IMPORTANT EVENTS & DATES FOR OCTOBER & NOVEMBER
Parents, please take a moment to mark your calendars. The following are important dates that you do not want to miss:
- October 26: MS/US Chapel – Faith Hall, 9:25am
- October 26-28: US Musical, The Wizard of Oz – Black Box Theatre, 7:00pm; October 28, 1:00pm matinee – Click here to purchase tickets
- October 31: Picture Retake Day
- November 1: Senior Recharge – Field House Lobby, 10:20am
- November 2: MS/US Chapel – Faith Hall, 9:25am
- November 3: No School – Student Holiday/Teacher Workday
- November 7: Parent Association Meeting – Faith Hall 301, 8:15am
- November 8: MS/US Veterans Day Service – Faith Hall, 10:00am
- November 8: Alternative Lunch
RECOGNITION
Homecoming King & Queen
Congratulations to our 2017 Homecoming King & Queen, Ben and Gray!
NEW THIS WEEK
MS/US Chapel Recap 10/19
By Abby, Class of 2018
This past week we had an amazing opportunity to hear from Pastor Chris Bacon in chapel. He continued to build upon the series that we have been going through in Philippians. He focused on chapter 3 verses 8-11 where Paul discusses counting everything as loss when compared to the glory of knowing Christ as our personal savior. He also spoke about how our righteousness does not come from doing good deeds but from faith in Christ.
I really appreciated how Pastor Chris pointed out how all of the things that we idolize are all nothing compared to the joy and righteousness that comes from following Christ. He ended with a touching story about a young boy at VBS who was able to recognize that sometimes even the tastiest treats mean nothing when we can have Christ.
REMINDERS
Attendance
All attendance notifications and questions should be communicated directly to Ms. Lyn Maxime, Upper School Receptionist. All Upper School students who are tardy to campus must check in with Ms. Maxime in the Upper School office when they arrive at school. You may contact Ms. Maxime concerning your student being tardy or absent at 407-206-8630 or email her at usattendance@thefirstacademy.org.
WT Cafe – New Lunch Program
We are so excited to be partnering with WT Care for our school lunch program. Many of you were able to sample some of the offerings during New Family Orientation. The process for Lower School Instructions for registering your account and adding funds:
- Visit www.wtcafe.com
- A box should pop-up in your browser window with “Welcome to WT Cafe” at the top. In this window select your location, which is Orlando
- Once “Orlando” has been selected, click “Order Now” (located in a big red box on the right side of the page, at the top)
- Once on the next page, you will need to sign-up. Find the area labeled “Not A Customer? Sign Up” and click there
- Continue on, completing the required fields
- Once all of the fields have been successfully filled out, your registration will be complete and you will receive an email from WT Cafe with your login information
- You will need to follow the instructions provided in the email to login to your newly registered account, add funds, and view the menu. You can even sign up for Auto-Reload so you don’t have to worry about manually re-filling your account. As long as your account is funded, your student will come through the line and enjoy a fresh, delicious, made from scratch lunch!
Parent Volunteer Background Check
If you are a new parent and would like to volunteer in your child(ren)’s classroom(s) or chaperone on field trips please complete our free background check. Please note that the background check site only works on Internet Explorer or Firefox on a desktop computer. Safari and Chrome are not supported by the site. Approvals take a few weeks so plan ahead! All parents must have a completed background check before volunteering in the classroom or chaperoning on a field trip.