Friday, November 8

All the FCS News That Is the News This Week

FCS' Newsletter is updated each Friday

“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.”

ALL SCHOOL NEWS

(Use the scroll bar at the right to navigate to each division's news)

VARSITY FOOTBALL TONIGHT

Friday, November 8, 7:30 pm, Paladin Field vs Christian Heritage. Make a sea of maroon in the stands tonight and give our team the greatest home-field advantage of the season! Free admission for all FCS families and staff who wear maroon! The school will host a tailgate, including a chili and cornbread cook-off for interested grades, beginning at 6:00 pm on the practice field. Entries (for the prize of FCS spirit wear) will be evaluated by faculty judges. Read a pre-game review...  GO MIGHTY PALADINS!

VETERANS DAY 2013

Monday, November 11, 8:15 am, ES Auditorium. Please plan to attend our annual Veterans Day Chapel in honor of the veterans in our FCS family. 

TRIBUTE TO IRVING BERLIN USO PERFORMANCE

Monday, November 11, 7:00 pm, ES Auditorium. Everyone is invited to attend this wonderful performance.

SPREAD THE WORD! 

LACROSSE
Wednesday, November 13, 6:30 - 7:15 pm, Informational meeting for FCS 2014 boys teams, Room 109. This meeting is open to ALL lacrosse parents and players ages U11, U13, MS (7th & 8th), JV and varsity levels. Questions? Contact Andy Petrovich, andypetrovich@comcast.net.

WRESTLING
Thursday, November 14, Informational meeting , 6:00 pm, Paladin Center. Interested students and their parents in all grades are invited to come hear about the FCS 2014 wrestling program. 

FROM ADMISSIONS

Applications are now being accepted for the 2014-2015 school year. Sibling applicants will be given priority during the month of November. Questions? Contact Shelly Martin, 770-641-6816 or shelly.martin@fcspaladins.org.

SEVEN FCS SENIORS SELECTED...

for the 2013 Chamber Bowl All-Star Football Game, Saturday, December 21,1:00 pm, Riverwood High School, Sandy Springs. Fellowship will be well represented in this game sponsored by the North Fulton Forsyth Touchdown Club. FCS Interim Athletic Director Bryan Lindner has been chosen as General Manager for the South Team and, Paladin Varsity Defensive Coordinator, Sandy Stephens, has been chosen as one of the assistant coaches for the South squad. FCS seniors Ian Berryman, Hunter Bryant, Taylor Cookston, Alex Edmonds, Clay Hostetter, Travis Kinney, and James Wilson will be playing for the South Team. Our senior cheerleaders, Casey Foster and Caroline Wise, will also participate.  Read all about it...

INDIVIDUAL PICTURE ORDERS

Retake orders are due Tuesday, November 19. Proofs of retakes are available in the school offices today, Friday, November 8.  Photos ordered from the retakes will be delivered after Thanksgiving break. Picture orders turned in last week will be delivered Friday, November 22.  Football and cheer photo orders will also be delivered Friday, November 22.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOEBOX COLLECTION
Monday, December 2 begins the FCS annual OCC shoebox collection, ending on Friday, December 6. This is the week we return from Thanksgiving break, so don't forget to bring in your shoe box. You can donate $7 for each shoebox you prepare to help cover shipping and other project costs. Make your check out to Samaritan's Purse (note "OCC" on memo line) and place it in an envelope on top of the gift items inside your box. You may also give your $7 donation through the OCC website at Online Giving and Tracking.

Track your Operation Christmas Child box to its location. This can be done by donating online and printing off the special shoebox label included in your email receipt. Please Note: The unique barcode on the label is scanned during the shipment process. Covering it with tape or damaging it could affect scanning. Visit  Online Giving and Tracking for more details.

Since 1993, more than 100 million boys and girls in over 130 countries have experienced God’s love through the power of simple shoebox gifts from Operation Christmas Child. Samaritan’s Purse works with local churches and ministry partners to deliver the gifts and share the life-changing Good News of Jesus Christ.

Please join us as we make a difference in the lives of children around the world!  Operation Christmas Child brochures were distributed to the ES today, Friday, November 8. MS/HS brochures will be distributed in Bible classes next week! The brochures provide packing details and boy/girl labels. Pack as many shoeboxes as you like. Ask family, neighbors and friends to join in the fun and pack some boxes, too! According to Carol Smith, OCC Atlanta Area Coordinator, Fellowship is the largest contributing school in the Atlanta area.

Shoebox Blessings:

1. Spreading the Gospel – lives changed for eternity

2. Giving a gift of love to the least of these

3. Family time shopping and packing the boxes

More labels and details at: Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Details

I AM SECOND 2 STOP HUNGER NOW

Our Stop Hunger Now Meal Packaging Event has come to a conclusion...the donations have been counted, meals have been packaged and the Ice Cream Sundae Parties have been hosted.
The Senior students and high school GO Program thanks all of the Fellowship families for their God-honoring generosity and their incredible support for the Stop Hunger Now Meal Packaging Event. Our fundraising efforts exceeded by more than double the original goal of $12,500. 

