FRIDAY,  FEBRUARY 22

All the FCS News That Is the News This Week
FCS' Newsletter is updated each Friday

ALL SCHOOL NEWS

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to each division's news)

PARENT PERCEPTION OF INSTRUCTION

Return your form(s) today Friday, February 22. Print a copy of the  2013 Parent Perception of Instruction It is very simple and short. We encourage everyone to participate.


WT CAFE - BOGO
Lunch menus for March are now up and ready for ordering on the WT Cafe website. WT Cafe is expanding their menus and offering a Buy One Get One deal for March (it will expire on 3/11/2013). By adding the coupon code for each child's division at checkout you get 2 meals in your cart for the same child, it will not work for 2 meals for 2 different children. Use the same code for each of your children within a division. If you haven't tried WT Cafe, March is a great time to start with an extended menu and BOGO!  Click on the appropriate code and see the menu, then go to their website to order.
Elementary School -  FCSElemBOGO
Middle & High School -  FCSM&HBOGO 

PALADIN CENTER
Wodify begins February 25. As the renovations of our new Paladin Center at 735 W. Crossville Road (next to Pikes) come to an end some changes will take place starting February 25. Wodify, a new performance tracking system for CrossFit Fellowship, will begin. Like CrossFit Training, this system is free for all students and members. You may receive an e-mail from CrossFit Fellowship explaining Wodify and giving you a username and password for your child or yourself. You may be tempted to discard the e-mail and we will be happy to help your child or any member retrieve the information at a later date, however, please know the Wodify system is a secure system which will propel our performance tracking within the Paladin Center and sets us apart from any other school program in the country. We are proud to call the Paladin Center home and are excited about the changes coming. Please e-mail questions to us at xffellowship@gmail.com. We look forward to the improved safety and accountability the Wodify system will bring to our sports performance programs. A grand opening event will be announced soon. Go Paladins!

CHICK-FIL-A SPIRIT NIGHT
Tuesday, February 26, 3:30-7:00 pm, Chick-fil-A in the Roswell Super Target Shopping Center. Stop by right after school for a snack or early dinner. Be sure to tell them you are with Fellowship! Show your Paladin spirit by dining in, taking out or driving through. Dress down passes will be handed out to Elementary and Middle School students. The elementary class with the most participants wins an ice cream party. See you there!

FELLOWSHIP AND RESTORE ACADEMY
FCS has been presented with a life-impacting opportunity to help our students make investments for eternity. Each grade level has been connected with a Ugandan student who studies at Restore Leadership Academy (RLA) in Gulu, Uganda. As you may recall, this school was established by Bob Goff (Love Does) in 2007.  We are asking each grade to collect $30 each month to send to RLA in support of that grade's student. The monies are used for education, books, meals, medicine, sports and more. Elementary classroom teachers collect their support money throughout the month and middle/high teachers collect theirs during Bible class.  Each week, we will introduce you to a different student. This week meet Charles, please pray for him. 

Charles

Charles' birthday is June 15. 
His favorite animal is the cow; favorite color is gray; favorite school subject is physics; favorite food is beans. 
Charles wants to be an engineer. 
He likes to read in his free time and, if he could go anywhere in the world, he would go to the United Kingdom.





IMPROBABLE PHILANTHROPY

The FCS family is locking arms with improbablephilanthropy.com and the students of Restore Academy by purchasing copies of Al Andrews' book, The Boy, the Kite, and the Wind.  For each 50 books sold, one student from Restore Academy will receive a scholarship toward his or her first year at school. Books are on sale in the HS office or you may purchase them online. 

BRING THE WORLD INTO YOUR HOME
March 11-18,  In North Atlanta. Up with People (UWP) is a non-profit global education program that brings the world together through service and music. From March 11 to March 18, 2013 the cast of 120 students and staff from 20 different countries will be in the North Fulton County Area! This international group is currently seeking families to host these dynamic young people for one week. Students are between the ages of 17 to 29, have graduated from high school, and all speak conversational English. Hosting  an Up with People student is easy and fun! Simply provide: a place to sleep, minimal meals (breakfast and some dinners), limited local transportation and overall, a comfortable atmosphere to promote the sharing of customs and cultures. Over the last four decades, Up with People participants have interacted with nearly 500,000 host families in 46 countries -- you won't want to miss this opportunity! The FCS family has the opportunity to share the love of Christ with these students from across the world while they are serving our community and perform musical shows in Roswell. As the UWP flyer says, "A major element of the UWP program is living with local host families in the communities visited." Students will arrive on the evening of March 11 and depart the morning of March 18. For more information see the flyer and/or contact jo.mcdonald@fcspaladins.org or aschwed@upwithpeople.org 

MS DRAMA PRESENTS . . .

