Somalia

Hello parents of the FBC 4th through 6th graders! I just wanted to let you know that I have challened the kids to raise money for the famine in Somalia, sponsored by praise106.5 .  I have told them that whatever they bring in, I will match it. We are hoping for $11. Thank you for encouraging their participation!     Miss Tia

Early 2016 Goings-On

     Hello families of "green room" kids!  I hope 2016 is off to a good start for everyone!  The 4th-6th graders are a great group of kids!  Caring, enthusiastic, and fun!  And great learners, too.  We are following along with FBC's curriculum, which has recently "started over" in Genesis with stories of familiar characters (Adam and Eve, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Joseph in Egypt), and now we are in Exodus and learning about Moses.  This curriculum is great because it tells the kids what we can learn from each story, about God, about people, and how Jesus ties in to all of it.  Along with the video curriculum, the green room kids are learning the books of the Bible (old and new testament), and we are memorizing one reference from each book of the Bible.  Right now we are learning verses from the first 5 books of the Bible.  I encourage you to help your kids remember these verses(and the Books of the Bible)!  They are: Gen. 1:1, Ex. 3:14, Lev. 19:1-2, Numbers 6:24, and Deut. 11:1.  I am keeping track in class who has recited these verses from memory, and they earn a prize when they do.  But I don't want them to "cram and forget"! :)  I keep re-capping what we've already learned so it stays fresh.  
     It's great when parents can get involved in Sunday School, and your kids are all "awesome!"  Thank you for sharing them with me one day each week!  I will keep in touch throughout the year to let you know what's going on.
    One last note - each week I send the kids out with papers letting you know what lesson we had that week, and I include one or two "extra credit" pages.  If the kids complete these activity pages and bring them back the next week, they earn extra prize coins.  We have prize box week once every 6 weeks or so, where they can spend their prize coins.

Thank you again and have a great weekend!
Tia

The Very First Christmas

Hello everyone!  We are off to a great start with this year's play, The Very First Christmas.

We only have 2 Sunday rehearsals left, 12:30 - 2 pm, as well as a last rehearsal on Thursday, December 3rd at 6 pm.  There is a free dinner on Thursday night at 5:30, so feel free to come and eat before practice!
If it comes down to the end and we feel that we still need a bit more practice, we will meet again on the day of the play, December 6th, at the usual practice time of 12:30 - 2 pm.

We are still in great need of 2 more kiddos to take small speaking parts!  We would need them filled by this week so they won't be at a disadvantage.  If you know anyone who would like to have a part, feel free to invite them and let me know so I will be able to contact them about practices!  Thank you so much!  I will be asking around as well.

Since we don't have many more practices, I hope everyone will be able to make it to the rest of them!  Will you let me know if you have any schedule conflicts?  Thank you again - this will be a very special play.  The kids are encouraged to learn "Joy to the World" as best they can, to sing with the audience at the performance.  And as always, families are encouraged to bring cookies to share with the audience for after the play.

Any questions feel free to ask me!  Tia Austin elliesauntie96@yahoo.com

Thanks again and see you soon!
Tia

Camping trip!

Hello everyone!  Summer is sadly drawing to a close .... there's time for a few last adventures!  The "Green Room" (4th-6th graders) is having a camping trip next weekend, August 21-22.  I told the kids about it last Sunday and gave out permission slips.  The Permission slips and $3.00 per child need to be turned in this Sunday, Aug. 16th, so I can plan the trip - food etc.

So, if your kid(s) are able to come, don't forget to bring the filled-out permission slips and $3.00 in an envelope with the child's name(names) on it so I can keep track of who has paid.

Thank You!! Feel free to ask me any questions you have about the trip.
We will be camping in the "B" section of Washington Park.

If you can't get the permission slips to me Sunday, please let me know that your kids want to come and we can arrange a day that I can get the permission slip from you - absolute last day, August 19th.
Thanks again!

"Miss Tia"

Another Fundraiser!

