Sussex Christian School
Home Announcements
February 7, 2007
SCHOOL CALENDAR
February 12 ......................School Board Meeting
February 15 ......................District Band Concert
February 19 & 20.............Winter Recess: School Closed
February 23......................First Grade Chapel
February 24......................Spaghetti Dinner Sponsored by Junior High Class
March 12............................Star Lab in the School Gym
March 15............................Parent-Teacher Conferences
March 16............................School Dismissal at 12:30 p.m. for Parent-Teacher Conferences
March 29 ...........................Promotional Dinner at Lafayette House
ENROLLMENT INTENTION FORMS
Please be sure to complete your Enrollment Intention form and send it to the school office no
later than this Friday. This information will aid the school board in their work on next year’s
budget and determine staffing needs. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
7th & 8th GRADE SPAGHETTI DINNER FUNDRAISER
The 7th and 8th grade classes are holding an “All You Can Eat” Spaghetti and
Meatball dinner in the school gym on Saturday, February 24th. Serving time is
from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Dinner includes spaghetti, meatballs, salad, bread,
drinks, and desert. Tickets purchased in advance are $8 for adults and $5 for
children under 12. Tickets at the door are $9 for adult and $5 for children.
Please call the school or contact any 7th or 8th grader to order your tickets.
TIME TO ORDER YEARBOOKS!
Yearbooks are a great keepsake for every child! They contain individual portraits of students
and staff, candid pictures taken throughout the school year, and pictures of special programs and
chapels. What adult doesn’t like to go back through their own yearbook and revisit their school
days? Don’t miss out on an opportunity to own this full-color book for your child(ren). Each book
costs only $9. All orders must be received by March 2, 2007. Please complete the appropriate
order form and send it in with your payment to the school office.
www.sussexchristianschool.org ~ email: [email protected]
THE COLD AND FLU SEASON IS UPON US
Lately there have been many absences due to both colds and stomach viruses. Since we all want
to prevent the spreading of germs, we are reminding everyone of the guidelines to use in
determining when your child should return to school after being sick.
Vomiting/Diarrhea: Children should be symptom free for 24 hours and be
able to hold down foods and fluids before returning to school.
Strep Throat: Children may return to school 24 - 48 hours after the first
dose of antibiotics therapy has been started, providing they feel well enough
to attend and do not present other symptoms.
Fever: Children may return to school when their temperature has been
normal for 24 hours. Tylenol (acetaminophen), Motrin, or Advil (ibuprofen)
may lower an elevated temperature; therefore, children should be off any of
these medications for 24 hours as well.
Cold: Children should stay home if they are too uncomfortable to complete
school work. They should also stay home if they have a severe cough.
Pink Eye/Conjunctivitis: Three sets of eye drops are needed and no drainage and/or crusting in
the morning before returning to school.
Please remember good nutrition and hand washing are our #1 way to prevent spread of disease.
If in doubt, please call Nurse Norton at the school, extension #12.
SCHOOL LUNCH MENU
Cost $1.50 or 1 lunch ticket
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
2/9 – Pizza & Snack
2/12 – Subs, Pickles and
Cookies
2/14 – Chicken Nuggets, Mac
& Cheese, and Peaches
2/16 – Pizza & Snack
2/19 –NO SCHOOL
2/21 – Hamburgers, French
Fries, and Green Beans
2/23 – Pizza & Snack
2/26 – Ham & cheese,
carrots w/ranch dip, & snack
2/28 – Ziti, salad, and bread
3/2 – Pizza & Snack
LUNCH HELP NEEDED
We are in need of one person to help with hot lunches one Wednesday each month. The hours are
approximately 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. If interested, please call Cheryl Brands at 973-875-2249.
Tuition credits are available for this service.
YOU’RE INVITED TO THE DISTRICT BAND CONCERT
This year’s district band concert is being held on Thursday, Feb.
15 beginning at 8 p.m. at High Point Regional High School.
Students participating from our school include: Casey Sytsema
(trumpet), Ashley Zimmermann (flute), Emily Compton (flute),
Janell McDonald (flute), Ken Christensen (drums), Zackary Vander
Groef (drums), Natasha Kanunaido (alto sax), and Jamie
Christensen (baritone). Please come out and hear the children as
they use the wonderful talents God has blessed them with.
CHECK OUT THE 2006 CLEAN COMMUNITY POSTER CONTEST WINNERS
During the month of February, the Sussex-Wantage Library is displaying the winning posters
from the 2006 Sussex-Wantage Clean Communities Contest. Go in and take a look at all the great
artwork. Included are some winning posters by our own SCS students: Ryan Henderson, Carla
Torppey, and Ashley Zimmermann. Congratulations students!