 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 14, 15, 16. Don't miss this exciting production starring our own FCS Middle School performers. Tickets will be sold next week Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3:10 - 3:30 pm in the concession area. Get yours early, before they sell out!

CHECK OUT THE FCS WEBSITE

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ALL SCHOOL UPCOMING EVENTS
March 20 - FCS Spring Concert "A Taste of Gershwin"

Pi DAY

Thursday, March 14. The response to our Pi-Math Career Day Event has been terrific! Thank you! We are looking forward to a great day!

STRATEGIC PLAN BOOKLETS are available in both the ES and MS/HS offices. 

LITTLE PALADINS, BIG PRIDE

LOVE BLESSES
The Elementary faculty and staff are so blessed! The parents blessed us with a Valentine’s dinner. Thank you from the entire staff, FIT staff included, for the Italian night dinner including salad and bread.  We LOVE you from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

MY COKE REWARDS
Points for "my coke rewards" are still being collected. No time to key in your codes? Send them to school in a baggie marked "Kim Glisson." Or, drop them in the coke box outside the ES office.

LANDS' END 30% OFF SALE . . .
now through Tuesday, February 26 with free shipping on a $50 order. Use the promotion code "BUDDY" and PIN 3026. Browse FCS selections on www.landsend.com. Review the flyer that went home last week. Direct questions to our Lands' End liaison, Shannon Holden, 770.407.1536 or shannon@shannonholden.com. 

PTF FUNDRAISER UPDATE
Thank you, ES Parents, for supporting our PTF! Below are our top five collections. We are doing great and have few more months to collect. 

• Box Tops $1,400.00 
• GA Natural Gas $ 400.00
• Publix $1,200.00
• Schoolkidz $2,300.00
• Target $1,200.00

SPRING MUSICAL
Tuesday, May 7 is the date for both the K4 - 1 grade musical AND the 2 - 5 grade musical. We need your help! Please contact Melanie Baxley, melanie.baxley@fcspaladins.org, if you are interested in helping with any of the following positions. LEAD on each musical (K4 - 1 or 2 - 5)

• Costumes
• Backdrop/State Props
• Backstage Crew
• Promotions/Marketing (To help with program, posters, etc)
• Acting Coach (2-5 grades only)

Auditions will be held February 26 and 27, 3:25 - 4:15 pm in the music room. Click here for detailed information about auditions and rehearsals.

ES UPCOMING DATES
February 28 - Circus Day
March 1 - Dr. Suess Day
March 4 - 2nd grade, Fox Theatre, 8:15 am - 3:00 pm
March 8 - End of 3rd Quarter
March 13 - All School Chapel, Celtic Fire/Irish Dance, 9:40 am
April 15-18 - Terra Nova Testing, please, no trips or appointments.

The Faculty and Staff thank our kind parents for the delicious Valentine Mexican Fiesta!  We appreciate your gift to us of a luncheon each month.  Thank you for so richly blessing us!

ALL RE-ENROLLED 8th GRADE PARENTS

Please contact Terre Hughes in the Guidance Department, terre.hughes@fcspaladins.org or 770.641.6809, to set up an appointment with Susie Pridemore, HS Guidance Counselor, in order to schedule your student's 9th grade classes. This 30-45 minute meeting, with at least one parent, your student and Mrs. Pridemore, can be scheduled for before or after school, or during a lunch or elective period.

CONGRATULATIONS ROBOTICS!

Our 8th grade boys on Team E did an outstanding job at the South Forsyth Middle School regional competition last Saturday. They  finished qualifying rounds in first place which gave them first choice of alliance selections. Knowing that only the winning alliance earned a spot at World, Team E decided to support FCS by choosing Team C from Fellowship which had finished in 16th place. Both teams performed very well during the elimination rounds and won the championship, entitling BOTH teams to go to World championships in April.

