Friday, August 23
All the FCS News That Is the News This Week
FCS' Newsletter is updated each Friday
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“For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.”
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ALL SCHOOL NEWS
(Use the scroll bar at the right to navigate to each division's news)
IN HONOR OF JANET MILTON
SKYZONE
Thursday, August 29, 4:30-6:30 pm, Sky Zone, 1425 Market Blvd, Roswell. Come support our FCS cheerleaders at this fundraiser! THIS IS OPEN TO ALL FCS FAMILIES. Please RSVP to skrudin@hotmail.com by Monday, August 26. Waivers must be filled out and signed before you can jump so arrive early. Click here for more information.
PALADIN PRIDE
Friday, August 30, 7:30 pm, Paladin Field. Come cheer on our Paladins as we host our first home game of the season vs Lakeview Academy. Coach Morrell, his staff and our football team have been working hard during the off season to be ready for some awesome football! Our first Pep Rally of the season will be prior to the game in Gym 1 at 2:30 pm. Let's make it a great day to be a Paladin! Go Paladins!
SCHOLASTIC IMAGE SOLUTIONS
We are excited to introduce our new school photographer. You will see them around school providing us with lots of great shots of our students, classes and school events. For MS and HS student and class pictures will be Thursday, September 26; For ES Friday, September 27. Check out their website, www.sisolutions.net
FALL PHOTO-FUN-DRAISER
Friday-Sunday, September 27-29, Family photo sessions are available for all FCS families. The upper school PTF Board along with our new school photographer, Scholastic Image Solutions, is teaming up to provide this photo opportunity. The sitting fee of $20 will go entirely to help fund our fabulous PTF while you receive a photo session with a professional photographer and a FREE 8" x 10" family portrait! Appointments begin Friday, September 27 at 4:00 pm at FCS. You can sign up and pay the sitting fee at the High School Parent Information Night on Tuesday, August 27. Prints will be available to view online October 25; ordering deadline is October 31. Please join us for some photo fun in support of the MS/HS PTF. Questions? Contact Kelly Purcell, kelanbri@yahoo.com.
SMOOTHIES
Tuesdays and Thursdays for the first three weeks in September seniors will be selling Smoothie King smoothies. Look for senior students in the lower parking lot at the Elementary School and in the concession area in the Middle/High School. The cost of a smoothie is $3.00. Thanks for supporting our seniors as they raise money for their senior trip!
FELLOWSHIP DADS
Every Wednesday, 6:00 -7:30 am, HS Room 103. What is Biblical
Manhood? Join the group of FCS dads as we bring Men's Fraternity to Fellowship. Robert Lewis, author of
"Raising a Modern Day Knight", offers a weekly curriculum for us to use as we join together as Christian men, hold each other accountable, and strengthen our
faith so we can be better men, husbands, and fathers. This is the
"men's group" you've been looking for. Learn more and sign up at FCS Men's Fraternity blog.
Monday, September 2 is the Labor Day holiday. No school. Enjoy your three day weekend!
SCHOOL POLICY GUIDE
Updates have been made to the 2013-2014 Policy Guide which affect all divisions. The guide is available on the News and Resources page of the FCS website and may be viewed digitally or printed. Please make sure you read it so you are aware of the policies for your child's division.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT FCS? - GOOGLE CALENDAR IT!
Want to know what's going on today at FCS? Next week? Next month? Go to Calendar under News and Resources on the FCS website. You will see all school events listed, including all school divisions events and sports. Too crowded? Only interested in elementary or only high school? Click the arrow next to Agenda. You will see all event calendars checked. Uncheck the calendars you do not wish to see. Only events of interest to you will be displayed. Finally, if you click an event, a description of the event will be displayed with location, times, and any other pertinent information. Don't miss what's going on TODAY at FCS!
