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Congratulations to Meghan Cotton, 2011 TCS Alumnus. This year, Meghan, a sophomore at Boone High School, is a member of their cross country team. She also plays tennis for Boone. Meghan was a Fellowship of Christian Athletes leader during her time at TCS, and she returned to TCS last year to volunteer as both a chapel speaker and to assist our tennis and cross country teams.

Middle School
Volleyball
Check out these match times this week and come cheer on your LIONS!
Saturday, September 22
5/4^th grade Match Green Team – 9:00 a.m.; Faith Christian Academy
5/4^th grade Match Gold Team – 10:00 a.m.; Faith Christian Academy

Monday, September 24
8^th Grade Match – 6:00 p.m.; Windermere Prep.
7^th grade Match – TBA; The Master’s Academy
6^th grade Match Green Team – 4:00 p.m.; HOME
6^th grade Match White Team – 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.; HOME
 
Cross Country
TCS runners are impressive!
Next meet on Tuesday, September 25, 4:30 p.m.; Trinity Prep.
 
Flag Football
Flag Football registration is open online. Choose The Christ School as your team and say yes to a uniform if you need one.
Do not miss out; deadline is October 5.
 
Swimming
Who knew Lions could swim?!
Next Meet
Monday, September 24, 4:55 p.m. warm-up, 5:30 p.m. start time; Winter Park Racquet Club.

Soccer
Way to Roar TCS!!
Saturday, September 22
Boys 2^nd/1^st grade- 12:00 p.m.; Trotters Park #5
Girls 2^nd grade – 11:00 a.m.; Trotters Park #5
 
TCS Tennis Program
Our Tennis Lions Rock!
Next class is Wednesday, September 26, 5:00-6:00 p.m. at Fort Gatlin Tennis Center.

Please check RenWeb for all athletic contests, announcements, forms and information.
Forms and information flyers can be found under Resource Documents.
For all athletic questions please contact Coach Wiborg.

TCS Athletics Weekly Lions’ Sports Update: September 12

Middle School Volleyball
The middle school volleyball teams are serving up some great matches

Monday, September 17
8^th grade Match – 6:00 p.m.; Windermere Prep.
7^th grade Match – 6:30 p.m.;MastersAcademy
6^th grade Match Green Team – 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.; HOME
6^th grade Match White Team – 4:00pm; HOME

Cross Country
Next meet on Tuesday, September 18, 4:30 p.m.; Trinity Prep.

Swimming
Next Meet
Tuesday, September 18, 5:30 p.m. warm-up, 6:00 p.m. start time; Trinity Prep.

Lower School Volleyball
Our 4^th and 5^th grade volleyball teams are awesome!
Check out these match times. Let’s Roar Ladies!

Saturday, September 15
5/4^th grade Match Green Team – 10:00 a.m.;FaithChristianAcademy
5/4^th grade Match Gold Team – 9:00 a.m.;FaithChristianAcademy

 Soccer
Our Soccer Lions have started their season.
Way to Roar TCS!!

Saturday, September 15
Boys 2^nd/1^st grade- 11:00 a.m.; Master’s Academy
Girls 2^nd grade – 10:00 a.m.;TrottersPark #5

Swimming
Next Meet
Tuesday, September 18, 5:30 p.m. warm-up, 6:00 p.m. start time; Trinity Prep.

 Flag Football
Flag Football registration is open online.
Choose The Christ School as your team and say yes to a uniform if you need one.

Please check RenWeb for all athletic contests, announcements, forms and information.  Forms and information flyers can be found under Resource Documents. For all athletic questions please contact Coach Wiborg.

Parking on TCS’s designated floors of the county’s garage is becoming increasingly important as the city’s arts center nears completion. TCS is allocated the 5th and 6th floors of the parking garage during the week. Orange County spaces are on the 3rd and 4th floors and public parking, or city spaces, are found on the 2nd floor. The 1st floor is for county, public, tax collector, and some ADA parking.

It is important that we park on the 5^th and 6^th floors during normal working hours.

The 5th and 6th floors provide First Presbyterian and The Christ School with 300 parking spaces on Monday through Friday. After 7 p.m. on weekdays, and all day on Saturday and Sunday, we can use all levels of the garage unless there is a special event.

TCS Family,

I want to thank our parents who attended Open House last Thursday. It was an informative evening, and I hope that as you returned home at the end of the night, you did so knowing that your child’s teacher will truly know your child this school year and the resulting relationship between teacher and child will result in an enriching academic experience.

