Basketball season is rapidly approaching and we are excited to see what the new season has in store for us! One big change is that for the first time ever, the MCA basketball teams have brand new official uniforms! We also have a new mascot! Wait until you see the uniforms!
The boys team will have practice Monday and Friday mornings, at the Heron Pond Elementary School Gym, from 6:00 to 7:30 AM. Practice will be starting on Monday, the 23rd of November.
The girls team will have practice on Mondays, at the Mont Vernon Village Elementary School from 3:30 to 5:30 PM and on Fridays, at the Bales School Gym, from 3:30 to 5:30 PM.
The schedule is still being worked on and as soon as it is finished, it will be posted on the web site.
Registration fees have gone up a bit to cover the rise in cost involving both teams. The fee for individuals is $85 and there is a family gap at $125. The registration form must be printed, completed and returned to the office with the fee prior to playing.
If you have any questions, please contact Coach Paul Sontag for the boys team and Coach Lenette Peterson for the girls team.
See you on the court!
Coach Sontag & Coach Peterson
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Date Reminders
This Wednesday, November 11th, is set aside for parent / teacher conferences. Please feel free to contact the office if you need a reminder on your conference time. Also, we are asking that the upper school children please attend the conference with their parents. (Elementary may attend their conferences as well.)
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 25th, is a half day dismissed at noon. School will resume after Thanksgiving break on Monday, November 30th.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 25th, is a half day dismissed at noon. School will resume after Thanksgiving break on Monday, November 30th.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Dear MCA Families-
For several weeks, NH has been among the states where the Centers for Disease Control is reporting widespread influenza-like illness. In addition, the NH Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is tracking school absences around the state. We know that absences due to flu-like symptoms are increasing and that health care providers’ offices are becoming much busier. In short, it is clear that the flu is in our communities, that it is spreading, and that more people will probably be affected before it peaks. Most cases of flu-like illnesses are now due to the H1N1 virus. We don’t know whether the usual, “seasonal” flu will arrive later in the fall/winter.
Public health officials continue to stress the importance of personal hygiene, including frequent hand-washing, coughing into your sleeve, not sharing food or eating utensils, etc.
There are currently no routine recommendations, from the CDC or NH DHHS, to close schools in NH because of illness or to keep healthy children home from school. However, it is important for children and staff who are sick to stay home from school, as well as from special events such as dances, birthday parties, family events and other public gatherings. Children should stay home unless seeking medical care until they have no fever for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicine. If any family members who are pregnant, have asthma or any other underlying health condition become sick with flu like symptoms, they are advised to contact a health care provider at the onset of these symptoms.
Sick students will be considered absent, but will be given time to make up work per the MCA Handbook. We do ask that you contact the school daily to let us know that your children are out because of illness and to report whether they have flu-like symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, body aches, sometimes vomiting and diarrhea).
For more information: The NH DHHS has set up a special flu “hot-line” – just call 2-1-1 (8AM – 5PM) to talk to someone. There is also a lot of reliable information on the CDC and NH DHHS websites: www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu and http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/DHHS_SITE/swineflu.htm. Please contact your family health care provider or MCA if you have specific questions about your children.
Please continue to pray that God heals and protects our families.
Blessings
Rhonda Lockwood
Public health officials continue to stress the importance of personal hygiene, including frequent hand-washing, coughing into your sleeve, not sharing food or eating utensils, etc.
There are currently no routine recommendations, from the CDC or NH DHHS, to close schools in NH because of illness or to keep healthy children home from school. However, it is important for children and staff who are sick to stay home from school, as well as from special events such as dances, birthday parties, family events and other public gatherings. Children should stay home unless seeking medical care until they have no fever for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicine. If any family members who are pregnant, have asthma or any other underlying health condition become sick with flu like symptoms, they are advised to contact a health care provider at the onset of these symptoms.
Sick students will be considered absent, but will be given time to make up work per the MCA Handbook. We do ask that you contact the school daily to let us know that your children are out because of illness and to report whether they have flu-like symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, body aches, sometimes vomiting and diarrhea).
For more information: The NH DHHS has set up a special flu “hot-line” – just call 2-1-1 (8AM – 5PM) to talk to someone. There is also a lot of reliable information on the CDC and NH DHHS websites: www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu and http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/DHHS_SITE/swineflu.htm. Please contact your family health care provider or MCA if you have specific questions about your children.
Please continue to pray that God heals and protects our families.
Blessings
Rhonda Lockwood
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
School Portraits Reminder
School portrait order forms and payments are due no later than Wednesday, November 4, 2009! Order forms may be found under the "forms" section of the MCA website. Please turn them into Mrs. Widner's mailbox in the office.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Dear Parents of Upper School MCA Students-
I just wanted to let you know that the community service efforts on Friday Oct 30th will spill over into the Mont Vernon and Amherst area towns. I realize that the general permission form gives permission for the Milford “area”. I am assuming that these two additional towns are being covered by the permission form. I will not be doing additional permission forms as I am not exactly sure who is going where at the moment. I would just ask that if any parent has an issue with their child traveling with a teacher to either the Mont Vernon area or the Amherst area, to let me know.
Also, each student should bring a pair of work gloves and a rake. They are allowed to wear jeans or clothes they will be comfortable working in. They should also bring plenty of water and a bag lunch that DOES NOT require a microwave.
The juniors and seniors MUST bring gloves, eye protection, a mask, a hat, and a hammer. If they have a crowbar available, that would be appreciated as well!
We are looking forward to a day of serving those in need in our community. Praise God that we have the opportunity to shine for Him!
