tion. We will be honoring

students from each

classroom in our

chapel this Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday,

October 23rdOctober 23rdOctober 23rdOctober 23rd.

The 12 Character Traits arThe 12 Character Traits arThe 12 Character Traits arThe 12 Character Traits are:e:e:e:

ResponsibilityResponsibilityResponsibilityResponsibility————Colossians 3:23Colossians 3:23Colossians 3:23Colossians 3:23

PerseverancePerseverancePerseverancePerseverance————Galatians 6:9Galatians 6:9Galatians 6:9Galatians 6:9

SelfSelfSelfSelf----DisciplineDisciplineDisciplineDiscipline————Galatians 5:23Galatians 5:23Galatians 5:23Galatians 5:23

LeadershipLeadershipLeadershipLeadership————Isaiah 11:6Isaiah 11:6Isaiah 11:6Isaiah 11:6

HonestyHonestyHonestyHonesty————Ephesians 4:15Ephesians 4:15Ephesians 4:15Ephesians 4:15

CourageCourageCourageCourage————Joshua 1:9Joshua 1:9Joshua 1:9Joshua 1:9

FairnessFairnessFairnessFairness————Micah 6:8Micah 6:8Micah 6:8Micah 6:8

RespectRespectRespectRespect————1 Peter 2:171 Peter 2:171 Peter 2:171 Peter 2:17

IntegrityIntegrityIntegrityIntegrity————2 Peter 2:172 Peter 2:172 Peter 2:172 Peter 2:17

PatriotismPatriotismPatriotismPatriotism————Matthew 22:21Matthew 22:21Matthew 22:21Matthew 22:21

Servant’s HeartServant’s HeartServant’s HeartServant’s Heart————Matthew 20:27Matthew 20:27Matthew 20:27Matthew 20:27

Civility Civility Civility Civility ---- 1 Timothy 4:121 Timothy 4:121 Timothy 4:121 Timothy 4:12

Grace Christian School

has started a program this

year of recognizing specific

Character TraitsCharacter TraitsCharacter TraitsCharacter Traits in our

students. Our teachers

have been observing their

student’s behavior, look-

ing for the character trait

that is best demonstrated

in each student. Whether

at school, at home, or at

play, there are basic

values that define ethical

behavior or character.

This program is our effort

to encourage and to

develop adults of tomorrow

who will apply these rules of

ethics when making

decisions in their lives.

Once a month, in our chapel

service, students will be

recognized for demonstrat-

ing these Godly character

traits. Parents will be noti-

fied ahead of time of the

date their student(s) will

receive a certificate and

place their name(s) on the

character pillars located in

the school lobby. These

pillars will be displayed all

year showing the 12 charac-

ter traits we are focusing on

developing at our school

and the students who are

exemplifying them. We

hope all of our parents will

be able to attend our chapel

service when their child

receives his/her recogni-

STUDENTS OF CHARACTESTUDENTS OF CHARACTESTUDENTS OF CHARACTESTUDENTS OF CHARACTERRRR

S P E C I A L S P E C I A L S P E C I A L S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F P O I N T S O F P O I N T S O F P O I N T S O F I N T E R E S T :I N T E R E S T :I N T E R E S T :I N T E R E S T :

Band Night-Brethren

on 10/23

JH Road Trip—10/23

Astro Camp—10/28

Teacher In Service—school out at noon–

no cafeteria—10/29

GRACE PRAYER CHAINGRACE PRAYER CHAINGRACE PRAYER CHAINGRACE PRAYER CHAIN

GRACE CHR I ST IAN SCHOGRACE CHR I ST IAN SCHOGRACE CHR I ST IAN SCHOGRACE CHR I ST IAN SCHOOLOLOLOL

NEWSFLASHNEWSFLASHNEWSFLASHNEWSFLASH October Edition October 21, 2009

Inside this issue: Students of Character 1 Grace Prayer Chain 1 Craft Day Fun 2 Preppie K Field Trip 2 Scrip News 2 “E” Drive Reminder 2 Cafeteria Reminder 2 Fresh & Easy Receipts 2 Great Shakeout 3 Lost & Found 3 House Rental 3 Sports Court News 3 Red Ribbon Essays 4 Red Ribbon Snaps 4

She would love to help you

get involved in our prayer

chain that is so supportive of

our families. gracechristian

school1 @gmail.com

If you are a Grace family in

need of prayer, please con-

tact Lori at this same email

address. Our prayer and

care team will be there to

come along side you and

cover your family in prayers.

Grace Christian School has a

wonderful group of faithful

parents who are devoted to

uplifting our Grace families

in prayer. Everyone is

welcome to join these prayer

warriors. If you feel a calling

to pray for our Grace families

in time of need and in time

of praise, please contact our

parent volunteer, Lori LangeLori LangeLori LangeLori Lange,

who organizes this ministry.

