June 15, 2015

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goeswith you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." Deuteronomy 31:6. This is the verse Grade 8 chose as theirgraduation verse and have painted on to the mural in the senior hall. Thank you for leaving that with us,graduates! It is my prayer that as the graduating students leave WCS and as the rest of us take a break from WCSfor the summer, we will all take this verse with us, owning it as our profession. In our faith, learning and livingthis year, we declared that "The Whole Earth is filled with His glory!" God's thumb-print is on ALL creation!God promises to us all (His creations!) that he will never leave us or forsake us! Isn't that an awesome blessing!!!

I wish you all a summer of rest, relaxation and refocusing. Go with God in His strength and joy.

Mrs. B. Huinink-Buiter

Congratulations to all those who will celebratetheir birthdays during the summer months!

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

Prayer Requests: Please pray for Lexi Wiggins and her family as they grieve the death of Rick's mother. Lexiand her family have gone to Indiana for the funeral; we pray that they will be assured that God's arms arewrapped securely around them at this time . We thank God for His presence in our lives in good times andthrough difficult times.

Chicken: Orders will be available for pickup on Thursday, June 18 . Please make arrangements to have yourth

orders picked up at that time. Please keep in mind that the school no longer has a deep freezer so it is veryimportant to make arrangements to have your orders picked up. Please note that we will not be responsible fororders that are not picked up without prior arrangements. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Solat 519-539-7839 or jmsol@rogers.com.

Foster Child Collection: Thank you for your Friday morning donations to our foster child Lousca! The recentGrade 1 fund-raiser added $70.90 to our collections. Thank you for your generous giving.

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Last Day of School: This Friday, June 19 is the last school day of the year and it isth

scheduled to be a half day. If you drive your children to and from school, please be hereat 1:00 pm to pick them up. If your children come home on the bus, note that the buseswill leave WCS at 1:00 pm. Have a wonderful, blessed summer! I pray that God willkeep you safe and bring you all back for the school year 2015-2016. You will receive a'Back-to- school' letter in the first week of August with information from the teacher(s)of the new class your child(ren) will be in, and the first day of school is scheduled forTuesday, September 8 .th

Food Drive: 64 jars and containers of baby food were collected last week during theGrade 1 food drive. The baby food will be donated to the Woodstock Food Bank forWoodstock area families. Thank you!

Milk Bag Mats: You donated 1850 milk bags this year to Grade 1. Thank you! Wemade 5 milk bag mats that will be sent to people in need through the Gleaners ofWaterloo. Thank you Mrs. Mitchell for the time & instruction you gave for this project!

From the Library: Congratulations to Nicholas Horinga, Alissa Driese and AbbyVanderHoek who each won a prize for participating in the Canadian Children's BookWeek colouring/decorating contest. Thanks for all of the great participation from theprimary grades!

A special invitation: You are all invited to join Craig & I for our wedding ceremony on July 25 of this summer; we would beth

honoured if you could attend! All parents and children are welcome. The ceremony will be held at Westmount Christian ReformedChurch in Strathroy at 2:00 pm. - Stephanie Linker

Wee Creations Christian Preschool is accepting registrations for September. The program provides a half day program for childrenaged 2.5 to 5 years. We are licensed by the Ministry of Education. Registration forms can be picked in the door pocket of ourclassroom or by dropping by our classroom (across from JK) any morning.

Save the date: The WCS prayer group is planning to fill the hallways and school yard with prayer on the first day back to school.September 8 at 8:30 am we will walk through the hallways and around the fence as we pray for a blessing over the students, staff andth

board members for the 2015-16 school year (and beyond!). We invite everyone to join us for this morning of fellowship. We plan tocontinue meeting during the coming school year following the current schedule. (First and Third Wednesday mornings at 8:30 am)

We are in the middle of our Forward Fundraising Drive Campaign and "WE NEEDYOUR HELP". Please help us by passing on the word about our campaign and considerdonating towards one of the 4 categories in which we are fundraising for: SpecialEducation, Technology Services, Property/Building Improvements, and the Deficit.The Fundraising Drive so far has raised $32,500.00 and we are almost half-way to

reaching our goal of $70,000. The areas in which we are fundraising for would help out our school in so many ways and if we all worktogether we can make this goal happen. Thank you so much for your continued support.

London District Christian Secondary School will be running the 5th annual Volleyball Camp August 17-21, 9am -3pm, for studentsgoing into grades 6-9. For more info visit www.ldcss.caLDCSS invites you help us celebrate the graduating class of 2015 on Tues., June 23, 8 pm, North Park Church.LDCSS is looking for an additional member to our Advancement team for 2 days/week to reach out to the larger Christian community.Marketing & communication skills are an asset, as is a teamwork approach. To apply, please contact principal@ldcss.ca with a resumeand statement of Christian faith by June 12.

Junior Kindergarten: Welcome to the very last week of JuniorKindergarten! I will be sending home all your children's schoolthings home this week, so please check the backpacks each dayfor treasures from our classroom! On Tuesday & Wednesday ofthis week we will go to the splash pad; be sure to wearsunscreen! It has been a blessing to teach your children this year;many blessings on your summer!Monday - Celebrate JK1 summer birthdays

- Show & Share: something to do with rainbows

Tuesday - Celebrate JK2 summer birthdays- Show & Share: something to do with rainbows- Splash pad visit 11:45

Wednesday - Splash pad visit 11:45Thursday - Last full day!! Report cards go home for JK1

- Rainbow day!Friday - Last day of school! Report cards go home for

JK2, dismissal at 1pm.

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Tribute to Grade Eight AssemblyWe hope that you will all join us for our Tribute to Grade 8 Assembly

on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 8:30 a.m.All the classes will be participating in celebrating our grade 8 students.

