Amazing GRACE | January 19, 2021 | GRACE Christian School

It's Homecoming Week!

Homecoming may look a little different this year due to COVID-19 and the restrictions and safety measures that are in place to keep our campus safe, but what is important is that the students are able to celebrate together as a community and show their Eagle pride.

To share in this year’s festivities and be a part of the celebration, you’re invited to join us online. All Homecoming activities will be streamed live on Facebook, so be sure to follow us on Facebook. See the schedule below for times and a list of events.

Note: All events are closed to outside guests with the exception of our alumni award recipients, Homecoming Court parents, and senior parent parade spectators.

Homecoming Events and Activities - January 19-22, 2021

Dress-Up Days
+ Tuesday - Pajama Day

+ Wednesday - Sports Teams Day

+ Thursday - Cowboy Western Day

+ Friday - GRACE Spirit Wear - Family on 3

Homecoming - Friday, January 22
1:40 pm - Parade - Upper Campus Parking Lot
2:00 pm - Virtual Pep Rally
2:10 pm - Alumni Awards
2:20 pm - Court Coronation
5:45 pm - GRACE Eagles vs. Arendell Parrott Patriots Varsity Girls Basketball Game
7:15 pm - GRACE Eagles vs. Arendell Parrott Patriots Varsity Boys Basketball Game

Unfortunately, additional fans other than those authorized by the athletic department are not permitted to attend the games, however, the games can be watched live using this link.

Congratulations to the '20-21 Homecoming Court

Freshmen Court - Elle Robinson and Maxwell Tomlinson
Sophomore Court - Payton Chapman and Landon Wheeler
Junior Court - Emma Grace Tessneer and Davis Blount
Senior Court - Sophia DeBruhl, Maggie Harrison, Lily Lauffer, Hannah Morris, Zachary Gabor, Stefon McLeod, Reece Shutte, and Kaden Sigmon

February Virtual Learning Registration Now Open

Here is the link for February's virtual school registration. Interested families should fill out the link by January 27th.

Enrollment Seats Open for 2021-2022! Tell a Friend!

Enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year is open to the general public, and we recognize that our most effective recruitment tool is you - our GRACE community! We invite you to share your love for GRACE Christian School with your colleagues, neighbors, teammates, friends and others! For more information, you can direct them to our special Admissions microsite that includes all the information they'd need to know about applying and enrolling at GCS.

ACSI Creative Writing Festival

GCS Shirt and Sweatshirt Distribution

GRACE Families, thank you for all of the support you have shown PTF through the purchase of the GCS shirts and hoodies. Thanks to your purchases, the PTF continues to support our GRACE community in so many meaningful ways. Please expect to receive your child’s order to be delivered over the next couple of weeks. Shirt orders will be delivered to your student’s classroom to take home. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Biblical Worldview Integration

A few weeks ago, Head of School Eric Bradley sent an email to all GRACE teachers requesting they share an example of how they integrated a biblical worldview into their lessons that week. We thought our GRACE community would enjoy reading some of their responses. We plan to share a few responses a week over the next several weeks.

"We read the verse 'If I go up into the heavens, you are there. If I make my bed in the depths, you are there.' We discussed how God uses even the earth's deep layers to sustain the rest of creation. I asked them why it was important for us as scientists and Christians to study plate tectonics. They were in awe that God created our planet with such complex processes to sustain life and decided that we can use our knowledge of plate tectonics to help predict volcanic eruptions and keep people safe." - Hannah Eichorst

"This week we have been multiplying whole numbers in Math class. Throughout the year, we have talked about how God created Math. (For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16). This week we read Matthew 14:13-21, which is the account of Jesus feeding the five thousand. This was a great example of how God is the author of multiplication and that 'he is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.' (Ephesians 3:20)" - Mary Allison Tessneer

"In Spanish classes, we are listening to different Spanish songs and choosing our favorites for a bracket for a competition called "Locotubre." It is a competition going on among Spanish students all over the world, so we have been talking about the blessing of creativity that God gives us to be able to create music and videos and how that seeing and/listening to creative things bring our minds back to God." - Paula Welch