Parent Note: Parent Note – November 20, 2023

SCHOOL NEWS

Thanksgiving Break:  School will dismiss at 1:45 this Wednesday and will resume next Monday.  Aftercare will be provided this Wednesday. We pray that our HCS families have a safe and blessed Thanksgiving!

Everyone is invited to join us for our Thanksgiving Chapel this Wednesday, November 22, beginning at 8:40 a.m.  At this chapel we will be presenting our gifts to representatives from Roseland Christian Ministries.  We are still accepting food and toiletries this Monday and Tuesday.  Please help us bless others with these gifts.  Thank you for your generous support!

We had another fun and meaningful Saturday Serve this past weekend!  46 volunteers went out into our neighboring community and cleaned-up 35 lawns and had FUN doing it!  What a blessing it is to serve one another together.  *Stay tuned for our next opportunity on December 9th!

When exiting the school via the south exit, please stop at the stop sign before pulling out onto Lincoln Street. We have had numerous calls from neighbors who are unable to pull out of their driveway because the stop sign is not obeyed.

Homemade vanilla is for sale in the office for all your holiday baking needs. Vanilla is $2.00 for an 8 oz. bottle.

HCS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Highland Christian has two job openings – Confidential Secretary (full-time) and Data Specialist (part-time.) Please see the website for complete job descriptions. The Confidential Secretary position will not begin until July, 2024 but the school desires to hire in the coming months and provide training/shadow opportunities from January through June. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply via the application found on the school’s website. If you have any questions about either position, please contact Kyle Weener.

PTO NEWS

Are you interested in joining the PTO board? There are several positions open! Please email any inquiries to [email protected]

Save the date! Our next restaurant night will be at Biggby Coffee in Highland on December 12 from 4-8pm. Biggby will donate 20 percent of sales to HCS PTO. Grab a cup of coffee and start your Christmas shopping!

ATHLETIC NEWS

Tuesday, Nov. 21 –  6^th, 7^th, 8^th basketball vs. Calvary – AWAY – 4:00, 5:00, 6:00

Monday, Nov. 27 –  6^th, 7^th, 8^th basketball vs. DeMotte – HOME – 4:00, 5:00, 6:00

Guidelines for Sporting Events:

• Kindergarten through 5th grade students are not able to attend home basketball games without a parent/guardian at school with them.  Any K-5 without a parent or guardian will be sent to Aftercare and will be billed accordingly.
• Junior High students are able to attend the basketball games.  They are strongly encouraged to cheer on our teams and not just come to be on their phone or Macbook.  Macbooks will not be allowed in the bleachers and should be kept safely in their backpack.  Any Macbooks that are out during the games will be taken and will be given to a parent/guardian when they come to pick their child up.
• Those junior high students who do not have parents in attendance….
  • If your son or daughter is not in the gym during the games and hanging out in the hallway or being disruptive, a phone call will be made for them to be picked up.
  • Please make sure to have your son or daughter picked up before the end of the last game.  
• Garbage – We love the amount of options that our concession stand offers to the fans that attend games at HCS.  If all of us could take responsibility for the cleanliness of our school after each game (even serving the other school by cleaning up any garbage left on their side) that would really bless our cleaning crew.  If each person picked up 3 things before they left it would make a huge difference!

Thank you for your cooperation with these guidelines for our home athletic games.  

TRIP NEWS

Scrip Retailer Updates:  Gift cards only available as escrip cards – Cracker Barrel, Hallmark and Qdoba Mexican Grill; Fannie May has changed their physical gift card denomination to $25.

Reminder for the week of Thanksgiving – No TRIP orders due this week.  Next TRIP order due is Nov. 30^th.  TRIP will be accepting physical gift card orders on Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, Jan. 4, 11, 18 and 25.  Online Ordering is available 24/7.  Contact Ann Lynch at [email protected] for more information.

TRIP Cash & Carry Cards Available for sale (Please note:  in order to purchase these cards you must email Ann at [email protected] by Wed. morning at 10 a.m.)

ACE Hardware $25, Amazon.com $25/$50/$100, Aurelio’s Pizza $20, Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s $25, Beggars Pizza $20, Burger King $10, Chick-fil-A $10, Chipotle $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, McDonald’s $10, Menards $25/$100, Miner Dunn Rest. $5, Olive Garden $25, Pizza Hut $10, Red Lobster $25, Shell $100, Speedway $50, Starbucks $10/$25, Strack & Van Til Grocery $50/$100, Texas Roadhouse $25, Teibel’s $25, Walgreens $25, Walmart/Sam’s Club $50/$100, Wendy’s $25.

Team B (Amy Jellema, Jamie Paul, Olivia Ridder, Karen Christoffels) will be putting the TRIP orders together on Tues., Nov. 21st. Orders will be ready for pick up in the school office on Tues. by 2:45 p.m.

TRIP Teams for Stuffing Orders:  Team C – Dec. 5; Team D – Dec. 12; Team A – Dec.19; Team B – Jan. 9