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Hello all Here we are in De-cember and the ground is still green (ok, brown), mostly. It has been a strange fall/winter so far. From a really late harvest to a very mild November, it is certainly not the norm. What a great year we have had so far at PCA. Volleyball season wrapped up with a provin-cial berth by the senior girls and great season ending tournaments for the other teams. Basket-ball is well underway with the first games starting this weekend. I am sure it will be but a blink of the
eye before we are staring at girls 2A provincials be-ing hosted at our school this year. We are also well into the Christmas Con-cert season. We hope you are able to join us on either or both of our con-certs. On Tuesday De-cember 13, our band and His Singers will be pre-senting at 7:00, and on Friday, December 16 we will be hosting our annual Christmas Concert, also at 7:00. Finally, on Mon-day December 12, our an-nual junior high ski trip will be heading to Nakiska.
We hope that Christmas will be a blessed time for you and your family, and pray for safe travels for all in-volved. And the Word be-came flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Fa-ther, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14 ESV)
Yours in Christ Darryl Hern
Principal
PRAIRIE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY NEWSLETTER
December, 2016
Principal’s Message
Don’t Forget to purchase IGA
Gift Cards this month
(They make great anonymous
Benevolent Christmas gifts)
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Happy Birthday!!
Inara D. Dec 1 Declan C. Dec 2 Jackson R. Dec 3 Chloe T. Dec 4 Adam P. Dec 5 Mrs. Graham Dec 6 Janet N. Dec 7 Dawson W. Dec 8 Brandon S. Dec 9 Hazel R. Dec 10 Ryan P. Dec 12 Hannah W. Dec 11 Lynn C. Dec 11 Trevon L. Dec 12 Rachel I. Dec 14 Emily S. Dec 15 Makayla L. Dec 15
Samantha B. Dec 18 Vanessa O. Dec 20 Olivia R. Dec 20 Marrin H. Dec 20 Mrs. Haller Dec 20 Janaya W. Dec 22 Ethan K. Dec 22 Jefferson M. Dec 24 Silas S. Dec 25 Jamie O. Dec 27 Tiegan P. Dec 27 William B. Dec 27 Markus B. Dec 28 Darius C. Dec 29 Tyler F. Dec 31 Asha M. Dec 31
Those celebrating birthdays in the month of December are:
Chapel Schedule
Grades K-6 at 8:45 Secondary Wednesdays at 11:10
This year’s theme: Jesus Is The Difference Matthew 5: 14-16 Elementary (Wednesdays in December) Secondary
Dec 7 - Allan Powell Dec 7 - Sheldon Leschert
Dec 14 - Andrew Fletcher Dec 14 - Andrew Fletcher
Dec 21 - Christmas chapel Dec 21 - Christmas chapel
If there is someone you would recommend to speak in PCA Chapel (elementary or secondary), please contact Mike Callaway - 403-443-9418
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December’s Subway Lunch will be on Thursday, Dec 22nd.
Subway orders are due by Dec 18th.
Orders must be made thru School Cash On Line before 10 pm on
the due date.
Thank you for supporting this school
fundraiser.
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The Society of Prairie Christian Academy, comprised of parents of the students, is seeking to raise money to supplement the cost of the Modernization Project. This commitment will give us: Chapel/fine arts theatre and seating Gymnasium with 800 square meters and seating Two additional classrooms Additional equipment and furnishings for these facilities Please consider donating towards this goal. In this you will partner with us towards our vision for the future of Prairie Christian Academy, which is to: - flourish as a school by drawing students from our local community, throughout Alberta, Cana-da and various countries of the world. - provide effective educational programs, with a strong elementary foundation and high quality sports, fine arts and vocational options for junior and senior high students. - foster intentional spiritual growth through a strong Christian Education program, an environ-ment that nurtures servanthood, and opportunity for staff and peer mentoring. - motivate students to achieve outstanding results in all areas, producing graduates who are mature, strong in their faith and leaders in their communities.”
Go to www.pca3hills.ca and click on ‘Grow The Vision’ to donate
December Calendar Dec 7 to 22 12 Days of Christmas
(see page 5)
Dec 8 Sr Christmas Banquet
(Gr 12s)
Dec 12 Jr High Ski trip to Nakiska
Dec 12 Gr 11 Christmas Banquet
Dec 13 Band/Choir Christmas
Concert @ 7:00 pm
Dec 16 Elementary Christmas
Concert @ 7:00 pm
Dec 22 Subway lunch fundraiser
Dec 23 Flex Friday
Dec 26 to Jan 6 Christmas Break
Jan 9 Back to School
PCAS Board Members
All board members may receive mail at:
Prairie Christian Academy Society Box 1756, Three Hills, AB,
T0M 2A0
Sharyn Branson (Chair) – 403.443.0328
Chad Reimer (Vice-Chair) – 403.443-3731
Jamie Pryor (Treasurer) – 403.443.2888
Mary Amendt (Secretary) – 403.412.4047
Wendel Ritz – 403.443.0523
Peter Yeo – 403.443.1150
Jordan Unger - 403.396.6826
Michael Robertson - 403.988.6690
Ester Medina - 403.924.2051
Ex-officio
Darryl Hern (Principal) – 403.443.4220
Denise Lockhart (Assoc Principal) – 403.443.4220
David Amendt (Director of Communications) – 403.443.0511
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The month of November was a crazy one for Sabres Athletics! 4 out of our 6 volleyball teams all hosted
a tournament here at PCA! It started off with the Jr. B teams hosting their final tournament on Nov 5.
They both played extremely well and in the end, ended up winning their last game of the season! Earn-
ing them bronze in the tournament!
The Jr. A teams both made it to Zones with the girls in Linden and the Boys here at PCA. The girls had a
strong showing at zones as they swept their pool, finishing first heading into playoffs. They battled ex-
tremely hard and came up just short of the bronze medal. The boys also faced adversity during their zone championship, as
they went on to win their pool putting them in a good position in the playoffs. They fought their way to the final and lost by only
a few points, winning the silver medal in the end.
Our Sr. teams both qualified for zones, the boys headed off to Okotoks to play in their zone tournament. They worked hard
and beat some teams that they had previously lost to and in the end lost in the bronze medal match!
The girls hosted their zone tournament on the 18th and 19th. The girls struggled early, dropping sets to some easier teams, but
worked and found themselves in first place in their pool heading into playoffs, and in the end in the finals! There was a great
show of support from the PCA fans as the girls battled Strathcona Tweedsmiur in the finals. After all was said and done, the
girls came out on top in 3 sets earning them the zone banner and a spot in provincials!
They went off to provincials and represented PCA well! They went down in many games but were able to battle back. They beat
the top team in their pool but unfortunately could not make playoffs, overall an amazing showing of skill, hard work and most
importantly a Christ-like attitude.
Basketball is now fully underway as each team gets set for their seasons. 5 teams will have tourna-
ments in the month of December. We are excited once again to have all 6 teams here at PCA!
If you have taken pictures of PCA students in action (sporting events especially) we would love for you to send them our way! Please email all pictures in their original size, and jpeg format, to:
Additionally, if you are a parent of one of our honoured grade 12
students; please remember December 16 is the deadline to
contact me about claiming a page for a tribute. Let us know what size you want to submit and your School Cash On Line account will be charged for payment. Michael Robertson