Congratulations Miss Shrader and staff!

BREAKING News: The Walsworth Publishing Company has awarded the 2008-2009 Fort Myers Christian School yearbook staff one of the company's most distinguished awards.The 2009 edition of the FMCS "Talon" yearbook will be included in the Walsworth Publishing Company's Gallery of Excellence. The Gallery of Excellence is a national showcase of the best yearbooks published by Walsworth. Only a small percentage of the company's yearbooks receive this honor.

Walsworth company representatives use Gallery of Excellence yearbooks nationwide as high-quality examples, loaned to schools as idea generators, and are often displayed at regional, state, and national conventions and workshops. Gallery books are selected based on how well they provide thorough coverage of the school year with intriguing stories, superior photography and innovative design.

The yearbook also received a SUPERIOR rating overall! We have been blessed by Miss Jay Shrader and her work on the yearbook for many years. She has "retired" from that duty now and we pray for the right person to fill those shoes!

Alumni Praise

Congratulations to FMCS '08 graduate, Linda Kornienko - First team,


News-Press 2009 spring all area girls tennis team! She was the only freshman to make first team, so she has three more years to dominate at Bishop Verot High School.


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Operation Christmas Child Will Be Back in '09!

From the Well Done Awards held in Anahiem, PLEASE watch the video that is attached to the link below. I could not get the video loaded on the blog due to it's size but it is worth it -

Shoebox Testimony

Reaching Milestones

FMCS, during their awards ceremonies last week, highlighted these dedicated employees:

Miss Tina Blanden, 30 years! ALL 30 years of FMCS history!

Mrs. Gayle Shell, 15 years

Mrs. Margarita Rivera, 10 years

Mrs. Jennifer Crouch, 5 years

Mrs. Lauren Collins, 5 years

Mrs. Jody Carefoot

Mrs. Liz Allen, 5 years

Well Done Awards - "Well Done FMCS"

Authur Blessit's story of walking the cross around the world!

Well done students...well done parents...well done faculty and staff of FMCS! These are the words we heard tonight and hope to hear one day in eternity! A packet house watched the Third Annual Well Done awards. There was a mix of music, stories, testimonies and fun - all giving glory to God for the ways that he works through ordinary people. I am very thankful to Denny and Leesa Bellisi for their vision, and obedience to the Lord - what a legacy! Their entire staff did a wonderful job tonight. They had help tonight from former NFL player, Jerry Wilkinson, ICarly stars Nathan Kress and Noah Munck, Phil Stacey and many others.

Phil Stacey Warming Up

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Well Done Awards Part 2

Arriving at The Grove for tonight's program!


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Well Done Awards Part One

Mr. Mitchell gets to share how God has been using students and parents at FMCS!
Mr. Mitchell and the Kingdom Assignment founders, Denny and Lee Bellesi

The Mitchell's with American Idol finalist, Phil Stacey and his wife

An awesome location for the evening

Tonight we had the opportunity to attend a dinner in San Juan Capistrano for all the ministries highlighted for tomorrow night's Well Done Awards in Anaheim, Ca. At first, we were in awe with the home of the our hosts. But as the night wore on, I was even more in awe of all the stories from every ministry. It is amazing to see what God is doing at FMCS and ministries around the world. We had reports from Tasmania, Canada, Bosnia, Connecticut, Texas, Michigan and more. We had great testimonies of how used crayons can be used in a Kingdom Assignment to help people with cancer; a girl's who was ready to step on a land mine or step in front of a sniper's bullet in Bosnia because of the hell she was living in during their war and how a Christmas Shoebox changed her plans and led her to the Lord; how former American Idol finalist, Phil Stacey is being used by the Lord; and how a Kingdom Assignment in Australia provides cars for single mothers; and SO MUCH MORE! Looking forward to the awards tomorrow night!

New article from local newspaper: click here

851 & Counting!

Congratulations to the class of 2009! That makes 851 graduates over 30 years at FMCS! Many thanks to Pastor Jeff Leatherman and Pastor Brandon Strickler of First Assembly of God KAIO youth ministries for their participation tonight and for the gift of a new bible for each graduate.








Pastor Jeff leads a commissioning prayer for our "missionaries" headed to the high school mission field

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Chess Club Completes Great Year!

Many thanks to Mr. Frank Jean, Mr. Sanabria and Mrs. Harriott for a great year in chess club at FMCS. This after school activity, called the Knights of Light, combined chess with faith-based, biblical lessons about putting on the full armor of God.

Today Mr. Jean passed out awards to the 08-09 Knights of Light graduates: Joshua Harriott, Tristan Upton, Alex Sanabria, Nicholas Sanabria, Carsyn Baxter, Jonathan Joyce, Alex Bryant, Payton Stockman, Hannah Upton, Marcus Finger, Alec Coval, Leyton Harrington, Kaleb Harriott, Dylan Tansacha, Josiah Richards, Ethan Leatherman, Evan Johnston and Michael Bryant.

A GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT WE HOPE MORE STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN NEXT YEAR!

Math Pals

Another cool program at FMCS is "math pals." This is a partnership in math between Mrs. Jean's PK3 students and Mrs. Sanders's 4th graders. Today lesson was on simple machines with stations and work projects. Great lessons in math, science, and teamwork!








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Kindergarten Graduation

Another great night provided by Mrs. Smith, Miss Blanden and our kindergarten graduates of 2009! We had a special presentation and a surprise visitor that I will bring up in an upcoming entry...to be continued





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A Welcome Visitor

Mrs. Margarita Rivera, who we have been praying for since her stroke in December, came by for the first time today! We tried to get her around to as many classses as possible and she was blessed by the smiles, hugs and prayers. She has come a long way and continues to improve in speech and movement in her right arm. Thank you for your continued prayers. (Mr. and Mrs. Rivera pictured)






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Hero Tea Party

Where can you find such heroes as Jackie Robinson, George Washington Carver, Elvis, Dan Marino, and Abraham Lincoln? The annual fourth grade hero tea party!








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SPECIAL Science Demonstrations

We had a special guest in 4th and 5th grade yesterday - Jessica Hoefs, Program Director at Brain Brigade. The 4th grade discussed polymers, molecules and made slime. The 5th graders worked on water rockets! I would encouarge you to check out her summer camps. She is interested in having an after-school Science Club at FMCS next year! Be sure to check out: http://www.brainbrigade.org/