News and Notes

January 11, 2023

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2022-2023

Praise!

Psalm 148:13

"Let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens."

CALENDAR

January

9-20 MAP Assessment Window

12 Early Childhood Open House, 6:30pm

13 End of 2nd Marking Period

19, 20 No PM Allendale Public School busing

20 Report Cards emailed

27 Praise and Worship Chapel, 8:30am **Stay after chapel for a time of fellowship!

February

3 Theme Chapel, 8:30am **Stay after chapel for a time of fellowship!

13 Parent/Teacher Conferences

14 No PM Allendale Public School busing

16 Parent/Teacher Conferences, 1/2 day school (11:55am dismissal)

17-20 No School, Winter Break

23-24 ACS Auction (online)

24 Praise and Worship Chapel, 8:30am **Stay after chapel for a time of fellowship!

25 ACS Auction (live event)

March

3 Theme Chapel, 8:30am **Stay after chapel for a time of fellowship!

10, 11 Middle School Play - Peter Pan

17 No School, Teacher Professional Development

17 End of 3rd Marking Period

18 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament

18-24 Book Fair

24 Praise and Worship Chapel, 8:30am **Stay after chapel for a time of fellowship!

24 Report Cards emailed

31 No School, Spring Break begins

2022-2023 School Year Calendar

2023-2024 School Year Calendar

ACS NEWS & ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

Our Early Childhood Open House is tomorrow, January 12, starting at 6:30pm. Come learn more about Preschool, Young Fives, and Kindergarten options for 2023-2024, as well as meet the teachers and see the classrooms! We hope to see you there!

Pick-up Reminder (North Lot) - Please do not enter the north lot for pick-up until 3:10pm or later. We have preschool classes dismissing a little earlier than the rest of our students and those parents are being blocked in due to early arrivers for the pick-up line. Thank you!

7th Grade Art Exhibit - We are excited to have a pop-up art exhibit at the Holland Area Arts Council! The artwork is inspired by landscape imagery from Psalm 148, and focuses on using texture to show different aspects of the landscapes. The exhibit will be on display from January 17th through the 23rd. We have a reception scheduled for Thursday, January 19th from 5:30-7:30pm with some light refreshments. We would love to see you there! You are also welcome to stop by during their open hours to check it out.

Attention All Business Owners and Local Community Businesses - During the upcoming school year, there will be a number of events that offer businesses an opportunity to invest in ACS, impacting the school and students. These sponsorship opportunities allow the event to occur and succeed, while providing promotion for your business to our ACS community.

Using the link here, you can see the Sponsorship Flyer for the list of events and sponsorship levels. There is also an option to be an All-Event Sponsor, giving your business the top option of sponsorship for all events listed.

If you have questions, or would like to know more about additional sponsorship opportunities, please contact Aaron Cole-Rouser by emailing acolerouser@allendalechristian.org. We hope you would consider sponsoring one or more events this upcoming year!

NEW DATES ADDED - Volunteer Opportunity! Throughout the course of the month, teachers will have the opportunity to meet with their grade-level team and our Director of Learning, Rachel Reed, for continued professional development. These meetings will be held during lunch, and we are looking for volunteers to help provide classroom coverage for these meetings. We would love it if you could please check out our sign-up genius and sign up to help with classroom lunchtime coverage in order to make this possible. We appreciate your help in this way! Sign Up Genius link

FUNDRAISERS & PTA

Save the Date! The Annual ACS Auction will be online February 23–24 with an in-person event Saturday, February 25. Dinner starts at 4:45 p.m.. Child care will be available.

Trash for Cash Please click these links for more information ---> Items Collected & Box Top Instructions. Questions - contact Erin Ensing, Trash for Cash chair, erinensing@hotmail.com

TRIP & HOT LUNCH

Hot Lunch volunteers link

ACS Hot Lunch: ACS Hot Lunch Volunteer Signup (signupgenius.com)

Winter/Spring Instant Trip is held every other Tuesday night from 7:00-7:30pm. In order for us to run this program we need at least three volunteers at each session on Tuesday night. If you are interested in volunteering. Please contact a trip coordinator or email Christy Breuker at jcbreuker@yahoo.com.

