Week of 9.29.14

Welcome to RISE Online.

Here are some highlights of what happened

 at Greenville Christian School this past week!!

Enjoy!

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Pre-K:          

The kids have been learning about Jesus healing the blind man and practicing a song for Grandparent's day!

Kindergarten:   

The class has been memorizing Romans 12:21 "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome with evil."

1st Grade:      

Have begun counting money!

2nd Grade:      

These little patriots have been learning about the Liberty Bell and the Statue of Liberty! Murica'.

3rd Grade:      
This class has begun their animal projects to show their grandparent's in the next few weeks!

5th Grade:      

This class went on a field trip to learn how to fish at the Fishery!

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--- Sports Scores 9.30.14 to 10.2.14 ---

Varsity Volleyball:

9-30-14
GCS vs. Garland Christian Academy
18-25 Garland
13-25 Garland
20-25 Garland

10-2-14
 GCS vs. Dallas
Our Lady Eagles were defeated three out of two times, but put up a good fight in this district game. 

Junior Varsity Volleyball:
10-2-14
 GCS vs. Dallas
Our JV won both of their games in a clutch match against their opponents. 


Middle School Volleyball:

9-30-14
GCS vs. Garland Christian Academy
A & B team both won their games in a consecutive streak.

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We hope you had a great week and we look forward to 

having you back next Friday afternoon!

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.]

Week of 9.22.14

Welcome to RISE Online.

Here are some highlights of what happened

 at Greenville Christian School this past week!!

Enjoy!

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Be My Witness Day is day out of the year where the whole school participates in a collective effort to be witness' to people around the community. Whether it is doing outside work or hanging out with kids, we all do it for our Lord. 

We also have a nation wide event in the morning called See You at the Pole. Where students from the schools go to their flag poles to pray for our nation, friends, and family.

Check out these amazing kids doing God's work!

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Pre-K:          

It's that time again! Students have been practicing songs for their Grandparent's Day event!

Kindergarten:   

The class has been learning a new Bible verse, Luke 1:37 "For nothing will be impossible without God" and the a new letter for them, the letter C.

1st Grade:      

Collected canned foods for F.I.S.H. along with 3rd grade!

2nd Grade:      

This class was learning how to properly grip a pencil and began studying on how the US flag came to be.

3rd Grade:      

4th Grade:      

Making chew toys for the needy animals in the animal shelters around our community!

5th Grade:      

Counting box tops for our school funds!

6th Grade:      

Gathered goody bags for the AFA golf tournament!

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--- Sports Scores 9.23.14 to 9.25.14 ---

Varsity Volleyball:

9-23-14
GCS vs. Fairhill
GCS won three straight sets in the district game. 

9-25-14
GCS vs. Cambridge School of Dallas
GCS volleyball team defeats the team with help from Meaghan Brown, Shelby Hauser and their 12 service points. Catherine Martens led the team in kills.
25-6
25-11
25-18

Middle School Volleyball:

9-25-14
GCS vs. Cambridge School of Dallas
The A Team won all of their games as well. 
25-10
25-3

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We hope you had a great week and we look forward to 

having you back next Friday afternoon!

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.]

Week of 9.15.14

Welcome to RISE Online.

Here are some highlights of what happened

 at Greenville Christian School this past week!!

Enjoy!

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Pre-K:          

The kids were learning about the Tower of Babel and synonyms and antonyms! 

Kindergarten:   

The class learned how to sing "Down by the Bay" and patterns!

1st Grade:      

These little authors wrote story about a Native American called Sookey's Camoto.

2nd Grade:      

Second grade has been reading about Job and how he stayed faithful even though he faced adversity. 

3rd Grade:      

These kids have been really good this week! For their reward, they got stars for good behavior!

4th Grade:      

The class has been learning about the different biomes and habitats in our environment! 

5th Grade:      

Fifth grade has been studying provinces and territories all over the world! 

6th Grade:      

This class became scientists this week on examining ecosystems and food chains!

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--- Sports Scores 9.9.14 to 9.11.14 ---

Varsity Volleyball:

9-16-14
GCS vs. Poetry
16-24 PT
19-25 PT
25-27 PT

9-18-14
GCS vs. Carollton 
28-26 GCS
25-11 GCS
25-18 GCS
25-22 GCS



Junior Varsity Volleyball:
9-16-14
GCS vs. Poetry
20-25 PT
20-25 PT

Middle School Volleyball:
9-1-14
GCS vs. Poetry
GCS defeats Poetry in two consecutive games. Way to go! 

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We hope you had a great week and we look forward to 

having you back next Friday afternoon!

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.]

Week of 9.8.14

Welcome to RISE Online.

Here are some highlights of what happened

 at Greenville Christian School this past week!!

Enjoy!

This week on Thursday, was 9/11. This is a memorial website to those who were affected and changed forever by this tragedy. Let this be a day we never forget. 

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Pre-K & Kindergarten:    

This class is learning about Noah, they have been building an ark out of blocks for a project!

1st Grade:               

 These little guys became community helpers this week!

2nd Grade:               

The kids learned about Abraham on how he prayed for Sodom and Gomorrah, even though they were wicked. 

4th Grade:               

On Thursday, the kids in this class wrote a prayer to the families affected by the attacks. 
They also started learning more about science and the scientific method.  

5th Grade & 6th Grade:   

Both of the classes dissected frogs and owl pellets!