During Open House, I was honored to listen to TCS Board Chair and Cross Country and Track and Field Coach, Charles Cook reflect on his family’s TCS journey. It is our honor to partner with Charles and each TCS family to provide your children with an academic experience that is Christ-centered and uncompromising.

Our priorities this year include improving communication between school and home and further sharing the TCS story to the broader community we serve.  I have never been so proud of a faculty and staff as I am this year. I am certain we have the right team to get God’s work accomplished. Already, TCS faculty has procedures in place to keep RenWeb current and the available downloadable mobile application provides parent access to student information anywhere at anytime.

Please remember to watch for informational sessions this fall to discuss our Curriculum Framework. We are bringing together the five core elements—the academic structure—behind our Curriculum Framework (pedagogy, design, reflection, measurement, and communication) to thoughtfully and meaningfully articulate why TCS students and graduates perform with distinction here and at the next academic level.

Thank you again for your participation in our Parent Survey. Our priorities emerge from your responses. We have a lot planned for this school year. Please pray for us as we partner together to further fulfill The Christ School’s mission.

Lastly, to celebrate a wonderful first two weeks of school and the upcoming football season, we are having a special uniform day on this Friday, August 31.  Students, faculty, and staff may wear jeans if they also wear their favorite TCS shirt or football team shirt on Friday.  Please plan to show your team spirit as we celebrate the excitement of the beginning of a great year!

What do we do when God interrupts our lives? Join TCS moms and friends for seven weeks of fellowship to study the word of God through Priscilla Shirer’s study Jonah: Navigating a Life Interrupted. We’ll discover that many times, like Jonah, we run! Shirer redefines interruption in this Bible study and shows how it can be God’s invitation to do something beyond our wildest dreams.

Join us on Tuesday mornings from 8:15 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. or on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. starting on September 12, 2012. Childcare is not available. Expense of study is $11.95 which covers the cost of the workbook. Please contact Jen Bostedo, 407-496-1812, by Friday, September 7, 2012 to register or for more information.

In conjunction with First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, The Christ School’s weather related school closure policy is to close school for weather related reasons whenever Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) determines that schools will be closed.

Whenever inclement weather threatens the closure of school, please monitor local television and radio stations for OCPS school closing announcements. When possible, we will communicate school closure with you by email, RenWeb, and our phone greeting will be updated.

Following a closure, we will work in conjunction with First Presbyterian Church of Orlando to determine when campus will reopen, and we will communicate reopening information with you through RenWeb, email, and voice messaging.

Thank you parents for joining us at Lions’ Sports Night. A schedule of TCS Middle and Lower School sports practice and game times is below. All information, forms, and schedules have been updated on RenWeb and can be found under Resource Documents.

Middle School
Volleyball
Our middle school volleyball teams are serving up some great matches. Check out match times this week and come cheer on your LIONS!
Tuesday, September 4
8^th grade Match – 5:00 p.m. at Windermere Prep
7^th grade Match – 5:30 p.m. at The Masters Academy
6^th grade Match Green Team – 4:00 p.m. at HOME
6^th grade Match White Team – 4:00p.m. and 5:00 p.m. at HOME
Wednesday, September 5
8^th grade Match – 5:30 p.m. at Lake Highland Prep
 
Cross Country
Next practices are Thursday, August 30 and Tuesday, September 4, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at Delaney Park.
 
Swimming
First practice will be held Friday, August 31, 4:15 – 5:30 p.m. at Lake Highland Prep.
 
Flag Football
Flag Football registration opens Saturday, September 1 online at www.acys.org.
Choose The Christ School as your team and say yes to a uniform if you need one.

Lower School
Volleyball
Our 4^th and 5^th grade volleyball teams are ready to open their season this weekend.
Check out these match times. Let’s Roar Ladies!
Saturday, September 1
5/4^th grade Match Green Team – 11:00 a.m. at Faith Christian Academy
5/4^th grade Match Gold Team – 12:00 p.m. at Faith Christian Academy

Tennis
Our TCS Tennis program begins next week at Fort Gatlin Tennis Center.
Registration Deadline is August 29.
Fall Session I
Tuesday, September 4 – 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 5 – 5:00 p.m.
 
Cheerleading
Registration forms are due August 29.

For all athletic questions please contact Coach Wiborg.

Thanks to the generosity of TCS families and friends at the 2012 Mane Event, we were able to purchase new classroom furniture.  The truck pulled up under the Angel Wing and a team of TCS dads unloaded all of the boxes and delivered them to classrooms.  What a glorious sight!  These desks and chairs replace sixteen year old furniture that The Christ School has had since the school opened in 1996.  Thank you to all of our parents, grandparents, and friends who supported of The Christ School by raising your paddle at the Mane Event!  The students and teachers will be thrilled with the new look in their classrooms.

