Join us for our first book discussion on Jonathan Haidt's book, The Anxious Generation, tomorrow night, February 18 at 6:30 pm in the CACS Computer Lab. The discussion is open to ALL, no matter if you are a part of CACS, Good Shepherd Parish, or another school or church. See the description below for more on this book:
Do you have children or grandchildren who are exposed to or own devices that have internet access? Are you wondering about what impacts smartphones and other technology is having on our children? Well, in The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, Johnathan Haidt compiles loads of research and explains how and why smartphones are damaging and having horrible impacts on the mental health, development, and overall happiness of our youth. This is not a religious book, but it is a book that parents and grandparents need to read in order to be informed on why our children, if constantly looking at screens, are depressed, anxious, and unhappy. Even if your household is inundated with devices, this book can help you to regain control with confidence that you are doing what's best for your family.
Even if you haven't read the first two sections, come just to be a part of the discussion. We hope to see you there!
Do you have children or grandchildren who are exposed to or own devices that have internet access? Are you wondering about what impacts smartphones and other technology is having on our children? Well, in The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, Johnathan Haidt compiles loads of research and explains how and why smartphones are damaging and having horrible impacts on the mental health, development, and overall happiness of our youth.
This is not a religious book, but it is a book that parents and grandparents need to read in order to be informed on why our children, if constantly looking at screens, are depressed, anxious, and unhappy. Even if your household is inundated with devices, this book can help you to regain control with confidence that you are doing what's best for your family.
CACS parent, Angeline Heiberger, will be facilitating a book study for anyone interested! Please consider joining with others to learn, read, discuss, and support each other in our endeavor as parents or grandparents. This is a massive cultural shift and this book can help equip you to reach your ultimate goal - to raise kids for HEAVEN. We can do this together!
It will take place at CACS, on Tuesday nights at 6:30pm starting February 18th. The schedule will roughly be every other Tuesday to allow for 2 chapters of reading in between meeting times. If you have any questions, please contact the school office. Anyone is
welcome, no matter if you are a part of CACS/Good Shepherd Parish or another school/church. We will start February 18th - having read the Intro and Chapter 1!
Thank you to all of you who supported our Book Fair. We were able to reach our goal and even surpassed it. We actually had the best book fair income in CACS Book Fair history. The I:55 Book Fair was definately a positive addition to our school. The amount of books we were able to get in the hands of our students was amazing. With our commission we were able to purchase over $2000 in new books for the new CACS Library that we hope to move into by the beginning of next month. See below the picture of the new CACS Library Media Center as it currently looks. Thank you again, and we look forward to our next reading event the first week of March with Read Across America Week.
Thank you to all who supported our Book Fair at Open House on Sunday. If you missed on Sunday, the Book Fair will be open during Special Person's Lunch. Buy your special child the gift of reading, nd help us reach our goal. We are almost to our goal. We need your help to reach that $4000 goal, so we can earm our commission to supply the new CACS Library with many new books to go on our new shelves. We will also have a video tour of the new building at this time. There still are a lot of good books left. Come and see us.
Grade 3 finished their simple machines unit with a creative flare! Each student was asked to create their own simple machines out of things around the house. They did a great job and presented them to the class. After the presentations, everyone got to try them out. Here are a few examples.
Students in grade 3 created tower structures in Science. Groups of students were supplied with 2 feet of tape and 4 sheets of newspaper to create the tallest tower they could in 15 minutes. The towers were tested to see if they could hold up under the weight of King Kong. Although King Kong couldn't swing from all the towers, the students had fun.
It's finally here!!! Students were so excited to preview the Book Fair yesterday and today at school. They made their wish lists of books they can't wait to read. We hope you can join us at Open House or Special Persons Day to check it out for yourself!
No school tomorrow, January 21st. :)
The CACS Online Book Fair is now open. It can be accessed at https://bookfair.chiltonareacatholic.org . If you cannot attend our Book Fair in person, this is a great way to support our school and also get books in the hand of our students. All book fair proceeds (online and in-person) will go to get new books for the new CACS Library and the classroom libraries. Hope to see you in-person during Open House on Sunday and for Special Person's lunch on Tuesday.
There will be no school tomorrow, January 20 at CACS. Stay warm!
The new CACS Book Fair should be arriving on Friday. This year we will be using the I:55 Book Fair. I:55 is a faith-based company (their motto is "Where Faith Matters"), so hopefully it will be great for our school. The Book Fair will be completely set up and open next Wednesday, January 22nd. The big shopping days will be during open house on Sunday, January 26th and during Special Person's Lunch on Tuesday, January 28th. Please come and support our Book Fair. More info. will come out soon.
Mrs. Holden was nominated for the Catholic Financial Life Give Back Contest! Voting ends this Friday, so get your votes in daily! Filter by "H" and scroll down to find her.
Let's get Mrs. Holden the recognition she deserves!
https://www.catholicfinanciallife.org/givebackcontest
Last month, the CACS Board Games Club met for some free choice games before Christmas. Popular choices included some old favorites like chess, checkers, Guess Who, Uno, and Bananagrams. As a part of this club, students are learning and practicing game rules, turn-taking, strategy, teamwork, and sportsmanship skills in fun ways. Great job, students!
We are down to only 27 calendars in our possession left to sell! If you have unsold calendars, PLEASE get them back to the parish office ASAP. Remember, the last day to sell calendars is December 31. All money and stubs must be returned to the parish office by then. If there is no one at the office, please use the drop box on the front of the building. Let's get the calendars sold!
Grade 3 had a visit from their class sponcer, Mrs. Carol Daun. The students were excited to share projects and lessons with her. Before she left, the students sang her the blessing song and gave her a thank you gift.
We at CACS wish all of our family and friends a very blessed Christmas!
The fourth candle of Advent, also known as the "Angel's Candle", is lit on this day to represent God's love and the anticipation of the Kingdom of God on earth. The candle is purple in color.
Find this information, and more, at hallow.com.
CACS will be running a 2 Hour Delay today. The Christmas Program will still happen at 1:00 and 6:00. See you at 9:45, ready to perform!
We will be moving the Christmas program to TOMORROW, Friday, December 20. Show times will be the same, 1:00 and 6:00, at the Engler Center, but only the 6:00 performance will be livestreamed. We hope to see everyone there!
School will be closing today at 1:30. There will be no Christmas program today at 1:00 or at 6:00. We will reschedule the program for another date, so stay tuned for that information. There will be NO AFTERCARE today - please make arrangements to have kids picked up at 1:30. Bus kids can take the bus.
