Notes from the Nest..

Hello Parents,

What a fun, short week we are having. We've had opportunities to dress up and participate in Coming Home activities. I believe the students have had a lot of fun coming to school in their pajamas and dressed up as their favorite holiday! I was able to get pictures of pajama day, and you can find those under their grade-level tab listed above. This week you will also find pictures of the students who made Principal’s List and Honor Roll under the “Eagle Happenings” tab. There are lots of good reminders this week on the blog, so be sure to take a look below and read up on all the information. We have a special message from the administration, as well. **CHAPEL video clip from today under "chapel" tab!**


 First, I would like to personally invite you all to the Chick-Fil-A in Smyrna. It's spirit night – another great opportunity to show your support while fellowshipping with our EHCS family. This will be from 5:00 -7:00 p.m. Please bring a flyer, and Chik-Fil-A will donate 20% of proceeds to EHCS. It's just one of many ways that add up to help provide the best education for your family! I hope to see you all there this evening!

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On Wednesday, January 23^rd our kindergarten students came to school eager to celebrate the 100^th Day of school! The kindergarteners have enjoyed decorating the hallway with 100 snowballs, 100 snowflakes, 100 gumballs, 100 pennies, and portraits of themselves at 100 years old as they were leading up to the 100^th Day events. The 100^th Day was packed full of learning fun as students counted their way to 100 in many different ways. See pictures under the “Kindergarten” tab.

Important Information from President Beecher Frasier:
The new tuition schedule for 2013-2014 has been reviewed and approved by the EHCS Board of Directors. I hope you continue to see the value of the education that Ezell-Harding provides to your family and the positive impact you help provide to this community. In a few weeks, you will receive information on the reenrollment process and the associated deadlines. Thank you for choosing to be a part of the future at Ezell-Harding Christian School,  where we are committed to excellence!

2013-2014 Tuition:

Prekindergarten (3 & 4) – 4th grade                $7,250

                          5th - 8^th                                       $7,850

                          9th - 12th grade                    $8,200

A second child discount of $800 per student is offered for families with more than one child enrolled.

The following tuition discounts are also offered:

***Alumni discount for EHCS graduates – 10%

***Full-time active military discount – 25%

***Tuition payments received in full by August 1 will receive a 5% discount

Below, I have listed several events coming up:

Coming Home
Our basketball Coming Home game will be this Friday (1/25). The varsity teams will be playing Sewanee starting at 6:00 p.m. Please come early to enjoy our youngest chorus (2^nd – 3^rd grades) perform our national anthem prior to the game.

Open House
Please invite family and friends to attend the Admission's Open House on campus this Sunday (1/27) from 2:00-4:00. Help us grow our wonderful school community. Our families are our BEST resource for marketing the school to new people!

No School, Friday 2/1
Remember that we will not have school next Friday, February 1, due to all of those traveling to Knoxville. We wish them well and hope they can bring home some wins! Please contact Agnes Freudenthal if you have not already made arrangements for extended day care.

**Don’t forget to bring in Box Tops for Education. The deadline is March 1. We could really use your help, and we are challenging each class to bring in as many as possible!

Before I sign off this week, I would like to share something with you. I have gotten positive feedback each week after I share my different thoughts. I enjoy reading and finding things to share with my teachers and my basketball players. This week, before we played our arch rival, FRA, I read to the girls what you will find below. Then, at a faculty meeting I decided to discuss the same thing. We need to focus on the little things – the things we can directly control – because this truth can apply to each of us…

Take Care of the Little Things
"Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves." "Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves." Most of you have heard that phrase before, right?!?! Did you ever stop to think about what it really means? What are the little things? What are the big things? And, how do the big things take care of themselves?

As an athlete, you need to focus on the "little things" the aspects of your game that you directly control. You have control over how you execute your offense and defense. You have control over your hustle, your speed, your drive, and your effort. You have control as you are positioning your body against your opponent. You have control over your attitude, your spirit, your passion, and your good sportsmanship.

The bigger things are not in your direct control. Don't concern yourself with the referees (or officials) or the way the other team is performing. You can't control the crowd, the coaches, or your teammates. Don't focus on these aspects. The bigger things will take care of themselves.

If you focus on the bigger things – the score, the calls, or the opponent, then your individual effort will suffer. Blocks will be missed, rebounds will be lost, turn-overs will happen. Keep your mind and body focused only on the items that you can control and the actions that you need to perform.

When you execute the little things to perfection, then the score and the victory will take care of themselves! The victory will happen. It will happen because each one of you has done your part. Your collective efforts will come together as a victory.

 

                                                                        -Mike Sellers (website)