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The FLEC Flyer | December 18, 2009 | Week 18Message from the Principal . . .

Greetings! My heart is filled this morning with great joy forthe amazing week that this has been. On Monday, thePre-K through third grade choir, handbells, and stringsperformed at the Forest Lake Church. It was, perhaps, thebest elementary school program that I have ever seen.Kudos to Lina Pooler, Chip Everts and Anna Adkins for theamazing job that they did!

On Tuesday, we had our fourth annual Faculty Christmas party and what great fun! It waswonderful to spend a relaxing evening with our incredible staff.

It is with great joy that I come before you at the end of this week trusting that you will be able to celebrate with your children during the vacation. Celebratewho they are, that they are yours and that Jesus is coming soon to take us home.

During this holiday season, the Ledesma family has much to celebrate; my husband’s birthday, our 20th anniversary and my birthday. Won’t you find aspecial way of celebrating the people that God has put in your lives?

Blessings,Janet Ledesma

“But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home asyour wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he willsave his people from their sins.” - Matthew 1:20-21

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Calendar at a Glance

Calendars were distributed to your children and are on our website. Please refer to the calendar in planning for your child's daily activites.

December 18 2nd Quarter Ends - Noon Dismissal

December 21 - January 3 Christmas Vacation

January 4 School Resumes

Link to Forest Lake Education Center 2009-2010 Calendar

Administrator on DutyIn order to better serve you and your family, our Administrative team will now be available until 6:00 p.m. each evening. You will find the Administrator on dutyeither in the office or on campus. The schedule will be as follows:

NO SCHOOL DECEMBER 21 - JANUARY 3

Our Administrator on Duty looks forward to assisting you in any way possible.

Lunch Menu

January 4 - 8

Monday Subs, Chips, Cookies

Tuesday Chicken Tenders, Scalloped Potatoes, Corn, Fruit Snacks

Wednesday Baked Ziti, Salad, Garlic Bread, Italian Ice

Thursday Veggie Burger, Fries, Peaches

Friday Pizza, Salad, Cookies

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FLEC SCHOOL NIGHT WITH THE ORLANDO MAGIC

Join us for Forest Lake Education Center’s 3rd Annual night with the Orlando Magic! Show your schoolspirit on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at the Orlando Magic vs. Detroit Pistons game at 7:00 p.m. inthe Amway Arena. If you arrive early, you will have the opportunity to hear the FLEC Choir perform theNational Anthem in front of 17,000 fans. The first 40 students to sell 10 tickets will get to high-five theOrlando Magic Players. Tickets start from $22 each. This offer is good for students, faculty, staff, familymembers, friends and neighbors—everybody! When you purchase the tickets through FLEC, OrlandoMagic will donate money to our school. This cooperative fundraiser will help the PE Department purchaseequipment. For more information, please contact Coach Coco at (407) 862-7688 x 260.

NEW AFTERCARE "FRIDAY" HOURS

Due to daylight savings time, Aftercare hours will be changing. Effective NOW through March 5, 2010, Aftercare will be closing at 5:15p.m. ON FRIDAY’S ONLY. Please make arrangements to pick up your child by 5:15 p.m.

This prayerful decision was made to allow time to prepare for Sabbath observance. While our goal is to honor this special day of theweek that God bestows upon us and to receive His blessings, we recognize that this may present a hardship for some families. Pleasedo not hesitate to contact us if our new hours present a problem for you. As always, we are here for you.

FOOD ALLERGIES

Over the last two weeks, we have dealt with reactions to food allergies. On behalf of our students with food allergies, we are requestingthat if you are hosting, sponsoring a party or sending food to school that you label foods that contain nuts, peanut oil or peanut butter. Asa school family, we have put controls in place to continue to make FLEC a safe place for all our students.

HELP OUR TEACHERS!

Many classrooms are being disrupted between 2:45-3:00 p.m. and we need your help. It is our desire for teachers to utilize class timeeffectively and would like to request that disruptions be kept to a minimum. Also, if you would like to see a teacher we ask that you waituntil after dismissal, call or e-mail for an appointment. The FLEC Receptionist is happy to deliver messages, lunches, books and papersto your child. Thank you so much for your cooperation in this matter.

DISMISSAL

Remember school is out at 3:15 pm. Please note that it is disruptive to learning when parents come to theclassroom door at 2:50 or 3:00 to get their child. Please be patient and wait till the class is dismissed, youcan meet your child as the class leaves the classroom. Thank you for understanding and helping theteachers utilize those last minutes of the day.

Choose a Lane - Please remember to be extremely careful and patient when driving on campus. As youturn into the school drive please use the right lane if you are picking up from behind the school (5ththrough 8th grader riders) and the left lane if you are picking up children in front of the school (Pre-Kthrough 4th grade and multi-grade riders). Remember to be considerate; yield to your neighbor andpractice patience. Safety is our number one concern.

Rain Dismissal – We continue to tweak our rain dismissal procedure. Our goal is to safely completedismissal in 30 minutes or less from when the dismissal bell rings. Be assured that your child will not besent to Aftercare as long as there are still cars in line to pick-up.

