Monday is the Deadline to Order Poinsettias from the  

Crusader Club!

The SFCS Crusader Club is delighted to once again bring you the 2014 Poinsettia Sale from Roebuck Greenhouses.  Orders are due by Monday, November 24.  Plants will arrive on Monday, December 1.  If you have any questions or suggestions for large order customers, please contact Deeder Stone at deederstone@gmail.com.

 

Click HERE to read more about the sale

 

Click HERE for a Roebuck Greenhouses Poinsettia Order Form.

 Spirit Week Results!

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our 2014 Homecoming Spirit Week events.  The Student Council raised $2100 to support the Shannon Forest Hunger Project in conjunction with Feeding Children Everywhere.

 

Congratulations to our 2014 Homecoming class representatives:

Queen - Rebecca Welch

Miss Senior - Carrington Porter

Miss Junior - Delayne Nickles

Miss Sophomore - Maci Burress

Miss Freshman - Lauren Bowers

 

Click HERE to view more Homecoming photos in our online gallery!

 

Hunger Project Reusable Grocery Bags Still Available for Purchase

One way you can help our school raise $10,000 for the Shannon Forest Hunger Project is to purchase one or more of our specially designed, reusable grocery bags!  For just $5 per bag, you can feed a child for SEVEN days!  The bags are yours to keep and use again and again!   Purchase yours today at ANY school office.

 

 

 

 

 

Box Tops for Education News

PRO would like to congratulate the East Campus (LS) in their landslide victory for collecting the most Box Tops for Education in our first competition of the year.  Students will be rewarded soon with a fun popcorn snack!  The SFCS student body collected 7,830 box tops, which gives PRO $783 to help with teacher appreciation and school community events and needs.  Thank you to all who turned in Box Tops AND to the volunteers who helped to clip, sort, count and bag the Box Tops before the deadline!

 

A New Competition Begins Today!

From Wednesday, November 19, through Monday, February 23, the teachers from both East and West Campuses will be competing to see who can collect the most Box Tops.  The winning teacher, will win a $50 gift card to the place of their choice.  When clipping the Box Tops, please make sure the expiration date is good through March of 2015 and trim the Box Top completely square.   Let the collecting begin!

 

Supplies Needed For Middle School Silva-mester Design Challenge

January marks the beginning of a new year and the arrival of the popular Silva-Mester Program!  Silva-Mester will run from Monday, January 5, through Friday, January 16, 2015.  Middle School students will once again take part in an exciting Design Challenge during these two weeks. This program will provide students in 6th - 8th Grades with an opportunity to use their classroom knowledge to learn about and formulate solutions for some of the most pressing issues facing our community and the world at large.  Shannon Forest is looking for donations of "tools" that will be needed during the upcoming Middle School Design Challenge.  Please drop all donations at either the Main School or Upper School Offices by Friday, December 19, or donations will also be accepted throughout the Silva-mester session.

 

MS Design Challenge Tools Donation Wish List

 

Climbing Club Competes

The Shannon Forest Climbing Club competed at the Mountain Goat Gym against teams from JL Mann and Eastside High School on Tuesday, November 18, and came in 3rd place with a narrow split between all the teams.  The SFCS team earned 9,000 points for the routes they climbed.  The 2nd place team earned 9,500 and the 1st place team had 10,000 points.  The competition was really close between schools as it was everyone's first competition, and Greenville's first ever High School Climbing League competition!

 

9th Grade student Ladson Ellis practices his climb.

 

 

 

Plan Ahead for Thanksgiving FlexTime

FlexTime will offer holiday care on Wednesday, November 26, from 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. The deadline to register is Monday, November 24, by noon.

 

Click HERE to Register today!

 

Learn Lower School Music Lessons Online!

Lower School students can now log online to learn the Hymn of the Month and music for upcoming Christmas programs!  Music teacher Lauren McCall has developed a YouTube channel titled, "Maestro McCall's Music."  To access the channel, go to  youtube.com and type "Maestro McCall" in the search window and start singing along with Mrs. McCall!

 

Our 4th Grade students recently expressed their commitment to patriotism and support by writing letters to soldiers as part of Operation Gratitude.  Our letters will join the letters of other students nationwide to be included in 100,000 care packages for deployed troops and wounded warriors.  Pictured are Jeremy McPeters, Benji Horton, Lauren Clute, and Brooke Johnson.  

 

 

 

 

 

 Nutty Scientists Professor Sooklal and Ava Suarez find learning about electricity is hair raising fun!

 

 

Concert Choir to Attend Master Class

Dr. Christian Elser will be visiting the Shannon Forest Concert Choir during 4th period on Friday, November 21, to perform, lead a master class, and answer questions about Presbyterian College.   Dr. Elser is Associate Professor of Music at Presbyterian College where he serves as Voice Division Director, Director of the PC Musical Theatre & Opera, and teaches applied voice, music history, opera workshop and vocal methods. 

 

Click HERE to learn more about Dr. Elser 

 

Spring Drama Auditions Scheduled

All Middle and Upper School students are invited to attend open auditions for the spring production of "The Giver."  Auditions will be held on Tuesday, December 2, and Thursday, December 4, at 3:45 p.m.  Those interested should meet outside of the West Campus (US) Choir Room.  The dates of the production are Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14.

 

SFCS K5 - 2nd Grade Christmas Program

'Tis the season to celebrate with music and the Shannon Forest Christian School Kindergarten, 1st Grade and 2nd Grade students will present the production "Miracle on Main Street" on Thursday, December 4, at 7:00 p.m.  The performance will be held in the East Campus (LS) Sanctuary.

 

 

SFCS Upper School Performs "A Swingin' Christmas!"

Shannon Forest Christian School (SFCS) will present "A Swingin' Christmas" on Monday, December 8, at 7:00 p.m. in the East Campus (LS) Sanctuary.  The evening will feature SFCS' Concert Choir, Middle School Choir, Middle School Bucket Drummers and the InnFusion Jazz Trio.  Coffee and desserts from Brick Street Cafe will be served.  Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students.  All proceeds will benefit the Concert Choir trip to Chicago in March of 2015.  Click on the link below for a printable form to order concert tickets, choir t-shirts and to pre-order your commemorative ornament.  The deadline to order concert tickets is Friday, December 5.

 

A Swingin' Christmas & Choir T-shirt Order Form

 

3rd - 5th Grades Remember the "Reason for the Season" in Christmas Program

Shannon Forest 3rd - 5th Grade students will present "Reason for the Season" - a musical written by our very own music teacher Mrs. McCall.  The production will take place on Thursday, December 11, at 7:00 pm in the East Campus (LS) Sanctuary.  Please join us for a sing-along good time! 

 

 

 

 

 

Shannon Forest Christian School admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin or religious preference to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.  SFCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin or religious preference in the administration of its education policies, scholarship, athletic and school administered programs.