Parent Note: Parent Note – September 23, 2024

SCHOOL NEWS: 

• IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MORNING DROP-OFF LINE: JRH students must be dropped off by the main entrance. They cannot exit their vehicle by the JRH doors. 
  

• Grandparents’ Day is October 11.  Doors (the gym door and the southwest door by the ramp) will open at 10:15 a.m.  The K-5 program will be 11:00- 12:15.  Classroom visits will  be 12:30-1:30.  We’re looking forward to a great day.  Grandparents, please watch your mailboxes for the invitations that were sent out last week!  Volunteers are needed to welcome our guests, direct traffic in the hallways, etc. from 9:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.  We are also looking for volunteers to help with parking lot duty from 9:30 a.m- 11:15a.m.   If you’d like to help, please contact Gail Achterhof at [email protected] . Many hands make light work.  Adults only please.  No younger siblings. Thank you!
  
  
• Attention Artisans and Vendors, we are hosting a Christmas Artisan and Vendor Fair in the HCS gym on Saturday, Nov. 23.  If you have lovely crafts, fantastic products, or yummy treats we’d love for you to register to rent a booth space to sell your products.  You can find all of the event details and registration form at this link. Or, stop by the school office to complete your registration in person.  Proceeds from this event will go to offset the cost of the 8th grade trip.
  
  
• Parents, did you know you can get OnCampus message alerts sent to you via your email and/or text?  You just need to choose that in the OnCampus settings. Doing this can help make sure you don’t miss important messages from your child’s teachers.  The directions for changing these settings can be found HERE!
  
  
• Math Pentathlon is entering its fifth year at Highland Christian. All 2nd and 3rd grade students are invited to join the Math Pentathlon Club. Math Pentathlon is an after-school club to assist in developing math gifts and talents.  Students will learn  math games that assist in developing strategy, number sense and math confidence. The program has been around since the 1990’s and has substantial qualitative research to support its effectiveness in the classroom.  A paper was sent home with your child last week. If he/she would like to participate, please return the form to the front office by Friday, October 4. For information, click HERE to view the information on the sign up form.
  

• SAVE YOUR RECEIPTS! Shop at Strack & Van Til Food Market or Van Til’s in Hammond, save your receipts & send them to school with your student to help us earn free classroom equipment, courtesy of Strack & Van Til Apples for Students Program.  All receipts dated between September 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025 are eligible.  Last year, your receipts earned blessings for all the specials classrooms.  Thank you for your faithful support!
  
  
• Homemade vanilla is for sale in the office – $3.00 for an 8oz bottle. If you have any empty 8, 10, or 12oz glass bottles, please send them to the office so more vanilla can be made. Thanks!

FAITH CORNER:

ATHLETIC NEWS:

ADMISSIONS NEWS:

Our admissions portal for the 2025-26 school opened this morning. We expect all current K-8 students will be returning and their seats are secure. Re-enrollment contacts will be sent in February after the budget is approved.

Please note, when siblings are joining an older sibling (K-8), you do not need to pay the application fee and you do not need a new pastoral recommendation. For the fee, you will use a waiver code to bypass payment.  We are addressing a technical glitch with the waiver code but the application will still submit.  Check your email for verification of submission.

Team D (Shelly Witham, Mary Brinks, Sherry Hiatt, Becca Trepton) will be putting the TRIP orders together on Tuesday Sept. 24th. Orders will be ready for pick up in the school office on Tuesday by 2:45 p.m. 

TRIP Teams for Stuffing Orders:  Team A – Oct. 1; Team B – Oct. 8; Team C – Oct. 15; Team D – Oct. 22

COMMUNITY NEWS:

• Faith Church Highland will be hosting a Marriage Seminar on Saturday, October 19 from 8 AM – Noon.  We are located at 8910 Grace Street, Highland. The Marriage Workshop will help struggling and solid couples increase from bad to good or good to great. If you are engaged, newly married, or chasing the Golden Anniversary, this conference will bless you. Childcare will not be available. Snacks provided. There is a $10 fee per person to sign up.  Go to wearefaith.org/workshop to register.

• Looking for a volleyball camp?  Epic Volleyball has Volleykids camps held at the Lincoln Center in Highland and Epic Training Center in Crown Point throughout the school year.  Our program is open to K-8th graders. Every week we strive to teach new skills and grow current skills. We adjust our plans to fit the skills for each level. Volleykids teaches the correct fundamentals and concepts of the game while having fun and meeting new people.  Can’t make all of the dates? We can pro-rate.  Information can be found at:  www.epicvolleyball.org/volleykids 

• Illiana Christian is excited to host our first Boys Middle School Flag Football tournament! This is a 7th and 8th grade boy’s only tournament that will be held at Illiana Christian on October 19 at 6pm.  We will have 4 teams in the tournament. As soon as those four teams fill up, we will close registration. Register NOW by emailing Bonnie Trepton at [email protected]. All teams will have a practice on Friday October 18 at 4pm at Illiana Christian. Each player will receive an Illiana Christian football jersey and hat! Please email Darren DeBoer ([email protected]) with any questions about the tournament.