The cafeteria will

be closed on Thursday,

October 29th due to

Teacher In-Service Day—

school will be closed at

12:00 noon.

If your student

is remaining on

campus for day

care—you will

need to send a

sack lunch.

CRAFT DAY FUN IN DAY CARECRAFT DAY FUN IN DAY CARECRAFT DAY FUN IN DAY CARECRAFT DAY FUN IN DAY CARE

“ E ” “ E ” “ E ” “ E ” D R I V E D R I V E D R I V E D R I V E

Here are your weekly tips from

our friendly SCRIP volunteers:

TIP # 9TIP # 9TIP # 9TIP # 9: Von’s shoppers receive

“double” rebate credit by buying

the Von’s cards from SCRIP and

using their club card as long as

the club card is registered at

Von’s through escrip.com

TIP #10:TIP #10:TIP #10:TIP #10: Sign up for our SCRIP

e-mail newsletter to get the

most current informa-

tion and have a

contact point for

questions. Either add your

name to the clipboard at the

SCRIP table, or send your

name and email address to

us at: gracescrip@gmail.com

THE LAT EST IN SCR IP T HE LAT EST IN SCR IP T HE LAT EST IN SCR IP T HE LAT EST IN SCR IP NEW SNEW SNEW SNEW S

Friday mornings.

Buying SCRIP for food and gaso-

line is the easiest way to save

you money in tuition. We have

SCRIP for Albertson’s, Von’s/

Safeway, Smart & Final, Stater

Brother’s and you can go on-line

and register at Ralph’s and

Von’s. We have Arco, Chevron,

Exxon/Mobil, and Shell. These

are purchases you have to make

anyway . . .why not save in your

tuition and help your school too.

Our super Day Care Staff is

very creative—every other

Wednesday is “Craft Day”.

They provide fun, seasonal

crafts for our students who are

remaining on campus for day

care to make and take home or

use to decorate the day care

room. Last Wednesday, our

students had fun painting clay

pots that were donated to our

school. We appreciate our day

care staff who not only watch

over the safety of our students,

but make it such a fun place.

See the

attached

flyer for

info on

our Junior High School

“E” Waste Drive

on

Saturday,

November 14th

Our SCRIP volunteers have told us Our SCRIP volunteers have told us Our SCRIP volunteers have told us Our SCRIP volunteers have told us that 38% of our Grace Christian that 38% of our Grace Christian that 38% of our Grace Christian that 38% of our Grace Christian School families are now buying School families are now buying School families are now buying School families are now buying SCRIP. Are you one of them? Are SCRIP. Are you one of them? Are SCRIP. Are you one of them? Are SCRIP. Are you one of them? Are you receiving tuition credit and you receiving tuition credit and you receiving tuition credit and you receiving tuition credit and helping your school at the same helping your school at the same helping your school at the same helping your school at the same time?time?time?time? SCRIP order forms are available in the school buyer’s office, on our website: www.gcsrr.org, and at the SCRIP tables on Wednesday and

FRESH & EASY RECEIPTS

Remember: Fresh and Easy Remember: Fresh and Easy Remember: Fresh and Easy Remember: Fresh and Easy

Neighborhood Markets Neighborhood Markets Neighborhood Markets Neighborhood Markets are

offering a rebate program to

our school until December 18,

2009. Simply turn in any Fresh Simply turn in any Fresh Simply turn in any Fresh Simply turn in any Fresh

& Easy Market receipt over & Easy Market receipt over & Easy Market receipt over & Easy Market receipt over

$20.00 to the box in our school $20.00 to the box in our school $20.00 to the box in our school $20.00 to the box in our school

lobby. lobby. lobby. lobby. Grace Christian School

will receive $1.00 for every

$20.00 spent.

Cafeteria Reminder

Craft Day is a

fun time for

everyone

Our Preppie K Class had a

great field trip to Stater

Brothers Grocery Store. Mrs.

Gardner would like to thank

her parents who helped to

provide transportation and

Stater Brothers on Valley

View and Ball for providing

a fun tour of their store.

Preppie K Field Trip

Last Thursday, October 15th, Grace

Christian School participated in the

s t a t e o f C a l i f o r n i a ’ s

“Great Shakeout”“Great Shakeout”“Great Shakeout”“Great Shakeout”. This statewide

earthquake drill was not done to scare

our students, but it was meant to

prepare all of us for a major

earthquake. Please spend time at

home talking about the seriousness of

knowing what to do in case of an

earthquake both at home and school.

We set the alarms in our school

building to go off at 9:05 a.m.. Last

Thursday. Our teachers responded

immediately and did a great job in

exiting the building with their students

in a timely manner. Each teacher has

an emergency backpack to take with

them that includes a copy of your

emergency contact card. Their first

line of action once their class is in

the assigned waiting zone, is to

take roll to make sure no one has

been left behind in the classroom

or anywhere else in the building.

Each teacher has a sign to hold up

indicating if they have all their

students or if anyone is missing.

