Thursday Notes – January 11, 2024
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From Mr. Brooke’s Desk
Re-Enrollment
On behalf of the WCGS administration, faculty, and staff, thank you for the privilege of allowing us to invest ourselves into the lives of your children throughout the 2023-24 school year. We have been blessed to move through this school year together, and the partnership with your family has been a point of distinct gratitude this year. Your children bring us such great joy as God does His work of raising them up to love the Lord and make His name known.
In the coming weeks, Wheaton Christian Grammar School will invite you to re-enroll for the 2024-25 school year. We will ask for you to simply update your information through a streamlined online process.
Our re-enrollment process will begin on January 22, and we will send a letter on that day with more details.
We look forward to continuing our partnership!
Fathers’ Prayer Breakfast
On Saturday, January 20, we will host our Fathers’ Prayer Breakfast from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Commons here at school. Whether you have attended before or this is your first time, we look forward to sharing a meal, hearing a devotional, and praying together as fathers in the WCGS community. It is a rich time and one that I hope you will consider joining. We will respect your time and dismiss by 8:30 a.m. so that you can continue with your weekend. If you are able to attend on January 20, please RSVP to Lauren Fortosis by Wednesday, January 17, to help with breakfast planning.
Anxious Parents, Anxious Kids: How to Avoid Passing Down Fear/Anxiety to Your Children
HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET for our WCGS Parent Series event on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at 6:30 p.m.? We welcome WCGS school dad and licensed Clinical Psychologist and Executive Coach, Chris Mazzarella. Join us as Chris walks through the conversation of stress and anxiety as a slow killer, stealing your peace, wasting your time, and limiting your potential. Sure, you can continue to distract yourself with screens, sugar, stuff, and substances but is that truly giving you the freedom and peace you and your family deserve? Complicating matters is that your kids are watching, following your example for better or worse. Stop the cycle and learn ways to teach your kids how to break free from stress and anxiety. In this seminar, you will learn the source of your stress/anxiety, the ineffective ways you try to control it, its effects on your physical and mental health, and how to experience greater freedom from excessive and unnecessary fear, worry, and anxiety. Be kind to yourself and invest in your family’s future by attending this timely seminar. Register here.
Important Upcoming Dates
Friday, January 12
End of 2nd Quarter
Zero Waste Day
Jr. High Exploratories
Saturday, January 13
TBD – SWAC Boys’ BBall Tournament @ Timothy Christian
Monday, January 15
NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tuesday, January 16
NO SCHOOL – Teacher Inservice
7:00 p.m. – Board Meeting (Library)
Wednesday, January 17
Q3 Hot Lunch Begins
Hot Lunch – Barone’s Pizza and Sunset Slush
7:55 a.m. – Math Counts (Room 616)
8:00-8:40 a.m. – Praise Team Rehearsal
9:00 a.m. – Grades K-2 Chapel
9:45 a.m. – Grades 3-5 Chapel
10:45 a.m. – Grades 6-8 Chapel
3:30-4:00 p.m. – Yearbook Club (Room 605)
3:30-4:30 p.m. – Spelling Bee Practice (Room 507)
4:00 p.m. – JV Boys’ BBall vs. St. Petronille (WCGS)
5:00 p.m. – V Boys’ BBall vs. St. Petronille (WCGS)
6:00 p.m. – 7/8B Boys’ BBall vs. St. Petronille (WCGS)
7:00-8:00 p.m. – 8th Grade Imago Dei Parent Meeting (Room 614)
Thursday, January 18
BIRTHDAY: Danette Farrell (Nurse)
9:00 a.m. – Women’s Bible Study (Gospelife Church)
3:30-4:30 p.m. – Grades 2-8 Chess Club Begins (Room 604)
3:30-5:00 p.m. Robotics Team
4:00-5:30 p.m. – Musical Workshop – Session 1 (Commons)
5:30-6:30 p.m. – Musical Dance Review
5:30-6:30 p.m. – Musical Parent Meeting
5:30 p.m. – JV Boys’ BBall vs. Immanuel Lutheran (WCGS)
6:30 p.m. – 6A Boys’ BBall vs. Immanuel Lutheran (WCGS)
6:00-7:30 p.m. – Musical Workshop – Session 2 (Commons)
Friday, January 19
Report Cards Issued (3:30 p.m.)
Zero Waste Day
Popcorn Day
9:00-10:00 a.m. – New Parent Breakfast (Commons)
Saturday, January 20
7:30-8:30 a.m. – Fathers’ Prayer Breakfast
TBD – JV Boys’ BBall IESA Regional Game (WCGS)
Notable Notes
Chess at WCGS
Winter 2024 Grades 1-2 Chess Club
This chess club is full.
Winter 2024 Grades 2-8 Chess Club
Registration for the 2024 Winter Season of the WCGS Chess Club is now open for interested students in grades 2-8. This club will meet Thursdays after school from 3:30-4:30 p.m. To sign up, email wcgschess@gmail.com with the student’s name and grade by Wednesday, January 17. Maximum limit for Chess Club is 23 students. We are thrilled that our previous chess teacher, Mr. Jeff DiOrio, will be teaching again. Jeff DiOrio is the owner of Elite Chess and has been coaching chess for over 15 years. He coached the Naperville North Chess Team for 12 years where they captured a record 12 consecutive DuPage Valley Conference Titles and in 2015, Naperville North won the IHSA State Championship. Jeff was named the Illinois Chess Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2017. The first session begins Thursday, January 18. This club will meet for the following 10 sessions: 01/18, 01/25, 02/01, 02/08, 02/15, 02/22, 02/29, 03/07, 03/14, and 03/21. Cost to participate: $75.
Community Corner
Pickleball Fundraiser
Phil’s Friends, a local non-profit that provides care packages and support to people battling cancer, is hosting a Pickleball Fundraiser on Saturday, January 20, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. at Pickled in Wheaton. Registration is available here. Thank you for your support and bringing hope and encouragement to those in need.
FCA Lacrosse
Winter and Spring opportunities for boys in grades K-8, beginner or experienced player. More information about the programs and the club in the links below.
- Winter Clinic Series, 3-8th grades, begins 1/26/24 (https://fcalacrossechicagowest.org/winter-skill-clinics/)
- Intro Clinic for Beginners and K-2, on 2/2/24 (https://fcalacrossechicagowest.org/winter-intro-clinics/)
- Evaluations for Spring Teams, 3-8th grades, on 2/19/24 (https://fcalacrossechicagowest.org/spring-evals/)
- MINIS spring program for K-2, begins late April (https://fcalacrossechicagowest.org/mini-team/)
