"In the same way, LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your father in heaven." Matthew 5:16
GRANDPARENT'S DAY THIS FRIDAY!
This Friday we will be celebrating our grandparents/grandfriends. We are so thankful for them and what they mean to us and their support of our school. While we are not able to meet in person on campus here at JCS, we have pre-recorded a "program" for you to view. Beginning this Friday you can access it here. This will be a half-day of school with a noon dismissal. See below for busing instructions for this day.
FLOWER SALE
JCS Parent Club is excited to be selling 10" hanging flower baskets for Mother's Day! There are a variety of selections for both sun and shade. The hanging baskets must be preordered by Friday, April 23 @ MIDNIGHT, so place your order today. Baskets are $15/each. Please place your order here.

All orders must be PAID IN FULL in order to pickup the flower baskets. Feel free to pay in advance at the JCS Office (Monday-Friday, 7:30AM-3:45PM) or when picking up the flower baskets on May 7. We accept the following methods of payment:
 - CASH (Please have exact amount as we cannot guarantee change.)
 - CHECK made out to Jenison Christian School
 - VENMO (@JCS-ParentClub and please specify the payment is for: 'Hanging Baskets'. )
ENROLLMENT
Elementary & Middle School Enrollment

All JCS families, by now you should have received your enrollment packets for next school year. This packet contains many important pieces of information that are needed for next school year. Please take a few moments to carefully read through the paperwork and fill out the necessary forms and return them to the school office by Friday, April 30. Knowing how many students that are planning to be at Jenison Christian School is very valuable to the school board as they make decisions for classroom sizes, staffing, etc. for the upcoming school year.
COUNTRYSIDE GIFTCARDS
Gift cards for Countryside Greenhouse are now available in the school office. The cards are $50 each and a percentage of each card sold goes back to Jenison Christian. Do your shopping and support JCS at the same time!
COVID TESTING REMINDER
One important thing that we want to remind families of is that if any member of your household has been tested and is awaiting test results for COVID, it is imperative that ALL students of JCS from this household remain at home until those test results come back. The ripple effects of a positive case can greatly affect the number of students needing to quarantine. We are trying our best to keep as many students in the classroom as possible and finish this year strong! Thank you for your help!
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
April 21 - TRIP order pick-up - 6:30-7:00pm - (for orders placed last week)
April 22 - All School Fire Drill Practice - 9:30am
April 23 - Grandparent's Day (Program will be online) - Noon Dismissal Today!
April 23 - JCS Online Auction - starting at 8am
April 24 - JCS Online Auction - ending at 7:00pm, 7:30pm and 8:00pm (different boards close at different times)
April 27 - Pickup for Auction Items Won - 5:00-8:30pm - (more information coming)

The JCS calendar for next year (2022-22) has been approved and can be found here.
JOB POSTING
We are excited to announce that with our current projected enrollment for next year, we are looking to hire an additional second grade teacher for the 2021-22 school year. If you would be interested or know of someone who might be, please pass along this link! https://www.csionline.org/job-board/2399/2nd-grade-teacher
ALL SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • Tuition Assistance for 2021-2022 School Year: We are so grateful for the Jenison Christian Education Foundation, REVIVE Re-store, the JCS Parent Club, many of our local churches, and individuals who annually support Jenison Christian School financially and/or through volunteer time to assist in keeping tuition affordable. If tuition costs for JCS are unaffordable for your family, we invite you to apply for tuition assistance through the JCS tuition assistance program. For the upcoming 2021-2022 school year, JCS will again participate in the online FACTS tuition assistance application program. All parents or guardians requesting tuition assistance through JCS are required to complete an application using the FACTS program to receive JCS tuition assistance. Our first priority regarding tuition assistance will be for families enrolled in full day programming at JCS. There are several steps to this process so please fill out the forms as soon as possible if you are interested. If you have questions regarding this process, please contact Karen Deters, Financial Secretary (457-3301 ext. 162 or email at kdeters@jenisonchristian.org).
Tuition Reduction Incentive Program (T.R.I.P.)
All orders MUST be preordered. TRIP has dwindled down its inventory and gift cards are now being ordered on an as needed basis. Pick ups will be offered ONLY on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-7:00 PM as volunteers and parents are not able to be in the school building during school hours. 

The order due and pick up dates through the end of the school year are as follows to help you plan accordingly:

Order by Tuesday, April 13 for pick up on Wednesday, April 21,
Order by Tuesday, May 4 for pick up on Wednesday, May 12,
Order by Tuesday, May 25 for pick up on Wednesday, June 2.

If you have an online TRIP account, we would encourage you to order your TRIP cards via the online ordering system. If you don’t have an online TRIP account, please email your order to JCS Trip at trip@jenisonchristian.org and your money will be collected when you pick up your order.  As a reminder, we will NOT be able to fulfill any orders at pick up. ALL ORDERS ARE PREORDERED.
BUS BULLETIN
Please email your bus driver if your student does not need morning pickup at deer14@jenisonchristian.org or eagle18@jenisonchristian.org

April 23 is a half-day of school. The JCS Eagle and JCS Deer buses will provide both AM and NOON busing. The JPS Rabbit bus will provide AM busing; however, there will be NO JPS RABBIT bus at NOON dismissal.
STAFF BIRTHDAYS
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April Birthdays
01 - Jill Schepers
07 - Laura VandenBerg
11 - Sharon Thrasher
14 - Craig Flietstra
16 - Kara Bremer
18 - Hannah Stob
21 - Sally VanDyke
29 - Karen Deters
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Unity Summer Sports Camp Registration Date Change – We are excited to host sports camps at Unity Christian this summer! We were planning to open our camp registration the week after spring break, but we have decided to postpone the start of registration until mid-May. We want to have as much clarity with the COVID situation as possible and any further requirements/restrictions that might be in place this summer. We have always had room in our camps and have not turned anyone away, so we anticipate that there will be no problem with this later registration date.  Our current summer camp schedule is available on our website at https://unitychristianathletics.org/main/campsclinics/, and look for further communication in May when the registration opens! 
 
DAILY WAYS TO SUPPORT JCS
The Paper Gator is still open!
Recycle your paper products in the Paper Gator (Located in the Baldwin Street Lot in the Northeast corner - NEW location)
As you are making your purchases online, remember to make your Amazon purchases through Amazon Smile for JCS
Please save your Spartan receipts for JCS! You can drop them off at the office anytime.
For those who use Shipt for grocery delivery and receive email receipts, you can just forward your receipt on to receipts@boxtops4education.com within 14 days and your earnings will automatically be applied to JCS. You will need to create an account to link your email to JCS. 
QUICK LINKS
JENISON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Jenison, MI 49428