MACH Blog

Remember CLASH day tomorrow!

Treats available for purchase at lunch!  Chocolate covered strawberries will be available at lunch tomorrow!  Additional items such as snacks and drinks will also be available.  Please support the students going to Boston!

1.  CLaSh DAy!  Wednesday is  clash day!  Parents and students alike are encouraged to enjoy this fun day of wearing your best mis- match!   Photographers- be ready!

2.  STANDARDIZED TESTING    Please have your child at Bonni Greiner’s house by 8:25 AM to begin promptly by 8:30.  They need two sharp pencils, scrap paper, a snack, a small drink, and the test, (if you took one home from co-op).  The students will be finished by 11:30 AM.  The cost of each test is $12.50.

3.  We are encouraging all prospective families to visit our co-op before enrolling, so you may see several visitors in the next month.  If you know of any families who would like to join, please tell them to get started in the process of enrolling, as several classes are full or nearly full already.

1.  From the Jarkowskys:  Girl Scout Cookies are in,  and we will have them on Wednesday for those who ordered from Kayleigh.  Please bring your payment.  Thank you

2.  The curriculum committee is meeting tomorrow to plan for next year.  We are hoping to finalize everything and have the teacher/helper schedule out soon.  If you have previously taught a class, please let us k now if you want to teach it again, as you get first chance at it, before the schedule is posted for everyone to sign up.  If you are uncertain of your return next year, please do not sign up early.  Also- if you are teaching a class younger than your children’s classes, please consider teaching on a higher grade level.

1.  On Wed, March 9th, the junior high history class will hold a yard sale to benefit their trip to Boston in April.  If you do not have a child in the class, but would like to donate items for them to sell, please bring them on that day.

2.Teachers- Please make sure you are signing up for the DVD /Tv’s.  There is a sign up sheet available, which Bev takes home every week.  It could happen that you plan on a TV, and none are available if you do not sign up.

3.  Thank you for your prayers for David Graybill during his extensive ankle surgery. They kept him overnight to manage pain better and the Dr. was quite optimistic for a relatively pain-free result.
Thanks!  Tracy

4.  Due to our two snow days, we will be extending the hand bell choir practice times.  Please note the following change in schedule:
~On Wednesday, Feb. 23, the Beginner choir will practice from 1:30-3:00.  The Advanced choir will then practice from 3:00-4:00.

~On Wednesday, March 2, the Beginner choir will hold its normal practice from 1:30-2:30.  The advanced choir will practice from 2:30-4:00.

These two days are the only changes we are making for now.  Depending on how practices go, we may need to extend some additional practices.
Please talk to an elective committee member, if you or your child cannot accommodate this change in schedule.

Also, please make sure all students are arriving to class on time, so that practice can begin immediately.  Valuable practice time is being  wasted, as it seems the group is consistently waiting on 1 or 2 students
to arrive.  If you are the monitor that hour, please help usher students into class, in a timely manner.

Have a good week!

Happy Valentines Day to each of you, and the families you love!

2.  Prayer request and Praise

I wanted to thank each of you for praying for my dad.  I received a call last week from Florida letting me know that my dad was in the emergency room in a hospital.  He became ill while vacationing.  The initial diagnoses of pneumonia was re-diagnosed as aorta stenosis.  His aorta was not working properly and his lungs were collecting fluid.  He was driven back to PA on Monday and I traveled to his home in Bucks County, PA to stay with him and drive him to Dr. visits.  As concerned as I was about his heart, that paled in comparison to my concern about his spiritual life.  Twenty-eight  years ago when I told my Jewish parents that I had accepted Jesus as my Jewish Savior, I was told to NEVER mention that name again in their home or in  their presence. I now realized that the time had come to disobey my father.  I believe because of the power of prayer, my father’s spiritual heart has softened.  I was able to witness to him this morning.  Although he didn’t make a decision immediately, he listened, understood, and PROMISED me that he would accept the Savior before it was too late.  He allowed me to explain everything that I have wanted to for almost 30 years. I can’t thank each one of you enough for your  prayers.  I don’t know what the Drs. will decide to do about my dad’s condition, but I know Who is on the throne and I refuse to worry!!  I’ll keep you posted.  Thanks again!!  Bonni

1.  Does anyone have a copy of _Ink on His Fingers_ that I may borrow for
6th grade history class? I mislaid mine within the last two weeks and we
cannot find it, please e-mail Mim Zimmerman if you have a copy I may
borrow. Thank You 

2.  A volunteer is needed to lead the volleyball class this week.  If you
can help, please notify LaWanda at

3.  See you tomorrow!  No snow is in the forecast, but it will be cold!  Pizza orders will resume tomorrow.

1.  PIZZA orders- We will not be ordering pizza tomorrow, due to the uncertainty of our meeting with the weather forecast.  We need to have our order in today, so it was decided that we will not order this week.  So- pack a lunch, just in case!

