Thursday Notes – January 18, 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.

Next week, 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!

From Mr. Painter’s Desk

New Verse Decal in the Commons

This past Tuesday, we had a verse decal installed on our Commons wall just above the entrance. The funds for this decal were donated through the 8^th Grade Class Gift of 2023. We greatly appreciate the generosity of these families, and are confident that their impact will go well beyond their time here at WCGS!  What a great visual reminder for our students as they enter and exit the Commons each day for the various events and activities that take place in this space – “Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”  We have included a picture so that you can see it, but we would encourage you to take a look at it the next time you are in our building.

Reports Cards Issued Tomorrow.

Teachers spent time this past Tuesday during our in-service preparing your child’s report card for 2nd quarter. These report cards will be emailed to you on Friday after school. Much prayer, thought, and time goes into these reports. We hope that they give you a snapshot of the growth of your child over the past nine weeks. Please take note of their academic progress, but also their development socially, emotionally, and spiritually. We desire to see them make gains in each of these areas as they head into the second half of the school year. Thank you for your continued partnership in working towards this goal. It is a team effort, and God is doing great things at WCGS!

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 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

10:00/11:15 a.m. – JV Boys’ BBall IESA Regional Game (WCGS)

Monday, January 22

Hot Lunch – Culver’s

9:00-10:00 a.m. – Moms In Prayer (Commons)

3:30-4:00 p.m. – Grades K-1 Chess Club (Room 604)

6:00/7:15 p.m. – JV Boys’ BBall IESA Regional Game (WCGS)

Tuesday, January 23

Hot Lunch – Shane’s Deli

3:30-5:30 p.m. – Robotics Team (Room 607)

4:00 p.m. – JV Girls’ BBall vs. Schaumburg Christian (WCGS)

5:00 p.m. – V Girls’ BBall vs. Schaumburg Christian (WCGS)

6:00 p.m. – V Boys’ BBall vs. Immanuel Lutheran (WCGS)

3:30-7:00 p.m. – Jr. High Musical Auditions

6:30-8:00 p.m. – WCGS Parent Series

Wednesday, January 24

Hot Lunch – Barone’s Pizza

7:55 a.m. – Math Counts (Room 616)

3:30-4:00 p.m. – Yearbook Club (Room 605)

3:30-4:30 p.m. – Spelling Bee Practice (Room 507)

3:30-7:00 p.m. – Jr. High Musical Auditions

6:30 p.m. – JV Boys’ BBall IESA Regional Finals (WCGS)

Thursday, January 25

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 (Room 607)

3:30-7:00 p.m. – Jr. High Musical Auditions

4:00 p.m. – Battle of the Books Meet (Wheaton Library)

4:00 p.m. – JV Girls’ BBall vs. Christian Liberty (WCGS)

5:00 p.m. – V Girls’ BBall vs. Christian Liberty (WCGS)

Friday, January 26

Zero Waste Day

ACSI Spelling Bee (Kenosha, WI)

3:30 p.m. – Auxiliary Winter Social (Blacktop)

3:30-6:00 p.m. – Jr. High Musical Auditions

Saturday, January 27

8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. – Robotics Team Sectional Meet (Rotolo MS, Batavia)

Notable Notes

LAST CHANCE!  Lost and Found Items Being Donated Soon!

If you have any items from the 1st Semester that were lost before December 4, you will have one final opportunity to claim them before they are donated. During the week of January 22-26, all older Lost and Found items will be placed on tables in the main hallway.  There are many coats, sweaters, sweatshirts, water bottles, lunch boxes, and lunch containers that are still looking for their home!   Anything that remains unclaimed by the end of the school day on January 26 will be donated.

Community Corner

Beauty and the Beast

Christian Youth Theater is presenting Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” featuring many of our WCGS students on the following dates: Friday, February 2, at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, February 3, at 2:00 and 6:00 p.m., and Sunday, February 4, at 2:00 p.m. Performances will be held at the Batavia Fine Arts Center, 1250 W. Wilson St., Batavia. Tickets are $17.00 when purchased online. Purchase tickets here. WCGS students in the cast are Hayley Barlow, Natalie Brooke, Hazel Hansen, Charlotte Gibson, Charlotte Green, Abbott Klassen, Seanna Mazzarella, Leah Paull, Elayna Ollila, and Dylan Shields.

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.