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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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·         Important Dates

Spiritual Emphasis Week Began yesterday! March 9-12. Parents, please pray for this time as our MS & HS students will have chapel each morning. Jim Keating is sharing!

Daylight Saving Times - begins Sunday, March 14 in USA and Sunday, March 28 in Ukraine.

Spirit WeekStudents and faculty will be participating in “KCA Spirit Week”, March 22-26.

Monday - Wacky Tacky Day; Tuesday – Twin Day; Wednesday - Character (from book or movie) Day; Thursday - KCA Day and Friday will be Class Choice Day. Expecting to see lots of creativity!

Spring Break – Saturday, March 27 – Monday, April 5.

KCA Talent Show – Saturday, April 17.

Stanford Testing (Elementary & 7th grade) – April 13-17.

KCA Spring play The Last Night of Ballyhoo on May 14 and 15 at 7:30p.

The 2010-2011 KCA School Calendar Dates – Parent Orientation on Friday, August 27 and first day of classes begin on Monday, August 30. 

·           Kinder-Care parents - Don’t forget to start collecting photos of your child for his/her book; “All About Me”. Kinder-Care class is tomorrow! Contact person: Marilyn Perhai

·           Bake SaleTomorrow, Thursday, March 11, we will have a bake sale during lunch to raise money for the high school mission team heading to Uzhgorod over spring break.  Be sure to bring money for goodies!

·           "Parents Night Out!" - Friday evening, March 12 at 7:00-9:30. Location: ICA, Golosiyivska St, 57 (For directions go to www.icakiev.com and click on the directions page). Bring your questions on communicating with teenagers, sibling rivalry, teaching responsibility to children, etc. Guest will be family counselor John Mahon (Moody and Trinity post graduate and doctorate work, former Navigator staff). Biblical and practical answers, no question too difficult! Bring a snack or dessert to share if you can, if not, come anyway!  Limited babysitting provided by KCA students as fundraiser for Jr/Sr trip! Reserve a spot for your child with Christine Pierquet or Carol Laughlin by Thursday if possible!  

For Your Information

·           Polling on SycamoreOn your parent homepage of Sycamore, below the featured tab, is a question for you to answer. Check it out!

·           From the Finance Office Mrs. Huber

Basketball fees are now overdue! If your student participates in basketball the fee is $60. 

·           From the Guidance Office - Mrs. Leary

Congratulations! Tory Birdsall for her acceptance to the University of Texas and Spencer Claxton for his acceptance to the University of Arkansas.

JR/SR TRIP Fundraiser - Parents and Fans: Coffee, sausage biscuits, baked goods, & sandwiches will be available this week at the basketball games at Pusha Vidista. Bring your appetite and gryven to support the juniors and senior trip.

National Honor Society Induction will be held on Friday, March 29 at 8:30 a.m. in the auditorium. Eligible juniors and seniors will be selected and notified by Friday, March 19.

·         TardiesTraffic is no longer an excused tardy for chronic lateness. Please leave home earlier to get to school on time. Lunch detentions will need to be given for >3 unexcused tardies.

·         From the Elementary School Coordinator - Mr. Musiyenko

This is our Elementary Chapel for March:

March 11............... JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH THE LORD IS THERE - Jan Muzart

March 18............... FATHER, ABBA FATHER - Cor Harryvan

·         Family Photos – Thank you to the families who have already sent in a photo. We would like to include a family photo to our Sycamore data base. The plan is to have a KCA Family Bulletin Board in our cafeteria up soon. It would be nice to recognize parents and students together and see all our smiling faces. Please send photos to the office via email or on flash drives.

·           Driver Phone Numbers – Parents, Please give the KCA office the names and phone numbers for the drivers who bring/pick up your children so we have that contact information, in case we need to contact them. Do the drivers speak English? Thank you.

 

KCA Sports

·           Basketball Game Schedule:  Upcoming Games

Note Schedule Update: This Friday, March 12 our MSG basketball team will play 3 games in a tournament hosted by PSI (the games are NOT at PSI). They will leave after chapel on Friday.  There first game is at 11:15am.

