Friday, November 15, 2013

-- Week of 11.11.13 --

Welcome to RISE Online.

Here are some highlights of what happened
 at Greenville Christian School this past week!!


Enjoy!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The annual Coin Drop for the DR mission trip is finished and the results are in! 

Here are the winners:

First place was 9th and 2nd grade with a positive 30,991 points earning $1,043.51! They get to go to a skating party with the DR mission team.
-----------------------
Last place was Pre-Kindergarten and Sixth Grade with a negative 27,092 points and $489.34 earned! They also get a pizza party along with a comfy casual day.
-----------------------
The overall total amount for the mission trip is $3,711!! 
Thanks to all who help support this great cause!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------




The Second and Fourth grade were visited by Ava Wimberly's grandfather, an expert on Indian artifacts, and he taught them about the Native American culture.
----------------------
We asked some of the kids what they thought about it:

"The beaver skin was fluffy." Mckenze Brown
"The fox's skin is funny." Owen Weaver
"They bobcats still had their claws." Colby Witt
"The bobcat was so soft I can't even stand it!" Bailey McCasland
"The rocks they used were...cool." Taylor Mahan

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Math Olympics was this past Tuesday! 
Kids from 5th and 6th grade came to school 
to test their mathematics skills.

Here are the students who competed:

5th grade Composition
Wilson
Eljah
Virginia

5th grade Reasoning
Joshua
Tommy
Cody

6th grade Composition
Amber
Kaitlyn
Chloe

6th grade Reasoning
Allison
Grace
Macey


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mr. Walker came to the Second grade this week to talk about the Philippines and his amazing missionary work that he does there. 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--- Sports Scores 11.9.13 - 11.14.13 ---


The football team made it to the playoffs! Go Eagles! The Eagles will be headed to Abilene to compete in the first round of the playoffs! If you can, come out and support the boys in Abilene @Abilene Christian University Saturday at 2pm!


Varsity Football:
11-9-13
GCS vs. Wataga Harvest
GCS -- 74-27


Middle School Basketball:
11-11-13
GCS vs. Rockwall Christian
Boys
GCS -- 21-19

Girls
GCS -- 27-21

11-14-13
GCS vs. Wylie Prep
Boys
GCS -- 43 - 23

Girls
GCS -- 21 - 12

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We hope you had a great week and we look forward to 
having you back next Friday morning!

As always, it is our hope to keep you informed and 
enlightened to the happenings of Greenville Christian School.

We are RISE. 

[Always feel free to email us or leave comments here. We look forward to your feedback.]

Fun Fact: The pilgrims ate eels for dinner.

No comments:

Post a Comment