Upcoming Dates
Monday, Oct 30 PTF meeting 3:45 pm
Wednesday, Nov 1 Early Dismissal - 11:30 am
Thursday, Nov 2 School Picture Day (morning)
Thursday, Nov 9 Veterans’ Day Assembly 8:45 am (see invitation below)
Friday, Nov 10 No School - Veterans’ Day Observation
Tuesday, Nov 21 Grandparents’ Day Activities (2 pm - end of day)
Wed-Fri, Nov 22-24 No School - Thanksgiving Break
What a GREAT Weekend!
Thank you all - Friends, Families, Students and Staff! Life Days 2023 was a great success. Details on the success of Life Days will come next week.
School Picture Day will be Thursday, November 2nd. We are excited to have Amy Williams - LifePrint Photography (Minier) taking our school pictures this year. We will have class pictures taken also, so we hope and expect for all students to be in attendance for picture day! Picture envelopes will be available next week. Envelopes will be sent home with students. Pictures for homeschool students will also be available - pick up an envelope at the school office, and come in the 9 am - 11 time frame on November 2nd!.
Veterans invited to CLA on Thursday, November 9
Please pass the word along to friends and family who are Veterans of all branches of the US Armed Forces. On Thursday, November 9, CLA will honor these friends in a brief ceremony in the school gymnasium. We ask that Veterans ARRIVE between 8:15-8:30 am and we will have a recognition ceremony at 8:45 am. We wish to say “thank you” in person to those who can attend. Light refreshments will als be served to our visitors after the recognition ceremony.
Reminder about our Lions’ Den Facebook Parent Page!
Please join our parent page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2357381807869894
This is a private group, which means that posts, information, and photos can not be “shared” outside of the group. Staff will post information and photos about student activities on this page to help keep student information safe. Please make sure that you answer all of the membership questions identifying your connection to CLA- this will help us approve your membership faster!
PLEASE NOTE: we are strictly keeping the purpose and membership of the Lions’ Den Facebook group for parents and grandparents only as we want to be very careful for the safety of our families. Others who do not fit the parent or grandparent category will not be approved for membership in this private group. The public CLA Facebook page does not require membership, and you are welcome to share that page with friends, extended family and the public! Posts on the public page are shareable. The private group posts are not shareable.
From the Principal's Desk
If you were not in attendance at the beginning of the Life Days live auction (last Saturday), you may have missed our recognition of the Slager family. I wanted to take a few minutes in this space to share. Our great friend, Jess Slager, passed away in December of 2022, and his passing left a space in our hearts that will be impossible to fill. As we kicked off the auction, we shared a bit about Jess. Here are a few of those words:
The second part of 1 Peter 4:11 says “If anyone serves, he should do so with the strength that God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.” Jess Slager was a great example of this. As described by former CLA teacher Maria Imig, Jess was “CLA’s Grandpa.” He was a grandpa not only to his own children who attended here in the past, but also to the entire school. It was Jess and his family that started the Life Days pork chop dinner. Jess bought and donated back the first of the famous raspberry pies at the auction. Jess had a dream, now fulfilled, of a new building for high school students. Jess was a part of all that God has allowed to happen at CLA.
We gifted the Slager family with some pictures - the one above is my favorite. This is Jess Slager planting flowers in the bed at the front of the school - with a group of early CLA students who are now all in their twenties, some with families of their own. The seeds that Jess planted at CLA will never be forgotten. You can see the other pictures and our memories of Jess beside the message board in the hallway across from the main office. A sculpture (tree) in Jess’s memory will be installed next summer in the high school.
Blessings,
Mr. Horning