A NOTE FROM MRS. NYMAN
To My Wonderful Students: Thank you so much for the beautiful shower you had for my baby
and me. I really appreciate all the generosity and love you showed. My family and I feel really
blessed to have been showered with so many gifts, cards and well wishes. Thank you for all the
diapers, wipes, bathing products, medical products, clothing, blankets, books, toys, bottles, bibs
and everything else. My husband and I feel completely ready for the little guy’s arrival; the only
thing we need now is the baby. Thank you also for the extremely generous gift cards to BabiesR-Us. I went shopping with Miss Wright and Mrs. Plantenga the next day and bought a few items
that the baby still needed such as a monitor. We had a great time shopping for the baby.
I would like to thank several moms: Donna Babich, Michele Torppey, Amy
McCann, Cheryl Brands, Judy Bahr and Nancy McDonald for all they did to make
the day special for me. The food tables were set up beautifully; I especially
loved the chocolate fountain. Thank you also to the OEL for the decorations;
the gym looked wonderful. Thank you also to the Clove Brook Deli and the
Holland American Bakery for their wonderful cakes; they were thoroughly
enjoyed. Thank you for all your help preparing me for my new baby. I will miss
Sussex Christian School very much while I am on maternity leave.
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BIBLE CONTEST
Several of our students attended the Northern NJ Christian School Bible contest yesterday at
Ringwood Christian School. They made us proud with their fine representation of our school.
Those who participated were:
Grade 3: Richard Kuperus & Colin Myles
Grade 4: Jillian Carelli & Ashley Hamming
Grade 5: Hannah Sytsema & Jacob Van Wyk
Grade 6: Tyler Bahr & Ashley Zimmermann
Grade 7: Anna Marie Kuperus & Clare Fragomeni
Grade 8: Dan Van Wyk
SCOLIOSIS TESTING
We are once again printing the scoliosis permission slip in this issue of the Home
Announcements. Nurse Norton has only received about half of the permission slips
back. If you have a student in grades 4 through 8, please take a moment to fill this
out and return it to her at school if you have not already done so.
CHRISTIAN HOME AND SCHOOL MAGAZINE
Each family will be receiving a Christian Home and School magazine today. Please check your
child’s backpack for them.
OEL NEWS
GERTRUDE HAWK FUNDRAISER
The spring OEL Gertrude Hawk fundraiser will be sent home with the youngest child in the
family on Friday, February 16. Please check your child’s backpack for it. Orders and
money are due back no later than Wednesday, March 7. Merchandise will be delivered at
the end of March. If you have any questions, please contact Lori Davis at 973-875-9841.
BOX TOPS AND SOUP LABELS
Our last submission of box tops are due at the end of February. If you have any laying
around, please send them to school no later than February 14. Also, continue sending in
the UPC codes from your soup labels. As a reminder, both UPC codes and box tops must be
cut out neatly in order to be considered for use. Any that are torn or mangled cannot be
used.
REQUESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS
CADETS
We are attaching a Cadet letter to this Home Announcements since our meeting was
cancelled last Friday. Please be sure to complete the Winter Jamboree permission slip and
bring it with you to next week’s meeting!
FOR SALE
Living room couch, love seat, coffee table, and side table. Call Rose at 973-362-0190.
AN INVITATION FOR YOU
Sparta Evangelical Free Church invites you see Ginger Millermon in concert on Sunday, February
25th at 6 p.m. Tickets are free, but registration is required. You may contact them at 973-3001717. Promotional flyers for this concert can be picked up in the school foyer.
Congratulations to the following students for their
outstanding efforts during the 2nd marking period!