Together, we will praise God for blessing them and we will celebrate the blessingthat they have been to us at WCS. See you all there! Refreshments to follow.

The Class of 2015 invites you to attend the

GRADUATION PROGRAMon Tuesday, June 16 in the Maranatha C.R.C.

at 8 p.m.We encourage you to help us celebrate this

milestone in our lives.

GRADUATES OF 2015

Josiah Bakker

Kyle Bean

Naomi Beimers

Julia Branderhorst

Tiffany Broos

Abigail deHaan

Esther deVries

Julia Little

Samuel Ogunmodede

Derek Overzet

Madelyn Paluska

Annilese Racicot

Brittany Ratelband

Wytze VandeBelt

Jeffrey Vandendool

Jonathan VanderSpek

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Senior Kindergarten: Welcome to the last week of the schoolyear. We praise and thank God for a great year of learning andgrowing closer to Him. We have truly seen Gods glory in so manyways this year. We will spend this week reviewing, cleaning andorganizing our classroom and celebrating with each other. Pleasebring in bathing suit, towel, and swimming aids for the pool partyon Wednesday. We will leave the school at 11:30. You arewelcome to join us! Have a safe and blessed summer!

Grade 1: Our last week of school is full of celebration! We willcontinue our learning of Australia. On Tuesday morning we saygood-bye to the graduating grade 8 class. On Friday we participatein Play Day with the students of WCS and are dismissed at 1:00pm for summer holidays!

Grade 2: Welcome to the last week of school! Wow! Time surehas flown by, and we have learned and accomplished so much thisyear! A HUGE thank you goes to all the parents that we had joinus on our trip last week. What a great day we had! We have anexciting week ahead as we prepare to finish our school yearstrong. If you still have library books around the house, please besure to send them in this week.Monday - See VIP FolderTuesday - Grade 8 Grad Assembly and CeremoniesWednesday - Reading Calendar DueThursday - Class PartyFriday - Last Day of School! Report Cards! 1pm Dismissal

Grade 3: Welcome to the last week of school! Today we enjoyeda Pioneer school day and a visit by author Joanne Brelsford. Weinvite you to come on Wed. at 2:10 pm for our structurepresentations. The last of the AR books are due this week. Also,return all library books. Have a wonderful summer!Tuesday - Phys. Ed., - Graduate Assembly (8:30 am)Wednesday - Structure Presentations (2:10 pm)Friday - Play Day Activities, - Report Cards

- Early Dismissal (1 pm)

Grade 4: Wow, can you believe that it is the last week of schoolalready! I pray that you will all have a very relaxing summer!Props & costumes will be sent home on Wednesday after our finalperformance of the play. Thanks be to God for an awesome year!Tuesday - Frank; - Music; - Graduation Assembly at 8:30

- Bible presentationsWednesday - Hayden; - Celebrate Alex's birthday!!!

- Perform "Midsummer Night's Dream" at Marantha- Bible presentations

Thursday - Jacklyn; - Celebrate Elizabeth's birthday!!!- Singing O Canada at the Pan Am Torch lighting- Bible presentations

Friday - Last day of school; - Game Day; - Report cards- School done at 1:00

Grade 5: Praise God for his faithfulness to our class this year. Ithas been exciting to see how the students have grown in academicskills and in their relationships. We have been very blessed!Thank you for your ongoing prayers, support, and encouragement;we have appreciated your care and love for us. Thanks again to allthe parents and grandparents who joined us on our rainy field tripto Marineland last week. We had loads of fun. :) This week wewill wrap up our year with several special activities including aclass party on Thursday afternoon after singing at the Community

Complex. Students are welcome to bring in snacks to share, and Iwill provide the drinks. Congratulations to Ian and Amber whowill be celebrating their summer birthdays this week. Thanksagain for a great year. May God bless you all and keep you safeover the summer holiday.Monday - Home Folders; Gym strip; Happy Birthday Ian!!Tuesday - Grade 8 Tribute AssemblyWednesday - Gym strip; Happy Birthday Amber!!Thursday - Wear gym strip for singing at the Community

Complex (11:15-1:30); - Class partyFriday - Last day of school, report cards

- Play Day, Buses leave at 1:00

Grade 6/7A: This week we will present our Health presentationsto the class, and work on our culminating for literature. Testenvelopes and report cards are going home on Friday.Today - Literature tests; - Sentence writing quizTuesday - Math Requiz; - Grade 8 AssemblyWednesday - Grade 7's are on tripFriday - Last day of school. Receive report cards. Have a

great summer! May God bless you!

Grade 7B/8: Welcome to our very last week of the year, and forthe 8s, the very last week - ever - at WCS. May God bless youthrough this week's activities and throughout the summer andthroughout your lives!Monday - Grad rehearsal

- Band and baseball game Covenant Christian SchoolTuesday - Tribute to 8s assembly & 'clapout'

- 8s excused after assembly, poster placement, andclean-up; - setting up for grad dinner- 5pm - back at WCS: Lifetouch photographer takesgrad photos- 5:30pm - 7s who are serving should be at WCS- Grad song rehearsal for parents- 6pm - Grad dinner- 8pm - Grad ceremony

Wednesday - 8:10 am 8s at WCS for grad trip (parents drop off inparking lot)- 8:30 am 7s leave for Niagara bike trip (parents dropoff in West driveway)

Thursday - 8s at Miniyowe- 7s school as usual

Friday - Play day- Report cards; - Early dismissal

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: June 16 - Tribute Assembly

- GraduationJune 17 - Board MeetingJune 19 - Last Day 1 p.m. dismissal

- Report CardsJune 27 - WCS Golf Tournament