January 24

Tues: Erin/Christy,________, _________

February 7

Tues: Erin/Christy, _________, _________

Winter/Spring SCHEDULE - 2023

January 10

January 24

February 7

February 21

March 7

March 21

April 18

May 2

May 16

May 30

Potluck Pickup has now become ARROWASTE!

Things are changing for how to pay trash/recycle bills:

1.) TRIP can no longer pay your bill for you.

You can pickup/order $25 - Arrowaste Certificates (8%). We will have a supply in stock, however, if we run out it will be 2 weeks to get in stock.
You can order exact amount VIP certificate (4%). These will take 2 weeks to order.

2.) All certificates will need to be mailed to Arrowaste with your bill

QUICK LINKS

Please click on the link below to get your forms or information

Commonly Used Forms

COMMUNITY NEWS

Moms in Prayer Allendale: Moms in all schooling communities (private, public, homeschool) are welcome! We will be growing together in praying for our kids and school communities Thursdays

after school drop-off at 8:30-9:30am at Eastmanville United Reformed Church (6845 Leonard St, Coopersville). Please contact Rana Hardaloupas at (616)216-1728 or Caity Hintz (616) 550-7899 if you want more info.

ACS "Old People Hoops" meets in our ACS gym from 7pm-9pm on Friday evenings. The cost is $5 or an affordable donation. Email ted.kiliszewski@gmail.com or yug.gill@gmail.com for more information.

Looking for a way to combine meaningful work and lots of fun? That happens every day at revive! Revive is your very own local high quality resale store, supporting the area Christian schools with tuition reduction for every student. We’re always welcoming new volunteers in any area of interest, but at this particular time, we could especially use help in the areas of furniture, hardware, clothing, scrap metal, re-stocking shelves, shoes, toys, floral arrangements, and linens. Sound like something you could be interested in? Or someone you know? Stop by the store to see what we’re up to – or call with any questions! We love to share what revive is all about! (3675 Baldwin St, Hudsonville, 616-662-3375, revive@unitychristian.org, www.reviveresale.org. Or find us on Facebook and Instagram!)

Girls Basketball Camp -- Unity Christian is pleased to offer a basketball camp for girls in 5^th – 8^th grades. This program will be held Saturday mornings on January 21 & 28 and February 4 & 11. Each session will teach fundamental basketball skills and provide team competition. Grades 5 & 6 will meet from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., and grades 7 & 8 will meet from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. The cost to participate is $40 for 5^th/6^th and $50 for 7^th/8^th, and the deadline to register is January 16. Please go to https://unitychristianathletics.org/main/campsclinics/ for more information and an on-line registration link.

Unity Christian Flag Football for Boys Grades 2 – 7 – Unity Christian will be hosting a Saturday afternoon Flag Football Camp on February 4, 11, 18, and 25 for boys in 2nd through 7th grades. Instruction will be given on basic skills, fundamentals, and rules of football, but the majority of the time will focus on playing flag football. No experience is necessary and players of any level are encouraged to participate. Boys in 2^nd-3^rd will meet from 12 – 1 p.m., 4^th-5^th will meet from 1:15 – 2:15 p.m., and 6^th-7^th will meet from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Cost is $35, and the deadline to register is February 1. Online registration and a flyer with more information can be found at https://unitychristianathletics.org/main/campsclinics/.

CranHill is hosting 2 Winterfest Community Open Houses featuring activities for the whole family to enjoy! Winterfest will take place on Sunday January 29th and Sunday February 19th, 2023 from 2pm-6pm. Activities include 3 tubing hills, sledding, pony rides, ice wall climbing, ice skating, snowshoeing, wagon rides, lunch and more…all completely free thanks to their amazing sponsors! CranHill is located at 14444 17 Mile Rd Rodney, MI. For more information, head to www.cranhillranch.com/winterfest.

South Olive Bible Camp registration for summer 2023 is open! We offer two affordable, fun and spiritually enriching camp sessions at beautiful CranHill Ranch!

SonQuest session (current grades 3-6): June 11-14 / $249
Summit session (current grades 7-10): June 14-18 / $289

Save $30 when you register by February 15! Scholarships are available. For more information or to obtain a registration form, please contact Mike at 616.928.8958.

Baton Twirling Classes - please see this brochure for more information. --> Brochure