Knightly News MCS Weekly Announcements

November 10: Yoforit Night November 11: Veteran's Day NO SCHOOL November 13: Pizza Day November 20: Thanksgiving Feast November 23 & 24 Parent teacher conferences NO SCHOOL November 25 - 27: Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL

YOFORIT NIGHT Tomorrow, November 10th is Yoforit Night! With there being no school on Wednesday, tomorrow is the perfect time to have a fun night out with some delicious frozen yogurt. Yoforit Night is a fundraising event where a percentage of the sales go to support MCS. All sales between 5 pm - 8 pm on the second Tuesday of the month go directly to support our school. Families can also go there right after school to get a frozen treat - Just let the staff know you are there on behalf of MCS and those sales will also get added to the final total. Other Yoforit days: December 8th / January 12th / February 9th / March 9th

VETERANS DAY  In honor of our military veterans, we give tribute to those who have served and those that are still serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans Day is a good time to remember that our freedom isn't guaranteed. It's protected by the men and women in our Armed Services. To those who secure our way of life...Thank you!

PIZZA DAY Just a friendly reminder this Friday, November 13th is our next pizza day.  If you're not already enjoying our Friday pizza days you can contact the office to see about getting signed up for the remaining dates! November 13th* December 4th, 18th January 8th, 22nd February 5th, 19th March 5th, 26th* April 2nd, 16th May 7th, 21st June 4th *date changes - since original

THANKSGIVING FEAST Friday, November 20th, we will hold our annual Thanksgiving Feast! Due to ongoing restrictions, each plate will be individually packaged and served in the classrooms rather than at the church as it has been in prior years. We ask that parents provide $4.00 per student to help cover the cost of the meal. Our thanks go to Sultan Red Apple, Sara Peterson, and other parent volunteers for the their help and support with this wonderful event!

POINSETTIA FUNDRAISER A huge thank you to all who participated in our poinsettia fundraiser sale! We exceeded our goals and sold 580 plants and made $3,450. These funds will be used toward the much needed installation of a new heating/air system in the older part of the building. Thank you all for your generosity and support of our school! Plants are due to arrive at the school on Friday, November 20th. If you are available on this day please let us know, as we may need some extra hands to distribute all the plants.

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE Parent / Teacher Conference are Monday, November 23 and Tuesday, November 24. Emails have been sent out to all families with students kindergarten through eighth grade with your scheduled conference time. If you did not receive an email yet, please contact Dena Bobinger at secretary@monroechristian.org or call 360-794-8200.

A big thank you to all our parents who have been helping out with building and ground maintenance, recess, morning drop off, pizza days and so much more. And a special thank you to Mr. Ytreeide for his hard work cleaning up the fall leaves!

FREE & EASY WAYS TO HELP THE SCHOOL MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS: Does the company you work for (Boeing, Microsoft, etc.) match contributions you make to a non-profit company? Take a moment to find out. When you donate money to the school for a fundraiser or any other reason, follow your company's system to record it and designate MCS to receive matching funds! (If someone you know works at a participating company, they can also designate MCS!) Explore all the ways to benefit MCS.

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS We are still looking for substitute teachers. If you know someone who would like to substitute teach for us please contact Elaine Obbink.

PLEASE KEEP SICK CHILDREN HOME We will continue taking temperatures before the children leave your cars. We will also be asking about the following symptoms.  Temperatures must be below 100.2 without the use of a fever reducing medication. coughing shortness of breath headache sore throat muscle or body aches loss of taste or smell congestion nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea

MOMS PRAYER GROUP The Moms in Prayer group has started once again. This group provides a good way for moms to connect with other moms, support each other, and most importantly pray together. 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. The group meets every other Monday at 9am in the MCS library. We understand schedule constraints so please feel free to come when you are able.  We look forward to meeting you and praying with you!

MONDAYS  November 16th December 7th January 11th & 25th February 8th & 22nd March 8th & 22nd April 5th & 19th May 3rd & 17th June 7th

SCHOOL CALENDAR (tentative) Please use the following link to download or print a copy of the 2020-2021 tentative school calendar.

CONNECT WITH FACEBOOK If you are interested in joining the MCS Parents Info Group on Facebook use the link here to check it out.

MCS BOARD FOR 2020-2021 President Janet Gjerde Vice President/Safety Ben Werkhoven Secretary/Promotions & Curriculum: Cheryl Jansen Treasurer/Safety: Ji Park Board Member/Building & Grounds Craig Cox Board Member/T.A.P.P. & Promotions Christy Dunn Board Member/Building & Grounds Joe Dunn Board Member/T.A.P.P. Kathlyn Hughes Board Member/Building & Grounds Brian Zinser (new) Administrator Elaine Obbink 

Our scripture theme for this year is based on Hebrews 11:1-3 "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible."

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