Upcoming Dates
Thursday, Aug 31 Baseball HOME game 4:30 vs Corpus Christi
Friday, Sept 1 Volleyball HOME games 5 pm / 6 pm vs FBCA Rosamond
Monday, Sept 4 No School - Labor Day
Tuesday, Sept 5 Baseball HOME game 7:00 pm vs Delavan
Thursday, Sept 7 (rescheduled) Baseball AWAY game 4:15 pm at South Pekin
Thursday, Sept 7 Volleyball AWAY games at Calvary Chillicothe 5 pm / 6 pm
Monday, Sept 25 No School - Teacher in-service
Monday, Sept 25 PIZZA RANCH fundraiser night… 5-8 pm in MORTON! Mark your calendars!
Reminder from the CLA office as we start off the year…
Please continue to return any paperwork or payments to the school office. You also can drop off in our outdoor drop box to the right of the main entrance.
Track it Forward - Every Family should register to get involved at CLA!
This year, CLA and the PTF will be using Track It Forward to host all of our volunteer signups- concessions, cinnamon/dinner rolls, Life Days, etc. Please help us make this process a smooth transition by registering 1 person per family at the following link: https://www.trackitforward.com/site/christian-life-academy When you register, be sure to select “parent/family” for your registration. Please only do one registration per family. Using Track It Forward will enable us to send text reminders as well as email reminders, help us track community service hours for middle school/high school students. So select the person in your family that will most likely receive and respond to texts and emails!
Please note: Each family needs to create an account to participate/volunteer, which will be separate from your student's account that we use to track their hours. CLA relies on volunteers to help make events successful (which helps keep our costs down!), and our CLA families are an important part of that!
Pizza Ranch Fundraiser - September 25 - Diners and Volunteers needed
CLA will be having a fundraising night at the Morton Pizza Ranch on Monday, September 25th from 5:00-8:00. Although we do not have school that day, we’d love to see you and your friends at Pizza Ranch that night. Funds raised help with tuition assistance. Mrs Gibson organizes this night, and has created a sign up genius for students and parents to sign up to help bus tables. Here is the link for that...
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090448AAA823A1FB6-pizza2
Families - join 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!
GoGuardian Parent App
Parents- GoGuardian, our school's primary filtration program, has a parent app that will allow you to monitor your student's chromebook usage- convenient for after school hours. You can block sites, pause the internet, and more. To sign up, please email Mrs. Stribling at [email protected] with your student's name and the email address(es) you wish to use. You can find the GoGuardian Parent App in the app store for Android and Apple platforms. *Please note- the GoGuardian PARENT app is different from the regular GoGuardian app that the school uses. It is specifically labeled “GoGuardian Parent App.” Make sure you download the correct one!
A reminder about “after school” student presence at school
Students who are not picked up at regular dismissal time will have the following options:
K-6 students must be signed in (with a reserved spot ahead of time) to AFTER SCHOOL CARE if they remain at school. If you have not already done so, please sign up (sheet in lobby/email Mrs. Westley) if this is something your family needs.
5th - HS students who are on a SPORTS TEAM - fall sports at this time include 5th-8th boys baseball, and 5-12 girls volleyball. Participants should change and report directly to the ball field/gym.
Additional 7th-12th students, if not picked up immediately after school, must be signed in at the daycare hallway - students remain in the hallway area at a desk if daycare is inside, and must remain under supervision of the daycare teacher at ALL TIMES. Students may not be anywhere else in the building, and may not be on the playground or anywhere on school grounds unsupervised.
PLEASE NOTE…it is important that students are picked up in a timely manner. If we begin to see too many students in our daycare program (exceeding 20 total students daily overall, including our regular Olympia daycare) we will have to add paid staff, and thus begin to charge daycare fees for all students not picked up immediately at the end of the school day. Please respect the families who NEED this after school program and the benefits to their family.
We are encouraging ALL families to be prompt and courteous of our staff when it comes to picking up children. Thank you for your partnership.
From the Principal's Desk
We have had an exciting, interesting, and great start to the school year. I want to take this opportunity to say “thank you” for being on mission with Christian Life Academy. We are truly “in this together!” The Lord has blessed your families with children, and you have blessed CLA by partnering with us. May we always be thankful to the Lord for what He has done, and what He allows us to participate in!
Blessings,
Mr. Horning