OCCS News and Announcements
February 7, 2023
Spiritual Theme: Blessed to be a Blessing
Theme Song: Rejoice, O Pure in Heart
Theme Verse: Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God."
Soup Supper
The annual OCCS Tiger PAWS Soup Supper will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2023 from 5:00-7:00 pm in the OCCS gym. Soup, tavern, hot dogs/coneys, and homemade desserts and pies will be served. Please come out and support OCCS with this fundraiser! Any extra food will be sold from 7-7:30 pm that evening. No food will be available for purchase the next day.
Brick & Hammer Challenge
Any money placed in a specific grade level bucket is positive towards that entire grade. Money can come in the form of coins, bills, or checks. Every $10.00 buys a brick. Other grade levels can block another grade with a $10.00 hammer, or use their own money to block another grade. Parents can Venmo Mr. DeJong if interested. Check out the link to see how the challenge works.
Job opening
Orange City Christian School is looking to hire a full time Office Staff who will also be our TRIP coordinator. Responsibilities include running a sizable TRIP program and all office responsibilities. The position is approximately 40 hours/week. Interested parties can find an application on our school website or here. A full job description click here. We ask for applications to be turned into Mr. Alons by Monday, February 13th. If you have any questions please contact jalons@orangecitychristian.net.
Parent Teacher Conference
The scheduler will be closed on Feb. 9 at 9am so no changes can be made after that time. We do require that all students have a parent teacher conference. Please plan accordingly. School will be dismissed at 2pm both Tuesday and Thursday of Conferences.
From Tiger Paws
Parents & Friends We would like to bless our teachers with a meal during parent- teacher conferences. The PAWS Board will be providing sandwich's both evenings but we thought we would open it up to the many families who enjoy making food for others! Each Night we are requesting salads/sides and 3 bars/desserts! Thank you for helping us Bless our teachers!
Save the Date
Now that the government passed the ESA bill, a rules committee will meet and establish how these Education Savings Accounts will work. Next the OCCS school board will be meeting with churches to discuss our current partnership agreements. Then on Monday, April 17 at 6pm the Board will meet with parents to discuss the details and upcoming school year.
Preschool Open House & Registration
Spread the word, our Preschool Open House will be held Wednesday, February 15 from 5:30 - 7:30pm. Come tour the classroom, learn about our Covenant Kids Preschool program and meet the teacher, Miss Zuetenhorst. This events is for parents and their children. Preschool Registration will be Thursday, Feb. 23 from 5-6pm, for parents only.
Attention OCCS Alumni
Did you graduate from Orange City Christian School? We are updating our alumni database and we would appreciate your help. If you could fill the following link with your information, we would appreciate it. We also ask that you might forward this to any alumni that you know wouldn't see this request. We are hoping to stay in contact with our alumni and this is our first step in doing so. We thank you for helping us out with this information.