Re-enrollment opens Wednesday, February 22, for families with children presently enrolled in TRCS.

• New forms are available on line or in the school offices. One family form and one student form for each child, please.
• Registration fee - no increase! $200 for those enrolling before May 1, $250 after May 1. The date is moved one month forward.
•  Tuition - $4,700, only $100 increase for the whole year! (That is only $10 a month for a ten month payment plan to cover increases in utilities.)

"Re-enrollment" holds a spot for your child within the next grade. Open enrollment begins for grade K through grade 7 on March 15 and for grade 8 through grade 12 on March 20. Waiting lists will be used if enrollment meets the maximum child numbers.

Middle School Opens at the Elementary Campus with Sixth and Seventh Grades

TRCS will open an amazing, small, "community feeling" Middle School program this coming year. Grade seven will not advance to the Kelso campus this coming school year but will stay in Longview with a change in rooms and a change in teachers marking the beginning of a modified self-contained seventh grade. Core subjects remain the same but Spanish, computer keyboarding and study skills are added. Physical Education will be taught in a non-coed setting at least 120 minutes a week. A new "Exploratory" block will allow students to try out various six week focus subjects, such as, personal finance, Drama, Home Economics, and much more. The TRCS teachers are experienced in understanding this age group and our Biblical perspective.

Sixth grade will stay basically the same with some changes in teaching staff , shared chapel, shared "Exploratory Block ," computer class and Physical Education. Mrs. Nortness will be the homeroom teacher.

This approach should provide more flexible times with space for activities, projects, dialogue, and social interchanges. Students will experience a different level of responsibility while maintaining a relationship with fewer adults that can really get to know them.

Curriculum Additions to the Elementary Program

Spanish will be taught three times a week to all students in Kindergarten through grade seven. This introductory class will focus on greetings, vocabulary and move on to conversations and culture exploration.

Keyboarding will be taught to grades four, five, six and seven in preparation to an introduction to using computers as tools within the classroom. In the near future it is hoped that the laptop will be used as a regular part of the tools we all have access to in doing our work. Just as in the adult world of work we use computers daily the school hopes to help students make that transition in appropriate ways.

TRCS Music Conservatory

TRCS seeks to develop a place for the fine arts and development of the fine arts. Music is a gift from God and as a Christian school we want to develop this gift in our children. Music is a part of our program now in the classroom setting with song and instrument. However, we hope to move into providing lessons for small groups or individuals. Does your child need piano lessons? We will be contracting with teachers to facilitate this. Does your child need other lessons? Let us know. We are searching for a program director and hope to have this in place over the summer.

Jean Zoet

Administrator

It will be recommended to the school board that we initiate the middle school concept at the Longview campus by keeping the seventh grade there next year. That will result in Tom Stiltz and Julie Temples moving to the Longview campus. As a result, I have met with Randy Lemiere concerning the need for hiring new teachers for different classes. I discussed with him my meetings with Cindy Maldonado and Debbie Sande where they calculated our need for math classes for next year based on current enrollment. The following was determined by them: Fourth Period Math would have Cindy teaching Geometry & possibly five students with Business Math; Debbie would teach Trigonometry and a teacher TBD teaching Algebra II (Judy Hull is a strong possibility). One student needs Algebra I, so not sure how to handle that situation. Fifth Period Math would have Cindy teaching Algebra 1; Debbie teaching Geometry and a teacher TBD teaching Intermediate B (Judy Hull also a strong possibility). Again we have one student needing Algebra II so not sure how to handle that situation either. With John Norton retiring, we will need a teacher for biology and chemistry. Fortunately, we have an excellent candidate for these classes, Karla Bean, so we will need to set up an interview with her reasonably soon. There will also be a need to hire at least one new teacher for Sr. High PE. The eighth-grade PE class will be taught by Cynthia Hawley and will be combined with health. We also need to hire a replacement for band since Harvey Redmond is retiring. Students will be given and asked to complete and return a class schedule for 2012-2013 that is signed by a parent or guardian within the next couple weeks. This will also help us plan for classes next year-electives, language, etc. that vary dependent on student choices.

Phil and Lucy Hayes contacted me concerning "Building In Youth" a program of "Hard Hats For Christ." They would like to create opportunities for our students to learn some carpenter and construction skill by working with mentors on mission projects. They have connections with a number of Bible camps along the I-5 corridor that need assistance in various maintenance projects. This would become a great opportunity for parent/student outreaches that are local and benefit both the families and Bible camps receiving the help. Our role would simply be to help coordinate the efforts. Currently there is a project for this spring break (April 1-April 6) and this summer (June 17-23 at Warm Beach Bible Camp. Spread the news and see where God leads us. This opportunity is available for our people daycare through high school.