Upcoming Dates
Monday, Sept 26 NO SCHOOL - Teacher in-service day
TIP NIGHT at Pizza Ranch in Morton 5-8 pm (see below - volunteers needed)
Tuesday, Sept 27 Volleyball HOME games vs 5 pm / 6 pm
Thursday, Sept 29 Volleyball HOME games vs ICCS 5 pm / 6 pm
Fri-Sat, Oct 14-15 Save the Dates for Life Days 2022!
Life Days 2022 Family Info - links for parent response, volunteer sign-up, movie tickets
Last Friday (or early this week for some families), the FAMILY RESPONSE SHEET was distributed. This is what we ask every family to complete, getting involved in Life Days 2022. Also, today more papers will be coming home – some color posters to distribute and a donor sheet for you or a friend. We also are ready to start taking orders for items we sell. Keep your eyes open!
Here is an ONLINE LINK if you prefer to “turn in” your family responses through this form: Family Response Form
The LINK for signing up to VOLUNTEER (please consider multiple spaces): https://signup.com/go/qTUETuC
The LINK for pre-purchasing tickets to Friday Night Movie “Family Camp” at Living Hope Community Church is: https://brushfire.com/faithcontentnetwork/familycamp/540086/details
In the meantime, please continue to do the following (the items on the response sheet!):
Consider what friends, family and business acquaintances you will approach asking for a donation (monetary or auction item).
Become familiar with what Life Days will include… among other things:
online auction Oct 7-14 prior to the big events - closes at 7 pm Friday, Oct 14
kids activities, including kids ticket auction (Fri), inflatables (Fri/Sat), and “That Kid Place” coming on Sat 12:30-3:30
Friday night movie special showing of “Family Camp” which will be held at Living Hope Community Church 6:30 pm
Saturday Breakfast and Saturday night Pork Chop meal
Silent (starting in the afternoon) and Live Auction Saturday evening
fundraiser items for sale (coffee, pies, popcorn)
15th anniversary t-shirts - cash and carry for $15!
Set aside your weekend October 14-15 and plan to attend, invite friends and family, and spread the word about all the events going on. And be ready to volunteer your time and energy!
As information comes out over the next few weeks (social media, email, radio, paper, etc), commit to passing this information on to your churches, friends and families.
It takes the whole community of Christian Life Academy to make Life Days 2022 a success.
Change Wars Update
Congratulations to everyone for bringing in a great pile of nickels last week! The total was $98.80 in nickels, for a total of just over $200 so far. The winner of the contest for last week (most nickels) was grades PK-K. This week, students have one more day to bring in DIMES. Next week (Sept 27-30) it’s time to bring those QUARTERS!
Pizza Ranch Tip Night - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 from 5-8 pm
We hope to see MANY CLA families and friends in Morton at the Pizza Ranch (903 W Jackson St) On Monday night! We could still use some volunteers, in particular to help in the kitchen / dishroom. ALL TIPS (cash only) and 10% of the proceeds for that evening go to CLA - and this is directed to benefit tuition assistance for CLA families. Come, volunteer, enjoy some pizza, and support the school! This would be a great community service opportunity for our students!
Contact Mrs. Gibson ([email protected] or 309-826-1848) if you have any questions or can help!
Office Reminders - volunteers needed
For those parents that still need to turn in Registration forms, Birth certificates, and Medical forms, please have them in by Friday, Sept. 30th!
Sign on to https://www.ezschoolapps.com/ to pay online and see your child’s lunch acct.
There is a remaining need for 2 volunteers in the office. This role assists with daily flow of the office and supports the teachers by making copies and various other tasks as they arise. Days currently needed are Mondays and Thursdays but any time you can give is greatly appreciated! Please consider giving to the ministry at CLA through volunteering!
From the Principal's Desk
Excitement about the new HS building is again growing… After some waiting (due to material and availability of various trades) it is time to pour concrete for the floor of the new building. That means we can soon enclose the exterior walls and begin work on the interior. Stop by any time and look at the progress. I’m glad to share updates… and glad to have people let me know how you could volunteer some time!
Also - I wanted all our parents to know that I shared the gospel message with our students on Monday in chapel. It seemed a very appropriate time, as we have been talking about “confidence” in our faith… When we know Jesus as our Savior, we want to share it with others. I’m so excited to be able to share the message of how Jesus gave His life so that we can have forgiveness of our sins and an opportunity to know and live for Jesus. My prayer is that our students would know Jesus! Feel free at any time to talk with me or our staff about this most important decision in a child’s (or adult’s) life!
Blessings!
Mr. Horning