Parent Note: Parent Note – December 12, 2022

Called to Be a Blessing

Matthew 5:3-12

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:3-12

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SCHOOL NEWS

Important Reminder:  School will dismiss this Friday, Dec. 16 at 1:45 p.m. for the Christmas holiday and resume on Monday, Jan. 2.  Please note:  There will be aftercare on Dec. 16.  We pray that our HCS families have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year!

Everyone is invited to our Christmas Chapel this Friday, Dec. 16 at 8:40 a.m.

Congratulations to the spelling bee winners!  The fifth-grade top spellers were Shelby Scheeringa, Hallie Sitter, and Maddie Wieringa. The sixth grade qualifiers were Evan Kuzmar, Carina Miller, and Ivy Schmidtke. Mikayla Colar, Elliot Molenaar, and Wren Weinberg represented the seventh graders, and the top eighth graders were Myles Miller, Vivienne Tebben, Levi VanderWoude, and Zarek Vasquez.  After some intense competition, Levi emerged as the winner and will be representing HCS at the Regional Competition on February 10, 2023.

Homemade vanilla is back in the office for all of your holiday baking.  Don’t wait to get yours – it sells out fast!  If you have any empty 8oz, 10oz, or 12oz glass bottles at home, please send them to the office so more vanilla can be made.  Thanks! 

PTO NEWS

Thank you so much to the parents who donated items for the staff appreciation breakfast last week!

PTO purchased rolling racks to help organize the Lost and Found. Please have your children take a look and collect anything that may be theirs. A special thanks to Jody Moes for her inspiration for the new racks! 

Need more ideas for Christmas gifts, birthdays, or thank you gifts? Please check out the list of teacher’ ‘favorite things on the school website. Log onto OnCampus and click on the PTO tab to find the lists. 

This Friday, December 16, the PTO will be providing lunch for the students. We will be serving pizza to K-2nd grade and nachos for 3rd-8th grade.

ATHLETIC NEWS

Monday, Dec. 12 –   8th Boys Tournament Semi-Finals at Chicago Christian

                                 HCS vs. Tinley Park – 4:30

Wednesday, Dec. 14 – 8th Boys Tournament Championship Game at Chicago Christian – 6:00

TRIP NEWS

No TRIP orders due this week for physical cards.  TRIP will be accepting physical gift card orders on Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26.  RaiseRight scrip ordering for escrip and reload cards are available 24/7.  Need more online ordering information?  Contact Ann Lynch at [email protected].

RaiseRight.com is offering extra bonus rebates for EScrip gift cards from now until Dec. 19th!

TRIP Cash & Carry Gift Cards are available for sale this week.  Email Ann Lynch at [email protected] to purchase these cards!  Send an email with a list of cards/denominations you would like to buy.  Ann will get back to you on what is available and when to pick up cards for payment.

Cash & Carry Gift Cards available to purchase are: ACE Hardware $25, Amazon.com $25/$100, Arby’s $10, Aurelio’s Pizza $20, Bass Pro Shops $25; Beggars Pizza $20, Burger King $10, Cabela’s $25;  Chick-fil-A $10, Chipotle Mex. Gr. $10, Cracker Barrel $10/$25, Culver’s $10, CVS $25, Dairy Queen $10, Domino’s $10, Dunkin Donuts $10, Family Express $25/$100, Gordon’s (GFS) $25, Hohman Floral $10, Jo-Ann’s $25, Kohl’s $25, McDonald’s 10/$25, Meijer $50, Menards $25/$100, Miner Dunn Rest. $5, Office Depot $25, Olive Garden/Darden Rests. $25, Pizza Hut $10, Red Lobster $25, Shell $100, Speedway $50, Starbucks $10/$25, Strack & Van Til Grocery $50/$100, Subway $10, Taco Bell $10, Teibel’s $25, Texas Roadhouse $25, Walgreens $25, Walmart/Sam’s Club $25/$50/$100, Walt’s $100.

Team B (Amy Jellema, Jamie Paul, Olivia Ridder, Karen Christoffels) will be putting the TRIP orders together on Tues., Dec. 13th.  Orders will be ready for pick up in the school office on Tuesday by 2:45 p.m.

TRIP Teams for Stuffing Orders:  Team C – Jan. 10; Team D – Jan. 17; Team A – Jan. 24; Team B – Jan. 31

Merry Christmas

COMMUNITY NEWS

Munster Church in Munster, Indiana is seeking an individual to serve as the church office manager.  The purpose of this position is to help welcome those that enter the doors to the church and community of Munster Church (CRC).  Additionally, this role has some data maintenance tasks and helps coordinate information and events between different ministries and organizations – (28hrs/week).  More information and the job description can be found at www.munster.church under the ‘about’ section.

Celebrate this Christmas season and make a joyful noise at First United Methodist Church’s Christmas Carols Sing Along on Saturday, December 17th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.  All adults and children are welcome to attend.  Hot Chocolate and cookies will be served.  The church is located at 2201 Azalea Dr. in Highland.  Contact Ann Lynch at [email protected] for more information.

MIDDLE SCHOOL NIGHT AT ILLIANA: January 7 at 6:30pm. Come early for our baseball state championship ring ceremony! This year we have decided to team up with our rivals (Chicago Christian) and we are going with the “Teen Beach Movie” theme for the game. ICHS will dress as Bikers and CCHS will dress as Surfers. 

Stay for Praise Crowd after the boys varsity basketball game (end time TBA ~ 9:30pm)