Project Based Learning Link

Parents, here is the link to the Project Based Learning forms on the website:
http://www.milfordchristianacademy.org/pl.htm

Major MCA Fundraiser Volunteer Hours

Dear School Family,
The Christmas Fair is one of the four fundraisers that fund our "a al carte menu". We give volunteer hours for this activity. It is important that this fundraiser grow in the years to come to increase the special offerings at MCA. Contact Cherly StuartVail if you can help. 673-7417 or stuartvail@verizon.net


"MCA presents its annual Christmas Fair this Saturday, December 1st from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M. at the Milford Town Hall as part of the town-wide Jingle On Downtown. Come and enjoy delicious food as you visit table upon table of homemade gifts, beaded jewelry, Christmas ornaments, Christmas decorations, handmade soaps, lotions, clothing and more! Free shuttle service to many of the Jingle On Downtown stops, including ours. Hope to see you there!"

Paul Sontag, for Parent Advisory Council PAC

MCA Christmas December 6th

Dear School Family,

We are looking forward to a school celebration on December 6th. Please invites your friends and family. The evening events are the following:
6:45 Elementary School Play
7:30 Upper School Worship Band and Christmas Caroles
8:00 Project-Based Learning Displays with students interaction
Refreshments and fellowship, movie for younger children.

Refreshments: Please bring COOKIES only and juice drink. Coffee will be provided

MCA Staff

SKI CLUB

MCA will be doing the Second Session at Pats Peak this winter. We will have Friday lessons/skiing for five weeks, plus one free week. If you pay for rentals, you get a free day of rentals as well. The second session starts the week before Winter Break, no lessons will be held during Winter Break, but your Free Day can be used that week.

Anyone interested needs to have their registration forms turned in by December 12th. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Peterson. If you need a Pats Peak Application, they can be found in Mrs. Peterson's office, which is next to the Lower Elementary Classroom.

Winter Dress Code Reminder

Students may wear generic (means no name brand monogram , or labelling) navy blue, forest green sweatshirts, pullover fleece jackets or vests over the regular school uniform. Dress shorts can only be worn until Oct 15h.

MCA Staff


http://www.milfordchristianacademy.org/pdf/MCAHandbook.pdf pg. 12

Overview Project Learning Second Quarter

Dear Parents and Mentors of PBL,

We have finished the first week of PBL for the second quarter. All forms are being posted on the Project Learning page of the MCA website each week through the following link.
http://www.milfordchristianacademy.org/pl.htm Forms are numbered in the order they appear in the manual which is in the last stages of editing. The best way to track PBL is through the calendar page link. PBL Calendar Timeline Inventions I recommend you print it and put it on your refrigerator or wherever you post important dates. You can also track PBL thorough the weekly homework assignment posting. The PBL assignments will also keep you updated as to the skills taught throughout the project.

Mrs. Longval (7&8) longvalm@gmail.com and I paul.sontag@comcast.net (9-11) are instructing students diligently through each step. We hope this will keep you updated. We follow the calendar timeline exactly. Please contact us if you have any questions.

We are very satisfied with the progress all students made last quarter. W will display there projects on December 6th the same date as Christmas MCA


Paul sontag

Wednesday, 11/ 21 Dress Attire

Dress attire for Thanksgiving Chapel is school uniform or better. This is adressup day.This means no jeans.
MCA Staff

PBL Parent"s Night cancelled because of travel conditions

Details to follow for reschedule

Project Learning Parent Night Tues 6:45

Hello Family,
I hope you are planning to attend our PBL Parent night. Students and staff are proud of their work. We hope you will come and support them as they explain their project. We will have a live website as well a video production of "Tantallus". We will also have two student teams give their presentaions, 10 minutes each. Please be ready to take your students project home with you. SIDE NOTE. ALL PARENTS ARE INVITED FOR A PANCAKE BREAKFAST WEDNSDAY AT 10 AM AND STAY FOR OUR THANKSGIVING CHAPEL 11AM. Dismissal is at 12PM.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Paul Sontag and MCA staff

Quarter grades are posted for 7-11

ATTENTION SKIERS & SNOW BOARDERS!!

ATTENTION SKIERS & SNOW BOARDERS: Mrs. Peterson needs all of your Pats Peak forms and checks turned in by the first Friday in December. We will be doing Fridays during the second session.

Prayer Meeting For Our Youth

Monday, Nov. 19 -7:00 pm
Our Youth Need Our Prayers.
We Need God To Make Them Mighty Warriors Ready For Battle

Open to anyone with a burden for our youth: Youth Pastors, Youth Leaders, Parents, Youth

New Hope Assembly of God
The Meeting Place
Route 101 Amherst, NH 03031
672-2434
Email: newhopeag@hotmail.com

Basketball at MCA starts Nov. 19th

Dear Parents & Athletes,

Basketball season is just around the corner. We will have a boys and a girls team again this year. Ages are 7th -12th grades. Paul Sontag will be coaching the boys team and Lenette Peterson will be coaching the girls team. Homeschoolers are welcome. Practice will be as follows:

The girls team will practice every other Monday evening at the High Mowing High School from 7:00-9:00 PM and on Saturdays at Heron Pond Elementary School from 11:00-12:30.

The boys team will practice Friday mornings at Heron Pond Elementary School from 6:00-7:15 AM and every other Monday evening at the High Mowing High School from 7:00-9:00 PM. A schedule of games will be forth coming

Boys practice will begin Monday Nov. 19th . Bring Permission slip and money to practice if you have NOT TURNED IT INTO THE OFFICE. Homeschoolers cannot begin unless a emergency form is complete with other paper work.

