Friday, October 30, 2009

Fall Festival Is Here!

Fall Festival was a fantastic time for FRCA family and friends. Over
300 children and parents enjoyed the bounce houses, movies and more.

Stories are being told about Mr. Hewlett challenging Mrs. Balgobin to
a duel on the Ultimate Obstacle Race. Mr. Hewlett was close to winning
but has trouble squeezing out of the final obstacle, allowing Mrs.
Balgobin to catch up and tie him at the finish line!

Mr. C and Mr. S were cajoled into a challenge race as well . Mr. C got
off to a quick start and never relinquishes his lead. Round 1 to Mr.
C. Better luck next time Mr. S!

The rains held off so all could enjoy It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie
Brown, and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. All in all, a wonderful
tome together.

A big thank you to the FRCA Parents Club for putting so much work into
making Fall Festival a success.

Thank you to Countryside Shops Publix manager, Ursula, for bringing
out her team and Plato. The children loved it, and we all enjoyed the
food! You were a great community partner.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

100 Preschoolers?!

Here is a sneak peak of "Let's Pretend Day". No matter if your child
is preschool or elementary, you will love this special All-school
Chapel. We hope to see you Wednesday at 9:00am!

Book Fair is Here!

Mrs. Varona, Gilbreath, and a team of volunteer moms did a great job
setting up this years book fair! And Mrs. Lopez' 3rd grade is seen
here getting the first crack at the vast selection. Dinosaurs, Star
Wars, and Boys are Dogs, are all poular this morning. It us great to
see our students so excited about picking books to read.

Part of picking out books even helps students learn about math. How?
Well, they have to calculate the cost of the books, subtract that from
how much money they have and walla, a fun math learning activity!

So, come on out and support reading and math. In doing so, you will
also be supporting our library and computer lab expansion. We look
forward to seeing you at the Book Fair!

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Story Time At The Pumpkin Patch


Each year around this time, the air cools, the leaves change color,
birds fly away; all in preparation for the snowy winter! And here in
South Florida, with temperatures in the high 80's, we make our annual
visit to the pumpkin patch. Mr. Pumpkin Patch Man read "Pumpkin Soup", and other Fall selections for our 1st Grade students.

Classes have been using pumpkins to study math, science and reading
over the last week. Visiting the pumpkin patch is a great way to bring
it all to life.

Thanks to all the parent that make the visit with our classes. Having
parents along reallyakes it a fun and memorable experience for all!
Mom, dad, your child is sure to want to make pumpkin pie or carve
faces...take time to enjoy the moment and share conversation. It will
really mean the world to your child.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

God We Trust In You...


...and we follow you! Lord may we honor you, and live out loud for you!
Today, chapel was worship "full". Seeing our students raise up voices and hands toward heaven as they cried out the name of God, was a powerful example for each of us to follow!
Our desire is to have as many parents and grandparents worshipping
together with our students and staff as possible. We have had great attendance and support from families already this year, and have been thinking of ways for even more of our families to join us. In this effort to increase families attending, we have decided to move chapel from 8:15am to 1:30pm! Holding chapel at 1:30pm will allow for even more families to join us in worship together! Mark your calendars for each Wednesday at 1:30pm, starting November 4th for Awards Chapel!

We look forward to seeing you in chapel soon.