2.  Missions Fest Lancaster is holding a missions conference February 18-20, 2011 at Lancaster County Convention Center. Friday February 18th from 12:00 to 2:15 is our field trip program open to grades K-5. Admission is FREE. All students need to bring is a bagged lunch.
The program will take place on the lower level of the Convention Center, Vine Street entrance. The program consists of students eating lunch from 12:00-12:20, touring exhibits at 12:20, and will conclude with a program with Brad and Maxine Waldman and their friends called “The Commission Kid’s Adventure.”
Please pre-register by Friday, February 11, 2011.
To pre-register or for more information, contact Julie Iddings (Event Coordinator) at or by calling 717.509.0938

3.  BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

Looking ahead to February, I need to wrap up Box tops for this year.  I need to mail them by mid February.  Please send in all of the box tops that you’ve been collecting at home.  Ask grandparents, relatives and friends if they have any lying around.  Every last one will help us make money for our group.  Please have them trimmed, this saves a lot of time!!  Thanks!  Deb McNece

4.  How Great Thou Art Publications Presents 3 day ART Classes

Barry Stebbings, creator of How Great Thou Art Publications, has been traveling
the United States and Canada for many years teaching beginning drawing and
painting classes to homeschoolers.  It is estimated that he and his wife have
personally instructed over 60,000 homeschoolers in this manner.  The purpose
of this course is to inspire students to do good works, to show them that God
has given each and every one of them the ability to create, and that drawing and
painting are learned disciplines.  The couse includes teaching many of the basic
fundamentals of beginning drawing and painting, an introduction to art appreciation
(studying the great masters), and the new techniques in the use of colored markers
and colored pencils.

3 Day Art Classes at New Covenant Mennonite Fellowship
529 E. Farmersville Road
New Holland, PA  17557
1.   May 24, 25, 26   (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday)
2.   classes are 2 1/2 hr. each day
3.   Classes will include instruction in:
art appreciation
beginning drawing
beginning painting
introduction to colored markers and colored pencils
4.  tuition is $26 per student for the entire 3 days
5.  parents are encouraged to take the class (same price as students)
6.  a parent must take class with 5-6 year olds
7.  classes are  9:00 – 11:30  (morning class)  -  if there is a large number of
students there will be a 1:00 – 3:30   (afternoon class)
8.  All materials will be provided except for colored pencils and colored markers.
Recommended materials will be available for purchase at registration on the
first day at a reasonable price.  You can also bring your own.
*  prismacolor colored pencils
set of 12   $7.50
set of 24   $15  (optional)
*  set of 8 watercolor markers  $4.50
*  each student will need at least a standard of colored pencils and markers

Please register by March 1:   reply
or call Mary Weaver at 717-629-0865
I will need the following information:
parent name
how many attending
would you prefer an afternoon class if there is one?

Please mail payment to:              Mary Weaver
2963 N. Colebrook Road
Manheim, PA  17545

If payment recv’d by March 15,    $26 per student
payments recv’d after March 15   $29 per student

5.  The Secret Garden, the Lancaster Mennonite School winter play will be held  next weekend, Thursday Jan. 27 through Saturday, Jan. 29.  All shows are at 7:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center.

Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance by calling the box office 299-0436, ext. 340.

6.  See you tomorrow!  Please remember to check WGAL.com, WJTL.com, or listen to the radio for cancellations or late openings, following the Manheim Central School District.  Please note that they do not post on wdac radio.  We will monitor school early dismissals while we are there if necessary, and leave early if it seems wise.

1.  Could everyone playing volleyball please bring a volleyball if they have one? Thanks, Bonni

2.  Thanks to everyone who faithfully orders and pays for pizza! If each FAMILY, (not family member, just family), could contribute 25 cents just once for January, and then February, March etc. we will have enough to purchase plates and napkins for that month!

3.  Please pray for the families of the 4 young men from Manheim who were killed on Sunday.  Pray too for the students of the district who knew them.

Attached are the “Elective Guidelines” and “Elective Helper Job Descriptions”.  Please review these carefully.  Copies of these forms will also be kept in the green folder on the front table for you to review as needed.

Elective classes have been assigned to the following rooms (signs will also be posted on the doors).