Blessings
Mrs. Lockwood
Also, each student should bring a pair of work gloves and a rake. They are allowed to wear jeans or clothes they will be comfortable working in. They should also bring plenty of water and a bag lunch that DOES NOT require a microwave.
The juniors and seniors MUST bring gloves, eye protection, a mask, a hat, and a hammer. If they have a crowbar available, that would be appreciated as well!
We are looking forward to a day of serving those in need in our community. Praise God that we have the opportunity to shine for Him!
Blessings
Mrs. Lockwood
Monday, October 26, 2009
Soccer News
The MCA Lions squared off against a tough Holy Family team this afternoon, in the first round of the playoffs. MCA got on the score board first with a nice goal by Paul Coblentz, set up by Micah Edelblut, but Holy Family answered by back with a goal of their own. The first half ended with a one - one tie. Both teams came out fired up for the second half and it was a tough fought game at both ends of the field. Holy Family scored two more goals before Paul Coblentz headed in his second score of the game. MCA had the chances, but the rest of their shots when wide or too high. The final score was Holy Family 3 and MCA 2. Jung Yeol had a good goal in net for the Lions, Micah Edelblut and Ryan Bourgeois controlled the middle of the field, and Luke Maillet and Colin Lockwood had a good game on defense.
The Lions next take on Mount Royal Academy on Thursday for third or fourth place. Game time is 3:30, come down to the MCAA Sports Complex and cheer for your Lions!
The Lions next take on Mount Royal Academy on Thursday for third or fourth place. Game time is 3:30, come down to the MCAA Sports Complex and cheer for your Lions!
Letter from Mr. Sontag
Dear MCA Family,
It is with great pleasure that I take a moment to thank you for all the great moments that the Lord has given me over the years at MCA, though not always called MCA. The most recent of these moments was participating in the playground project. Personally it was a great day of fellowship, especially with so many men, and working in the presence of God and His provision.
Presently, as most of you know, I am the new, yet older, pastor of Light of the World Church. I regard this as a great privilege and honor. But Christian education has far from fled from my thoughts and I hope it never does. In fact, the reason I am writing you is to invite you into a way in which I believe we can develop MCA into more of what God intends. I have also shared this with the School Board and they are excited to see how this approach evolves into a God honoring way to grow the school.
It is really very simple and uncomplicated. We, as parents, believe we are participating in God’s work by sending our children to Christian school. This is a conviction that God has planted deep in our hearts. If this were not so, why are we investing so much of our time and money? We are making a mission statement of what is valuable in our lives. My suggestion and approach is to be more intentional in stating what our joint mission with God is all about: “Go and make disciples”.
We, the MCA staff, PAC, and School Board, have adopted a mindset of promoting our mission in every program and activity that we present. We will intentionally invite “potential partners” to “come and see that the Lord is good” and that He is doing good things at MCA. In other words, we are going to “showcase” MCA by putting our best foot forward in the name of the Lord.
An example of this is the PBL night that is scheduled for Thursday, October 29th. We are asking parents and students to invite people (grandparents, neighbors, friends, etc.) to this event with the thought that at some time they might become partners in the ministry and support MCA, not only prayerfully but financially, if God moves on their heart to do so. I believe we have done this in the past but we have been remiss by not intentionally sharing our mission, God’s mission, at MCA. This is not going to be a hard sell, but simply being intentional and honest about why we are doing what we are doing.
We invite you into this mindset. My wife, Joan, and I have a clear testimony of what God has done for us and the blessing it has been for our three children to have attended MCA.
Serving Christ,
Paul Sontag, Headmaster
It is with great pleasure that I take a moment to thank you for all the great moments that the Lord has given me over the years at MCA, though not always called MCA. The most recent of these moments was participating in the playground project. Personally it was a great day of fellowship, especially with so many men, and working in the presence of God and His provision.
Presently, as most of you know, I am the new, yet older, pastor of Light of the World Church. I regard this as a great privilege and honor. But Christian education has far from fled from my thoughts and I hope it never does. In fact, the reason I am writing you is to invite you into a way in which I believe we can develop MCA into more of what God intends. I have also shared this with the School Board and they are excited to see how this approach evolves into a God honoring way to grow the school.
It is really very simple and uncomplicated. We, as parents, believe we are participating in God’s work by sending our children to Christian school. This is a conviction that God has planted deep in our hearts. If this were not so, why are we investing so much of our time and money? We are making a mission statement of what is valuable in our lives. My suggestion and approach is to be more intentional in stating what our joint mission with God is all about: “Go and make disciples”.
We, the MCA staff, PAC, and School Board, have adopted a mindset of promoting our mission in every program and activity that we present. We will intentionally invite “potential partners” to “come and see that the Lord is good” and that He is doing good things at MCA. In other words, we are going to “showcase” MCA by putting our best foot forward in the name of the Lord.
An example of this is the PBL night that is scheduled for Thursday, October 29th. We are asking parents and students to invite people (grandparents, neighbors, friends, etc.) to this event with the thought that at some time they might become partners in the ministry and support MCA, not only prayerfully but financially, if God moves on their heart to do so. I believe we have done this in the past but we have been remiss by not intentionally sharing our mission, God’s mission, at MCA. This is not going to be a hard sell, but simply being intentional and honest about why we are doing what we are doing.
We invite you into this mindset. My wife, Joan, and I have a clear testimony of what God has done for us and the blessing it has been for our three children to have attended MCA.
Serving Christ,
Paul Sontag, Headmaster
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