This Week:

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

March 11

AT KCA

4:00- MSG-KCA-31 (2)

5:00-MSB-KCA-31 (2)

March 12

MSG basketball tournament

 

3 games

March 13

AT KCA

10:00-JVB-KCA-100 (3)

11:15-VG-KCA-31 (2)

12:30-VB-KCA-NOVOSELKI (3)

 

 

Notice Changes

 

  Spectators: On weekdays when there is a game a Sports Bus (with approx. 20 seats available) leaves KCA taking passengers to the games. On game days sign up at the school office – first come, first serve basis. Cost: 5 gryven for help covering the expense of this transportation.

 

Hot Lunches

·         Menu for Students & Faculty - On your parent homepage of Sycamore, you can reach the cafeteria menu by going to the INFO CENTER on the right or clicking Lunch tab on Today block. You can see the menu for the month. Updated weekly. Check it out!

Wednesday Special – On March 17, we will be selling a delicious lunch of homemade sloppy joes, complete with veggies and a dessert on the side, to raise money for the mission trip.  Each plate will be 20 gryven. Sign up in the office by this Friday! 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

March 15

Kiev cutlet, mashed potatoes & salad

March 16

Zoya’s

Cheeseburgers

March 17

Mission Trip Fundraiser

March 18

Plov & salad

March 19

Vareniki with meat & salad

 


 

Pre-ordered Meals (MTThF) - Zoya makes hot lunches for students & faculty on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Prices are 25 gryven or 15 gryven for ½ portions per meal. Send in money for the next week’s lunches by Friday before noon. Pay at the office and please indicate which days and which portions you are requesting. Exact change is appreciated! Tuesdays Cheeseburgers are available for all students. Elementary students please pre-pay - 12 gryven each. MS/HS are served on a first come, first served basis and unlike other hot lunch meals these cheeseburgers are not a pre-order item and the money is given directly to Zoya. Condiments provided.

 

 Classifieds

·       Russian and Ukrainian Language ClassesThe SEND Language Program offers Russian and Ukrainian classes taught by professors with years of experience who are specifically trained to teach their language to foreigners.  Not only are they good, they love their job and make learning a difficult language enjoyable!  Classes meet on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays for 2-1/2 hours – from 9:00-11:30, 12:00-2:30 and 2:40-5:10. (A Ukrainian-style lunch is served from 11:30-12:00 for $5.)  Fees for each 4-week period are $240 for full-time (4 times a week) in a class of 2 or more; $400 for full-time, one on one; half that for part-time (2 times a week); and half again for part-time (1 time a week).  The SEND Language Center is located a 5-minute walk from the Kharkovska metro (green line), ul. Dekabristov 5.  For more information, contact Diane at 063-117-4207 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

·         Enterprising Students In addition to the Snack Bar, Zach Stoddard, Joseph Kim and David Crane will be selling cream filled doughnuts and round doughnuts with cherry filling. Cream filled will cost 5 gryven and round doughnuts 3 gryven each. They will also be selling a variety of fresh fruits.They also hope to soon offer their services to faculty and high school students to take grocery/lunch orders during 4th period (11:06-11:53). Fee: 2 gryven for a small order, 5 gryven for medium, 15 gryven for a large order. (Costs will amount to the receipt of the order plus fee).For more details please contact any of these fine young men. The largest percent of profit will go towards our JR/SR Trip.

·        Walk Safely!

Here is a website with the locations in Kyiv to purchase ice cleats/ice traction devices for your shoes which can make walking easier when the ground is covered in ice and slush. Check it out! http://www.ledoxod.com/

KCA Items For Sale

 

 

 

  • KCA Cookbooks If you are new to KCA and have not gotten a KCA Cookbook you will want to purchase one. All the recipes are from KCA families and use local products. Lots of delicious and easy meals. Cost is 40 UAH. 
  • KCA Hoodies are available for purchase. $35 each - 2 styles: Gray pullover and Navy Blue Zip-up. Adult M, L, XL and XXL. Youth S, M and L sizes.  
 

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