Upcoming Dates
Saturday, Sept 16 HS Volleyball AWAY at FBCA Tournament - Rosamond
Lions Football Club at Joliet 7 pm
Monday, Sept 18 PTF meeting 3:45 pm
Monday, Sept 18 Volleyball HOME vs Calvary Urbana 5 pm / 6 pm
Tuesday, Sept 19 Volleyball HOME vs Faith Baptist 5 pm / 6 pm
Thursday, Sept 21 Volleyball AWAY at ICCS Washington 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!
CHANGE WARS… Congratulations K-2nd Team for winning last week
BRING NICKELS TOMORROW and DIMES NEXT WEEK!
PTF is sponsoring our annual “change wars” fundraiser this month. Last week our Kindergarten-2nd grade group brought in the most pennies and the total pennies amount was $60.13. Yes, that’s 6,013 pennies… Wow! Tomorrow is the last day for NICKELS… next week it’s DIMES! Keep bringing in the change!
Life Days 2023 is coming soon… keep your eyes open for information!
Life Days is something we ask ALL CLA families - preschool, elementary, middle school, high school, athletes, EVERYONE to get involved with. You’ll hear more soon about volunteering ….so get registered with Track it Forward (see below)!
LIFE DAYS 2023 ACTION POINT FOR THE WEEK: Identify a DONATION!
Life Days is a fundraiser that uses multiple ways to raise money and to encourage involvement. One of those is through our LIVE AUCTION that is held on Saturday evening (6:30 pm, October 21st). We need YOU to help find a donated item or two! What sells? That’s always a good question. But UNIQUE items (a huge handmade garden sunflower decoration had bidders going crazy in 2021) and BIG ticket items (a golf cart a few years back was bid up to $2000) are always needed. Start to check around. Find a business that might make a donation, or consider selling an item to you at a reduced rate to donate. Some people have already donated something! Forms will be available next week, so it’s GO TIME on getting donations!
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!
From the Principal's Desk
Have you heard about the LIONS FOOTBALL CLUB? Yes, Christian Life Academy has (well, helps to sponsor) a high school football team. The jerseys arrived Tuesday - and they are sharp - navy and neon green - but the players and coaches on this team are what really draws people’s attention. After their game in Edwardsville on Tuesday night (they travel pretty far to find competition), a comment was made by someone watching the game… “That was the most Christ-centered game I've ever seen.” Yes, a football game - tough guys playing a tough sport - was “Christ-centered.” We praise the Lord that He has helped our players and coaches show that sports can be focused on Christ! Thank you, coaches and football players!
Blessings,
Mr. Horning