January 9 - KSCS News You Can Use!

Happy Sunday, KSCS family! The weekend is over and God has blessed us with a new week. May He shine brighter in us this week than last week! Here's some news you can use:

COVID-19 CONCERNS

We are all aware of the rising cases of this highly contagious strain. Our school has had several families who have been out sick with this virus. To ensure that we are doing our best to protect everyone's health, we will resume COVID screenings & require STRICT mask adherence. Students & adults must wear a mask in the building at all times. Any student who has to constantly be reminded to wear their mask will be sent home. Any student who exhibits any symptoms will be sent home and cannot return to school without a negative COVID test or doctor's visit.

UNIFORMS

Our standard uniforms will resume on Monday. Please take note that leggings as pants are not a part of the girls' uniform, but they can be worn UNDER the skirts.

HOT LUNCH

A volunteer has offered to handle hot lunch on Mondays, beginning on January 25. Until then, we will continue to have hot lunch on only on Wednesday & Friday. Please send $5 with your student if you want them to have hot lunch. This week's lunch menu is:

Wednesday: Lazy Lasagna

Friday: Haystacks (layered taco salad)

**********JANUARY HAPPENINGS - MARK YOUR CALENDAR!**********

HEALTH SCREENINGS - JANUARY 12 & 13

Spinal & diabetes screenings will take place on Wednesday, January 12. Vision & Hearing screenings will take place on Thursday January 13. The cost is $6 per student. Funds need to be turned in by Monday, January 10.

WINTER MAP TEST - JANUARY 10-14

Winter MAP tests begin tomorrow! The schedule:

Monday: Science (3rd - 8th)

Tuesday: Reading (Kinder - 8th)

Wednesday: Math (Kinder - 8th)

Thursday: Language (2nd - 8th)

Please prepare your students for success by making sure they get enough rest, a healthy breakfast, and healthy snacks.

BAKE SALE - FRIDAY, JANUARY 14

We're excited to resume our bake sale! Please bring your goodies to sell & support our school! If you're a small business owner and would like to sell your items, please contact me!

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR DAY -MONDAY, JANUARY 17

No School!

MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC FESTIVAL PRACTICE - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26

Our middle school students are excited to participate in the Texas Conference Music Festival on February 24-25 at North Dallas Adventist Academy in Richardson. We will be practicing with eight other schools on January 26. We will need two other drivers to help transport our middle school students to NDAA. Please contact me if you can help us.

MAIN EVENT FIELD TRIP - FRIDAY, JANUARY 28

We are finally able to go to our Main Event field trip! The cost is $21 per person participating, and includes a pizza lunch, unlimited bowling, glow-in-the-dark golf, and laser tag, as well as a $10 arcade card. We will be leaving the school at 10:30am and dismiss from Main Event.

KSCS EDUCATION PROGRAM AT LEWISVILLE SDA CHURCH - SATURDAY, JANUARY 29

KSCS students will be conducting an Adventist Education emphasis worship service on January 29. If you attended Adventist Christian school and would like to provide a video testimonial, or would like to provide a testimonial of how KSCS has impacted your student, please contact me!

WE NEED HELP!!!!!

We desperately need help in several areas! Please let me know what you would like to help with and we'll get you started right away!

Thank you for entrusting your precious children's education to us - it is an honor that we do not take lightly! We continue to solicit your prayers as we work to provide your student with the highest quality of education as we point them to Christ. We are always praying for you!

God bless,

Mrs. Huffin 972-358-8451 ebony.huffin@kscs.info ebonyhuffin@txsda.org

Mrs. Ermshar 956-534-4862 suehay.ermshar@kscs.info suehayermshar@txsda.org