A Little Smaller This Week
At ECA, our vision is that school families Love God, Value Learning, and Serve Others.
Starting Off the Week With our Fall Festival
It was so good to see many of you at our Fall Festival today. Thank you to our Home & School leaders and volunteers for making a fun community day for the whole school community. There are so many names to list so I won’t try, but a big thank you to those setting up booths, purchasing treats and supplies, cooking in the kitchen and at home, working and supporting our 8th grade class Maze fundraiser, running the booths throughout the day, and all the cleanup afterwards. I will post pictures next Sunday of some of the days highlights.
Fall MAP Testing Makeup & Grades 3&4
For students in grades K-2 and 5-8, MAP makeup testing will happen this week. If you needed to finish a little more or missed a test last week, this will happen this week. Students in grades 3&4 will have MAP Testing in the morning M-W this week.
No School this Friday
Even though this Friday is our second Friday of the month, teachers have an in-service / training day all Friday. Our school will be a host to several Adventist teachers in the southern part of Oregon for trainings. So plan for a 4-day week this week.
1/2 Day Friday is on October 18 this Month
Usually, we have our 1/2 day Friday on the second Friday of each month. This month, teachers have a state-wide teacher inservice on Friday, October 11. We will be in trainings all day in professional educational groups. With that in mind, we will have our 1/2 day Friday on October 18.
Volunteer Paperwork
Just a reminder that if you would like to help out in your child’s classroom, join a school group for a field trip as a volunteer, or plan on helping the school out throughout the year, your volunteer paperwork needs to be processed. It is an easy process, but requires a little work on your part. If you would like to start the process or still need to finish the process, call the school office and we can help you with the steps.
AG Program - Monday’s Science Class
Our Monday AG classes are continuing this week. Students will be outdoors doing a variety of things with Mr. Wyatt Johnson. Throughout the year, there may be a few rainy days. Boots and gloves are great things for working outdoors on Monday Science Days. Water bottles are great things to have outside too. Here is a schedule of the days and classes:
Monday, October 7 - Grades 7&8
Monday, October 14 - Grades 5&6
Monday, October 21 - Grades 3&4
Monday, October 28 - Grades 1&2
Hot lunch happens every Monday and Wednesday. Additionally, whenever we have a 1/2 Friday, hot lunch will be offered by our Home & School. You can click on the link below to order hot lunch for the week for your child. If you have more than one child, please click the link more than once and turn in one week’s submission for each child. There is a payment option that is included in the form.
Christian Counseling Available - Free Resources:
The NAD (North American Division of SDA) has recently shared new resources for children and teens that offer a safe and anonymous place to talk or text. Here is a news release from the NAD.
We’re excited to announce the launch of www.aruggedjourney.org our newest NAD site providing free online mentoring for guys. A Rugged Journey joins www.gorgeous2god.org (for young women) which has grown in its scope and ministry since its beginning in 2017.
These sites, along with their counterparts on social media, provide free help to our teens/young adults in a space they can ask questions without judgment or fear. The questions are answered by a team of dedicated Seventh-day Adventists at AIM on the campus of Andrews University.
In addition to the confidential Q & A, positive content is provided through videos, posts, etc.
www.gorgeous2god.org/ FB: gorgeous2god/ IG: @gorgeous2god
www.aruggedjourney.org/ FB: aruggedjourney/ IG: @aruggedjourney
Announcements & Upcoming Events
Sunday, October 6 - ECA Fall Festival
Monday, October 7-9 - Grades 3&4 MAP Testing / Makeup Testing for any students from last week
Monday, October 7 - AG Class for Grades 7&8
Friday, October 11 - No School - Teacher Inservice Day
Friday, October 18 - 1/2 Day Friday
Thursday, October 24 - Last Day of the 1st Quarter
Monday, October 28 - ECA Picture Day