News in Movement Class

"It's Beginning to Look alot Like Christmas" here at CCA! We have been preparing our first, second and third graders for their production of the "Christmas Story" outreach. The students have been working diligently for their outreach by learning many Christmas songs and acting out the "Christmas Story" for the last few months. Miss Reeder's first grade class was the first to go out and touch people's lives. The venues for the outreaches vary. Some classes will go to nursing homes as others may go to homeless shelters and/or orphanages. This is one opportunity our students have to take the gospel out into the community. Our prayer is that the Lord will bless our efforts as we share His Story. It truly is the "Greatest Story Ever Told". May your time this season be filled with the true meaning of Christmas.....celebrating our Savior's birth with your wonderful children, family and friends. I have been so blessed to have been with your children this year. I will be saying, "Goodbye" to pre-k, first and third grade, as they will move to Drama the first of the year. I will be saying, "Hello" to kindergarten, second and fourth for the remainder of the school year. On a personal note, I truly love all of them as if they were my own.

Elementary Library Media Center

Wonderful things are happening in the Elementary Library Media Center!
What a great place to visit!

CHILDREN'S CROWN AWARD: The reading contest has begun! Students in third through fifth grades are pursuing their reading goals to qualify and be able to come to the Voting Party in April. They only need to read 3, 4, or 5 books, but some will set their goals higher and may read all 20 books on the list. That's quite an accomplishment to attain!

ANSWERS IN GENESIS CONFERENCE: Ken Ham spoke to all elementary students in October. He sparked an interest in learning more about Creation vs. Evolution as well as dinosaurs. We were blessed to purchase many resources from the conference and a large Time Line to add to our collection.

LEARNING IN THE LIBRARY: CAROLINA NELSON, a fifth grader, read a book entitled, Josefina's Craft Book by Tamara England. It tells about life on a ranch in nineteenth century New Mexico and gives instructions for a variety of related craft projects. After reading the book, Carolina then made the cutest denim shoes by following the instructions. What will YOU learn from a library book today???

ELEMENTARY LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER

What a fun place to be !!!

VE Class Celebrates International Day

 The Mariachi Gang

  Mrs. Lashbrook, Ryan, Caroline, Mrs. Walker and Josiah  

Pastor Jorge says "Bienvenidos a Mexico" Welcome to Mexico

Josiah

Ryan

Caroline

Michael

 Mrs. Adam's - 4th Grade Class

Muchas Gracias - Thank You Mrs. Dykema!!!

 Hasta La Vista Amigos! -- See You Later Friends!

5th Grade - Lake Swan

In the beginning of October, the 5th grade went on an overnight field trip to Lake Swan. The students had a wonderful time learning about God in His creation. Here are some pictures from the trip.

Some of the students are getting cleaned up in the lake.

Mr. Panella and his class explore the swamp.

Tyler and Gabe are showing off their awesome canoeing skills.

The students are trying to balance themselves while learning about teamwork.

LeAndre is having too much fun in the swamp.

Timmy Flay is saying hello.

Here are some students from Mrs. Mayell's class finding creepy swamp treasures.

The students had the opportunity to play volleyball, football, and even human Foosball during their free time.

Don't get pushed in!

The students are learning about water aquifers

Mystery Reader in Miss Herrmann's Class

Sophia's mommy Ms. Yeager

Jackson's mommy Mrs. Purtic

Liam's mommy Mrs. Ouellette

Emma's mommy Mrs. Jones

Holly's mommy Mrs. Hughes

Jeremy's mommy Mrs. Douma

Ethan's daddy Mr. Hickman

Sophia's daddy Mr. Dargavage

WE LOVE READING!!! Miss Herrmann's class loves when parents come in and read to us each week!! Every Thursday a parent comes in to read for about 20 minutes. No one knows which parent will be walking in, not even their child. It's a mystery! Many of the parents bring in special treats along with it. For example, Mrs. Hughes brought in Monkey cupcakes for us to enjoy while she read a funny monkey book. And Mrs. Ouellette brought in chocolate chip cookies when she read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie". We are so blessed by this time. Thank you parents for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come in! :o)

Elementary Music News

Happy November!

Hopefully, you had a chance to take part in our annual Calvary Christian Academy International Day on October 29th. The students were dressed like missionaries from all over the world in breathtaking outfits. The performances were amazing and this event was the best yet. We can hardly wait to see what next year brings.

Upcoming events include: The 1st - 3rd Christmas Outreach program. Students in grades 1-3 will take the Christmas story out to the community and each class will perform the drama with music. The Fine Arts teachers have been working hard along with the classes to teach students the program. Each class will choose a venue where their class will perform.

Please pray for each class performance that they may touch many lives and the true meaning of Christmas is shared throughout our community.

We have been blessed with an amazing volunteer, Janice White. She has offered to use her gifts and talents to make costumes needed for this outreach. She continues to spend long hours sewing for our students that are participating in The Christmas Story.

We are still looking for volunteers, if you are interested please email kimberlya@ccaeagles.org

954-556-4436.

In the Spring, the Fourth graders will be presenting a community outreach with an Easter drama.

The Fifth grade will be presenting an end of the year musical on the last day of school June 2, 2011. The fifth grade have been working very hard in the Fine Arts wheel, in drama, movement and chorus. We are looking for volunteers to help with the success of these performances.

In Kindergarten, We Are Busy Learning!

We are learning to walk in a straight line, sit quietly in class, and gobble up our letters and phonics!

Our Kindergarten Community

In kindergarten, we have been learning about communities and community helpers. Each child created a model of a building that serves a community. We have compared and contrasted the jobs of community workers through Venn diagrams and have found that each person in a community serves an important, yet different role. How exciting that God tells us this in His word!
But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as He wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body. 1 Corinthians 12: 18-20
We are proud to be part of the body of Christ and look forward to His plan for our lives!

Second Grade Superstars visit with Fireman Shuster

Second Grade Superstars

Learning is running wild in second grade. The second graders this year are having fun learning English grammar using catchy jingles about organization and the parts of speech. The jingles are fun and help each student remember important information about the parts of speech. Ask your student about Quigley and a song about study skills and organization will be sure to follow. Second grade has also been enjoying our new science curriculum. We kicked off the year with a unit on plants. There have been lots of hands-on activities and crafts to reinforce the concepts being covered. The community has been our focus in social studies. The students learned about a variety of community services such as the post office, the fire station and the library. We had a visit from Fireman Shuster, who is a fireman for a local fire department. He shared important information with the students about fire safety and what to do in case of an emergency. The highlight for the students was being able to get a closer look at the equipment and try on some of the gear.

The New Grassy Field

The new grassy field is a big hit for all of the third graders. We love recess time where we can run, jump, and play football!

Third Graders are Excited About Science!

Third grade is excited about our new science curriculum. It has many wonderful, hands-on activities and it makes learning fun! We have been studying ecosystems and we recently went outside and explored an ecosystem here at our school. We also did an investigation where we placed a slice of bread and some apple slices in plastic bags. Every day we observed them and recorded our observations. After several days, we discovered that we had mold growing on the bread and apples.