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GPCS 100th Day GPCS 100th day is looking like February 9th (if we do not have any more snow days before that date). To celebrate 100 days, we would like to collect 100 cans of food for the South Portland Food Cupboard. All school families are invited to help us reach the goal. Canned goods can be drop off with your child’s elementary teacher or to the office. Help us reach 100 cans by February 9th! Forget Me Not... GPCS is participating in WMSJ Forget Me Not promotion. We are collecting Valentines for the radio station. They will then take them to area nursing and assisted living homes. This is an easy way to let those community members know they are not forgotten and they are loved. Be as creative as you want. Be sure to sign the card(s). We need all Valentines turned in by February 7th. You can give them to your child’s teacher or turn them into the office. Help us show God’s love! GPCS Seniors Applying to college GPCS Seniors are busy applying to colleges. On a wall in their homeroom, the seniors post their acceptances. The following colleges have accepted one or more of our seniors: Eastern University, University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, University of New England, University of Southern Maine, Gordon College, Messiah College, Southern New Hampshire University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Cedarville University, Colby– Sawyer College, & Eastern Nazarene College. Pray for them as they go through the process of applying, acceptances, and then choosing.
GPCS 2nd Quarter Honor RollHigh Honors (all A’s) Grade 9: David Frye, Abby Morabito, James Rudolph, & Tophe Woodward Grade 8: Alanna Haslam Grade 6: Kara Jensen Honors (all A’s & B’s) Grade 12: Madeline Minor, Nathaniel Peterson, Adam Simpson, Emilie Steinwachs, & Robyn Waugh Grade 11: Kimberlee Dawson, Eric Pearson, & Ashley Whalen Grade 10: Amy DePeter, Mariah Foss, Hannah Kelly, & Samuel Whiting Grade 9: Ashley Imler, Rachel Ruel, & Jessica Smith Grade 8: David Davol & Ashlee Dawson Grade 7: Jeremiah Hammond, Joseph Imler, Natalie Smith, & Erin Turner Grade 6: Leah Bryant, Ethan Chick, Eve Diby, Joan Estabrook, Hope Landsperg, Fantasia Perez, & Noah Tilton
GPCS World Quest Team GPCS World Quest Team is made up of students and adults. Participants this year are: Kimberlee Dawson, Adam Simpson, James Rudolph, Ben Perkins, Sam Whiting, Sam Purinton, Amy DePeter, David Frye, Mr. Rob Smith, Mr. Keith Dawson, Mr. Andrew Ferreira, Mrs. Caryn Hasbrouck, Miss Jenn Will & Mrs. Charlene Simpson. World Quest is an international trivia competition for high school students, college students, and adults. The winning high school has the opportunity to go to the National competition in Washington DC. This year’s competition is February 1 at Greely High School.
GPCS Senior Night- Basketball GPCS Varsity Basketball Program celebrated Senior Night on Tuesday, January 10. The Varsity Girls Team took on Seacoast Christian. Seacoast won the game that evening. After the game, Mr. Dawson spent time talking about the contributions of seniors to the GPCS Basketball Program. GPCS will miss: Ryan Murray– he is assisting in coaching the team this year. Madeline Minor– she is the book keeper for the team. Suzane Gonzalez– player. Robyn Waugh– player. GPCS is blessed to have these seniors participate in this year’s basketball program!
GPCS Shares Christ's love... GPCS community had many opportunities to share Christ’s love this past Christmas. I will share with you a few of the stories. Grades 4 & 5 were able to give a $145 Hannaford gift card (with the help of the South Portland Hannaford) and caring cards to the Calkins family. They were recently burned out of their home in South Portland. May they know the love of Jesus as they rebuild their lives and home. Thank you for sharing His love in this way to our neighbors in the school community. Grades 1, 2 & 3 went caroling. The classes visited Mrs. Deborah Will (former school employee) and Mrs. Joan Bakker (school neighbor). Both of these ladies are widows and greatly appreciated being remembered. GPCS grades 6, 7, & 8 collected can and dry goods for the Root Cellar. The classes also had some fun with the food collected. Each grade made a sculpture with the food items and added Christmas decorations. Mrs. Martel was then enlisted to judge. Overall, grade eight won. With the help of Mrs. Davol, the Root Cellar received all the food collected along with a $75 donation. The Root Cellar was going to distribute the food the next morning.
