Back to School In Two Weeks

 

In two weeks students will be entering the doors of Conestoga Christian School. Below is some important information as you prepare for the new school year.

Next Thursday, August 21, is Back to School Night. We encourage all MS families and students to visit the school and catch-up with classmates and other families. MS students will report to their homerooms (MS Homeroom Lists) and meet their homeroom teachers as well as pick-up their schedules and receive their locker assignments. The schedule for the evening is as follows:

• 6:00-6:30 - Family Picnic Out Back of the School
• Bring your family, food for the family, and some lawn chairs and fellowship with other families
• 6:30-7:00 - School Gathering in Gymnasium for CCS Important Updates and Introductions
• 7:00 - 8:00 - MS Students report to homeroom to pick-up their schedules and locker assignments
• Families and students drop-in classrooms and meet the students' teachers
• Parents who pick-up their children at the end of the school day get their dashboard signs in homeroom
• Families and students may also drop off school supplies

On the first day of school, Monday, August 25, MS homeroom will begin at 8:00 a.m. Please note the following for arrival in the morning:

• Students arriving before 7:50 a.m., either by bus or parent drop-off, should report to the gym in the high school building.
• Parents who are dropping off their children should leave early enough that their students will arrive to school by 7:55 a.m.
• Traffic is really busy on routes 23 and 10 and parents dropping off their students and student drivers are often delayed.
• Students report to homeroom
• Teachers will have student schedules available for students who did not attend Back To School Night and students who may have left their schedules at home.
• Students will start the day in prayer.

The first day of school will be a regular school day with 8 periods where MS students will attend their 5 core classes and 2 rotation classes. The 8th period of the day Mr. Hepler will meet with the students to review several initiatives and policies. Below is a list of several things that we will go over:

• Our School Theme - "United in Christ"
• For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. - 1 Corinthians 12:12
• The them song for the year is United in Christ by The Songwriter Initiative.
• Our prayer 10:05 a.m. prayer initiative continues - The whole school pray silently everyday at 10:05 a.m. for two minutes.
• We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ . . .  2 Corinthians 10:5
• Christ likeness in relationships.
• Phone policy
• Chromebook cases & Use
• Block day breaks
• Clubs, Study Hall, Choir, and service
• Reminders of the consequences for the MS Discipline Policy
• Appearance Code
• And Much Much More.

The school day ends at 2:39 and students go to their lockers and then report to homeroom. Students will then be dismissed at various times depending whether they are bus riders or car riders. Below are the procedures for dismissal:

• Parents/grandparents who arrive early before the buses have emptied the school parking lot (around 2:45) should get in the car line at Conestoga Mennonite Church. 
• Parents/grandparents are not to park in the Re-Uzit parking lot waiting to pick up their student.
• Parents/grandparents should not stop on route 23 in front of the school waiting for the buses to empty the parking lot. 
• This backs up traffic and makes dismissal much more chaotic.
• Parents picking up only MS and/or HS students should pull into the first lane as they enter the CCS parking lot.
• Parents/grandparents in this line should exit onto route 23 only turning right.
• Parents picking up only ES and/or MS/HS students should form two lanes in the lane closest to the HS building in the CCS parking lot. 
• Parents/grandparents in these lines should exit in front of the MS building and exit the CCS property turning right onto Short Rd.
• Make sure when picking up your child, make sure you display your dashboard sign with your student's name to make it easier for the parking lot supervisors to quickly and safely get your child to you.

Over the years I find that parents have the same questions that they frequently ask.  Click here to see some of those questions and answers.

Click here for the school calendar for the year and see below for a few upcoming dates.

August 25                            First Day of School

August 29                            No School

September 1                        Labor Day - No School