Upcoming Dates
Monday, Nov 20 HOME Green vs White Basketball scrimmages (all teams) starting at 5:30
Tuesday, Nov 21 Grandparents’ Day Activities (2 pm - end of day)
Tuesday, Nov 21 Thanksgiving Rolls pick-up 3-6 pm at Living Hope Community Church
Tuesday, Nov 21 JH AWAY basketball games at Delavan 6 pm / 7 pm
Wed-Fri, Nov 22-24 No School - Thanksgiving Break
Saturday, Nov 25 Basketball HOME game High School team vs Delavan 10 am
Monday, Nov 27 PTF meeting 3:45 pm
Thursday, Dec 14 All School Christmas Worship Service 7:00 pm at Living Hope Comm. Church
(Note - Dinner begins at 5:30 - details coming - advance ticket purchase required)
Tuesday Nov. 21!
Grandparents’ Day will be held on Tuesday, November 21…Invite them!
It’s exciting to invite our grandparents to share some time with us at school. This will be on Tuesday, November 21. Please pass the word on and invite those special people! Grandparents should arrive that afternoon between 2-2:15, and we’ll gather in the gym, have some all-school time together, and then individual class activities will follow, until dismissal at the end of the school day (normal dismissal times of 3:20/3:30)
Need some CLA GEAR!?! THE CLA APPAREL STORE IS OPEN AGAIN until NOVEMBER 20!
Need some CLA spirit gear? The apparel store through JC Screenprinting is open again for the next several weeks. Orders must be made by November 20 8 am … and items should be ready the first week of December (Christmas presents, anyone?) All orders will be delivered to the school for pick-up, or you can pay to have them shipped directly to you (be sure to do this at time of order.)
Here’s the link to the store: https://jcscreenprinting.com/collections/lions-christian-life-academy
Help out with the needs of our community!
In case you didn’t see the flyer sent home recently, Mrs Angela Golden, our preschool teacher, is organizing a food drive to help our local food pantries in Hopedale, operated by the Living Hope and United Methodist Churches. A box for donated food items is located inside the main door of the school. Feel free to help!
Also, now through December 1, we will have a box in the lobby collecting NEW packages of men’s socks and underwear for the Peoria Rescue Mission. This will be in coordination with Living Hope’s Advent Concert on December 3rd (flyer attached in Lion Tales email) where a love offering will support the Mission. We encourage you to help!
Christmas Program / Worship Service
Mark your calendars! CLA will hold its annual Christmas program/worship service at Living Hope Community Church on Thursday, December 14th at 7:00pm. This event is free of charge and open to friends and family!
Additionally, we will also be hosting our annual Christmas dinner prior to the program- a wonderful home cooked meal prepared and served by our own CLA students. Tickets will be $10 each- check your student’s backpack for an order form! Tickets will be on sale until Thursday, December 7th. If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Stribling at [email protected].
Reminder about our Lions’ Den Facebook Parent Page
Please join our parent page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2357381807869894
This is a private group, which means that posts, information, and photos can not be “shared” outside of the group. Staff will post information and photos about student activities on this page to help keep student information safe. Please make sure that you answer all of the membership questions identifying your connection to CLA- this will help us approve your membership faster!
PLEASE NOTE: we are strictly keeping the purpose and membership of the Lions’ Den Facebook group for parents and grandparents only as we want to be very careful for the safety of our families. Others who do not fit the parent or grandparent category will not be approved for membership in this private group. The public CLA Facebook page does not require membership, and you are welcome to share that page with friends, extended family and the public! Posts on the public page are shareable. The private group posts are not shareable.
From the Principal's Desk
How exciting to host our first basketball games this week! Our CLA athletics programs are a great combination of the CLA full-enrolled students and our connected home-school families. It’s such a great time of fellowship, school spirit, and fun! We started off with some great baseball and volleyball games this fall, and now we have cheerleaders and basketball players kicking off their seasons. I’m so grateful for this collaboration. Just be forewarned, if you haven’t been to a game, the bleachers fill up fast! Hope to see you sometime in the gym! Check out the Lion tales each week for upcoming games.
Blessings,
Mr. Horning