #70106855 when making purchases at Home Depot and we will receive credit towards future purchases.
  • Rite Aid - RXfundraising and Rite Aid are willing to give a portion of every dollar spent on prescriptions and purchases made at Rite Aid to support our school. Register your Rite Aid card with RXfundraising and choose - "support MCS".

LOVE AND LOGIC

How You Communicate is More Important than What You Communicate

What’s more important? What we say—or how we say it?

Years ago, I visited a school that was thrilled with how well Love and Logic skills were working. Most of the teachers were happier, and so were their students.

However, one teacher continued to have problems with students. As I observed her in her classroom, I heard her say, “How sad,” when she provided consequences. I heard her use Enforceable Statements, such as, “I grade papers that I can read.” I even heard her give choices like, “Feel free to do this in pen or pencil. You decide.”

She used all the right words, but how she communicated was not truly Love and Logic because of the way she delivered those statements.

What percentage of the message we send is communicated in the words we use? Probably less than 10 percent! It’s how we say those words that’s important. That’s why the most important Love and Logic skill is:

Empathy!

Understanding why is simple. Consequences delivered with empathy create responsibility. Consequences delivered without empathy create resentment. The principle of always delivering consequences with empathy applies to teachers and parents alike.

So, we have a choice: Will we raise responsible kids or resentful ones?

Yes, understanding why empathy is the most important skill is simple. Empathy preserves the relationship and makes it very hard for our kids to blame us for their poor decisions.

Using sincere empathy on a consistent basis is the hard part! We’ve spent several decades working with people who’ve been successful with this. What do they have in common? They use just one empathetic statement, regardless of what consequence they must provide.

That’s right. They keep it simple!

They also pick one that fits their personality and culture. Some folks always precede consequences with, “That is so sad.” Others prefer, “Oh, man….” Some parents say, “What a bummer.” Others prefer, “Bless your heart.”

The teacher I observed in the classroom had the best of intentions. She was simply confused about Love and Logic and how it should be used, believing that it was designed to make kids behave and make kids be responsible.

Love and Logic is really designed to help adults take good care of themselves so that they can be strict, and very caring, at the same time. For more tips on how to use Love and Logic effectively, watch our webinar, Home and School Strategies for Creating Respectful, Responsible Kids.
 
Thanks for reading!

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Our scripture theme for this year is based on Galatians 5:22-23, 25
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit