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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="112085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>                        Mobile Christian School - Home of the Leopards</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     H</B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Mobile Christian"><U><B>ome</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Information"><U>General Information</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id139.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information for Parents of Seniors"><U>Information for Parents of Seniors</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Counselors Corner"><U>Counselor's Corner</U></A>   |   <B>Monday Bulletin</B>   |   <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Traffic Flow Guidelines"><U>Traffic Flow Guidelines</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Parent Organizations"><U>Parent Organizations</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="113d2e83.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PTFA"><U>PTFA</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id625.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alumni"><U>Alumni</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Band/Color Guard"><U>Band/Color Guard</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Capella Chorus"><U>A Capella Chorus</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id693.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendars"><U>Calendars</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id553.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prospective Students"><U>Prospective Students</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission Statement"><U>Mission Statement</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Booster Club"><U>Booster Club</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Policies"><U>Policies</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Teacher Pages"><U>Teacher Pages</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id558.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Students Page"><U>Students' Page</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Parents Page"><U>Parents' Page</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Administration/Faculty/Staff"><U>Administration/Faculty/Staff</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Athletics"><U>Athletics</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id162.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Giving Opportunities"><U>Giving Opportunities</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id556.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Items"><U>News Items</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery"><U>Photo Gallery</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Monday Bulletin</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>MCS WEEKLY NEWS</B></div> <div> <B>August 25, 2008</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mobilechristian.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mobilechristian.org"><U><U>www.mobilechristian.org</U></U></A></div> <div> <B>“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”</B></div> <div> <B>Matthew 11:28-29</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >013f</FONT><B>Our 1</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>st</B></FONT><B> PTFA Meeting </B>& “<B>Meet the Teachers Night” </B>is Tuesday, August 26<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT>.<B>   </B>This is a great opportunity for you to meet your child's teachers. Please join us in the Auditorium at 7:00 tomorrow evening.</div> <div> <B>MCS Tattoos:</B>  Varsity Cheerleaders will be selling tattoos for .50 on Friday.  This helps to promote team spirit.</div> <div> <B>Important Notice to all Parents/Student Drivers:</B> The City of Mobile limits all businesses to only 3 curb entrances. For this reason, we will no longer be allowed to use the gravel/dirt drive at the west end of campus.  We are sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.</div> <div> <B>Substitutes Needed:</B>  If you are interested in substituting part-time, please come by the front office and pick up an application or call 661-1613 for more information.</div> <div> <B>Recycling:</B> We now have a recycling bin on campus.  It is located by the cafeteria (green dumpster). Please feel free to put your recyclable paper in it. Remember, this bin is for paper only.</div> <div> <B>Service Club:</B><B><U> </U></B>The MCS<B> </B>Service Club will have a meeting in the Cafeteria at 7:30 am this Tuesday morning. All 9<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> - 12<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> graders with servant's hearts are welcome!  "<B><U>Pennies for Patients</U></B><B>:</B> At the end of last year, the Service Club sponsored the Pennies for Patients Fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Due to your generosity<B>, $3,402.81</B> was collected for the Society. <B>Mobile Christian School was third in the State in total amounts collected! </B>Thank you for your generosity.</div> <div> <B>Chick-fil-a Biscuits:</B> The Service Club will be selling chicken biscuits every Thursday morning for $2.</div> <div> <B>Elementary Cheer Week:</B>  Elementary Cheer Week will be September 2-5. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Grandparent's Day:</B> Friday, Sept. 5 is Grandparent's Day for our PK3 - 5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> grade.  Invitations and information will be coming home in your child's folder this week.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Elementary Room Mothers:</B> We will have a meeting this Thurs., Aug. 28 at 9:00 am to prepare for our upcoming Grandparent's Day. Please plan to meet with Ms. Minor in the Leopards' Den at that time.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Math Club Tutoring:</B> The Math Club provides peer tutoring for students in grades 6-12 in the Math Lab as follows: Tuesday and Thursday from 7:25-7:50 in Rm. 12 and from 3:15-3:45 in Rm. 5 starting this Thursday.  Math help is also available from Mrs. Aldred , Monday - Friday from 3:15-4:00.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Girl Scouts:</B>  Our first Girl Scout Meeting will be Monday, Aug. 25 at 5:00 in the Leopard's Den.  Any young lady interested in joining Girl Scouts should come to the meeting. We have fun activities and a light snack planned.  Troops will be organized by age groups.   Girls Scouts will meet on Wednesdays at 3:15 and Juniors will meet on Sunday afternoons.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Mobile Christian School Website</B>: The MCS WEEKLY NEWS and other information will be published on the MCS Website at <B>www.mobilechristian.org. </B>Please refer to it often for news, sports schedules, etc.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Dismissal Times</B> on full days will be as follows: 2:50 for PK3-1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> grade, 3:00 for 2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >nd</FONT>-3<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >rd</FONT> and 3:05 for 4<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th </FONT>- 5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> grade.  Please be considerate of other drivers in the parking lot by not arriving too early and blocking the flow of traffic for those who are dismissing earlier.  Thanks for you cooperation. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Middle/High School Parents:</B> Please help our dismissal go more smoothly by not arriving to pick-up your 6<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT>-12<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> grade student until after 3:10.  Dismissal is not until 3:13 for 6<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT>-12<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> grade students.  This will allow for all the elementary students to be dismissed and traffic to be minimal.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Parking Spaces:</B> We have assigned the parking places for our students who drive cars.  <B>Parents, please be sure not to park in a numbered space.  </B>There are visitor's spaces near the high school.<B> </B>Thank you for your cooperation!</div> <bR> <div> <B>Uniforms:</B> Be sure to wear your full Dress Uniform on Mondays.  Elementary boys should wear long pants and girls need to wear jumpers on Monday. There was some miscommunication regarding elementary skorts. Skorts may be worn in the months of Aug.- Oct. and April - May only.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Booster Club:</B>  If you are not a member, we encourage you to join.  Membership is 25.00 per family.  This is a great way to support the children and the school.  You can pick up a membership form in the office or at the merchandise table at the game Friday night.  We still have a few “chair backs” available.  The permanently installed "fold-down-with-arm-rest" seats are $125 each/per season, so please purchase yours today!  For more information call Clifton Nelson 1-228-326-3332 or e mail at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:clifton.e.nelson@jci.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:clifton.e.nelson@jci.com"><U><U>clifton.e.nelson@jci.com</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> UPCOMING EVENTS:</div> <div>      Tuesday, Aug. 26          Meet the Teachers/PTFA Meeting 7:00 (Auditorium)</div> <bR> <div> ATHLETICS:</div> <div>      Tuesday, Aug 26          Volleyball vs. Cottage Hill (Home) 4:30-JV/5:30-Varsity</div> <div>      Thursday, Aug. 28     Volleyball vs Faith (Away) 4:30-JV/5:30-Varsity</div> <div>      Friday, Aug. 29          Varsity Football  vs Faith (Home) 7:00     </div> <bR> <bR> <div> LUNCH MENU: Week of Aug. 25 -Aug. 29</div> <div> Monday - Chick-fil-A Day</div> <div> Tuesday - Chicken-n-Dumplings, corn & cookie                           Po-boy option- turkey or ham & cheese </div> <div> Wednesday - meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn & brownie               ham & cheese or roast beef</div> <div> Thursday - barbecue chicken, macaroni & cheese, roll & cookie          ham or combo: turkey & roast beef</div> <div> Friday - PTFA Pizza Day</div> <bR> <div> Prices are as follows:</div> <div> Full size hot meals - $4.50</div> <div> Kid's size hot meal - $2.50 (PK 3-5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> grade only)</div> <div> Full size po-boy - $3.50</div> <div> ½ po-boy - $2.00(PK3- 5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT>)</div> <div> Salads - $4.00</div> <div> Chef's salad - $4.50</div> <div> Tea or Lemonade - sm. $ .50 and lg. $1.00</div> <div> Milk or Juice - $.75</div> <div>       </div> <div>      </div> <div> <B>COUNSELOR'S CORNER - Mrs. Coker   August 25, 2008</B></div> <div> <B>ACT/SAT DATES AND DEADLINES</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>: </B></FONT><B>(School code: 011-821)</B></div> <div> <U>ACT Test Date</U>: October 25 Registration deadline without a late fee: Sept 19 </div> <div> <U>SAT Test Date</U>: October 4 Registration deadline without a late fee: Sept 9</div> <div> Register for the ACT at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.actstudent.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.actstudent.org"><U><U>www.actstudent.org</U></U></A></FONT> and for the SAT at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.collegeboard.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.collegeboard.com"><U><U>www.collegeboard.com</U></U></A></FONT>. </div> <div> **See Ms. Coker for a schedule of ACT Exam Reviews at the University of South Alabama.  Register online at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.usacontinuinged.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usacontinuinged.com"><U><U>www.usacontinuinged.com</U></U></A></FONT>. </div> <bR> <div> The PSAT will be given to all Juniors on Wednesday, October 15.  Any Sophomore electing to take this test may do so by registering with Mrs. Coker and paying the $15.00 testing fee.  Sophomores must register by September 4 to be able to take this test with the Junior class.</div> <bR> <div> The Mobile Christian Schools College Fair will be held on October 21 from 6-8 in the gym.  We are expecting over 60 post secondary schools to be represented.  Please make plans now to attend.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>SENIOR NEWS</U></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Wendy's Heisman Scholarship application available online at </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.wendysheisman.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wendysheisman.com"><U><U>www.wendysheisman.com</U></U></A></FONT><I><B>.  This scholarship is open to seniors who excel both on the court/field and in the classroom.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>GMAC Bowl Scholarship Applications can be picked up in Mrs. Coker's office.  The deadline for this local scholarship is September 10.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>University of Alabama will be on campus Wednesday, August 27 during lunch.</B></I></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>