The Wildcat Way

Merry Christmas from our SPCS students to your family. We are blessed each day by the students, families, and staff who choose SPCS. May you feel the warmth of this season and the joy of Christ’s love. Heartfelt blessings this holiday season from our SPCS family to yours.

Together, SPCS raised $500, allowing our students to create 20 Birthday Blessings, each containing a Kwik Star gift card. These blessings will help bring joy to children on their special day while remembering and honoring our Savior.

During this Advent season, it truly fills our hearts with joy to spread love, kindness, and hope to others—especially as we celebrate the gift of giving and the joy of Christ’s love.

To celebrate the Advent season, SPCS students participated in an Advent retreat on Monday morning. Our entire school gathered at the church, where the retreat began with a short skit performed by our 5th graders. Students then rotated through five stations focused on the themes of Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.

During the rotations, students made decorations for local nursing homes, created Advent bracelets, played Advent Bingo, and painted handprint Advent wreaths. The morning also included an Advent-themed snack mix and hot cocoa.

We concluded our retreat back at the church with a closing prayer and song. This special time together reminded us of the importance of preparing our hearts for the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, during the Advent season.

This month, our students focused on displaying Joy.

When students show kindness, help a friend, pray together, or serve others during Advent, the Fruit of the Spirit, Joy, is alive and growing in them. This joy isn’t about presents or parties; it comes from welcoming Jesus into our hearts and sharing His love with others.

We are so proud of how SPCS students continue to shine with God’s love and characteristics!

December Spirit Recipients
✨ Eliana Erb
✨ Lillian Breimon

"The joy of the Lord is your strength." ~ 1 Nehemiah 8:10

Way to shine for Jesus, you two!!

ESA funding for the second half of the school year is now available to ESA participants.

Please log into the parent portal to approve tuition and fees for the second half of the year.

• Parent/Guardian action: Approve or deny tuition and fees for the second half of the school year.

To maintain ESA eligibility for the rest of the 2025-26 school year, ESA participants must approve payment of tuition and fees within the Odyssey portal no later than February 1, 2026.

Questions regarding the payment process can be directed to the Odyssey Support Team at help.ia@withodyssey.com or 515-368-9564.

Other questions may be emailed to studentsfirst@iowa.gov.

Supervised Breakfast Times

Latchkey Breakfast - 7:40am

School Breakfast 1st Shift - 8:10am

School Breakfast 2nd Shift - 8:25am

Latchkey Students

• Latchkey students will walk over for breakfast at 7:40 AM.

• After breakfast, staff will walk latchkey students to school and then bring over the first shift of students.

• Any latchkey students arriving after 7:40am, will eat breakfast with the 8:10am shift.

Breakfast Shifts & Arrival Times

Students will be supervised and walked to breakfast at 8:10 AM and 8:25 AM.

Important:

• Students must come into school first before going to breakfast.

• Students will leave their book bags in a designated area before walking over.

• If your child is not at school by 8:25 AM, they will miss the second breakfast shift.

Self-Control is the last Fruit of the Spirit. Self-Control means making good choices and controlling your actions, words, and even your feelings, instead of just doing whatever you want.

• Self-Control looks like waiting patiently instead of grabbing something right away.

• Self-Control looks like using kind words even when you’re upset.

• Self-Control looks like staying focused on your work instead of getting distracted.

• Self-Control looks like choosing to do the right thing, even if it’s hard or others are not.

When we show self-control, we act in ways that please God and help us live peacefully with others.

🎅December 17th- 23rd - 5 Days of Holiday Cheer

📌December 23rd - 1 Hour Early Out - No Afternoon Latchkey

🎅December 24th - January 5th - No School Christmas Break

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