H1N1 PROTOCOL

Parents, please refer to our website for instructions regarding the H1N1 protocol. Remember that your child MUST be symptom free for24 hours before returning to school.

FLU PREVENTION

Flu season has started early this year and with swine flu being such a prominent news story do you ever wonder what FLEC is doing toprevent the flu? Be assured that FLEC Administration and staff takes flu prevention very serious. In consult with several medical experts,FLEC Administration has adopted the following practices:

Posters at every sink to show and encourage good hand washing techniques. (Make hand washing fun and effective, sing “HappyBirthday” twice to encourage children to wash for the recommended 20 seconds)

Hand sanitizer placed in every classroom and many other convenient places around our school. (CDC recommends a minimum of60% Ethyl Alcohol in hand sanitizer, FLEC uses hand sanitizer with a 63% Ethyl Alcohol base.)Classrooms are thoroughly cleaned every day. If a student shows signs of the flu that classroom receives a deeper cleaning withan industrial sanitizer that includes every desk, chair, keyboard lunchbox storage area and the nearby bathrooms and drinkingfountains.Frequent cleaning, through-out the day our doors, drinking fountains, sinks phones for student use, are wiped down withdisinfectant.Flu Shots are encouraged.

Stay Healthy Links:http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/home_work_school.htmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTAl4lO3aMhttp://www.itsasnap.org/snap/statistics.asp

LOWER YOUR CELL PHONE BILL

The FLEC Handbook states: “Cell phones must be powered off during school hours: 7:50 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. Monday –Thursday, and 7:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Fridays. They must not be visible during class, in the halls, or anywhere oncampus during school hours.”

There will now be a $25.00 fine for any cell phone visible during the school day. Students can use school phones withteacher’s permission and parents may leave messages with the front office if they need to reach their student.

VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN

We still have several openings in our VPK program. This is a wonderful opportunity for your four year old to experience learning in aChristian school environment. We are one of the few schools that offer a full day VPK program. Please contact the Registrar at407-862-7688, ext. 221 for more information.

STEP-UP FOR STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIP

If you haven't already, please stop by the Business Office and sign your check or you will be obligated for the full tuition. Thank You.

BILLING

Just a friendly reminder: All school bills are due at the end of the month. If you have questions about your charges, please contact theBusiness Office at 407-862-7688, ext. 226.

INTRAMURALS BASKETBALL GRADES K-3

An application went home with your child today. If you do not receive one come by the office to get one. Please fill it out and have it tothe office by Tuesday Jan. 5. Teams will be picked and posted on the web Friday January 8. First game will be Monday, Jan. 11. If youhave any questions you can contact me at 407-862-7688 ext. 263 or mastrapam@flec-sda.org.

Mark Mastrapa

SPECIAL THANKS!

A special thank you to Lina Pooler and Chip Everts for all their hard work and dedication. They provide our students with such a highlevel of excellence in music instruction and they deserve to be recognized for their talent.

HOME & SCHOOL NEWS

PARENTS IN PRAYER:We meet every Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. in the Aftercare room next to Chris Carey's office in the library. Please join us as we upliftour students, teachers, staff, administration and our entire FLEC family in prayer! Our locked "Prayer Request Mailbox" is in the gym onthe wall in front of Mr. McCoy's office.

MAGAZINE DRIVE – Orders can still be submitted online at www.qsp.com using FLEC's school order code: 425006163. Questions aboutthe status of your magazine order? Call QSP at 1/800-678-2673.

Thank you parents for all that you give to FLEC.

Sincerely,

Melissa Keller

Home and School Association

DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Christmas season is in full swing - around my house we’ve dived in headlong! Tons, it seems, of caramel corn (the signature TilstraChristmas gift to friends) has already been made. The buttery smell of Christmas cookies baking has filled the house, hours of timeworking around the dining room table with the whole family, Andy included, assembling hand-made Christmas cards have already begun,and of course, the steady background of 24/7 Christmas music makes the scene complete! What a warm, busy, and happy seasonChristmas is!

In the midst of all this great stuff that I’m sure is happening around your house, too, please save a slice of the time to remember FLEC.Recently, you may have received the beautiful folder we sent telling the story of the new classroom building we are raising funds to build.In that brochure you received is a section you can fill out and make a gift for FLEC. Please prayerfully consider this project and whatyour part in it should be.

At any time, call Dan Tilstra, 269-208-1111, if you want to give a gift to the building project, have questions, or simply a suggestion thatmight give us more success.

Thank you and happy holiday preparations!

Dan Tilstra

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PRIOR FLEC Flyer Editions

Need a prior FLEC Flyer Edition? No problem! They are waiting for you online or available to be downloaded and printed by simply goingto http://priorflecflyers.displayedhere.com. Also available on the FLEC website.

If you have a young boy or girl in grades 1st -5th who is interested in training in ourSports Jujitsu Program at FLEC on Fridays at 1:45, please take a moment topre-register them to secure your place today. All participants MUST be able to followdirections and work well with others. As soon as we have 12 students registered withall three forms filled out, we will launch the new program. Pre-registration cost $25.

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