Total raised was $31,242.00 ($15,000 was needed for the meals). 60,000 meals were packaged and are now ready to ship to eagerly awaiting children in third world countries. $16,242 was donated to be allocated towards a special project currently under works with Stop Hunger Now. 

Praise God and thank you for sharing. “Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations for ever and ever." (Ephesians 3:20-21)  See pictures and read all about it on the FCS website.  

DID YOU KNOW parent volunteers are calling FCS families throughout the month of November to answer questions about the 2013-2014 Fellowship Fund and reaching our goal of over 90% parent participation? If you have already pledged or made a contribution – Thank you! If you have not yet done so, please show your support for our school and its mission by turning in your pledge form or donating online today. God is clearly showing His favor on Fellowship Christian School, and donating to our annual Fellowship Fund is one of many ways you can support the great work He is doing here.

Did you know Fellowship donors will be recognized this year for leadership giving? Read more about the list of leadership giving levels and the associated recognition for each level on the FCS website. ALL gifts are greatly appreciated; no gift is too large or too small.

WT CAFE HOT LUNCH
Go to the Hot Lunch page on the FCS website for information. Or to sign up go to WT Cafe.

SCHOLASTIC IMAGE SOLUTIONS

Here is photo list of what is available for sale on Scholastic Image Solutions website, www.sisolutions.net. Use your email address and the password "paladins2013"

Little Paladins, Big Pride

WEDNESDAY CHAPEL

November 11 - Veterans Day Chapel, 8:15 am

November 13 - No Chapel

BOOK FAIR!
Monday-Friday, November 11 - 15, ES Library

Preview: Monday, November 11. Please call 770-641-5587 if you would like to come with your child.

Payment:  Cash, check or credit cards

All library books are due Monday, November 18.

If you would like to bless your child’s teacher with a new book, there will be a pyramid display with titles of books she has selected.

Hours:

Monday, Nov. 11, 12:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Tuesday - Thursday, Nov. 12 -14, 7:30 am – 4:30 pm

Friday, Nov. 15, 7:30 am – 12:00 pm

SPIRIT NIGHT WITH ZOE IN HER KITCHEN

Tuesday, November 19, 3:00 – 7:30 PM, Elementary Spirt Night at Zoe's Kitchen, Hwy 92 in the Roswell Super Target shopping center. Our brand new neighbor, Zoe’s Kitchen, is hosting, offering us a fresh, healthy dinner option! Please browse their menu at http://zoeskitchen.com/. Everything on their menu is made fresh … no freezers, no fryers, and no microwaves involved! Zoe’s Kitchen will be donating 15% of all sales during our Spirit Night, and students who mention Fellowship will receive a free cookie! Zoe’s Kitchen is located on Highway 92 in the Roswell Super Target shopping center. 

WHO WILL WIN?

The race is getting exciting! Two winners will cross the finish line on Dec. 6! With our next Box Tops and Labels for Education contest, two of our teachers will win a gift certificate package including $50 at Outback Steakhouse, 2 movie passes to Aurora Cineplex and a large popcorn! 

Currently, Mrs. Morgan is in the lead among the grade-level teachers, with Mrs. Schopp close on her heels!  Miss Humphreys is pulling ahead among the specials teachers, with Miss Milton not far behind! 

Send in your Box Tops and Labels for Education soon to help fuel this exciting race!  Box Tops may be turned in with your HOMEROOM teacher’s name on the baggie. The winning teacher wins one of our Teacher’s Night Out packages. Labels for Education may be turned in with any of our SPECIALS teachers’ name on the baggie. The winning specials teacher will enjoy the other Teacher’s Night Out package. Baggies must have a name to be counted in the contest!

JOIN THE MUSIC CREW

The Music Crew is needed because we share our elementary classrooms with Fellowship Bible Church. Their Sunday school rooms are our elementary classrooms. This shared space is a great blessing to our school and our relationship with FBC is one we hold dear. 

As thanks for the long hours she devotes to our music program, we are eager to arrange the help Miss Baxley needs and deserves with her weekly classroom move. For this purpose  we would like to announce Miss Baxley's Music Crew. The Music Crew is open to volunteers from our 4th and 5th grade classes, as well as any interested parents.

Miss Baxley's room is particularly needed on Sundays by the church, so she packs up her entire music class on Friday afternoons..her desk, instruments  music stands, file cabinets...to move it all to storage in the library. Every Monday, she moves it back to her classroom and unpacks it all again. It's a lot of work for one person, but many make light work!  We would like to have at least one parent volunteer every Friday afternoon to help manage the student volunteers. Read more and sign up here at Miss Baxley's Music Crew.

Thank you for joining us in blessing Miss Baxley and the church. What a perfect way to help our students demonstrate "I Am Second."

THANKSGIVING FEAST

Friday, November 22, K5, Pre1st and 1st grade. It's JUST 2 WEEKS until our Thanksgiving celebration. Deana Hames is coordinating this event. Mark your calendar and if you can help, contact Deana at mdhames@me.com.

