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News & Events:
Key Dates, The Arts, Sports and Notables
Below are our current news and events, including sports! To see a calendar view all the school's happenings, view the GPCS Calendar.
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Mar 5 - Academic Probation Day

Mar 5 - Last Day to get a Yearbook
You can send in a check made out GPCS and in the memo line write “yearbook”. Yearbooks are $28/book. GPCS yearbooks are a whole school book.

Mar 8 - FULL DAY

Previously scheduled as a half day.

Mar 19 - Spring Picture Day

Mar 19 - Academic Check Day

Mar 22 - GPCS Association Meeting 7pm
All school families are encouraged to attend. This is the time to talk about budget, next year’s plan, tuition rates, etc.

Mar 26 - HALF DAY

Previously a full day.

Mar 27 - Open House
10am - Noon

Apr 2 - Half Day - end of 3rd quarter & Academic Probation

Apr 15 - Half Day, Parent/ Teacher Conferences

Apr 16 - Academic Check Day

Apr 19-23 - No School, Spring Break

Apr 30 - Science Fair
Grades 6-12.

May 21 - 2010 Southern Maine Children’s Water Festival
GPCS is one of the schools selected to participate in this year’s Water Festival. Grades 4 & 5 will represent GPCS. The festival is sponsored by the Portland Water District.

Mar 5-6 - One Act Drama Festival
The GPCS Drama Club is in the midst of rehearsals to compete in the MPA One Act Drama Festival. This year the festival is held at Windham High School. GPCS is scheduled to perform on Saturday, March 6. The doors to their session will be open at 11:30am and the shows will start at noon. The session will have four schools presenting their one act plays. GPCS is scheduled to be the last performance of this session. You will need to come at 11:30am in order to get in and see the performance. There is a charge for admission (between $5-$10). Come and support GPCS!

Mar 13 - ACDA Festival

Thursdays - GPCS & Friends Children's Choir
Mrs. Lois Libby offers choir this Thursday for students in grades 1-6 + (to age 16). Choir meets in the music room (room 202- upstairs) from 2:40pm.-3:30pm. If you have questions, see Mrs. Lois Libby.

Mondays - Moms in Touch
Meetings will be March 1, 8, 15, 22,& 29 (Mondays) at Patty Whiting’s house from 8:45am- 9:45am. Join us!

Wednesdays - Model UN 2:30-3:45
Model UN meets Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 27, until the conference May 18-20. Cost is $150/student. On February 1, $75 is due. The reminder $75 is due on April 5. All interested students in grades 9-12, need to attend these meetings. If you have questions or need more information, see Mrs. Caryn Hasbrouck.

Apr 9- Bowlathon

Apr 14 - Elementary Basketball Tournament

Notables

WANTED Campbell's Soup and Box Tops
!
Please help with us by collecting and sending labels to school. We appreciate your help! For Campell's soup, please don't send in whole labels just the UPC codes. We also collect the Box Top for Education and Hannaford School Dollars. Eligible Cambell's products include: V8, Prego, Swanson, Franco-American, Pepperidge Farm and Select Harvest. For more info, visit their website.
Prayer Calendar
GPCS Linkin' Logs & New GPCS Prayer Calendar
We know this ministry would be in big trouble without prayer. Please take a moment to pray with us for GPCS everyday. The calendar is meant to be a helpful guide. If you have a specific request, please contact us Prayer requests are shared over the GPCS Linkin' Log email system. When we pray together and for each other, we are uniting our hearts in Christ! If you would like to receive Linkin' Logs emails, send your email to us. Thank you.
Main Street Redemption Center of South Portland Donates To GPCS!
Catherine Crockett as set up an account with the Main Street Redemption Center of South Portland. All you have to do is drop off returnables at the window and request the money go to GPCS. Every month Main Street Redemption will give a check to GPCS. Another great thing is they will count and keep track of it for us - you do not have to wait!

Lady Lions Win MPA Sportsmanship Award for Western Class D Basketball
The team is presented the banner at the Class D championship game on Saturday, February 27 at 1:00pm. This game is televised on PBS stations. Check it out!

