Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age,
according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Galatians 1:3-5
Grace and peace. These two words represent gifts from God that we desperately need in our lives individually, as a school and as a nation. I believe peace is the by product of God’s grace in our lives.
Alexander Pope, an Enlightenment poet famously wrote: “To err is human; to forgive is divine.” The biblical expression of this concept is found in Isaiah 53:6. “We all like sheep have gone astray.” The good news, however, is that “God has laid on Him (Christ) the iniquity of us all.”
As we are now 28 days into the school year, we all need to experience and extend God’s “grace and peace” to one another. To forgive is not only divine, but it is also something we are called to extend to one another because “God has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”
Have a great weekend basking in God’s grace and peace. Hope to see you all at the VCA family picnic tonight!
Shepherding His lambs,
David Funk
Superintendent, VCA
TONIGHT! All School Fall Family Picnic: 4:30 - 7:00 pm at Rogers-Lakewood Park, Valparaiso. Use the code number 7830 to enter through the park’s main gate. See you there!
Double the Donation: One way to multiply your financial gifts to the school is to check and see if your employer offers a matching gift benefit for employees who want to make a donation to a non-profit organization. You can use the following link to find out if your employer offers this type of program. https://doublethedonation.com/matching-gift-search/
UPCOMING EVENTS:
VCA PICTURE DAY, Thursday, October 5, grades PreK-12. Online ordering is available now at https://inter-state.com/. Use the order code 79193PF.
FALL PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES, October 11 and 12: Scheduling for parent/teacher conferences is now open through your Sycamore account. Please go to “My School” in your menu on the left-hand side and click on P/T Conference. Choose the date and the student. Click on the time frame box for a specific teacher and schedule your appointment. Once you confirm the time, you will need to contact the school if you need to change it. Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place on:
- Wednesday, October 11 (half day, PreK-12): North Campus, 1:00-8:00 pm, South Campus, 1:00 - 5:30 pm
- Thursday, October 12 (no school): North Campus 8:00 am - 12:00 pm, South Campus 8:30 am-8:00 pm,
- Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten teachers will be setting up their schedule by contacting parents directly
NO SCHOOL, October 26-27: Teacher Professional Development
FULFILLING THE VISION Fundraising Banquet, Friday, November 10
NORTH CAMPUS NEWS:
Parents, if you arrive at the school between 3:00 and 3:20 pm, please do not attempt to park in the south side parking lot (across from the main office) by coming through the front parking lot. Please follow the traffic pattern around the north side of the building and through the back parking lot so that you are not driving against the flow of exiting traffic.
FALL MISSION PROJECT: OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
While our South Campus is collecting donated items to fill 100 Operation Christmas Child boxes, our North Campus has a goal to raise $1,000 to ship those boxes! JAR WARS will be held September 25-29. Each class, grades 6-12, will be competing against each other to fill their designated jar with loose change, cash or checks. The class that raises the most wins a pizza party!
SAT DAY for Seniors only will be October 11th at 7:45am.
FUN FOOD FRIDAY:
September 29 - Firehouse Ham Sub meal = $8.50/each OR Turkey Sub meal = $8.50/each. Orders due by 10:00 am, September 28.
October 6 - Little Caesars Pizza, $1.50/slice
October 20 - Culver’s cheeseburger & fries, $7.25 each, or hamburger and fries, $6.75 each
SOUTH CAMPUS NEWS:
Parents please do not allow your students to bring baseball cards, Pokemon cards, or any other type of trading cards to school. Thank you for your cooperation.
SPIRIT WEEK AND MISSION FOCUS WEEK, SEPTEMBER 25-29:
M- Sports Day
T- Inside Out Day
W- Wacky Day
Th- Purple & Gold Day
F- Superhero Day
Operation Christmas Child is our Mission Focus for the week!! A few things as you prepare for supporting your child, their class, and this mission.
- You should have received a half sheet bright orange list of items that need to be donated by your student and their class.
- As you purchase items over the week and weekend could you do us a HUGE FAVOR?? If you have more than one child that is bringing items in please send them in separate bags. Then, either on a piece of paper, post-it-note or the item sheet, would you mark what you purchased and how many of the items you are sending in. Two reasons for this.....1. It will help as the office staff count items each morning for the competition and 2. It will help our organizers and packers on Thursday and Friday.
- Please do not put your students' names on the slips as we are not tracking what each individual student brings.