We have special staff members

assigned to go back into the

building if any student is not with

his/her class. This is all part of our

effort to keep our students safe—

safety is a number one priority safety is a number one priority safety is a number one priority safety is a number one priority

here at Grace! here at Grace! here at Grace! here at Grace! For more informa-

tion about this event, please check

o u t t h e w e b s i t e a t

www.Shakeout.org.

Boy’s

FlagFootball Team

Monday

October 26

Grace

at Mariners

Girl’s Basketball

Team

Tuesday

October 27

Mariners

at Grace

GREAT SHAKEOUT !GREAT SHAKEOUT !GREAT SHAKEOUT !GREAT SHAKEOUT !

SPORTS COURT NEWSSPORTS COURT NEWSSPORTS COURT NEWSSPORTS COURT NEWS

Here’s a good hintHere’s a good hintHere’s a good hintHere’s a good hint: : : : Write

your student’s name on the

label of their jackets and

sweaters. If an item has a

name in it, our day care staff

will return the item to the

owner in his/her classroom.

One of our Grace Christian

School families have requested

information on a house for rent

in the area close to our school

site. If anyone has a rental

property or has information of a

home for rent in our area,

please call the front office at

714-761-5200 and let us know.

We would like to reach out and

help this Grace family with their

housing need. Thank you.

Grace Christian

School’s Day Care

S t a f f h a v e

sounded the

alarm bell that

their lost and found is over flow-lost and found is over flow-lost and found is over flow-lost and found is over flow-

ing with “stuff” ing with “stuff” ing with “stuff” ing with “stuff” left behind at

the end of each school day. We

are asking our parents and stu-

dents to please stop by the day

care room and check out the

cubbies and clothing rack to

see if something belongs to

them.

Football Scores:

10/14: 7 vs. 0 Grace Win

10/19: 2 vs. 6 Grace Loss

Basketball Scores:

10/13: rain out

10/15: 11 vs. 27 Loss

LO S T & FOUND A L E R T !LO S T & FOUND A L E R T !LO S T & FOUND A L E R T !LO S T & FOUND A L E R T !House Rental Inquiry

Check out our website: www.gcsrr.org

RED RIBBON ESSAY WINNERS

Our top essay finalists will be reading their

essays “What Red Ribbon Week Means to “What Red Ribbon Week Means to “What Red Ribbon Week Means to “What Red Ribbon Week Means to

Me” Me” Me” Me” to our classes on Tuesday and

Thursday this week. We appreciate Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

Cashman’s and Mrs. Enerson’s 5th gradeCashman’s and Mrs. Enerson’s 5th gradeCashman’s and Mrs. Enerson’s 5th gradeCashman’s and Mrs. Enerson’s 5th grade

classes for participating in the Red

Ribbon Essay writing program. The top

e s s a y f i n a l i s t s a r e :

Kylie Carr, Chris Dambeanu, Joshua Kylie Carr, Chris Dambeanu, Joshua Kylie Carr, Chris Dambeanu, Joshua Kylie Carr, Chris Dambeanu, Joshua

Garcia, Myles Jones, Nicki Kim, Garcia, Myles Jones, Nicki Kim, Garcia, Myles Jones, Nicki Kim, Garcia, Myles Jones, Nicki Kim,

April Kunowski, Jacob Lange, Jerilyn April Kunowski, Jacob Lange, Jerilyn April Kunowski, Jacob Lange, Jerilyn April Kunowski, Jacob Lange, Jerilyn

Lindsay, Grant Maedo, Kelly Munley, Lindsay, Grant Maedo, Kelly Munley, Lindsay, Grant Maedo, Kelly Munley, Lindsay, Grant Maedo, Kelly Munley,

Angel Rubio,Angel Rubio,Angel Rubio,Angel Rubio, Herbie Shin, Shea Sullivan, Herbie Shin, Shea Sullivan, Herbie Shin, Shea Sullivan, Herbie Shin, Shea Sullivan,

Cali Thornton, and Brandon Wilber. Cali Thornton, and Brandon Wilber. Cali Thornton, and Brandon Wilber. Cali Thornton, and Brandon Wilber.

The top 2 winners of the essay finalists

will be announced and each be awarded

a $50.00 savings bond from the

Cypress Kiwanis Club & Grace Christian

School at our chapel service this Friday

fo r th e i r ou ts ta n d in g essa ys .

RED RIBBON WEEK SNAPRED RIBBON WEEK SNAPRED RIBBON WEEK SNAPRED RIBBON WEEK SNAPS !S !S !S !

Last week was Grace Christian School’s Red

Ribbon Week that focused everyone’s

attention on drug awareness. We still had fun

while bringing their attention to this serious

matter and the pictures speak for themselves.

Do you recognize these students and

teachers??? Even with messy hair, crazy socks

and twins day, Grace Christian School students

and staff know to say “NO” to drugs!