November 4, 2022

November

6: FALL BACK 1 HOUR (End of Daylight Savings)

11: Campus Closed for Veterans Day (No school, daycare, or Preschool)

12: 8:00-12:00 Grace Work Party - Lunch included!

23 - 25: ALL CLOSED - HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Weekly

Every Friday at 9:15: Preschool Chapel

Monthly

Every 3rd Tuesday Preschool CLOSES AT 5:00 p.m. for staff devotions and meeting.

School Calendar

December 6th at 6:00 PM is our Preschool Christmas Musical! This annual event is one you will want grandparents and friends to see so let them know also to save the date!

Remember, Preschool closes at 5:00 PM that day.

We will be giving you more information soon....

You're invited to the 3rd - 5th grade Musical on November 10th. There are 2 performances - 9:00 AM and 6:30 PM.

This is a great way to start your Thanksgiving holiday! The performance will be in the church and admission is FREE! Hope to see you there!

***Our 7th graders will be offering water, hot cocoa, cookies, and other goodies at the performance. Stop by for a treat and help our 7th graders earn their way to DC next year. (cash only please)

We thank EVERYONE so much for making our Harvest Festival a success! We are still tallying up the totals, but here's who won the baskets:

Families Just Want to Have Fun - Jeremiah Elliott

Star Wars - Nathan Powell

SDSU Aztecs game - Samuel Elliott

RB Inn Spa Experience - Amanda Mahoney

Family Fun Days/Parents Night Out - Marie Sandvik

Dine Local in Escondido - Kaleena Sturman

Survive & Thrive - Teresa Vargas

Life is Better at the Campsite - Darla Berkel

Mystery Money Tree - Isaiah Plummer

Once Upon a Disney Dream - Sam Swinehart

Vintage Coca-Cola Collection - Gary Mac Issac

Family Movie & Dinner Night - Brittany England

EVERYONE WAS GREAT! This was such a FUN event and we look forward to seeing what you come up with next year!

Here are the winners for Best Boy Costume, Girl Costume, and Most Creative Costume.

The Top 3 Trunk or Treat vehicles were:

1st: I Spy- Katie Brumfield

2nd: Harry Potter (Quidditch)- Valerie Stephanoy

3rd: Beetle June: Ramirez Family

Thanks to our amazing Room Parent/Class Baskets, Raffle Ticket buyers, Soaking Staff, Sponsors, and all of those who supported the Grace Harvest Festival, $17,815 was raised for our school! 100% of these funds will come back to the students, teachers/staff, facilities, and church of Grace Christian School! Thank you so much for your support!!

Grace Christian School is having an Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Drive! If you are new to Operation Christmas Child, we encourage you to read more about it HERE.

Our goal is for each class to put together 10 boxes with an overall goal of 75 boxes from the school. Families can donate full boxes, items for boxes, and/or $10.00 processing fees for boxes. All boxes and donations are due by November 11th.

Join us from 8:00-12:00 for a work party on things right here at Grace!

We have the following projects:

· Cleaning up the garden

· Spreading rubber chips in the preschool yard

· Cleaning up around the Preschool playground

· Painting curbs in the church parking lot (both blue and red)

· Painting yellow caution areas around the campus

We need the following tools: rakes/hoes and other garden tools

Power tiller - if someone has one this would be great!

If you have questions please contact Larry Berkel at darla.larry@cox.net or Ben Elliott at belliott@gracelcms.net

Email: dbeebe@gracelcms.net
Website: https://graceschoolescondido.org/
Location: 643 West 13th Avenue, Escondido, CA, USA
Phone: 760-747-3029
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GraceEscondido