12/2/2024 Courier

 

General News

 

Christmas Break

School out at noon – Friday, December 20, 2024 (Latchkey will not be available)

No School – December 23, 2024 – January 3, 2025

School Resumes – January 6, 2025

Giving Tuesday- 12/3

Tomorrow, December 3, is Giving Tuesday. Please see the email from our Administrator for more information. There are several ways to support the GCS mission and every little bit helps! This year you can give to the General Fund, Bible Project, or Student Financial Aid Program. To give, please visit BidPal (the same website used for the GCS auction), and choose the category you would like to donate to: http://bidpal.net/gcsgivingtuesday2024

 

Lunch Accounts

Please check your Family Portal Finance tab to make sure that your child’s lunch account has a positive balance. Lunch accounts are prepaid. All students ordering school lunch should have a positive balance of at least $5.00 in their lunch account before ordering lunch. 

‘Tis the Season-for Sickness and Flu
With flu season in full-swing please be diligent in monitoring your child’s health.  School policy is that children must be fever-free (without medication) with no vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school.  

Raise Right (SCRIP)- Holiday Bonus

Buying gift cards this year for the holidays?  Buy them from GCS and earn money for tuition!  Learn more at: https://geneseechristianschool.com/resources/  Click on the RaiseRight tab. 

During November and December, you can earn 75% of the rebates that are earned through the program. If you are not taking advantage of these great savings and would like to join the program, email gcs@geneseechristianschool.com 

 

Raise Right offers a wide variety of bonuses including $5 and $10 gift cards during the holiday season. 

 

TWO order dates are left for physical gift cards before Christmas break:

– 12/3 at 9am

– 12/10 at 9am

 

Combined Elementary & HS Christmas Concert 

Make your plans to join us for an enjoyable evening of Christmas music at the all-school Christmas Concert on Friday, December 13, at 7:00 p.m. at Mayfair Bible Church.  The concert will include musical numbers from all of the elementary students and several high school groups.  All students involved in the concert will be expected to arrive at the church at 6:30 p.m.   Doors will open to guests at 6:00 p.m. 

  

**Please see concert dress information under each building section below**

 

Little Leaders

 

Latchkey

All latchkey statements will be sent to the email address that we have on file.  If you are not receiving statements, please contact Cheryl Britton at cbritton@geneseechristianschool.com.  Paper copies are available upon request.

 

Elementary

Winter Outerwear

The weather outside is cold.  Please send your child to school every day with boots, snow pants, coats, hats and gloves.  Please label all outerwear. The school does not provide “in case you forgot” extras. Students need the fresh air and movement breaks. Unless the wind chill or temperature is too low we WILL be going outside!

Christmas Concert

The GCS Christmas Concert is quickly approaching!  The concert will be on Friday evening, December 13, at 7:00 p.m. at Mayfair Bible Church. 

Elementary girls concert attire: Girls should wear a dressy Christmas outfit; please be sure that it meets the GCS dress standards (knee-length, no sleeveless).

Elementary boys concert attire: Boys should wear nice pants (no jeans, please) and a red or green collared shirt or sweater (no t-shirts).

Boys Jet League Basketball

  • Watch your email for more information.

Favorite Things Lists

Check out your child’s teachers “Favorite Things” list under resource documents on FACTS. 

 

Middle/High School

 

Upcoming MACS Fine Arts Competitions

Registration for the upcoming Fine Arts Competitions has opened! Students received paperwork before the break in order to review the various competition categories and decide if they would like to participate in speech, drama, music, or art. Middle school registration is now past due! High school registration is due by 12/9.  Please turn in any paperwork ASAP or email questions to Mrs. Amy Houle- ahoule@geneseechristianschool.com

 

Little Caesars Fundraiser Delivery!

Mark your calendar and plan to pick up your pizza kits on Thursday, December 12 at 3:05 in the high school cafeteria.  We do not have freezer space to store them for you –  they must be picked up that day.  

Contact Mrs. Heath with questions kheath@geneseechristianschool.com 

 

Christmas Concert

The GCS Christmas Concert is quickly approaching!  The concert will be on Friday evening, December 13, at 7:00 p.m. at Mayfair Bible Church.  Please make sure that you have purchased the required concert attire if you are a part of the concert (6th graders, 7th graders, band, and HS Choir).  See links below: 

For the HS young ladies:  Black dress purchased from Amazon: https://a.co/d/cd7CpFz

For the MS  young ladies:  Black dress purchased from Amazon: for children’s sizes, use this link:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYWXX4D5?ref=emc_p_m_5_i_atc

For women’s sizes, use this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CR148T43/ref=twister_B0D49PK7N9?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

For the MS/HS young men:  Black dress pants, white long-sleeved button-down dress shirt, red or green tie (it may be patterned).

Bake Sale for Student Council

The MS/HS would like to have a bake sale on Thursday, December 19th.  If you would like to help by providing some Christmas treats for the students to purchase before school and during snack, please click on the SignUp Genius link to sign up!  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4BA5AB29ABF94-53554861-christmas#/

Christmas Dress Up Days

This year, we are planning to add some Christmas spirit by having dress up days during the week before Christmas break!  We will see which class has the most “Christmas spirit.”  Please note: Jeans are allowed only if you are participating.

Here are the dress days for December 16-20:

Monday, 12/16- Grinch Day – dress in green or as any character from How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Tuesday, 12/17- Cowboy Christmas – dress as a cowboy in flannel or plaid

Wednesday, 12/18 – Winter Wonderland – dress in blue and white or as anything snowy

Thursday 12/19 – Candy Cane Lane – dress in red or white in a candy-cane theme

Friday 12/20 – Ugly Christmas Sweater Day – dress in your ugliest Christmas sweater

 

 

Athletics

Athletic Physicals🩺

Students planning to participate in athletics MUST have a physical form on file by the first day of practice. This form must be the MHSAA form completed and signed by a physician on or after April 15, 2024. This applies to high school and middle school sports. Forms must be on file at the school athletic office before try-outs, practices, or games.

Physical forms are TWO pages – access using link: MHSAA24-25PhysicalForm or pick up @ the HS office.

Sports Fee

Each student athlete must pay the following sports fee per athlete/per sport/per season. These fees should be turned in by cash or check made payable to GCS to the Athletic Office before the first game.

 ➽➽Varsity – $150.00   ➽➽JV – $125.00  ➽➽  Junior High – $100.00   ➽➽  Jet League – $50.00

Join Athletic Text Alerts: Be alerted of schedule changes – join the text alert group today!

  • 4th/5th/6th boys jet league text @jetleagu to the number 81010
  • JH girls & boys basketball text @gcsjhbball to the number 81010
  • HS girls & boys basketball text @gcswsp24 to the number 81010

use this link to access GCS Winter Sports schedules  GCS WinterAthleticSchedule

HS Girls Basketball:  9th-12th Girls

  • Sports Fee of $150 is due today Monday, 12/2. Cash or check (made payable to GCS) accepted.

HS Boys Basketball:  9th-12th Boys

The first home games are scheduled for this Friday, December 5th. 

The Athletic department appreciates your help in making our Home Games a success.

Our Soldiers need volunteers for the admissions table and game clock. 

Bonus: your immediate family gets into the games for free that night!

Jet League Basketball: 4th/5th/6th 

  • Girls Jet League: Please note that washed / clean uniforms are due back to the office today Friday,12/2.  We use these same uniforms for our boys league.  Receiving them back in a timely manner is important.  We appreciate your promptness.
  • Boys Jet League: Watch your email for more information.