Announcements

Thunder Bay Christian School 

From the Office to your families,
Wishing you all blessings during this joyous season! Merry Christmas, and we hope you have a wonderful time during the Christmas break. We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone for such an amazing turnout at the TBCS Christmas Program.

Tuition Statements have been sent home to all families with outstanding balances. These are being sent home for informational purposes only so that you can see where you are at with your tuition payments for the 2024-2025 school year. If you have any questions or concerns regarding them, please contact Emily @ emily@tbcs.school or 807-626-0748. Thanks!

Cold Weather: Just a reminder that the office checks the internet weather forecast before each break. A temperature of -20 to -27 Celsius with the wind chill is considered a penguin recess (children can go outside and come back inside if they are cold). Below -28 Celsius with the windchill is an indoor recess. Children are required to be outside for Recess, 20 minutes in the morning and 35 minutes in the afternoon with the exception of extreme cold weather as above. Parents, please send your children with weather appropriate clothing – snowsuit/jacket and snowpants, hat, mitts, and winter boots.

From the Health Unit: The Health Unit has made us aware of a lice outbreak within the city, please make sure your kids know not to share hats or clothing. Please check your children’s hair regularly. Please check the Health Unit’s website for more information Head Lice | Thunder Bay District Health Unit. While Lice do not carry disease, we ask that if your child has lice that they are treated before returning to school.

Piano Lessons: There will be Piano Lessons on Monday, December 16^th to make up for the missed snow day lesson.

Theme Days: Monday, December 16^th is Hat Day, wear any hat that you would like, Christmas themed or not!

Wednesday, December 18^th is Sing Along, Join the school as we sing Christmas carols in the gym!

Friday, December 20^th is Cozy Day – wear your coziest clothes!

TBCS Christmas Program: All are welcome! The Christmas Program will take place at First CRC the evening of December 19^th. It will be led by Grades 7-10; all grades are involved.

Cold Weather: Just a reminder that the office checks the internet weather forecast before each break. A temperature of -20 to -27 Celsius with the wind chill is considered a penguin recess (children can go outside and come back inside if they are cold). Below -28 Celsius with the windchill is an indoor recess. Children are required to be outside for Recess, 20 minutes in the morning and 35 minutes in the afternoon with the exception of extreme cold weather as above. Parents, please send your children with weather appropriate clothing – snowsuit/jacket and snowpants, hat, mitts, and winter boots.

7/8 Volleyball: Thanks to our coaches & junior coaches for their help these past few weeks! Unfortunately the Volleyball Tournament has been cancelled due to scheduling issues with other schools and is now proposed to happen ONE day in January 20,23 or 24. We will NOT have practices next week. When able, they are practicing during recess to keep up their skills!

Bus Update: We will be returning to the 4 bus runs as of Monday, December 9^th. Please review your times (in the directory) Please note the first 4 stops on Panda bus times are as follows – 7:30am, 7:34am, 7:40am and 7:50 am as there was a typo in the directory. If you would like a PDF copy of the directory, please e-mail the office.

Cold Weather: Children are required to be outside for Recess, 20 minutes in the morning and 35 minutes in the afternoon with the exception of extreme cold weather (-27 with the windchill). Parents, please send your children with weather appropriate clothing – snowsuit/jacket and snowpants, hat, mitts, and winter boots.

From Student Council: Thank you to everyone who donated to our warm winter drive! With your help, we are able to donate 406 new hats, pairs of mittens, and pairs of socks to children and youth in our community to help keep them warm this winter!  - Mrs. Dykstra, Mrs. MacCallum, Mrs. Schelhaas, and the Student Council 

Volleyball: The kids are improving so much & the teams look great! Coaches will be announcing teams for the tournament soon. They have been reminded of academic & classroom behaviour requirements needed to attend the tournament Dec. 17 or 18. *If you have knee pads, they would be good to bring.  

TBCS Christmas Program: Save the date! The Christmas Program will take place at First CRC the evening of December 19^th at 7:00 pm. It will be led by Grades 7-10; all grades are involved. 

Hope CRC: Hope Church will once again be hosting a Blue Christmas service on Wednesday December 18^th, at 7:00 pm. This service is for people to pause during this busy time of the year to reflect and acknowledge that Christmas is not a happy time for everyone. During this service, we will honour our loved ones that have passed away, as well as those that are experiencing grief due to job loss, illness, family disconnect, etc. We will also receive comfort in knowing that God is with us in our pain. There will be desserts, coffee and fellowship afterwards. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Colder Weather means dressing warmer! Please send your kids with weather appropriate gear for Recess!

From Student Council: Reminder to bring in your items by December 4^th, for the sock and mitten drive! Students are asked to donate new socks, hats, and mittens to help keep children and youth in need in our community warm this winter. 

Each package of socks, pair of mittens, or a single hat is considered as one item. 

As the school community collects items, we will be awarding school prizes for items collected. 

100 items - Hat Day
150 items - Cozy Day
250 items - Extra Recess
350 items - Sing-along Period
500 items - School-wide movie afternoon

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. MacCallum, Mrs. Dykstra, or Mrs. Schelhaas.

Chapel: This week in Chapel, we learned about trusting God.  A trusting high schooler volunteered to sit in a chair under Mrs. Awosika while she poked holes with pencils through a water filled Ziplock bag right above his head to demonstrate trust!  We recalled that God exists without anyone else creating Him or providing for Him.  God has no limits and sent His Son Jesus to die in our place, for our sin, and for the restoration of our relationships with Him. The students agreed that we can trust God!  We will continue to learn more about this truth with our Bible Study Buddies next week.

Volleyball: The kids are improving so much & the teams look great! Coaches will be announcing teams for the tournament soon. They have been reminded of academic & classroom behaviour requirements needed to attend the tournament Dec. 17 or 18.

If you have knee pads, they would be good to bring.  

TBCS Christmas Program: Save the date! The Christmas Program will take place at First CRC the evening of December 19^th. It will be led by Grades 7-10; all grades are involved. More details to follow next week!

Hope CRC: Hope Church will once again be hosting a Blue Christmas service on Wednesday December 18^th, at 7:00 pm. This service is for people to pause during this busy time of the year to reflect and acknowledge that Christmas is not a happy time for everyone. During this service, we will honour our loved ones that have passed away, as well as those that are experiencing grief due to job loss, illness, family disconnect, etc. We will also receive comfort in knowing that God is with us in our pain. There will be desserts, coffee and fellowship afterwards. Everyone is welcome to attend.