Upcoming Dates
Thursday, Dec 7 HOME basketball game JH with Excel Academy / Elem and HS scrimmages
Thursday, Dec 14 All School Christmas Worship Service 7:00 pm at Living Hope Comm. Church
Friday, Dec 15 AWAY basketball games HS teams at Calvary Urbana (Philo, IL) 6:00/7:00
Saturday, Dec 16 School Board of Directors meeting 7:30 am
Monday, Dec 18 HOME basketball games EL/JH vs St. Mary’s 5:30 / 6:30
AWAY basketball games HS at Bethel Lutheran (Morton) 5:30 / 7:00
Wednesday, Dec 20 Last Day before Christmas Break - 11:30 dismissal
December 21 through January 3 - No School - Christmas Break
Wednesday, Jan 3 Staff only - Gathering/meetings
Thursday, Jan 4 School Resumes (full day of student attendance)
Christmas Program / Worship Service December 14th
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!
A “Shuttle Bus” will be available the evening of the program. Due to limited parking spaces at the church, we encourage drivers to drop off passengers at the church, then drive over and park in the school parking lot. The plan is for a shuttle bus to leave the CLA parking lot at 6:30, 6:40 and 6:50 going back to the church. The shuttle will also deliver people back from the church to the school parking lot after the service concludes.
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 - tickets sales will end on Friday, December 8 - ORDER NOW! If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Stribling at [email protected].
Christmas Spirit Days - December 15-20!
As we near the celebration of Christmas… We encourage students to join in some special days!
Friday, December 15 - Wear Christmas Colors!
Monday, December 18 - Crazy Christmas Hats and Hair!
Tuesday, December 19 - Fun Christmas Apparel! (ugly sweater, socks, reindeer antlers, etc)
Wednesday, December 20 (early dismissal) - Christmas Pajamas!
Help out with the needs of our community!
Don’t forget that 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!
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
As we approach the celebration of Christmas, I’m (again) reminded of how much God loves us! He sent His Son into the world, as an amazing example of selfless action for us. Jesus lived a perfect life (which we cannot live), died in our place (taking the punishment for our sin), and rose again to new life (allowing us the opportunity to live a new life and have eternal life). Wow. Thank you, Lord! Have you shared this amazing news with anyone recently? I hope you have. And if you want to know more about it, I’d love to talk with you!
In our staff meeting this week, we shared about how we are keeping Jesus at the center of our Christmas celebrations. We discussed how the Scriptures inform what we do. I was super impressed to hear a few staff members talk about how they make sure that everything they do has a focus, an angle, on our faith. As always, I’m so grateful that we can minister together in the classrooms, the hallways, the community here at Christian Life Academy. Praise Jesus!
Blessings,
Mr. Horning