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Reminder: Today

K-12 Early Release at 1:00pm NO Afterschool Daycare

NO School Thu 28th Fri 29th (Thanksgiving Break)

Happy Thanksgiving!

GCS K-12 Christmas Program Thursday, December 12th

The concert begins at 7:00pm, and is being held in the South Campus Gym. I would like for the students to arrive by 6:30pm and to meet in the Learning Lab (in classroom hall by the gym)

Concert attire for the students is dress clothes (nice pants/shirts for boys; nice skirts/pants/shirts or dresses for girls).

Thank you, Mrs. Millinger

Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart!

Senior Naomi Shipman has chosen a winter coat drive for her Capstone Project. Below there is information on how you can

get involved and support one of our GCS students.

Below are a few highlights from our Thanksgiving Dessert and

Fellowship. Thank you to all the families and pastors who joined us.

The Ohio Scholars' Association Leadership Conference

By Zachary Zader

Last Friday, November the 15th, The Ohio Scholars'

Association (OSA) held its annual leadership conference.

The conference was held at Gilead Christian School. The

focus of this year's conference was on the "four

temperaments of man." This is an ancient theory developed

by Hippocrates, which, in an attempt to explain different

personalities of people, theorized that men had four

different temperaments, each corresponding to an excess of

a particular fluid in the body.

The four temperaments described by Hippocrates

are Choleric (driven), Sanguine (extroverted and social),

Melancholy (creative), and Phlegmatic logical). Before the

conference, all of the OSA members were asked to take a

survey to determine which temperament they had. Once

the meeting began, the students were divided up into

groups based on their temperaments.

The main event of the conference was a race

through eight different activities; these included charades,

writing a motivational speech in 5 minutes, making your

way through a minefield, and an egg drop competition. The

goal of these various activities was to help the participants

understand their type of leadership when it came to

different situations. After the various activities were

completed, the group broke for lunch. Following lunch,

students were treated to a lecture on the problem-solving

method, developed by American executive Alex Osborn.

After the talk, members were broken into groups and

tasked with solving different school-related problems.

There was a group that tackled school-wide issues such as

stress levels, as well as groups dealing with matters in

FFA, band, student council, and others.

After the conference concluded, everyone went

away with a better understanding of their individual

leadership style, which will help them in their future

endeavors.

Operation Christmas Child

By Tori Griffin

Christmas is an exciting time of the year full of

fun, faith, and, most importantly, family. For many years

children and adults around the world get excited for this

one magical day, eager to see what gifts they will receive

from loved ones but what about children that won't get

anything for Christmas?

To eliminate this problem, many organizations

have fundraisers and charities to give gifts to those in

need. A popular one is Operation Christmas Child, a

group that gathers small, simple gifts and personal care

items for millions of children in situations where they

will get nothing for Christmas. Once these items are

collected, they are put in shoe boxes and sent off in large

shipments to where they are needed worldwide. This has

been happening since the start in 1993. Since then, they

have sent out 135 million boxes!

This year our school again partnered with Gilead

Friends Church to take part in the Operation Christmas

Child's mission. Earlier this month, our high schoolers

went to the Mount Gilead shopping plaza and using their

own money bought items to be included in the boxes.

Once back at school, they sorted the gifts into appropriate

categories for packing later. Then on November 12th,

after lunch, the students helped the church pack the

shoeboxes. The event organizer, Patty Levering, said, "It's

great to see all you kids take your own money and use it

on people who really need it." We packed a total of 91

gifts! These boxes will make a lot of kids happy this

Christmas season, and by doing just some simple

shopping and packing make a big difference in some kids

this Christmas.

Our lost and found box at North Campus has several

items left behind. If you think your child/children may

have left something, please check the box located in the

back hallway next to the cafeteria. Thank you

Lost and

Found

Morrow Co. Christmas Parade

Gilead Christian School is participating in this year's Morrow Co. Christmas parade on Dec 6th. We need some help getting our wagon ready for this event. We need the following items: - Wooden "stable front" with a star on top that can fit in the back of the wagon. (Looking for someone to make or if a person, church, etc. has one we can borrow for a few days.) - Straw -Two banners, the length of the wagon, that say "Christmas Through the Years...This Christmas Story is Timeless!" -Costumes for Mary, Joseph, 3 Shepherds, 3 Wisemen -Swaddled baby doll We will need: -Someone to play Mary -Someone to play Joseph -3 Shepherds -3 Wise Men -As many other children and adults who can participate Below is a description and sketch of what the float will look like. If you are able to help please contact Aleta Jones. aleta.jones@gileadchristianschool.org or 234-564-5626 by Nov 30th. Thank you

November Wed 27 Early Release 1:00pm (No Daycare)

Thu 28 No School (Happy Thanksgiving)

Fri 29 No School (Thanksgiving Break)

December Mon 2 School Resumes

Tue 10 School Meeting 6:30pm

Thu 12 K-12 Christmas Program 7:00pm

Fri 13 Mid-Terms

Fri 20 Early Release 1:00pm (No Daycare)

Mon 23-Tues 31 No School (Christmas Break)

Calendar of Events to Remember:

GCS Girls/Boys Bowling Schedule Dec Tue 3 @Mansfield Senior (Lex Lanes) 4:00pm Fri 6 Centerburg ( Morrow Lanes) 4:00pm Mon 9 Cardington (Morrow Lanes) 4:00pm Tue 10 @ Galion (Victory Lanes) 4:00pm

GCS Girls/Boys H/S Basketball Schedule Dec Mon 2 @ home Torah Academy 5:00pm Thu 5 @ home Patriot Prep Academy 5:30pm Sat 7 @ home Shekinah Christian (girls) 11:00am Mon 9 @ home Calvary Christian (girls) 5:30pm Tue 10 @ home Grand Lake Christian 7:15pm

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old

he will not turn away. Proverbs 22:6

GCS Girls/Boys JH/S Basketball Schedule Dec Tue 10 @ home Grand Lake Christian 6:00pm (boys)

GCS Boys/Girls 4-6 Basketball Schedule Dec Mon 16 @ Columbus Adv. Academy

5:00pm

Mrs. Mosher has 6

week old kittens ready

for a new home. They

are tame, cute, and

free!!