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--- Sports Scores 9.9.14 to 9.11.14 ---

Varsity Volleyball:

9-8-14
GCS vs. Denton Calvary
25-23 DC
25-11 GCS
25-20 GCS

9-11-14
GCS vs. Phoenix Charter
26-24 GCS
25-19 GCS
25-16 GCS


Junior Varsity Volleyball:
9-8-14
GCS vs. Denton Calvary
25-8 DC
25-11 DC
25-14 DC

9-11-14
GCS vs. Phoenix Charter
25-7 GCS
25-15 GCS

Middle School Volleyball:
9-11-14
GCS vs. Phoenix Charter

25-9 GCS
25-15 GCS
25-13 GCS

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We hope you had a great week and we look forward to 

having you back next Friday afternoon!

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.]

Week of 8.25.14 & 9.2.14

Welcome to RISE Online.

Here are some highlights of what happened

 at Greenville Christian School this past week!!

Enjoy!

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Pre-K:          

The class was talking about Adam and Eve, as well as days of the week for their first time!

Kindergarten:   

During their study on Creation, the whole class made fish out of hands!

1st Grade:      

This class became scientists this week and conducted experiments including milk. 

2nd Grade:      

Mrs. Bench taught her students about making sunflowers out of paper!

3rd Grade:      

The class got four new students, Bradley and Judith. Along with hermit crabs Mr. Flats and Mr. Krabs!

4th Grade:      

The fourth grade went to art with Mr. Giles. Sounds fun!

5th Grade:      

This class decided to make their very own paper. As in, creating paper from scratch!

6th Grade:      

Along with 1st Grade conducting experiments, the class dissected a frog!

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--- Sports Scores 8.26.14 to 9.4.14 ---

Varsity Football:

8-29-14
GCS vs. Denton Calvary
74--28 Calvary

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We hope you had a great week and we look forward to 

having you back next Friday afternoon!

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.]

We are RISE

RISE Online is the online supplement to 

RISE, the yearbook.

What you'll find here are stories and pictures along with information 

about events from a student perspective. 

We publish every Friday afternoon so we can keep you 

up-to-date on what's going on at Greenville Christian School.

Editor-in-Chief

Noah Moody

Creative Director

Stacie Swiger

Photo Manager

Morgan Hargrave

RISE Online

Brandon Safar

Noah Bahm

Ike Bowers
Kasey Felder

Production Staff

Rachel Bleier

Parker Blue
Peyton Fuller
Sara Mayfield

We are RISE.

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Week of 5.12.14

Welcome to RISE Online.

Here are some highlights of what happened

 at Greenville Christian School this past week!!

Enjoy for the last time!

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1st Grade:

This Friday the class had an AR Pajama day! 

2nd Grade:

The class has been reading a 5th grade level book! It is called "Little House in the Big Woods"

4th Grade:

This class went to see "Charlotte's Web" in Dallas this week on Thursday. 

6th Grade:

6th and 1st grade worked together on a project including cornstarch and water. Judging which ones they can stand on!

Secondary:

7th grade planted pumpkins, watermelon, and cantaloupe. 

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We also asked the teachers on what their thoughts were on the year as whole. Here are some funny and heartfelt comments they gave us:

Mrs.Nelson: "Thank goodness it's almost over!" 
Mrs. Bowers: "Among teachers, I am most blessed."
Mrs. Simpson: "I don't work well under pressure."
Mrs. Bench: "2nd grade was awesome!"
Mrs. Traverse: "It's the end of the year we are just as tired as ya'll are."
Mrs. McKeey: "Now is not a good time..."
Mr. Witt: "Where did the time go?"
Mrs. Wrinkle: "It's been real, it's been fun, it hasn't been real fun."
Mr. Smith: "Education is the only business that the customer does not care as long as they get the receipt."
Mrs. Byrd: "What an awesome year!"
Mr. Giles: "Somebody give me a funny quote."

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Here are some Senior Trip and 8th Grade Trip photos from the last few weeks! Thanks to all who supported in making this happen for the students!

Senior Trip to Washington D.C and New York City.

8th Grade Trip to San Antonio

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We got results back from the Regional Science Fair! Here are the winners: 

(Gold)

1st place:

Marissa Hauser

Anna Simpson

(Silver)

2nd place:

Bailey Swanson

Rebecca Davis

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We hope you had a great YEAR and we look forward to 

having you back next YEAR!!!

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.]

Week of 5.5.14

Welcome to RISE Online.

Here are some highlights of what happened

 at Greenville Christian School this past week!!

Enjoy!

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1st Grade:

It is First grade's turn to do chapel this week! Check out what God laid on their hearts!

2nd Grade:

Second grade had the opportunity to lay chick eggs! 

3rd Grade:

Some of this class, along with 4th-6th grade, went to Frisco for getting all of their AR goals throughout the year to cheer on the Rough Riders!

5th Grade:

5th and 6th grade went to the Cinemark in Rockwall to go see the new Disney movie Bears!

6th Grade:

The class went to Six Flags! They also made ice cream with the 1st graders!

Secondary:

The Juniors ALSO went to Six Flags this week, here is a pretty awesome selfie.

The SADD program had a walk-a-thon for Drug-Free Greenville with the theme as Duck Dynasty. Take a look a these devoted people walking for the cause.

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--- Sports Scores 5.1.14 ---

Varsity Track

Congratulations to Meaghan Brown for getting 2nd in Long Jump and 100m hurdles!

Also congratulations to the Relay Team for getting to State! Great job! 

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We hope you had a great week and we look forward to 

having you back next Friday afternoon!

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.]