A Halloween with a Purpose

My family had the opportunity to walk tonight in one of the neighborhoods not far from FMCS. We saw many members of the FMCS family around the neighborhood. My wife and I were very proud and impressed by the display at the home of Amy (our PK3 teacher) and Frank Jean - complete with Knights of Light activities and displays. Where else would you go trick or treating with a chance to leave your prayer requests, or hear about Jesus with the help of another teacher, FMCS parent and an alumnus helping their effort. The bible says to "make the most of opportunity" - thank you Frank and Amy for challenging us to make halloween more than just candy.

Math Pals Program

Another year and another great relationship with math, PK3 and 4th grade - "Math Pals." Fourth grade students get a chance to work on their math and leadership skills as they help the PK3 students with hands-on math projects. Thank you Mrs. jean and Mrs. Sanders! Today it was pumpkin seed counting!

Fun At King Richards!

Today 22 middle school students received their reward for their Entertainment Book sales: a trip to King Richards Fun Park in Naples.














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Coldstone Night!

We want to thank all of you for coming out to Coldstone Creamery tonight! We especially want to thank our celebrity servers:

Ft Myers store
5:00 Pastor Alex Bryant
6:00 Stacey Leatherman
7:00 Rachel McLaughlin
8:00 Gayle Shell

Cape Coral store
5:00 Aileen Gonzales
6:00 Myra Stewart
7:00 Jody Carefoot
8:00 Julie Issenmann


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Students Back from Washington D.C.

Three Ft. Myers Christian School students recently returned from a life changing experience in Washington D.C. The Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC) offers mature, high-achieving middle school students the opportunity to learn about leadership by studying the leaders of the past and by focusing on social advocacy to make a positive impact in their homes and communities. Through an examination of both different historical time periods and characteristics of leadership, students will gain a better understanding of what it takes to become an effective leader.

Middle schoolers Taylor Lowry, Tyler Williams, and Elijah Benzon joined hundreds of other students for the week. Each student shared their most memorable moments:

Taylor: “The leadership quality that helped me the most was respect because it taught me that I always need to be nice to everyone...My favorite part of the trip was meeting all of my new friends because we became really close."

Tyler: “Harper’s Ferry stood out the most to me because it has so much history behind it...This trip helped me because I learned about so many things it takes to be a leader.”

Elijah: “I was glad to be able to see and learn about famous buildings, monuments and artifacts in the Museum we visited. It is different to see them and know the history behind it...As a Christian, I am glad that my country has given me the chance to freely worship Jesus as my God."

FMCS Missions - Being a Light Outside of FMCS

We have families preparing for our big week next week:


1) Our FMCS Mission 25:40 Assembly on Monday, November 2 at 9:00 am in the First Assembly Sanctuary. Come and find out what every grade is doing this year and about the kickoff to our school-wide outreach: Operation Christmas Child!



2) November 2-6, shoebox collection week! FMCS families have donated over 1000 shoeboxes over the years!


- If you are not familiar with Operation Christmas Child - click here


- MOST IMPORTANT: what to pack and what not to pack - click here


- AND make sure you have a label on your box - click here if you do not have one


- If you do not have a shoebox, you can get some FREE at Family Christian Store located at the Gulf Coast Town Centre.

"Go Dog Go" in PK3

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Reading Takes Off in Elementary

Over the last two days 70 students enjoyed ice cream and all the toppings at the first quarter Accelerated Reader program party. With the encouragement from teachers, parents, family and peers, students read books, took quizzes and accumulated points for the right to go the "the party." Special recognition goes to Miss Blair Colbert (5th grade) who accumulated 128 points during the first quarter! (most students averaged 25 during the first quarter) We also want to thank the great team of AR moms who help make this program a success as well!





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The Fight Against Breast Cancer

Regarding Wednesday's NJHS Christian t-shirt dress down: the report back from NJHS sponsor, Mrs. Crouch - "We raised $150 for Susan G. Komen - a fantastic job!" THANK YOU!




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Mr. Mitchell,

Monday evening the winners of the “Keep the Scene Clean” contest, held last spring (in Lee County) were recognized and awarded their prizes in a very nice ceremony at the Broadway Palm Theater. Fifth grader, Megan Derums, received an honorable mention for her entry.

Sue Sinex, Art Teacher






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PE TEACHER FOR THE DAY

One of the great prizes from this year's auction was the chance for a student to be PE teacher for a day! This item was purchased by Nick and Lisa Chlumsky for their students, Alexandra and Nicky. Special thanks to our PE teacher, Miss Issenmann, for helping us have this day for us to train up future FMCS teachers!