The kids in the 4th-6th grade class are doing great, participating in their challenge to raise money for Christmas Child Shoe Boxes.  We had a fundraiser last weekend at Shipwreck Day,
and the kids now have $167!

The next fundraiser is this weekend, Friday and Saturday, from 8 am - 2 pm at the church, in the youth room.  The kids will be selling popcorn and lemonade, as well as the leftover kid-made items from last weekend.

Again, all 4th-6th grade kids as well as those moving up into 7th grade are welcome to attend, to help their teams and earn prize points for raising Christmas Child Shoe Box money.

If your kid(s) are able to attend, please let me know as soon as you can.

Thank you!

Fundraiser Event for Shoeboxes!

NOTE:  These fundraisers are also open for the kids who JUST moved up into soon-to-be 7th graders.  I would love it if they want to participate, as they can still earn team/individual prize points, and it's great to have them be part of these projects!! 

It's time again to raise money for Christmas Child Shoe Boxes!

Last year the "Green Room" (4th-6th grade kids) raised enough money to pack 80 shoe boxes!  We will have a booth at Shipwreck day again this year, on Saturday, July 18th from 8-4.  I sent the kids home with sign-up sheets, which I encourage them (and parents) to fill out and return to either myself or Dick Murray.  Or, parents can message me on Facebook or email me and let me know what time slots their kids would like to take to participate.  They can stay for an hour, three hours, or all day if they want to!  Anything is fine with me.

They will be earning participation points for their team for coming to help, and prize points for themselves, as well as making people aware of the Shoebox Project and drumming up donations.  Also, anything kids want to bring that they've made (bracelets, duct tape wallets, any little things) will be great to add to our small collection of things people can "buy" for making a donation.

We will probably make lemonade to sell by the cup as well, which is what we will be doing the FOLLOWING  FRIDAY and SATURDAY at our second fundraiser - the church garage sale.  So, they can sign up to do that as well.  I will not be at kids church on Sunday, the 12th, but Dick Murray will be heading up our class, so he will be able to take permission slips (if your kids want to be there for the garage sale, just go ahead and write a note on the slip somewhere, and I will let you know specific hours).

Thank you!  Also, I will be out of town Monday the 13th thru Thursday the 16th, but feel free to message me, text me, or email me, and I will write your kids name(s) on my fundraiser participation sheets.

Thanks again!  I hope you are all enjoying the summer!  See you soon!

Miss Tia
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Don't miss our upcoming events!

Hello again everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend,spent time  with family, and remembered our troops!
The"Green Room" has a few upcoming events that we don't want the kids to miss out on! The first is on Friday night, our last kid's night for the 4th-6th graders.  This is much like a youth group night, and the 6th grade graduates will be able to start attending the Junior high youth group as soon as school lets out for the summer!

Speaking of graduates, we have as many as nine 6th graders who we want to honor with a graduation party on Sunday. We will have a guest, Linh, showing us how to make origami birds, we will have certificates and gifts for the graduates, and ... cupcakes!  It will be a special day and we don't want anyone to miss it!

So- to sum up, that's Friday the 29th, kids night from 6 - 7:30 in the youth room, and graduation party in class Sunday the 31st.

At that point, I know there are a few 6th graders who have already been helping with the classes for the little kids, so I will consider them free to go, even though technically there are still two Sundays left before school ends.  The rest of the 6th graders of course are welcome to keep coming to "the green room" for the last two weeks of school, after which we will give them their wings to fly, and help where it's needed or attend second service with their family.  A few of the students have said they would like to help out In the green room's class, so I will put them on a rotating schedule if they would like to come in as helpers.

Whew!  Thanks for sticking with me through all of that information! I truly enjoy having your kids in my class, and I will miss all of the 6th graders when they are gone, just as much as I am looking forward to having the 3rd graders move up!

PS - we have started our Shoe boxes fundraiser, and the teams have been set, so I will keep the 6th graders informed about fundraising events they can paticipate in, as that will be going on strong over the summer.

Thanks again!
Tia Austin and Dick Murray