SCROLL OF HONOR
High Honor Roll
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
Kim Amels
Sean Baxley
Ryan Henderson
Caneel Schipper
Halee Sytsema
Hannah Sytsema
Jacob Van Wyk
Kenny Vander Groef
Emily Compton
Kara Jacobs
Natasha Kanunaido
Ashley Zimmermann
Jeremy Brands
Katie Carbone
Matthew Compton
John Torppey
8th Grade
Brittany Parak
Chelsea Westra
Honor Roll
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
Colby Brands
Shawn Davis
Brandon Dykstra
Nicholas Hewitt
Racheal Kuperus
Ezekiel Lewie
Joshua Ramaglino
Amanda Schmidt
Jacob Schweinberg
Mark Verblaauw
Maxine Weber
Tyler Bahr
Kimberly Betancourt
Ken Christensen
Bryce Gebauer
Elizabeth Kuperus
Lauren Parak
Carla Torppey
Jamie Christensen
Nicholas Fontana
Clare Fragomeni
Andrea Hamming
Christie Kuiken
Anna Marie Kuperus
Kyle Niehoff
Kimberly Promnitz
Ashley Van Grouw
Zackary Vander Groef
8th Grade
Michele Litterio
Kyleigh Little
Tara Mahady
Leanna Tallamy
Daniel Van Wyk
Derek Van Althuis
Honorable Mention
5th Grade
Jonathan Ward
SCHOOL FORMS – CLIP AND SEND IN WITH YOUR CHILD
SCHOOL LUNCH COUPONS - ORDER FORM
Name:_____________________________ # of booklets ordered:______ X $15.00 ea.
Phone #:__________________________ Teacher:___________________________
Total enclosed: $________________
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO SCS-OEL.
Check #________
Cash_______
Note: Orders will be picked up on Tuesdays and sent home with your child on Wednesdays.
SCOLIOSIS SCREENING PERMISSION SLIP
I give permission to the school nurse at Sussex Christian School to screen my child(ren)
for scoliosis.
( ) I do not wish to be present for screening ( ) I wish to be present for the screening
Name of Child:
Grade:
Name of Child:
Grade:
Name of Child:
Grade:
Signature of Parent:
Date:
YEARBOOK ORDER FORM
Child’s Name & Grade:________________________________________________
Child’s Name & Grade:________________________________________________
Child’s Name & Grade:________________________________________________
Total Books Ordered:__________ @ $9 each = Total $ Enclosed:_____________
Please make checks payable to Sussex Christian School.
T.R.I.P
THIS WEEK’S TRIP NEWS: Inquiries this week should be made to Dave Compton at 973-6705201. Please be advised that there is
accordingly.
NO TRIP the week of Feb. 19th so plan
T.R.I.P. will have a “CASH ‘n’ CARRY” Shopping day on Tuesday, February 13th. Only the cards
listed will be sent home the same day you send in your order. (Special Orders will be sent home
on or before the following Tuesday.) The following cards/certificates will be available on a firstcome, first-served basis:
________$25 A&P card
________$100 A&P card
________$250 A&P card
________$25 Applebee’s
________$ 2 Baskin Robbins
________$25 Bed, Bath & Beyond
________$10 Blockbuster
________$10 Burger King
________$10 Clove Brook Market
________$25 Clove Brook Market
________$25 Creative Memory’s
________$ 5 Domino’s Pizza
________$50 Exxon/Mobil
________$25 Gulf Gasoline
________$25 Gap/Old Navy
________$25/$50 HILITES SALON
________$25 Home Depot
________$100 Home Depot
________$25/$100 JC Penney’s
________$ 5 KFC
________$10/$50/$100 Kohl’s
________$25/$100 Land’s End
_________ $25 Linens ’n Things
_________ $25 Lowe’s Home
_________ $100 Lowe’s Home
_________ $25 Marshall/TJ Maxx
_________$25 Olive Garden/Red Lobster
_________$10/$25 Pampered Chef/Sue Hough
_________$10 Pizza Hut
_________$10/$25 PICK UP THE PACE
_________$25/$100 Sears
_________$25 Servicemaster
_________$25/$100 Shell Gas
_________$10 Shop Rite
_________$25 Shop Rite
_________$100 Shop Rite
_________$25/$100 Staples
_________$25/$50 Sussex Meat
_________$20 Toys ‘R’ Us
_________$10 Wendys
_________$10 Weis
_________$25 Weis
_________$100 Weis
Order TOTAL $_______________
Name_________________________________
Send home with my child: _______________
T.R.I.P. Account # ________________
Daytime Phone Number ____________
Teacher: _______________________
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If you are interested in purchasing any of these cards, send in this form along with your cash or
check made payable to S.C.S. - T.R.I.P. on Tuesday, Feb. 13th and your order will be sent
home the same day WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
Sussex Christian School invites you to an Evening of Inspirational Fellowship with Rev. Ken Vander Wall Campus Chaplain at William Paterson College and Fairleigh Dickinson University Associate Pastor of Madison CRC as he speaks on “A Cord Not Easily Broken” When: Thursday, March 29, 2007 Where: Lafayette House Time: 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served. There is no charge to attend. Please contact Rose Verblaauw at 973‐362‐0190 to reserve your seat or for more information.