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Alumni Golfers Shine

Chase Marinell

Alex Felice

Today's NewsPress featured two articles on the results of the high school district golf tournaments. Congratulations to:

- Jonathan Lowery, Ft. Myers - almost finished number one overall! Was involved in a four hole playoff.


- Airik Medinis, also a member of Ft. Myers team that will advance to the region tournament next week in Venice.

- Bishop Verot won their district led by Chase Marinell and Austin Lee


- Alex Felice led South Ft. Myers qualified for regionals


- ECS's Jake Sherwin also qualified for regionals


FMCS IS PROUD OF OUR GRADS!

Pump It Up For The Heart

Thank you to all those that attended the 6th grade missions fundraiser on Friday at Pump It Up. The event raised $144 for the American Heart Association. Special thanks to the 6th grade missions sponsors: Julie Issenmann and Tom Sinex (2nd picture above).

Third Grade Book Reports

Mrs. Jenning's third grade class gave their book reports and showed off their special projects on Friday.


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Explorers Day in 4th grade

Many thanks to Mrs. Sanders and the parents for their support of the 4th grade Explorer's Day! More pictures can be found on Mrs. Sander's Blog.

Thank You

Through the course of my blogging I have bragged about students, parents, audes and teachers. One group that cannot be left out of my bragging rights is my awesome office staff! Today they had a special Boss's Day breakfast for me - thank you. Tina is doing very well transitioning into the front office and helping "everyone" - students, parents, teachers, aides, visitors, etc. Last Friday night we honored Mrs. O'Brien for her 30th year of dedicated service to FMCS. Liz Allen holds down the fort in the middle school and always does a great job with Grandparents Day. Paula Dillon is off to a great start as my secretary and did an excellent job with decorating for the Annual Banquet last week. THANK YOU OFFICE STAFF


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Second Grade Storytellers

And I mean that in a good way! I was proud to see our second graders telling a bible story, using their own pictures to illustrate, to the PK4 class!


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The FMCS Family - Engagement News

The Annual Banquet and Auction was not the only big story on campus this past weekend! For those of you that may not know by now - because we have two very happy teacher showing off their rings - last Thursday night, Miss Issenmann (our PE teacher, 2nd picture above) became engaged to Mr. Josh Hulslander! Then on Saturday, our third grade teacher, Miss McLaughlin became engaged to Mr. Matt Tuma. Both weddings will take place in 2010 - but not on the same day! CONGRATULATIONS!

Our First National Elementary Honor Society

A great start for our National Elementary Honor Society and their sponsor, Mrs. Robin Couch. Today in their meeting after school, they made cards for 75 of our soldiers, made preparations for the upcoming Christmas Shoebox drive in November and also discussed providing candy grams in December. FMCS is one of the first private schools in the area to have a NEHS chapter! We are looking forward to a great year.


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Artists At Work

Stop the entrance of the Children's Center and check out our student's art from first quarter. Many thanks to Mrs. Sinex, our art teacher, and Mr. Sinex for helping to post them at the entrance- very colorful




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2009 Annual Banquet and Auction

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!

What a team effort - God using His people to accomplish great things!

More pictures are posted on my blog - see the slideshow!

Update on the auction donations - now over $14,000 for new computers! Our students and teachers THANK YOU!

Congratulations for 30 years - Miss Blanden, Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. O'Brien

Details on the giving coming soon...

THANK YOU!

Dad's Committee Off To A Great Start

I am very proud of Mr. Harriott and the Dad's Commitee and the family events they are looking to sponsor this year. Time with our children is so important - and we can see the results every day in our school. This past Saturday, parents and students spend time together at Home Depot on a project - THANK YOU SO MUCH! Check on the Infodirect calendar during the year for more family events sponsored through Parent University!

Spanish Heritage Week

Hola! Mrs. Gonzales has the students celebrating Spanish Heritage Week with food, projects, artifacts and more!


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Auction Items on Display

Come into the lobby this week and see the AWESOME class baskets and previews of the class pottery items. You can also see more pictures by clicking on the slideshow on the right of my blog. YOU CAN ALSO START TO PLACE YOUR BIDS! Our parents are EXCELLENT in their work for the school!

Friday's auction and banquet ate days away! We have over 330 tickets of the 400 accounted for, so get your tickets before we sell out!


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Keyboard Skills

Elementary students are working on their keyboarding


skills in Mr. Sinex's computer class:


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