ELCA eNewsletter • October 2020 |
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The search for a new Head of School at ELCA is underway. We know that God has gone before us and we continue to pray for discernment and guidance as we seek the very best candidate to lead ELCA into the future. We also continue to pray for unity and cohesion in our school and our community and for patience as we all navigate this process.
Mr. Gilliam continues to build a legacy of faith, leadership and excellence that is felt by ELCA students and their families as well as school faculty and staff. It could be easy for us to feel discouraged as we consider the great impact that Mr. Gilliam has had on ELCA and our community, but we know that we are called to follow God and not man – a humbling reminder for us to continue to pray fervently for God’s will throughout the search. Countless families have been forever impacted by Kingdom Education at ELCA and many of us have seen our children come to know Jesus Christ during their time at Eagle's Landing Christian Academy. We know that God will continue to do a great work in our school and while Mr. Gilliam will be missed tremendously, we are excited for him and his family and we are excited about the future of our school.
In the coming weeks, we will provide a video update with more details on the search and insight into the process. As a reminder, you can stay up to date on the search here and feel free to contact us with any comments or questions via email.
ELCA Head of School Search Team
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ELCA School Nurse, Linda Payne is happy to update our ELCA Family on our COVID cases. Our last positive case in the school was on September 4. We do have a handful of students who are currently quarantined due to possible exposure. Those exposures occurred outside of ELCA.
It'’s very encouraging that our mitigation strategies seem to be making a difference. As virtual students return to class we will continue to maximize the space between each desk and enforce our hygiene and personal distancing strategies. Of course, COVID is still real and it will continue to make its way into our school. We are starting to see our typical strep, colds, allergies, and asthma flare-ups. We are all back together after being apart for months and seasonal illnesses are still going to be present. Our families are doing a great job in keeping sick students at home and being vigilant. If you have further questions, please contact Linda Payne.
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2020-2021 School Calendar
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2020 Student Diversity Council |
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Congratulations to the following students
for being selected to join the
Diversity Council Board!
Mychael Gullatt
Deanna Hewlin
Caley Ingram
Nico Mathew
Mark Meng
Keslynn Oxendine
Adyson Saunders
Katherine Spence
Jene´ Turner
Lily Wu
Caden Young
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Hispanic Heritage Month pays tribute to the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans who have positively enriched our nation and society.
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Bulletin Board (pictured above)- High school students and faculty/staff had a chance to guess the 20 flags of Hispanic countries. The winners from each grade and one faculty member won a $25 gift card!
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SAGE Lunch - On October 15th, SAGE served a variety of Hispanic food representing cuisine from Cuba, Spain, Mexico, and more. Items included paella, ropa vieja, roasted Mexican street corn, and horchata.
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Candy Corn Guessing Game - In honor of SAGE serving Mexican street corn, students and faculty/staff had to guess how many candy corn was in a jar. The best guess without going over won a $20 gift card to Pedro's Mexican Grill Restaurant. Congratulations to the winners!
- Elementary - Cristian Lugo (his guess was just 6 away from the correct answer!)
- Middle School - Megan Bourassa
- High School - Jade Hensel
- Staff / Faculty - Chris Jones
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October 26-30, 2020
more info to come...
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Monday, October 19
One Last Chance for Virtual Students' Fall Portraits
If you/your traditional/on-campus student have already had your fall portrait taken you should have received a form with a QR code. Please scan this code with your phone to view your/your student's picture. You will also be able to order packages from this link as well.
If you do not have a QR code please email customercare@legacystudios.com. Please include the name of our school, your student's name, and grade, and state that you need your students QR code to access their proofs.
If you are not happy with your students photo, please let your student's homeroom teacher know that you plan to do a retake on Monday, October 19 between 3:30PM-5:00PM.
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Elementary October Students of the Month |
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Congratulations to the following elementary
“Students of the Month”
1st Grade:
Londyn Cotton, Knox Duncan, Jaxon Jordan
2nd Grade:
Paisley Harris, Marcus Georges-Hunt, Selah Saget
3rd Grade:
Harlowe Hopps, Emmanuel Paggett, David Gilliam
4th Grade:
Megan Pevey, Christina Christian, Rilynne Brinson
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The 2020 Grandparents' Day Virtual Presentation was AWESOME!
AND...
It's not too late to participate in
The Grandparent Challenge!
October 2020 is “Let’s make a memory with your Grandparent” month. All students are encouraged to go make a memory, in person, through a door, or virtually, with grandparents! Take a photo and upload it to https://tinyurl.com/2020grandmemories no later than Wednesday, October 21, to be included in the 2020 Grandparents Photo Slideshow to be shared on October 30.
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Friday, October 23
Sport some PINK in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
The PINK OUT will extend to the football game.
GO CHARGERS!
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Congratulations to the 2020 ELCA Homecoming Court!
Seniors: Destiny Blash, Jalisa Dunlap, Deanna Hewlin, Bailey Lane, Marlo McBrayer, Isabelle Sullivan, Sam Allred, Kaleb Anthony, Philip Massengale, Nate Orcutt, Josh Rogers, Cameron Snell
Juniors: Gracie Brown, Sophie Fowler, Nadia Osmani, Miles Norwood, Cameron Sigur, Caden Young
Sophomores: Chloe Fowler, Maggie Hinton, Makenna Tyson, DJ Chester, Colton Hood, Charlie Gilliam
Freshmen: Kara Anthony, Kristen Capp, Amber Hensel, Joshua Banks, Brandon Hood, Maddox Crawford
Homecoming is Friday, November 13...ELCA is celebrating 50 years of empowering students to impact the world!