Third Grade Puppet show GPCS Grade 3 put on their annual puppet show. All were invited to attend. Many thanks to Mrs. Coffin for giving her time, her puppets, etc. so that we can perform this show for our school community.
Kindergarten Annual Christmas Project Did you get a Christmas card from GPCS this year? If you did, you will recognize the project the kindergartners are working on. In talking with Mrs. Lori Libby, she thinks that she has done this Christmas project with each class for about 27 years. Traditions are great! Hope you enjoyed this year’s Christmas card.
Art work Published
GPCS Elementary students submit art work to Current Publications. Business then pick student art work for their advertisements. This is a fun project for the December edition of Current. Current serves the communities of Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth & South Portland. This year the following students had their art work chosen; Christian Patterson (Walgreen’s), Clayton Libby (Pat’s Pizza), Ben Hatch (Ace Hardware, Scarborough), Alicestasia Derrick (First Stop, Gorham) & Kaeley Brann (Noyes, Hall & Allen). Congratulations!
Head of School Announced
Dear Parents & Friends of GPCS,
The Board of Directors of Greater Portland Christian School (GPCS) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Keith Dawson to the position of Head of School. Since August of 2010, Mr. Dawson has served as the acting Head of School along with his teaching and coaching responsibilities. After reviewing Mr. Dawson’s complete application and hearing about his vision for GPCS, the Board is convinced that Mr. Dawson is uniquely qualified to lead GPCS at this time in our history. He possesses a great love for and knowledge of the school and all that GPCS stands for. That knowledge and love, coupled with a great vision for the future, puts him in an ideal position to lead us forward. The new Head of School position will replace the Administrator/Headmaster position that we have commonly referred to in the past. For the balance of this year, Mr. Dawson will continue to teach as well as to perform his responsibilities as Head of School. It is the Board’s intent, as we look forward to next year, to significantly reduce Mr. Dawson’s teaching load so that a majority of his time will be invested in the leadership of the school. After being named as new Head of School, Mr. Dawson responded, “I am honored to be named to this position. As Head of School I plan to work with our team to continue to improve the lives of our students and instill a love of learning in each child. My vision is for GPCS to continue as a place that offers students academic excellence, opportunities for meaningful service, and growth in their relationship with God through Christ.” Please join us in congratulating Mr. Keith Dawson on his appointment as the new Head of School of GPCS.Leaning on Him, Bill Bamford GPCS Board President
GPCS Welcomes a New Development DirectorGPCS is pleased to announce our new Development Director, Mr. J. Andrew Ferreira. He will begin on November 14. If you get a chance, introduce yourself and welcome him to GPCS. J. Andrew Ferreira comes to GPCS from South Portland Church of the Nazarene. He has been serving as Associate Pastor, Family Life Ministries and is the District Director of Adult Ministries for the Church of the Nazarene, Maine. Mr. Ferreira was also the Principal– Youth, Family, and Leadership Speaker-Coach for Life Formation Strategies of South Portland. Mr. Ferreira’s has a BA in Sociology, Literature & Creative Writing from Vermont College of Norwich University and is currently working on his M.Th. Practical Theology with the University of South Africa. I have given you just a sampling of J. Andrew Ferreira’s qualifications and educational background. GPCS is pleased and excited to have Mr. Ferreira join the school. We thank the Lord for His Provision! GPCS Moms Get connected There are many ways GPCS moms can get connected at GPCS. Even if you have not participated yet, you all are welcome to join in any time. Moms in Touch meets Monday morning at Patty Whiting’s house. This is a time set aside every week to gather and pray for GPCS, teachers & students. You can contact Patty at pwhit54@yahoo.com or 883-3403 for more information. We also have moms that get together to work out. The moms meet in the gym Monday –Thursday mornings. Moms also get together on Thursday mornings at Panera. Once the kids are dropped off at school, we gather, get some coffee, and fellowship.
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The National Honor Society Induction and
Senior Awards Ceremony was held on Monday, May 23. This event was
held at The Marriott in South Portland. Seniors (and their
families), Juniors to be inducted (and their families), faculty, and
school board members were invited to attend.