FELLOWSHIP SPIRIT-WEAR
FELLOWSHIP SPIRIT-WEAR
For sale at the Paladin Center: Monday-Friday, 10 am to noon; After school Monday-Thursday, 3:30-4:30 pm
SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS
SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS
Our office and building hours are 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
YEARBOOKS
YEARBOOKS
Our Story...2012-2013 yearbooks are available in the school office.
RENWEB
RENWEB
If you need to update your information in RenWeb, please use the web forms found under School Information (Web Forms, Family Demographic Form). Questions? Email our school registrar, terre.hughes@fcspaladins.org.
FCS WEBSITE HIGHLIGHTS
Photo Galleries is new this week: Back To School Bash, First Day Sights and Sounds
Photo Galleries is new this week: Back To School Bash, First Day Sights and Sounds
Marketplace new listing is Ostenson Real Estate
Little Paladins, Big Pride
JOIN US FOR COFFEE
Fall coffees with Mrs. Teston have begun. New and retuning families are all encouraged to attend. Don't miss out on this opportunity to chat with our principal, and other parents from your child's grade, about all that is ahead for this school year. Refreshments are provided by the ES PTF. Please meet in the Elementary Library from 8:15-9:15 am on the following dates:
Tuesday, August 27 - 2nd Grade
Thursday, August 29 - 3rd Grade
Tuesday, September 3 - 4th Grade
Thursday, September 5 - 5th Grade
G.I. R.L.S.
Thursdays, beginning August 29, 2:50-4:45 pm. Registration fee is $75, the registration form is available on the Forms page of the FCS website. The completed form may be turned into the elementary office. A desire or like of running is not required! G.I.R.L.S. is a running program for girls 3rd - 5th grade. This is not just about running, but is to teach our daughters they are each unique and special in the way God made them. Through a Biblical based curriculum, girls will learn how to respect themselves as well as others and at the same time become fitness conscious. This 10-week program ends with all girls and coaches running a local 5K together and completing a service project. Questions? Contact Tina Hermann, 770-633-4343
LET'S TAILGATE!
Friday night, August 30. Join the FCS community for some family fun, food, and football at our first home game! More details to come from your grade's Tailgate Coordinator. Go Paladins!
ELEMENTARY PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
Tuesday, September 3, 6:30 pm. Parent's don't miss this evening! Meet your child's teachers, see the classroom, ask questions, and get a feel for the year ahead. Parents only, please. Childcare is not provided.
Parents, please check your Wholesome Tummy account for your child's name to make sure it has the correct teacher's name listed. Some names of students are listed under last year's teacher.
AND THE WINNERS ARE...
- Grace Morgan won 4 passes for a night at the Aurora Cineplex.
- Caleb Silvers won a Family Funtastic Package at Brunswick Bowling.
- Ella Baker won a Skate Party at Sparkles Family Fun Center.
- Evan Gibula won two 60 minute passes to Skyzone Indoor Trampoline Park.
Caleb McClung, Katina Inglis, Ava Findley, Henry Chastain, Walton Wade, Grant Bullard, James Smith, Madeline Smith, Connor Harze, and Colby West.
Winners of a free yogurt from Menchies of Sweet Apple are:
Ryan Cunningham, Anna Ashworth, Robert Wade, Avery Young, Rhodie Smith, and Reagan Fields.
All of our students who completed the book won 5 dress down passes with no expiration date and a Fruit Pop from Kathy Teston. Dress down passes will be distributed to the winners in the next two weeks.
MUSIC VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Melanie Baxley, our music teacher, would love some assistance from our FCS community to make this the best year ever for our ES music program. If you have a love for music and theater, a heart to serve, or both, she needs your help! There are various areas in which to assist: Band Helpers, Parent Director, Costume Helpers, Acting Coaches, Props Helpers, and Stage set up and tear down. Also, if you play a brass, woodwind, or percussion instrument and would like to help run sectionals before and after school, there is a place for you! Contact Miss Baxley at melanie.baxley@fcspaladins.org.
