Check out the photographs in the Des Moines Register of Major Kyle Smith presenting a United States flag on behalf of the 167th Medical Detachment to Mrs. Manderfield and third grade student Gracie Koester by clicking here.  The flag was given for the students' outstanding support of the 167th Medical Detachment during its deployments to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.

Des MoinesChristian School recently participated in 2 separate food drives for Hope Ministries, collecting more than 1,000 food items! Praise the Lord for the leadership of our students and the generosity of all donors!  The ninth grade class challenged the other classes to a competition, and the 9^th graders won by donating the most items! The 11^th graders took second, with 7^th grade close behind.  As part of the annual Grandparent's Day, over 500 items of food were collected.  Thank you to all grandparents, school families, and students who generously donated food items for Hope Ministries!

Praise the Lord that we are enhancing our security and safety at DMC as a result of a donor's generosity!  Beginning in January, Early Education parents will access that area of the building with fobs, since the location will be locked-down completely.  Also, we will begin limiting access to both the Secondary area and Elementary area by containing traffic to the handicapped-accessible door only at 9:00 a.m.  That way, the bad guys who don't know our building access well can be limited in their access.  (Please do not share this plan with others -- for the safety of your children.)  Coaches, P.E. teachers, and Secondary music instructors will also be limited by fobs and asked not to block open the brown doors near the trophy cases.  Thank you for learning our new "flight patterns" in the school.  Limiting access means greater safety for your children!

Hearing testswill be performed for all four- and five-year-old students on Wednesday, January 4 and Kindergarten through 5th grade students on January 5 and 6.  This is a screening process and does not identify all hearing or ear problems.  Students who do not pass this screening may receive further hearing tests by the Heartland AEA audiologist.  Parents will be notified about the results of the hearing tests, if their child does NOT pass the test.  If you DO NOT wish your child to participate in the screening program, please notify the classroom teacher or Robin Fynaardt, DMC School Nurse at 252-2488. 

Immediate Opening for Part-Time Lunchroom Server: The DMCS kitchen needs a lunchroom server on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  Regular hours are 10:15 a.m. until 1:45 p.m.  If you are interested in serving one or more days, please submit your application to Julia Veenstra, Business Manager.  Applications can be found on our website under "Employment."

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PLEASE LEAD! Don't let the media and talking heads tell you how to vote! Iowans have the opportunity to have a great voice in the selection of the President in 2012, beginning with the caucuses in January.  Even if you "don't like politics," we each have a civic duty to be exert a positive influence in our government "of the people,  by the people, for the people."  By attending your local precinct caucus, you can speak, vote, and influence the process with the values that are important to you.  Learn more about how to attend your caucus at one of the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition caucus training events: 

• 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20th at Walnut Creek Church, 900 64^th St, Windsor Heights
• 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec 28th at Iowa Right to Life Committee Office, 1500 Illinois, Des Moines
• 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 29th at IRLC Office

Host Families Needed for Chinese High School Students.   The student will pay $800/month for room, food, and transportation in school districts of Urbandale, Johnston, West Des Moines, Des Moines Christian School, and Iowa Christian Academy.   At DMC students must show language proficiency and both sets of parents (biological and host) must be born-again Christians.  If you believe the student qualifies for placement at DMC, please contact Swallow Yan at 515-988-0901.  

Looking for a great place to "officially" re-welcome Jesus on Christmas Eve?  Join worshippers at Waukee Community Church's celebration, 6:30 p.m., on Saturday, December 24, 2011 in the Multi-Purpose Room of Des Moines Christian School.  You can never get tired of DMC, can you?!  We can certainly NEVER get tired of Christmas!  Come, Lord Jesus, come!

The Winter Jam Christian Music Tour will be in Des Moines in January and is in need of a fifteen passenger van, with gas, to be provided for the day by a church or para-chuch organization. This is an extra vehicle any runner might be sent out in, when needed. The production company's insurance will cover it for a day. If you can help, please e-mail Jim Cordero.