GPCS Student Sam Roach to compete in Blackjack Men's Invitational
Windham gymnast Sam Roach, age 9, travels to compete in the Blackjack Men's Invitational February 4-7, 2010 in Las Vegas. Sam competes in all six men's events; pommel horse & mushroom, high bar, still rings, parallel bars, floor and vault. Sam is a third grader at Greater Portland Christian School. He has trained at Maine Academy of Gymnastics in Westbrook since he was three years old. He has been a member of the competition team for three years. Sam is coached by Steve Randall. Good Luck Sam! Read more on windhamsportspages.com.

School Apparel on Sale NOW!

The office has several tee-shirts & one sweatshirt left from promotions. Check out the list and if you would like to purchase, let the office know. ● Kids Medium (10-12) light pink sweatshirt with school logo- $18. ● Adult large hot pink tee-shirt $10. ● 3 Adult large varsity basketball tee-shirts $10. ● 1 Medium varsity basketball tee-shirt $10. ● 6 small Adult teeshirts of soccer camp $3/each. ● 2 large Adult tee-shirts of soccer camp $3/ each. ● 1 ex-large Adult tee-shirt GPCS soccer camp $3.

Jr High Basketball Sportsmanship Awards
Every year, the Boys & Girls Club awards a player on each team participating in the basketball program a sportsmanship trophy. GPCS winners are: Paige Bouchard (GPCS Jr High Girls Basketball Team) & David Frye (GPCS Jr High Boys Basketball Team). Congratulations!

Spelling Bee

Greater Portland Christian School has two students participating in the ACSI Regional Spelling Bee, in Lancaster, PA. These students had to place in the ACSI Spelling Bee held at Windham Christian School in order to go on to compete in the regional bee. Pray for and encourage Paige Bouchard (grade 6) and Hannah Kelly (grade 8). Stay tuned for results.

Keep in Touch

There are several ways for you to keep in touch with GPCS and stay connected.
1. Weekly flyers are emailed or a paper copy is available.
2. Email updates with the GPCS Linkin' Log system.
3. Gpcs.net is updated weekly with recent flyer news.
4. GPCS uses Facebook to post events.
5. GPCS uses Twitter to post upcoming events.

Chapel Speakers
GPCS is blessed to have the following pastors come and share God's Word with our students in grades 6-12. If you get a chance, thank them.
- John Priddy– student at New England Bible College.
- Mission Team of Southcoast Community Church.
- Pastor Ira Hall of Bean’s Corner Baptist Church.
- Pastor Steve Espling of First Evangelical Free
- Intern of Southcoast Community Church.


New Incentives & Referral Programs for 2009-10
1. Incentive for Early Payment
- Receive a tuition discount of 5% for payment -in -full of 2009-2010 tuition by August 15, 2009.
- Receive a 3% tuition discount for payment of first half of 2009-2010 tuition by August 15, 2009.
- Receive a 2% discount for payment of second half of 2009-2010 tuition by January 15, 2010. [Note: these discounts for payment of 1/2 tuition only apply to the half-tuition that is being paid up front]

2. Multi-child Discount for Preschool
- The current multi-child discount policy of 5% discount for 2nd child and 10% discount for 3rd child has been extended to pre-school tuition.

3. Offer 12-Month Payment Plan
- A new 12- month option, in addition to current 10- month plan with the start date of July 1, 2009.
- The 12-month payment plan rolls up tuition, curriculum and other fees into 12 equal lump sum payments designed to help our families budget the costs. 4. New Student Scholar- ships- 2009/2010:
- GPCS is now accepting applications for new student scholarships - 10 scholarships will be awarded for the 2009/2010 school year, eligible grades K-12.


4. $500 Referral Program for Existing Families!
A $500 referral reward for each new family brought into GPCS. The new family would have to list the referring family on their enrollment forms. The $500 would appear as a credit on the existing family's statement after tuition has been paid by the new family, thus it would most likely be credited on their final tuition bills.

Here are a few rules that apply to this exciting program*
- Referred families must be new families (first-time attending)
- Both the referred and referring families must be enrolled for the entire school year
- Both the referred and referring families must be current in tuition payments before receiving any reward
- The $500 tuition credit will be applied to the last of the tuition payment( s) that are due for the school year
- Families who refer multiple families may be eligible for multiple rewards
- Faculty and staff of GPCS are welcome to participate in this program. Program is for tuition only.