There is a $75.00 fee per player and no family will pay more than $100.00.

This year parents can access the registration/permission form straight from the web site. Please just click on http://www.milfordchristianacademy.org/sitemap.htm’ and fill out the form. Your fee can be brought to the gym or mailed to the school.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Coach Sontag either by calling 673-9608 or at paulsontag@comcast.net and Coach Peterson either at shebec@juno.com or by calling 429-9544.

Thank you in advance for giving us the opportunity to coach your athletes and look forward to seeing everyone at our games.

Yours in fitness,


Paul Sontag/Lenette M. Peterson
Boys & Girls Basketball Coaches

Open House for PBL Project Based Learning, Tuesday Nov. 20th, 6:45

We have finished our first round of PBL projects, ending the first quarter. We are quite satisfied with the results and would like to share them with our school family and friends on Tuesday Nov. 20 at 6:45. Students will be present to explain their projects. We will culminate our evening with two exemplary project presentations. They are about 1o minutes in length. Light refreshments will be served. This evening will give parents a closer look into the skills that make PBL such a good tool for preparing our youth to serve the Lord in an emerging global economy that is changing rapidly and demanding a new skill and mind set.

Our PBL theme for the first quarter was integrated with our history curriculum, the Greek and Roman time periods. The following is the list of presenters and projects with each respective topic and driving question.

PBL Presentations

· Team- Daving Hartling + Ben Bickmore

Topic- Tantalus
Driving question- “What is it like to suffer for eternity?”

· Team- Josh Arnold + Luke Maillet

Topic- Battle of Thermopylae
Driving question- “What were the Greek battle tactics?”

· Team- Feng-Yu Kuan(Jack) + Daniel Hartling

Topic- Chariot Racing
Driving question- “What attracted the Romans to the chariot races?”

· Team- Jacob Phillips + Adam Gibson

Topic- The Greek Battle of Salamis
Driving question- “Why was the Battle of Salamis a turning point in the Persian War?”

· Team- Jay + Michaela Reichl

Topic- Medieval Castles
Driving question- “What was the importance of the medieval castle?”

· Team- Won-Young

Topic- Ancient Olympic games
Driving question- “What is the origin, purpose, schedule, and nature of the ancient Olympics?”

· Team- Kayla Ray + Judith Haynes

Topic- Greek Fashion
Driving question- “What pieces of ancient Greek fashion have influenced fashion today?”

· Team- Kaitlin Hartling + Emily Fenton

Topic- Woman in Ancient Rome
Driving question- “What was life like in Ancient Rome?”

· Team- Ryan Bourgeois + Peter Maillet

Topic- The Roman Coliseum
Driving question- “What are the uses and purposes of the Roman Coliseum with an emphasis on its structure?”

· Team- Tami Arrimbide + Rachel Bourgeois + Shannon Cotter

Topic- The Gladiators
Driving question- “Who were the Gladiators?”

· Team- Luke Greska + Matthew Maillet

Topic- The Battle of TroyDriving question- “How did the capturing of Queen Helen affect the History of Greece and Troy

Literature book for 9-11 class

The next literature book for the 9th-11th English class will be The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare. MCA has a limited number of books available for a $5 rental fee. If you need to purchase the book, the ISBN is 978-0-395-13719-2. The students need these books by next Thursday(11/15). Copies are also available from your local libraries. Don't forget to check out the local used books stores, too.

The Last Soccer Blog of the Season!

The MCA Eagles played a tough Jesse Remington High School team for the championship and came up a bit short. JRHS won the championship 4-0. The first half was a tough 35 minutes and the Eagles found themselves down 0-3 at half time. They came together as a team and played a great second half, but JRHS was tough on defense. This was a great season for the Eagles, they went up against much tougher competition this season. Coach Peterson is already making plans for next season!

A word from Coach Peterson: A great big thank you to everyone who played on the soccer team this season. You guys worked hard and played hard. You came through in a big way this tournament. You guys should be proud of the way you battled back against Parker Academy and Jesse Remington in the playoffs.

Also, thank you to all the parents who drove to all the games, even the far away games! You show of support for the team was fantastic! Thank you to all those parents who helped drive the players to the games, even if you were just driving your own player, it was a big help to me!

Soccer players should return their uniforms to the PE office by Friday, November 16th.

Sports Update

The MCA Eagles played their best game of the season today. This was the first round game of the tournament and the Eagles beat a tough ParkerAcademy team 2-1. Both goals were scored by Won Young Jang. Daniel Hartling had a great game in the net. The whole team played a great game, even Rachel Bourgeois! The Eagles move on to the Winners Bracket and will play Jesse Remington High School for the championship on Thursday, November 8th at 3:00. This is a home game for MCA, come down to the fields on North River Road and cheer the MCA Eagles on to victory!

Mrs. Peterson and Mr. Sontag are frantically working on getting a gym for basketball practice and games. As soon as they get this settled more information will be posted.

Next Parent Advisory Board Meeting

The next PAB meeting will be Nov. 8 @ 7 p.m. at MCA

The first half hour ( 7-7:30) will be open for parent/teacher input, ideas, etc.

We will be changing the B in PAB ( Board) to either Council or Committee at our next meeting. Why the change? Quite simply PAC has a better ring to it than PAB.

The time is now for change!