In addition, Team E also won the driving skills competition and programming skills competition and finished the entire tournament without losing a single match.  Excellent programming and driving by Drew Cookston and Harrison Shaw. We are very proud of Team E  for the wonderful job they have done with their robot skills under the mentorship of parent Chris Shaw. Even more important, we are proud of the character they model to our other middle school team members by how they conduct themselves and the choices they make. 

Congratulations to both!

Team E - Ben Ward, Harrison Shaw, Drew Cookston, Austin Saladna, Avery Lear, Jack Paul

Team C- Zack Schenken, Chris Archer, Wesley Deal, Jordan Parker, Jonathan Yancey

SCHEDULE CHANGES
For March and April, the Middle and High Schools will be changing the daily bell schedule, swapping periods 1 and 7 every other week. This is to reduce absences in the last class of the day due to early dismissals for spring sports.  "A" weeks are our regular scheduled periods 1 – 7.  "B" weeks will be periods 7, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1. Each week’s schedule will be posted in this newsletter, however, for your reference; the following is a complete schedule beginning with the first week we will be on the changed schedule:

• March 4 – 8: "B" week
• March 11 – 15:  "A" week
• March 18 – 22:  "B" week
• March 25 – 28 (off March 29):  "A" week
• April 1 – 5:  Spring Break
• April 8 – 12:  "B" week
• April 15 – 19:  Middle School Terra Nova Testing, Schedule TBD
• April 22 – 26:  "B" week

April 29 through the end of the year will resume with a regular "A" week schedule. 
  

VARIETY SHOW SIGN-UP
March 1 through March 15, MS office. If you're a middle school student and you can sing, dance, act, juggle, do magic, or have another talent to share, we want you in the show! Auditions will be April 10. Show date is May 4. An detailed information packet will be available when you sign up.

ADJUSTED BELL SCHEDULES
March 6 and March 13. Please make note we will have adjusted bell schedules on March 6 (special chapel) and March 13 (Celtic-Irish Dance Fine Arts Chapel). These schedules are posted in RenWeb.

SPORTS BAGS
Students must place their sports bags on the shelves in the lunchroom before school begins for the day. Sports bags found in any other place will be moved.

NHS PEER TUTORING

Every Wednesday, 8:30-9:00 am and after school 3:10-3:40 pm, Rooms 106/108. Supervision by Miss Sanford and Miss Topham. This is available to middle and high school students desiring peer tutoring in Math and English.

SUMMER SCHOOL

Course and registration information is now available on RenWeb Parent Web under School Information-Resource Documents.

MS TEST CALENDAR

Next week's MS Test Calendar is in Resource Documents on RenWeb.

MS UPCOMING DATES
April 15-18 - Terra Nova Testing, please, no trips or appointments.

 

The Faculty and Staff thank our kind parents for the delicious Valentine Mexican Fiesta!  We appreciate your gift to us of a luncheon each month.  Thank you for so richly blessing us!

PARENT PERCEPTION OF INSTRUCTION

Return your form(s) today Friday, February 22. Print a copy of the form  2013 Parent Perception of Instruction for each of your child's teachers and return it to any school office. The form is very simple and short.  Everyone is encouraged to participate. We appreciate and value your input!

WARTHOG WADDLE RACE

Saturday, February 23. Students may earn GO hours and support Wiphan Ministry by participating in the third annual Wiphan Warthog Waddle. Sign up forms are available in the HS office.

BLANKET DRIVE

The GO program's Blanket Drive is going on now through the end of February! Students may drop off blankets in Room 205 and earn one GO hour for each new, or like new, blanket up to a total of eight hours.

ADJUSTED BELL SCHEDULES
March 6 and March 13. Please make note we will have adjusted bell schedules on March 6 (special chapel) and March 13 (Celtic-Irish Dance Fine Arts Chapel). These schedules are posted in RenWeb.

