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Subscribe Share Past Issues Translate A monthly newsletter from Crossroads Christian School. View this email in your browser 825 Oak Boulevard, Moody, AL 35004 | (205) 640-2174 crcsoffi[email protected] | www.crossroadschristian.us [update subscription preferences] Newsletter - August 2016 for your family. 2016-17 Crossroads Calendar 2016-17 ACT / SAT Dates FIRST FACULTY MEETING Saturday, August 6, 10 am Bethel Baptist Church, 8332 Moody Parkway, Moody, Alabama 35004 We're looking forward to seeing all of you on Saturday August 6! This is the only time all of us get together in one place, and I look forward to the excitement, noise, and activity. Bethel Baptist Church is gracious to allow us to come and use their sanctuary and fellowship hall this year. The administration tables will be set up in the foyer outside the sanctuary. We’ll be there with your materials packets and LOTS of information. If you need a CSEF for any reason, we’ll have them at the administration tables. Jenny Bartz and her activities team will have tables set up in the fellowship hall, with sign-up and registration available for school field trips and activities; details found elsewhere in this newsletter. In the foyer and in the hallway leading to the fellowship hall will be clubs, tutors, teachers, and others, who will be available for you to speak with personally about other extra-curricular activities for your homeschooled students. This is a mandatory meeting, so if you are providentially hindered from attending, please contact the school office to pick up your materials packet. If you need to sign up for field trips and activities, use the information in this newsletter to make your choices, and then contact a friend who can sign up and pay fees for you at this meeting. If your family has moved from one school district to another during this past school year, you need to complete a new church school enrollment form (CSEF) for each of your school-age children. Compulsory attendance age in Alabama is 6 years of age, by September 1. If you have a child who turned 6 years old this past school year, you need to complete a CSEF for that student. If you want to “opt out” of officially registering your child with a CSEF, you still must notify the school board that you are “opting out.” The school office can supply you with wording if you want to do that. If you are a family already enrolled with Crossroads and paying tuition, there is no advantage to opting out; you still have to be in contact with your local BOE about that child. However, if your oldest child is just now 6 years old, it saves you a year’s worth of tuition, if you opt out! The church and fellowship hall will open at 9 am, if you want to come early to pick up your family materials packet, and sign up for any field trips, activities, clubs, or classes. Or you can stay after the meeting to do this. See you then! Please share on social media to get the word out! Share Tweet Forward +1 Share NEW FAMILY ORIENTATION Friday Night, August 5, 7 pm Community Presbyterian Church Sanctuary If this is your first year to homeschool with Crossroads, you must attend the New Family Orientation meeting on Friday night August 5, at 7 pm, in the sanctuary at Community Presbyterian Church. Even if you are a veteran homeschooler, if this is your first year with Crossroads, you must attend this meeting. At this meeting, you will: Meet Crossroads staff Become familiar with our school’s dress and behavior codes Learn how to sign up for field trips and activities Learn CRCS record-keeping requirements Learn what is expected of you as a faculty member This is a mandatory meeting. If you are providentially hindered from attending, contact the school office and arrange to make up this meeting. HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTATION MEETING Saturday, August 6, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Bethel Baptist Church Sanctuary Required for all high school students (grades 9-12) and at least one parent If your family has a student enrolled in Crossroads in grades 9-12, your high school student(s) and at least one parent must attend this meeting. Crossroads faculty members are its parents, not the paid staff. As staff, our job is to come alongside parents in the education of their children. The purpose of this meeting is to educate, encourage, and equip parents and students as they journey through the high school years. Homeschooling provides spiritual growth and character development as well as academic excellence, positive socialization, and individual instruction by parents in basic living skills. Because there are so many variations in the way homeschoolers do high school, we feel it is important to find a way to remind our parents yearly about some of the things that are necessary before high school graduation. Also, because of the variety of social situations in which high school students are involved, the students need to be reminded about some of the things we require of them. We’ll update you on new opportunities for high school students through Jeff State’s and Gadsden State’s dual enrollment programs. The diploma requirements for the state of Alabama will be highlighted as part of this meeting. Crossroads Christian School is committed to helping parents pursue both spiritual and academic excellence in their children. This high school orientation meeting is designed to aid families as they journey through the high school years. HOW TO HOMESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL Saturday, August 6, 2 pm Back Building at CPC If you have a student in grade 7 or above, you may have questions about high school credits, graduation requirements, how to plan for your student’s high school career, and/or how to prepare your student for life beyond high school. Don’t worry, you are not alone! This seminar should help you answer some of these questions. Homeschooling is not a one-size-fits-all pattern; homeschooling is about preparing your student for whatever God may have in store for him or her. And that may not look like anyone else’s plan. But how do you know? And what should you do? Debbie Landry will offer guidelines for meeting graduation requirements; provide instruction in preparing for a vocation, college, or the military; and answer any questions you may have. Welcome Back! We have had a busy summer with individual and group volunteer projects. If volunteering is in your heart and you are in high school, join the Key Club! This club will help you channel your service, help you grow and mature in yourself and make new friends. Our first meeting will be the first day of Friday Co-op on September 9th. We meet the 2nd and 4th Fridays in each month. Sign up will be at the first faculty meeting. Dues are $50 a year, and can be paid at the September 23 meeting. If you have any questions please feel free to email, call or text 205-281-7916. Key Club will be selling school t-shirts again this year at the faculty meeting. We are still waiting to hear about the price but we will keep it as low as possible. Tere Sizemore 205-281-7916 CROSSROADS ACTIVITIES Jenny Bartz, Activities Director We have a great line up of activities for all ages again this year! Our goal is to offer enriching opportunities for you to add to your curriculum. Some are super educational and some are just plain fun! Each selection has been brought with much planning, thought and excitement and has much to offer our students! But as great as it all is, don’t feel you have to “do it all.” Pick what works best for your family's goals for the year. Most of the activities are divided up into our three age categories, which are color-coded. Preschool / Kindergarten (Purple) Elementary Grades 1-6 (Orange) Teens grades 7th and up (Green) General Offerings (Blue) - some activities cross age ranges Look at all your options and come to the August Faculty Meeting ready to sign up as well as pay for your chosen field trips. Contact Information: Jenny Bartz, Activities Director (205) 577-0212 Machelle Womack, Teen Coordinator (205) 567-4493 Rose Stephenson, Elementary Coordinator (205) 283-7656 Rebecca Ray, Preschool Coordinator (205) 222-8252 Preschool / Kindergarten Alabama Symphony Orchestra Explorers Concert Pre-K – 2nd grade Christopher Confessore, Conductor Thursday, October 13, 2016 9:30 a.m. Northpark Baptist Church, Trussville $6 per seat *Note that this does conflict with one MainStage Children’s performance. Get ready for a musical adventure as the ASO presents a special program for our youngest audience members. Casual, interactive, and lots of fun, Explorer Concerts are a perfect introduction to the instruments of the orchestra and great classical music. Birmingham Children’s Theater We have been participating in this as a school for as long as I remember! It is so worth your time and money. If you have never experienced these plays, consider it this year! They are wonderful! They are at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center. Wee Folks Pre-K – 1st Grade $21 for all three plays. (look for Purple sign up sheet on the “Play” table) The Little Engine that Could Thursday, Sept 15, 11 a.m. Jean Pierce brings the "The Little Engine that Could" to the stage in a delightful adaptation of the classic children's book. This is the story of a little engine who overcame her fears to accomplish something no one believed she could do.