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A Glimpse from Recent Chapel Services |
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Pastor Luke McGee is the McDonough Co-Campus Pastor at the Momentum Church and spoke to students in chapel about how Kingdom culture is rich with diversity. God created diversity but through our differences, he wants us to be one and united in Him. Through tension, there is an opportunity to share the gospel and love those who are different from ourselves. We appreciate Pastor Luke sharing his personal experiences and encouraging us to stay Kingdom-focused as we celebrate diversity. |
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Al Tennyson, the Founder and President of Awaken International Ministries, shared a message about hope with middle and high school students. Focusing on 1 Peter, he emphasized how our identity is found in Jesus Christ. There is nothing more precious than life and if you don't find hope in Jesus, you won't find hope in anything else. He challenged the students to look forward to being merciful to people who have let you down as God's medicine and remedy to everything is grace. |
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2020 ELCA Junior Beta Club Induction |
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ELCA Jr. Beta Club
Membership Selection
The criteria for membership to the Junior Beta Club for students in 6th grade are all A’s in academic subjects from the 5th grade along with a score of “exceeding” in 2 or more areas of the ACT Aspire test.
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Students in 7th and 8th grade with an academic cumulative average of 90% or higher from the previous year are considered to have met the scholarship standard. *Students who transfer to ELCA as an active Beta Club member will become a member of the ELCA Jr. Beta Club chapter.
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Second grade EXCEL students recently worked on problem solving and the engineering design challenge. Their problem was that squirrels were getting into their pumpkin patch and eating their pumpkins. Students were tasked to build something to keep this from happening. They were supplied with 40 straws, 4 feet of tape, and 40 minutes. They turned out great! |
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Mr. Jones' sixth grade students are studying Ancient Egypt learning about pyramids, pharaohs, the Nile River and the Mummification process. The students watched documentaries about the Egyptian Mummification process and several students were selected to be mummified themselves, using paper towels or toilet tissue to complete their walking mummies. An exercise beneficial to understanding the Egyptian belief system as compared/contrasted to Biblical truths about the afterlife. |
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What Better Way to Learn About Someone? |
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Mrs. Davis' tenth grade World History students were presented with a unique way to learn facts about Roman Emperors...each student enacted the practice of "speed dating" to learn as many facts as possible in a limited amount of time. |
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The ELCA Middle School Drama Department
presents:
MURDER AT THE BOOK CLUB
Thursday, 10/29 at 6:00PM
- ELCA Auditorium
- Admission is FREE
- Followed by the high school presentation at 7:00PM
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- 30 minutes of one-on-one, personal attention
- Virtual options available
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The Varsity Volleyball Gals finished second in the region and will move forward to the GHSA State Playoffs next week. Come show your support as they face St Vincent’s at home Wednesday at 4:30PM. |
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Varsity Softball Ladies finished their season #2 in the area and will host the first round of GHSA State Playoffs next Friday in a best of 3 series...opponent still to be determined. |
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Running the Race in a Manner as to Win |
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The Varsity Cross Country team is down to their final championship races including tomorrow's Henry County Championship at Strong Rock at 8:00AM. The Area Championship and State Championship Meets follow in the coming weeks. Seniors competing in their final races are: Rebekah Duren, Joseph White, Michael Xu, and Chance Askew. |
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It's GREAT to be ALL IN!
Join us for the Homecoming Tailgate Tradition on Friday, November 13.
As a thank you to the families that contribute to this year’s ELCA Fund ALL IN Campaign, we are planning for our Homecoming Tailgate Celebration catered by Jim’N Nicks. Our presenting sponsor is Active Pest Control.
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Your donation or pledge must be received by Wednesday, October 21 in order to receive your invitation and tickets to this event.
The giving levels are listed below along with the number of tickets each donor receives for each category.
- Kingdom Leaders ($2,500 or above): 8 tickets and a reserved table
- Kingdom Builders ($1,000-$2,499): 6 tickets
- Chargers Circle ($500-$999): 5 tickets
- ELCA Supporters ($250-$499): 4 tickets
- ELCA Contributors ($150-$249): 3 tickets
- ELCA Friends ($1-$149): Under $100 = 1 ticket; $100 or above = 2 tickets
Also for donations of $100 or more, each student in the family will receive a Stronger Together t-shirt. Please complete this form and return to the Advancement Office.
We're counting on.the participation of each family. It's GREAT to be ALL IN!
100% parent participation helps ELCA secure grants and funds from outside organizations. Any and every gift counts!
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The Touch of SAGE mobile app allows the ELCA community to provide feedback on their meals. This information goes directly to our on-site Manager and allows him to build a menu we all will love.
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October
19-28 Canned Food Drive
19-21 Virtual second grade Performance Series Testing
20-22 Kindergarten – Performance Series Testing
20-22 Virtual K5 and first – Performance Series Testing
23 School-wide Pink Out
23 Virtual family pick up day (9-1 and 3:30 to 4:30)
26-30 GRACE Week
27 PreACT for Juniors
30 Elementary Parade of Nations • 8:15 am in the auditorium • will be live streamed for all to watch
November
3 Professional Learning Day • no school for students
6 Virtual family pick up day (9-1 and 3:30 to 4:30)
12 Homecoming Festivities
13 Homecoming Tailgate
20 Virtual family pick up day (9-1 and 3:30 to 4:30)
30 Professional Learning Day • no school for students
Check out events all year long at https://www.elcaonline.org/apps/pages/calendar
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