LUNCH VISITATION
To help our students develop a routine, please wait until September 23 to join your child for lunch at school.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
The teachers and staff have a meeting once a month on Wednesday mornings at 7:30 am. Would you be available to watch the ES students who come early? Duty time would be one hour, 7:30 - 8:30 am. Call Carol Turner, 770-641-5565, if interested.NEEDED: ES YEARBOOK COORDINATOR
We are looking for someone to work with the MS and HS Teacher/Sponsors as well as the yearbook representative from Balfour/Taylor Publishing. As a team member, this person will be responsible for helping produce a 224-page full color yearbook, which captures the elementary, middle and high school events throughout the year. The ES coordinator works to establish team of photographers who will digitally document events throughout the school year. The Balfour rep will guide the team in yearbook layout, design and photography needs. Call Carol Turner, 770-641-5565, if interested.
CARPOOL (A great time to exhibit "I Am Second")
Please be patient, drive slowly, no foul language or gestures, refrain from cell phone use and watch for new traffic patterns as we perfect the carpool routine. Please keep your flashers on until you reach the main road in order to keep traffic flowing. If you are walking to pick up your child, please park in the upper or lower lots - not next to the building. Thank you.
SAVE THESE DATES
PTF looking forward to another amazing year and hope to see all our ES families at the upcoming PTF sponsored events. The full PTF Calendar is on the school website. Here are a few "Save the Date" events. More details are forthcoming.
Friday, September 27 - Elementary Movie Night
Tuesday, October 15 - Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
WHAT A TREAT!
Thank you to the many families and friends who joined us for the our first FCS spirit event at Bruster's. Everyone there enjoyed this sweet treat! The event was a huge success, with an even bigger turn out than expected. If you attended but did not get a pass, please see Mrs. Yates in the ES Office. Kids, don't forget to use your dress-down passes before they expire in September! BOX TOPS AND LABELS FOR EDUCATION (L4E) CONTEST
INTRODUCING KOGER COMMUNITY REWARDS
Now you can earn money for the PTF simply by shopping at Kroger. Visit Kroger Community Awards online to register your Kroger Plus Card and designate FCS as your school. Have your card swiped when you shop and a portion of your purchase will be rewarded back to Fellowship.
HOW CAN YOU HELP THE PTF?
Please check out our fundraisers which support your Elementary PTF. It's easy, fast and virtually painless to help fill our PTF piggy bank!
MS ROBOTICS CLUB
7th and 8th grade teams are now being formed! Information and required forms are located on the FCS website. Return all completed forms to Mrs. T. Williamson by today, Friday, August 23, Room 215.
Retreat forms emailed home were due yesterday, Thursday, August 22
Additional online forms required by Camp Highland are due Monday, August 26.
Food concerns may be addressed with the camp through those online forms or by contacting Zach at zach@camphighland.com. Approved chaperones must register online also. We do not have any more room for additional parent chaperones.
8th grade students leave Wednesday, September 4 at 8:00 am. They will make a stop along the way and must bring money for lunch.
6th and 7th grade students leave Thursday, September 5 at 8:00 am and go directly to camp where lunch will be provided.
All students will return to school for carpool on Friday, September 6.
PIZZA FRIDAYS!
Orders due Monday, August 26. The 8th grade class will be selling pizza during lunch on Fridays beginning August 30 as a fundraiser for their Washington, DC trip. Order forms are available on the Forms page of the school website. (WT Cafe will continue to serve on Fridays as well; theirs is a separate service.)
MS DRAMA AUDITIONS
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, August 27-29, 3:30-4:30 pm, Room 109. Auditions are next week for the MS play. No need to sign up, just show up, fill out a form and read form one of the provided scenes. Simple as pie!
MS DRAMA AUDITIONS
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, August 27-29, 3:30-4:30 pm, Room 109. Auditions are next week for the MS play. No need to sign up, just show up, fill out a form and read form one of the provided scenes. Simple as pie!
