November 10, 2024
Happy Sunday HCA Families!
These next few weeks leading up to Thanksgiving break are full and wonderful! We were THRILLED for the gorgeous weather for our (long awaited!) school pictures and our classes have been spending as much time as possible outside while the weather permits!
There are quite a few activities and opportunities to serve coming up this week, so please check out our update below!
-Mrs. Rea
25/26 ENROLLMENT!
It's that time of year! We are already planning out enrollment for next year, and as many of you will remember, we offer uncontested, priority enrollment to returning families every year on Back Friday!
This year, we will open up Priority Enrollment on Friday, 11/29. There will be a link posted that day in our Family Band.
Current HCA families will have 2 weeks to enroll for 25/26 before we open up enrollment to our Waiting List families (there are currently 80+ families on our waiting list!)
In January, we will then open up any available spots to the general public. There will be a longer announcement, fee schedule and calendar of dates posted in our Family Band this week!
SCHOOL PICTURES
We did it! And we had gorgeous weather! Several of you have asked about turn-around time, and I know that Christi is working as fast as possible to get the photos finished and loaded into an online gallery for ordering before Christmas. I have not received a date from her yet, but as soon as they are ready, the link will be posted in our family band.
EXAM WEEK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Exam week is right around the corner—November 13-21. We are looking for volunteers to help with transcribing exams and/or filling in as short-term classroom subs. This is a wonderful way to support our students and teachers during a busy time - and its a lot of fun!
A post with the days and time slots that need to be filled are posted at the top of our Family Band!
OUTDOOR TIME LOGS
As we near the end of Term 1, your student's outdoor time logs will be due at the end of this week on Wednesday 11/13 and Thursday 11/14. Remember, sheets must be initialied by a parent in order to be counted towards the grand total, and to be elligible for our Term Prizes and our end of year Grand Prize.
HOLIDAY TRAVEL
As we start approaching a busy time of year, please keep a few things in mind:
1) If your child will be absent during the week+ of exams (November 13-21) due to planned travel time, please contact the office and their teacher as soon as possible to make arrangements for them to take their exams early/at an alternate time.
2) if your family is going to be absent for our Christmas Chapel (on December 18+19) PLEASE let their teacher know as soon as possible! Each class will be presenting a recitation in chapel, and your teachers need to know if there are any planned absences for that day, so that they can plan the presentation accordingly.
CHAPEL OFFERING
Each year, HCA chooses a non-profit to partner with and we collect an offering during each chapel. The funds collected are then sent off to our chosen charity at the end of the year. This year, we are going to partner with Samaritan's Purse and raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. The comunities that were devastated by the hurricane will be rebuidling for years, so we will be talking about this charity all year long and will send in our final offering to them later this Spring.
SCHOOL LUNCHES
We’re thrilled to bring back school lunches this year! To order:
1. Head to the Parent Portal and click the lunch button,
2. Look under the “Parents” tab on our website, OR
3. Save this link - https://www.heritagechristianacademy.net/school-lunch
Don’t forget—orders can be placed up to 6 days in advance but need to be submitted by 9:15 am on the day your child needs lunch. If you miss the cutoff, HMH lunches are still available at full price.
If you have questions, just reach out to the office!
A YEAR OF PRAYER
In chapel, we’re focusing on prayer this year, and we’d love to know how we can pray for you. If you or your spouse are in full-time ministry or non-profit work, please let me know—we’d love to include you in our prayers. We’re also reaching out to local churches, so let us know if yours would like to connect. Feel free to email me at k.rea@heritagechristianacademy.net.
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