Lion Tales 9/26/24

Upcoming Dates on the School Calendar

Monday, September 30 Parent-Teacher Fellowship (PTF) meeting, 2:00 - meeting room / main building

Fri-Mon, Oct 11-14 No School - Indigenous Peoples / Columbus Day Weekend

Friday, October 18 End of First Quarter

Fri-Sat, Oct 18-19 Life Days 2024!

Monday, October 21 No School - Parent Teacher Conferences

LIFE DAYS IS JUST 3 WEEKS AWAY!  We are looking forward to EVERYONE being a BIG PART of a BIG EVENT!  Mark October 18-19 on your calendar. 

Link to volunteer https://www.trackitforward.com/site/840757/events

Find your spot to help! Also, please remember the Parent Response Form is due on October 1st. 


CHANGE WARS… ONE MORE DAY to bring QUARTERS!  

Congratulations to TEAM #1 (PreK/K/HS Travis ) who brought the most

dimes… So far nearly $500 has been raised, and the QUARTERS are 

generally the biggest week.  It’s looking good for the new water fountain!

Reminders… There are always a few items to remember, learn for the first time, or re-learn!  Here’s a brief list of some things that might be important to remember or are coming up soon:

Drop off and Pick Up - We ask our PRE-K FAMILIES to wait until 8:30 to park (pull-in) in front of the preschool door.  Our K-8 families use this lane for drop off right up until 8:30!  This will avoid congestion in the busiest 8:15-8:30 time frame.

Absences - please inform the school regarding absences as soon as possible by calling the school office at 309-449-3346 main office, or call/text Mrs Stribling (HS).  You may also want to email teachers regarding absences and pickup of schoolwork.  In doubt, do both!

GoGuardian Parent App- links

Music Lessons - Piano and Violin

Mrs. Waggoner is offering private lessons that happen during the school year.  If you’d like to get involved right away, contact her at 309-840-1068 or [email protected].  She’s offering 30 minute piano ($20) and violin ($25) on a weekly basis Wednesday afternoon (during school) and Tuesdays and Thursdays (after school).

Volunteer Opportunities - Keep your eyes on these opportunities and get involved!

  • We are looking for a basketball coach for our 5th/6th grade team this year.  If you are interested, or know someone who might be, please contact Mr. Horning.  Basketball season begins in late October and we would love to have our coaches in place and trained in doing sports God’s way!!

  • If you have a special talent that you would like our staff to know about, maybe it is an opportunity to get involved and volunteer!  Contact the office or your child’s teacher!

Sports Calendar - Join the Lions at a Home or Away Game!

Thursday, Sept 26 MS Cross Country at Illini Central 4:00

Friday, Sept 27 HOME Volleyball games with Midwest Highlighters 6:00 JV 7:00 V

JH will have a scrimmage prior to these games

Tuesday, October 1 HOME volleyball games with ICCS 5:00 JH / 6:00 V

Thursday, October 3 HS volleyball games at Delavan 5:30 JV / 6:30 V


Winter Sports include MS/HS Cheer and Basketball - Sign up for these coming NEXT WEEK.

Spring Sports include HS baseball and MS/HS track - Sign up for these coming in February


From the Principal's Desk

Attaway! If you’ve attended many CLA sporting events, you are probably aware of the “attaway” postgame activity.  The goal is to identify actions that are God-honoring, recognizing great attitude and effort during the games.  The intention is to remove our focus from the scoreboard and firmly plant that focus on playing (and doing everything in life) for the Lord.  We have had several volleyball games this week, with more to come tomorrow night, so we’ve had lots of attaways.  My favorite part of the games on Tuesday were how two teams who had just competed well on the court gathered together and encouraged one another after the games.  So here’s how it goes:  “I loved the way you encouraged me in the game!”  “Hey friend” “Go friend” “Attaway!”  (with lots of clapping and cheering, of course).  Let’s make sure we do that in all areas of life - glory to God, and “Attaway!” for great attitude and effort in life!

“I have no greater joy than to know that my children are walking in the truth.” 3 John 4

   Blessings,

        Mr. Horning