Graphic Design help needed: With the upcoming ACS Expansion Campaign, work will be need on promotional material. We are looking for an experienced graphic/promotion designer in our community that would be available and interested in helping with this project. If you are interested, or know someone that might be, please reach out to Aaron Cole-Rouser, Director of Advancement, at acolerouser@allendalechristian.org.

Important Family Information: If you have not already filled this out, please take a minute to do so. We need every ACS family to complete and it should only take a moment. Family Information Document Link  Thank you for your help!

Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held February 13 & 16 from 5:00-8:15pm. An information sheet was emailed last week. You only need to return this sheet IF you have a time that conferences will not work for you. Please be sure to return this sheet no later than Friday, February 3. A copy of the form can also be found here -> Conference Form. If you need a hard copy, please let us know and we will send one home with your child.

Middle School Parent-Teacher Conferences - Information will be coming soon on how to sign up for conferences!

Morning drop-off: Please remember that the morning drop-off system depends on students being able to exit vehicles fairly quickly, so that the next cars can move forward. This keeps traffic off the road. If you need to get out of the vehicle to help children be able to exit the vehicle, please consider parking in the lot and walking across the crosswalk, or stop in the lot to prepare students to exit and then drive through the line. Thank you for your help!

EOCS Concert: Thursday, February 2 is our EOCS Band Concert at Fairhaven Ministries Church in Hudsonville. We are working hard to represent ACS and our music program. Below are a few things to be aware of!

• The 7th/8th Grade Band will be traveling to Fairhaven on Thursday during the school day (10:30-12:55) to participate in a clinic with the guest conductor and rehearse with the other middle school bands as well as Unity Christian. We will be back in time for lunch! 
• Students should arrive at Fairhaven at 6:30pm on Thursday night and meet me in the multi-purpose room. They should wear black and white like our Christmas concert (only black ties this time please!).
• The concert starts at 7:00pm and will be a little over an hour.
• I will let you know where we are sitting when I get that information from Brian Knot at Unity Christian.

Thank you for all your support of the music program at ACS!

Meagan Brummel

4th-8th Grade Game Club - Join our game club that is starting up today! Every Wednesday (starting Feb 1) and a few Mondays in February, we will meet here at school in the Middle School Great Hall. An information sheet was sent home with your child, but use this LINK to fill out the form now. There is a fee of $20 (tshirt + game costs). Also, it would be awesome to have some snacks to help keep kids energized during the games. Click here to sign up for drinks and snacks. Hope to see you there and let the GAMES BEGIN!

*Please note - the LAST day that late sign-ups will be accepted is next Wednesday, February 8.

Mr. Vanden Berg and Mrs. Van Wylen

Robotics Club: We have a parent that is willing to lead the Robotics program in March. We are looking at six sessions after school (likely March 7,9,14,16,21,23). In order to make sure the club can happen, we will need around six parents per time to keep kids on track. Please let Brian Koetje (bkoetje@allendalechristian.org) know if you are willing to help.

The Ottawa County Health Department will be here on Monday, February 27th to conduct free hearing & vision screenings for the students. If you wish to opt your child(ren) out from this service, please send an email to the office to let us know (office@allendalechristian.com).

ACS will be starting the be nice. program that was created by the Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan. Its goal is to continue to promote a positive school environment and encourage good mental health by teaching students to notice, invite, challenge, and empower. This is a positive mental health initiative, but students will also engage in activities that educate them on the impact their words and actions have on the way others think, act, and feel. We want all students to be loving communicators through their words, servant workers through actively bringing joy to our school, and image reflectors as they live to reflect God's image through love and kindness. 

We want the idea of be nice. to continue to gain momentum in our school, so discussions and activities will continue through the school year. Any discussions you can have at home will help keep our students thinking about the importance of their actions and their own personal value. This initiative is a great way to highlight some of the Habits of Living that are part of Teaching for Transformation.

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