Leadership Conference for grades 7 - 12!

The annual Leadership Conference is Monday and Tuesday, May 3rd and 4th. Please note that this is just as we return from our April vacation.

The permission forms and fee, must be in the office by tomorrow - Friday April 23rd!!

Also, note that we will be leaving the school at 6:30am Monday morning, on May 3rd. Bright and early!

Community Service Day for Upper School

Friday, April 23 will be a community service day for grades 7 - 12.

Students of these grades may dress down for the day. We are asking that pants be worn (rather than shorts). A non- school uniform shirt is allowed, as long as the shirt is appropriate. Please bring a rake and a paint scraper, if you have one. Please bring plenty of water and a brown bag lunch. We will be leaving the school around 9:30 am. We will be stopping for ice cream prior to returning to the school, so please send your student to school with some money if you wish for them to purchase ice cream. We will return to the school in time for afternoon carpool.
It is a blessing to serve those in need in our community. May God keep us safe and may our students shine for the Lord!

Faith & Family Night with the Fisher Cats

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is hosting a Faith & Family Night on Thursday, July 15th, starting at 7:05 PM with the NH Fisher Cats. Pre-game festivities start at 5:30 PM and include a free T-shirt to 100 lucky participants, Baseball Chapel, question and answer session with Fisher Cats Players and Team Chaplain, giant flag ceremony and photo opportunity with the Fisher Cat Mascots. Tickets are $10 each and include a ticket as well as a food voucher good for hot dog, chips and a small fountain drink. The Fisher Cats are going up against the Binghamton Mets. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Mike at mwelty@teamfca.com or by phone at 603-772-7754.

Phones

Our phone system has been malfunctioning and we are currently unable to retrieve phone messages. We are working diligently on rectifying this situation. In the meantime, you may try calling us but in the event that your call is not picked up, please use our email or some other means to relay messages. Thank you for your patience!

Student Leadership Conference - Due FRIDAY

1. Money and permission slips need to be in by Friday, April 23 before vacation week.

2. Leave MCA - 6:30am, Monday, May 3
3. Return to MCA – 4:30-5:00pm, Tuesday, May 4
4. Bring $$ for fast food lunch for the ride home.
5. Boys Attire – For meeting/session times – Ties, shoes, nice slacks, dress shirt, belts.
6. Girls Attire– Upgraded skirts, blouses, dresses.
7. Sleeping bag – small, compact. Toiletries for overnight stay in host home.
8. Bible.

Calling all golfers!

Hello MCA Family-

Tomorrow, Friday April 16th is the last day to sign up for golf. Please contact the office for a permission form. The cost is $60. It includes a bucket of balls each week and a round of mini golf for the first 4 weeks and then a full 9 holes of golf for the last 2 weeks. The last week you will also get a drink, hot dog and ice cream!

It is just an opportunity to get out and have some fun. The only competition is with yourself!
FORE!

This is available for anyone in grades 6 - 12.

Blessings
MCA Admin.

Last Call for Yearbook Orders

Anyone wishing to purchase a yearbook who has not done so yet needs to get their order in ASAP! There are a few order forms left in the office. No orders without accompanying payment in full will be accepted. Orders close on Friday.

SATs Reminder

Standford Achievement Tests will be administered tomorrow and Friday to grades 1 through 11. Please remember that it is absolutely essential to have your child arrive between 7:45 and 7:55 as testing begins promptly at 8:00 AM. If they are late, they will not be permitted to enter their classroom until the first portion of testing is done and there is no make up time. Please remember to have them bring sharpened #2 pencils, rulers, a snack, a book and, if in high school, a calculator. Dismissal is at 12:30 PM. We are accommodating quite a few homeschoolers during this time as well so pick up and drop off may take slightly longer than usual and is likely to be somewhat disorganized. We are sure that extra measures of patience and grace are going to be needed. Thank you!

New This Year - Golf Opportunity!

MCA is pleased to announce that we have partnered with the Amherst Country Club to provide an opportunity for students (6th grade and up) to experience some golfing at reasonable rates. Beginning next Wednesday, April 21st, interested students will travel to the Amherst Country Club / Ponemah Green for some golfing fun. This will continue on every Wednesday (with the exception of April 28th - no golf during spring break) through and including Wednesday, June 2nd. That's six weeks of golfing! Here's what's included for the fee of $60:

• 6 buckets of balls (1 per player per day)
• 4 rounds of mini golf (1 per day for the first 4 days)
• 2 rounds of golf ( 9 holes for the last 2 days)
• 1 hot dog lunch with ice cream cone (last day after 9 hole round)

For the last 2 golfing days, if you child does not have their own clubs, there will be a small fee to rent clubs. Registration forms were handed out today to interested students or you can contact the office for one. Please note that checks need to be made payable to Ponemah Green, not MCA!

See you on the green!

Report Cards for Third Quarter!

Dear MCA Family-

Your child's third quarter report card will be going home with them on Friday April 9th if they are in the elementary, and on Monday April 12th if they are in the upper school.

There is no need to return the report cards this quarter, so please keep the copy for yourself. We will have the pdf of your child's report card available on our website early the week of April 12th.

Blessings,
MCA Administration

Annual Leadership Conference for grades 7 - 12

Dear Parents and Students in the Upper School-

The annual leadership conference is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, May 3rd and 4th. Yes, that is the first two days that we would be returning from April vacation. The conference is once again in the Fall River area of Massachusetts.

We will be leaving from the school early Monday morning, and returning to the school on Tuesday afternoon. More details will follow soon!

The cost will be about $40 per person.
We will also need a field trip permission slip signed and returned to the office for each attending student.
The topic this year is "Brave-Hearted Gospel" featuring Eric and Leslie Ludy.

Our own MCA worship team will also be leading one of the general sessions in worship!

It is a great opportunity to continue to equip our young people and we recommend that all students attend the conference.

More information will follow soon. Please feel free to contact the office should you have any questions.

Blessings

Stanford Achievement Testing Next Week

Stanford Achievement Tests (SATs) will be administered next Thursday and Friday, April 15th and 16th, to grades 1 through 11. Testing begins at 8:00 AM sharp so please have your child here by 7:50 AM. Students are dismissed at 12:30 PM both days.

If you child is not participating, please inform the office and keep your child home those two days as we do not have any alternative activities. We will need $15 per participating student in order to cover the cost of materials and scoring. Please have this in to the office no later than Wednesday, April 14th.

For each day of testing, your child will need a sharpened #2 pencil, a ruler, a snack, a book to read (in case they are one of the early ones done) and, for high schoolers, a calculator.

We administer this test to many home schoolers as well so the drop off and pick up routine will likely take a bit longer than usual and be somewhat disorganized. We will all need to remember to be even more graceful and courteous than usual.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the office.

Elementary Field Trip

Tuesday, April 20 the elementary students will be going to Harborside Healthcare Center on Crosby Street in Milford to recite the poems they are memorizing and visit with the residents there. We will leave school at 10:15 and return by 11:30. No permission slip is needed.

If you can drive for this trip, please email Mrs. Hallowell (dalesueh@myfairpoint.net) and let her know how many students you can take.

Thank you.