The Christ School hosted a number of local pastors for its’ Second Annual Pastors’ Chapel on June 1^st.  Our visitors came from all over Orlando, representing eight different churches and six different faiths.  The pastors joined us for a daily chapel led by Mrs. Carrick’s second grade class who showed us how to have faith in times of worry.  Thank you to all TCS families who shared an invitation with your pastor and to those who joined us that morning for chapel.  A big thank you to our middle speakers Noah Chevalier, Cara Eakins, and Brianna Sanders!  The pastors truly enjoyed hearing from our students and seeing how they are confidently “standing strong” in their faith.

Over 60% of our current 7^th grade students were invited to participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program, Duke TIP, which identifies academically promising 7^th graders based on their standardized test scores in 6^th grade. Candidates are then invited to take the SAT or the ACT which allows them greater insight into their academic abilities.  After sitting for the high school SAT or ACT, four of our students were awarded state recognition by Duke TIP by scoring at or above the national average of high school juniors or seniors on at least one part of the SAT or the ACT.  Congratulations to Sam Emsley, Caroline Kefauver, Jimmy Lane, and Haley Wass.

Middle School students in Mrs. Kuplen’s science class had a very exciting day in the lab this week.  Working with a partner to dissect a cow’s eye, students were asked to prepare the specimen and then draw and identify the different parts of the eye.  This hands-on experience gave the students a rich understanding of the science behind sight and a true appreciation of God’s work.

Mrs. Kuplen’s sixth grade science class has been studying the three different types of fish and how the five different types of fins help them move.  To reinforce their studies, Mrs. Kuplen taught them how to make fish prints with tilapia and red snapper.  When they created these detailed prints of their fish, the students were able to see, feel, and understand the differences in the design of the fins.  In the meantime, they learned a little about teamwork, patience, and finding beauty in all God’s creatures.

Night of the Arts was a fantastic event celebrating the creativity of our talented TCS students. There was a variety of art displayed throughout the school, ranging from watercolor fish and paper mache bowls to clay lions and tin reliefs.   The third floor was filled with smiling faces as our young performers danced, sang, and played beautiful music for family and friends.  What a blessed night for the TCS community!

The Christ School’s 7^th and 8^th Grade students came together in Yowell Hall for the annual Science Fair.  Students in 7^th grade were tasked with choosing topics related to life science and 8^th grade students chose physical science topics.  Middle school science teacher Mrs. Kuplen said, “The students do everything on their own, from deciding their experiment to writing the hypothesis, procedure and research paper. This type of project involves so much more than just science. The science fair is a five month long adventure that involves math, language arts, research and art.”

There were many different topics chosen by our middle school scientists and Mrs. Kuplen was very impressed by their creativity and hard work.  “Each year the students surprise me with their projects. There are the practical experiments including; which toothpaste whitens your teeth the best, or which cookie sheet makes the best cookies. Then, there are the creative experiments including; which animal has a stronger sense of smell, or testing if a magnet can increase the growth of a plant due to the minimal amount of iron found in plants. Then, there are the unusual ones, including, which item, a lit match or magnet creates plasma better when microwaved, or which area on a roller coaster causes you to feel the g-forces the best. Over the many years I have been teaching the science fair I have seen several experiments, but each year the kids keep getting better and better.”

A BIG congratulations to the overall winner, Becca Pulsifer (8^th Grade), for her project “Feel the G-Force.”  Mrs. Kuplen said Becca “not only tested two roller coasters for their g-forces, but then she constructed a model roller coaster to test the g-forces on that and compared the two. She had to transfer data from her accelerometer to a graph and use an old boy scout method of measuring to get the angle at which the roller coaster dropped to recreate her model. It was a very intricate and interesting project.”  Way to go, Becca!

Kudos to our 7^th Grade winners:

1^st place – Connor Eakins for “Rot or Not”

2^nd place – Hallie Millard for “Hand Eye Hoops”

3^rd place – Chloe Kranston for “Does Color Affect Eyesight?”

4^th place – Sarah Berger for “Survival of the Senses”

Congrats to our 8^th Grade winners:

1^st place – Matthew Casler for “123 Levitate”

2nd place – Carly Dorr for “Stop, Drop and Roll”

3rd place – Danielle Towle for “Bouncing Balls from Big to Small”

4th place – Avery Reddeck for “Which Toothpaste Whitens the Most?”