CHAPEL
Wednesdays, 12:22 pm, Gym 1. August 28 our very own Justin Smith will be speaking. Parents are always welcome to the MS Chapels. A new addition to our chapels this year will be the recognition of our "Student of the Week". This accolade will recognize Christ-likeness exhibited students. Parents of the recognized student will be notified by email and are invited to attend that week's chapel.
TREAD BACKPACKING
Friday, August 30 - Saturday, August 31 tread will be backpacking in North Georgia (leaving after school). Watch for registration forms on the school website. Questions? Contact trip.hughes@fcspaladins.org.
We are looking forward to seeing our parents at these events. Come meet other grade level parents, ask questions and sign up to volunteer. Here is the schedule:
6th grade - Friday, August 30, 8:00-8:52 am, Room 108
7th grade - Friday, September 13, Room 108
8th grade - Friday, September 20, Room 108
JEKYLL TRIP PARENT MEETING
Monday, September 9, 6:30-8:30 pm, Lecture Hall Room 109. This is a required meeting for at least one parent of our 7th grade students. Critical information and mandatory paperwork for this trip will be covered and handed out. Please mark your calendar and make plans to attend.
PICTURE PARENTS NEEDED
The Yearbook Staff is looking for two Picture Parents for each grade level. If you would like to take and share your digital images and help to coordinate photographers for your child's grade, please email the MS yearbook sponsor Claire Walden, claire.walden@fcspaladins.orgPALADIN CENTER
Bus transportation is provided to the Paladin Center for student-athletes each day at 3:15 pm.
AFTER SCHOOL STUDY HALL
HS Media Center, Monday-Friday, 3:15-5:15 pm, students grades 6-12. This will be a teacher-supervised study hall; all students not picked up in carpool MUST go to this study hall rather than remain on campus unsupervised. This is also available for our student-athletes who have late practices. Students should report to the Media Center right after carpool (if no students arrive by 4:00 pm, it will be closed.) Parents will be emailed that their child is in the study hall. When parents arrive to pick up their child, they should call the Media Center at 770-641-6832 to have their child sent to the front office entrance of the high school building.
FROM THE SCHOOL NURSE
If your child carries an inhaler or epi-pen, a parent must complete a permission form and have it on file in the clinic. Forms are available for printing from the Forms page of the FCS website. This form gives permission for your child, as well as makes your child responsible, to take the inhaler/epi-pen on field trips and to sports events.
GENERAL SCHOOL SUPPLIESIf your child carries an inhaler or epi-pen, a parent must complete a permission form and have it on file in the clinic. Forms are available for printing from the Forms page of the FCS website. This form gives permission for your child, as well as makes your child responsible, to take the inhaler/epi-pen on field trips and to sports events.
Thank you to the approximate 80% of our families who have already brought in their supplies. Please place your general supplies in a bag/sack marked with your last name, then bring them to Mrs. McDonald's office or the main front office.
MS INDIVIDUAL PICTURES
Thursday, September 26, beginning at 7:30 am, followed by class pictures. Don't miss them!
AUTOMATED PROGRESS REPORT
Parents can access their child's progress report and have it sent directly from RenWeb each week (or daily). Please follow/click steps in RenWeb:
- Web Forms
- Family Demographic Form
- Select which Custodial Parent is to receive the report
- Under Preferences (at bottom) select "Auto Email Gradebook Progress Report" to be delivered: never, daily, weekly
- Click Save
- Allow a few days for activation
FENCING CLUB
Monday, August 26, 6:00-7:00 pm, Paladin Center, Open House. Come meet the coaches, current club members and take a stab at fencing! Questions? Email our faculty sponsor, Jodi Wallace, jodi.wallace@fcspaladins.org.
PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
Tuesday, August 27, 6:30 pm. Mark your calendar and arrange your childcare. All parents are encouraged to attend. This is a night parents should not miss; follow your child's schedule, sit in their classrooms and hear from their teachers.CHORUS
Wednesday, August 28, 7:30 am, Room 202 - AUDITIONS! (or by appointment before or after school with Choir Director Kirk Bullington.) The first official rehearsal will be Wednesday, September 4, 7:30 am. We are extremely excited about this year's program which will include a USO Irving Berlin presentation with the drama department on Monday evening, November 11, our annual Christmas WinterLight concert on Monday, December 9 and a tribute to Les Miserable in the spring on Wednesday evening, March 12. As always, we will be attending the ACSI competition in February and having LOTS of fun. Questions? Contact Mr. Bullington, kirk.bullington@fcspaladins.org.
PIZZA FRIDAYS!
Orders due by Tuesday, August 27. Our seniors will be selling pizza during lunch on Fridays beginning August 30 as a fundraiser for their Senior Trip. Order forms are available on the forms page of the school website. (WT Cafe will continue to serve on Fridays as well; theirs is a separate service.)
Friday, August 30 - Saturday, August 31, leaving after school. tread will be backpacking in the Cohutta Wilderness of North Georgia. This hike will include a river crossing adventure. Watch for registration forms on the school website. Questions? Contact trip.hughes@fcspaladins.org.
AP FEES
PICTURE PARENTS NEEDED
The Yearbook Staff is looking for two Picture Parents for each high school grade level. If you would like to take and share your digital images and help to coordinate photographers for your child's grade, please email Wayne Rasku for high school, wayne.rasku@fcspaladins.org.Students must apply for a parking place in order to park on campus. Students without a FCS parking decal displayed in their vehicle will be ticketed $25 beginning next week.
AFTER SCHOOL STUDY HALL
HS Media Center, Monday-Friday, 3:15-5:15 pm, students grades 6-12. This will be a teacher-supervised study hall; all students not picked up in carpool MUST go to this study hall rather than remain on campus unsupervised. This is also available for our student-athletes who have late practices. Students should report to the Media Center right after carpool (if no students arrive by 4:00 pm, it will be closed.) Parents will be emailed that their child is in the study hall. When parents arrive to pick up their child, they should call the Media Center at 770-641-6832 to have their child sent to the front office entrance of the high school building.
PALADIN CENTER
Bus transportation is provided to the Paladin Center for student-athletes each day at 3:15 pm.
ATTENDANCE
During the beginning weeks of school, a portion our HS attendance policy from the FCS Policy Guide will be highlighted. This week's information is on Preplanned Absences.
Because of the importance of maintaining the integrity of the academic day, the school does not endorse absences requested for the purpose of family convenience, outside social activities or extended vacation time. Students are expected to be in school for the entire day on the day preceding and following an official school holiday. If extraordinary circumstances require such an absence, parents must submit a written request to the office at least ten days prior to the date in question (attendance@fcspaladins.org). Pre-approved absences are granted only in exceptional circumstances.
Reminder - Parents should always email attendance@fcspaladins.org before 9:00 am if their child will be absent from school (including late arrivals and early dismissals).
GENERAL SCHOOL SUPPLIES
While the high school does not require general supplies, we would appreciate disinfectant wipes for our classrooms.
LOCKERS
Locks for lockers are not mandatory, but only school provided locks may be used. These are available in the office. Locks are highly recommended for our freshman boys who have lockers in Gym 1.
PTF
If you are interested in serving on our Parent-Teacher Fellowship (PTF), contact Gale Blanton, gale.blanton@hotmail.com. We have many committees that could use your help!
SAVE THE DATE!
Freshman Parent Coffee - September 5, 8:00 am, Room 108
Sophomore Parent Coffee - September 12, 8:00 am, Room 108
Junior Parent Coffee - September 19, 8:00 am, Room 108
School Pictures - September 26
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