MS/HS Students,
Sorry we are running a bit late this week. Quotes of the Week:
SPORTS: Varsity soccer has officially begun playoffs. They will play until they lose or until they win the state championship. Here is this week's schedule if they succeed.
Flashback of the Week: Chucks and Air Jordan sneakers have been spotted throughout the building. I owned each at various times during their first run. It appears the sequels are a bit more expensive. That said, they could make a good Christmas gift for your child unless they are still waiting off the coast of California. The sneakers, not your child. Deep Thought of the Week: What if everyone shaved their eyebrows and simply drew their eyebrows to match the mood they were in. Happy, sad, surprised, angry. I think this would be a good idea. Cheap Shot of the Week: There is no better feeling than to walk in the teacher’s lounge and see a tasty treat. This week it was some lovely dark chocolate. Until you took a bite and it turned out to be bakers chocolate. Such a dirty move. No names will be mentioned because the Ramblings doesn’t want to drag anyone through the mud, but it was the AP Psychology teacher. Thanks for listening. Because He Lives, Chris Rainear MS/HS Students,
I hope everyone enjoyed some time off. And I hope everyone enjoyed their conversations with your parents after conferences. I always feel like now is when the real work begins. Here are some thoughts. Lost and Found: The table is out of control. Never in the history of GCS has the lost and found table grown at such a fantastical rate. Students - check the table. Parents if you are reading this and are missing an entire dresser drawer of clothes, have your kids check the table. There are a few theories as to how the lost and found table has grown at such a rate:
Regardless of the reason, please take your stuff. It’s getting to the point of being embarrassing. Just sayin. Quotes of the Week:
Flashback of the Week: One of my classes was given 10 minutes at the beginning of the class to study (cram) for a quiz. After about 5 minutes I announced “5 minutes gone, we’re halfway there” at which point about a third of the class burst out in song. Just one more example that the 80’s were amazing and will never be forgotten. Philippians 1 - A couple more things I would like to ramble about. If you made it this far, more power to you. I will try to be brief.
Thanks for listening. Because He Lives, Chris Rainear PS: First student to respond to this email with the first 10 terms of the Fibonacci Sequence will get a donut. Rainear’s Random Ramblings 2: MS/HS Students, Parents - once again there is no need to read this. Just decided to carbon copy the parents in case they like to read incoherent babble. Just hit delete. Students - you likely don’t need to read it either unless you are interested in the prizes. I’m thinking about making this a weekly thing. If there is a topic or story of interest that you would like to add to the Ramblings, just let me know. It was a great week if you like kids dressing weird and teachers dressing even weirder. Seems everyone had fun and perhaps we even squeezed in some educational material. Quotes of the Week:
Flashback of the Week: I’ve noticed lately a lot more guys wearing necklaces like we did back in the 80’s. Back in my day we called them “chains” and we were super groovy. I’m pretty sure we only wore them to copy the greats like Rob Lowe, Scott Bakula and “the Hoff”. The bad news is that it appears it goes against GCS dress code and the consequence is eating lunch by yourself, bummer. The good news is that if “chains” are back in style, then mullets are right around the corner. I can grow a sweet mullet. Homecoming: Seems everything turned out ok. We normally like to have rain at homecoming, but this year it was the only day of the week without rain. Go figure. The soccer team won the game, the seniors won the Spirit Cup, we have a new king and queen and a great time was had by all. Thank you for all of the participation. New Mascot: A new GCS Soldier was unveiled at homecoming. Sounds like there may be a competition to name him. Keep your ears open for updates. The first names that popped into my head were “Bob”, “Burton Guster”, and “Big Head”. Good luck trying to beat those. Thanks for listening. Don’t run in the halls. And eat your veggies. Because He Lives, Chris Rainear MS/HS Students and Parents,
For those who don’t know me, I am Mr. Rainear. I’ve been here a long time. I teach Math, Bible and other things. I also occasionally send annoying emails. Just to be clear, this email is in no way required reading. Reading it will not make you a smarter person, a better person, or a happier person. However, there may be prizes at the end for completing it. Science tells us that 67.4% of people will regret reading any further, so feel free to hit the little trash can icon now. For your own sanity, I recommend you hit the trash can icon now. If you choose to read farther, consider yourself warned.
Parents, it is an honor and a privilege to assist you in the training of your children. We take the responsibility seriously and soak it in prayer frequently. Look forward to a healthy, happy and “hearty” school year. (For the purposes of this email, hearty is to be defined as “when one’s heart grows closer in fellowship with God). If you made it to the end, congratulations and sorry. Because He Lives, Chris Rainear PS. Earlier in the email I used “further” and “farther”. I wasn’t sure which was right and I really didn’t care. I am thankful to teach at GCS. I am thankful that my kids go (and have gone) to GCS
Recently I read a Twitter feed that has really bothered me (attached). It was a school teacher talking about new challenges of virtual classrooms. His concern was that parents would see what they were teaching the kids about social topics like sex, gender and race. Genesee Christian School strives to support families and churches in the training of truth and righteousness. We don’t hide what we are teaching kids. If anything, I want parents to know what the kids are being taught so if parents disagree they can have open conversation with their children. There is no way we will all agree about everything. Truth is truth, but the application sometimes can get messy. But we are in this together for the benefit of YOUR children.
This is just too good. I have to share it. There is a group of 10th grade boys that did an amazing job on their Bible project. The boys are Payton Snyder, Zane Burtrum, Ben Walls, John Cox and Andrew Houle. I don’t know much about Minecraft, or other video games for that matter. I usually think they are just a waste of time. But it seems that even the most useless things in this world can actually be of some good. The Bible class is Old Testament survey. Where we want to get an overview of the Old Testament. There is a 3-5 minute run through we do occasionally in class and they were all asked to put together a “presentation”. It could be acting, power point, or simply telling the story as if talking to a friend. I asked them to be creative and don’t limit yourself to my ideas. They could do it on their own or in a group. Five guys (not burgers and fries) asked if they could do a big group. I told them that it better be good since it was a big group. It far exceeded my expectations. Again, I know nothing about Minecraft, but IMO this is really good. Turn the volume up and enjoy. Have a great weekend. |
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