GOT PHOTOS?
The yearbook staff is looking for photos of ES events and class special activities. If you have digital photos to share please supply them on a CD, DVD or flash drive to your child's teacher or drop it off at the ES office. Mark your flash drive with your name so it can be returned. Questions? Contact Loren Hagearty, Lhagearty@gmail.com.

REMEMBER THESE DATES

Wednesday, December 11 - Christmas Musical Program
Thursday, December 19 - Christmas Family Chapel

ADJUSTED BELL SCHEDULES

Week of November 11 - 15 - Veterans' Day Chapel, Monday, November 11

No chapel on Wednesday, November 13 

This schedule are posted on RenWeb.

8th GRADE DC TRIP

Payment Due Dates. Please make sure your check includes your student's name and 'DC' in the memo line.

November 20 - $290

January 20 - $290

March 3 - $290

ATTENDANCE

Parents, just a reminder  to notify school before 9:00 am each day if your student will be absent,  arriving late, or leaving early that day. Notification can be emailed to msattendance@fcspaladins.org.

BOYS LACROSSE PLAYER AND PARENT MEETING

Wednesday, November 13, 6:30 - 7:15 pm, Room 109. See All School News for details.

BOYS WRESTLING PLAYER AND PARENT MEETING
Thursday, November 14, 6:00 pm, Paladin Center. See All School News for details.

PIZZA LUNCH ORDERS

Order forms due Thursday, November 14 for the Eighth Grade Class Pizza Lunch. Order forms are posted to the Forms page on the school website.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOEBOX COLLECTION
Monday-Friday, December 2-6.  Please join us as we make a difference in the lives of children around the world! Operation Christmas Child brochures will be distributed in Bible classes next week! The brochures provide packing details and boy/girl labels. Pack as many shoeboxes as you like. Ask family, neighbors and friends to join in the fun and pack some boxes, too! For those who participate, the Middle School Bible class that donates the most boxes will be taken off campus for lunch (dessert provided by Mrs. McDonald).

Shoebox Blessings:

1. Spreading the Gospel – lives changed for eternity

2. Giving a gift of love to the least of these

3. Family time shopping and packing the boxes

More labels and details at: Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Details

TEST CALENDAR

CROSS COUNTRY

Saturday, November 9, our FCS Cross Country team will be competing at the State Meet in Carrollton, GA. Both our boys and girls teams made it to State this year. Go Paladins!

COMPETITION CHEERLEADING

Keep our Competition Cheerleaders in your prayers. They are competing at the Sectional Competition in Columbus, Georgia on Saturday!

ADJUSTED BELL SCHEDULES

Week of November 11 - 15 - Veterans Day Chapel, Monday, November 11

No chapel on Wednesday, November 13 

This schedule are posted on RenWeb.

MATH LEAGUE CONTEST

Tuesday, November 12 - PreCalculus, Calculus, AP Statistics
Wednesday, November 13 - Honors Algebra II, Advanced Algebra-Trig
Contests will be held in Room 103, during lunch.

BOYS LACROSSE PLAYER AND PARENT MEETING

Wednesday, November 13, 6:30 - 7:15 pm, Room 109. See All School News for details.

BOYS WRESTLING PLAYER AND PARENT MEETING
Thursday, November 14, 6:00 pm, Paladin Center. See All School News for details.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

Friday, November 15, due date for NHS member dues. For new members the fee is $25.00 and for current members the fee is $15.00. Checks should be made payable to FCS.

PIZZA LUNCH ORDERS

Order forms due Friday, November 15 for the Senior Class Pizza Lunch. Order forms are posted to the Forms page on the school website.

GO PROJECT - HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Saturday, November 16 some of our Junior and Senior students will be working on a Habitat for Humanity project. Questions? Contact Liz Ray, liz.ray@fcspaladins.org.

CONGRATULATIONS !

Our FCS Fencing Club defeated Milton HS, Oak Mountain, Duluth and South Forsyth High Schools at last weekend's Georgia High School Fencing League Tournament. FCS Fencer, Jimmy Wallace finished 14th out of 146 fencers. Interested in the ultimate extreme sport? Join FCS Fencing Club practice Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 pm at the Paladin Center. Questions? Contact Jodi Wallace, kdladyjw@gmail.com.

FROM OUR ATTENDANCE OFFICE

If a high school student is arriving late to school, parents should email attendance@fcspalains.org before the start of the school day with a specific excuse and an estimated time of late arrival. Phone calls are not accepted. Teachers will be notified of all late arrivals at the beginning of the day. When the student arrives late to school, they must sign in at the office. In the case of appointments, a note from the medical or dental office is required. A student arriving late to school without a note or email of explanation from their parent will be given an unexcused absence. Thank you for your cooperation.

UPCOMING MISSION TRIPS

-Dominican Republic trip, during Spring Break, sign up deadline is December 5. Questions? Contact kirk.bullington@fcspaladins.org.

-El Salvador mission trip, May 30 - June 7, 2014. Questions? Contact  kirk.bullington@fcspaladins.org.