Knightly News

MCS Weekly Announcements
  • March 2: Donut Day
  • March 4: Hot Dog Day
  • March 11: Pizza Day
  • March 14: Records Day - NO SCHOOL
  • March 18: Popcorn Day
  • March 21-25: Iowa Assessments
DODGEBALL

Dodgeball starts this week!

Today at 3pm is the first session of dodgeball for the 2nd and 3rd graders.
Tomorrow the 4th and 5th graders will have their first session of dodgeball.
And Wednesday is the first session for the 6th - 8th graders.
WASHINGTON DC TRIP

If your 6th or 7th grade student is planning to participate in the Washington DC trip, make sure your $500 deposit is turned in today. We must confirm with the tour company tomorrow, in order to secure our trip.
DONUT DAY

Wednesday 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 Vick's Burger Shack (The Vick Family) for sponsoring Donut Day this month!
AUCTION

Our annual auction will be held Saturday, May 7th. We are really looking forward to having an in person auction this year. Next week we will be sending out procurement forms that will assist you in collecting items for the auction.
TEACHING POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Monroe Christian School will have several teaching positions open for the 2022-2023 school year. We are adding an additional 2nd grade and 5th grade classroom and teachers, due to an increased student growth. We also anticipate that two of our beloved educators will be moving out of the area. Due to a recent resignation, we are also in search of a middle school teacher to join Mrs. Waltman and Mrs. Moses.

If you are interested, please complete the attached Application for Employment. Upon completion of the application, please submit the application form along with your resume to elaine.obbink@monroechristian.org.
RECESS DUTY

If you have some free time and would like to volunteer, recess duty is great way to help.
  • The purpose of Recess Duty is to keep our children safe while they are enjoying fresh air and getting some exercise.
  • Another benefit is that this allows teachers much-needed time to regroup and prepare for the next classroom session of the day.
  • You will earn DOUBLE volunteer service hours when you help with recess duty!
The following link will allow you to sign up for recess duty on any of the available day(s)/time(s). Please feel free to sign up for any times that you can commit to volunteering.
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:
March 7th and 28th (instead of the 21st)
April 4th
May 2nd and 16th
June 6th
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.
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".

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
Monroe Christian School
www.monroechristian.com