SCHEDULE CHANGES

For March and April, the Middle and High Schools will be changing the daily bell schedule, swapping periods 1 and 7 every other week. This is to reduce absences in the last class of the day due to early dismissals for spring sports.  "A" weeks will be our regular scheduled periods 1 – 7.  "B" weeks will be periods 7, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1. Each week’s schedule will be posted in this newsletter, however, for your reference, the following is a complete schedule beginning with the first week we will be on the changed schedule:

• March 4 – 8: "B" week
• March 11 – 15:  "A" week
• March 18 – 22:  "B" week
• March 25 – 28 (off March 29):  "A" week
• April 1 – 5:  Spring Break
• April 8 – 12:  "B" week
• April 15 – 19:  "A" week
• April 22 – 26:  "B" week

April 29 through the end of the year will resume with a regular "A" week schedule. 

ACSI MATH LEAGUE

March, during lunch, Room 103. Dates and subjects are:

Mondays, March 14, 11, 18, 25  - Algebra I 

Tuesdays, March 5, 12, 19, 26 - Geometry

Wednesdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27 - Pre-Calculus and Calculus

Thursdays, March 7, 21, 28 and Friday, March 15 - Algebra II

BARNBURNER

Friday, March 8, 6:00-10:00 pm, FCS campus. This will be a night of fun activities, good food, inflatables, a bonfire, music and more! Parent cooks and chaperones are needed! Contact katie.smith@fcspaladins.org if you would like to help with this SGA sponsored event for our high school students. 

BarnBurner t-shirts are on sale now through Monday, February 25th by 8:00 am. Order forms are in the HS office, checks should be made payable to FCS.

ART KEY AWARDS
Saturday, March 23. Six of our students are being honored at the 2013 Scholastic Art Awards being hosted at the Atlanta campus of Savannah College of Art and Design, March 23. Four of these students will also have their art works on display in the SCAD gallery March 18-22. Congratulations to the following students!

Gold Key awards were given to Madison Kent and Sarah Finch. These two awarded art works will be considered for the national competition level.

Silver Key awards were given to Mikal Lake and Maggi Adams.

Honorable Mentions were given to Elizabeth Tribble and Casey Foster.

COLLEGE VISITS
From the FCS Policy Guide, "Juniors and seniors are allowed three school days for college visits each year. Parents must submit a note or email request to the office five days in advance stating the college which will be visited and the date requested (attendance@fcspaladins.org). College visits will not be counted as absences if the visit is approved and the student turns in a College Visit Form (found on the FCS) website upon their arrival back to school, signed by the college admissions office and stamped with the official college seal. Any form turned in later than 48 hours after the visit will not be accepted and will be counted as an absence. No college visits may be scheduled for the month of May, or during retreat or senior class trip. If there is reason to believe that a college has already been chosen, or the student has no serious interest in attending it, permission to miss school will not be granted."

PROM DRESS GUIDELINES

Saturday, April 20 is Junior/Senior Prom. Dress guidelines are posted for our high school girls and guests here and on the forms page of the FCS Website.

FROM THE GUIDANCE OFFICE

IMPORTANT Information for all Senior Parents: All seniors need to submit the FAFSA form to be evaluated for the HOPE Scholarship. Susie Pridemore, FCS Guidance Counselor, distributed a worksheet in January with all the needed information for doing this. The "GSF Apps" form will no longer be accepted. If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Pridemore, susie.pridemore@fcspaladins.org.

NHS PEER TUTORING

Every Wednesday, 8:30-9:00 am and after school 3:10-3:40 pm, Rooms 106/108. Supervision by Miss Sanford and Miss Topham. This is available to middle and high school students desiring peer tutoring in Math and English.

SUMMER SCHOOL
We are very excited to annouce the Summer School 2013 offerings for rising 9th-12th grade students! Course descriptions and registration information can be found under Resource Documents in RenWeb.

HS UPCOMING DATES

February 22 - ACSI Choral Competition; 
Senior Trip Payment #3 due
March 2 - Thor Day (Sr. boys); Habitat for Humanity (Jrs. & Srs.)
March 5 - Uber Gnar (Jrs.); 
Senior girls to Chick-fil-A Corporate Office
March 8 - BarnBurner
March 14 - Pi Day (Math Career Event)
March 16 - Tread Caving Trip
March 20 - Spring Concert
March 23 - Freshman Sock Hop
April 20 - Junior/Senior Prom