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Purchase your ticket September 11th-October 10th

High School Homecoming

Dinner & Dancing

Tickets $40 available to purchase from Sept 11th to Oct 10th

Event Date: October 21st

Frisco Bible Church Lobby

5:30p-8:30p

Taco Bar dinner, dessert, and line dancing

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Homecoming Mum Fundraiser

Wear your Mum October 19th

Mums and Garters are a fun tradition at GCA as part of Homecoming week October 16th-21st. New this year is that both middle school and high school have options to order or make mums or garters to wear on Thursday October 19th. This is a fun way to show school spirit, but keep in mind that buying, making, and/or wearing them is completely optional.

 
The Homecoming week will end with a Dinner and Dance for the 9-12th graders on October 21st at 5:30. More details about that will be coming soon. 
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Volleyball and Flag Football Game Dates/Info

September 7th and September 9th

GCA vs GCA Flag Football Game on September 9th 
Address: Athlete Training and Health, 1110 Raintree Cir #1220, Allen, TX 75013. 
Time: 12:05pm
Info: Bring your own Chair. There are no Bleachers.
 
Middle School Volleyball Game at PCA North on September 7th @5pm
ADDRESS:1001 W. Prosper Trail — Please park on the South side of the church and enter through
the double glass doors directly across from the football field.
Arrival:
● The fans will park in the south parking lot and enter the south glass doors.
ADMISSION FOR VISITING FANS:
● There is one entrance for all fans. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students,
under 5 are free.
 
There will be NO  Middle School or High School Volleyball practice on Monday, September 11th due to camp.
 
High School will practice on September 12th from 3:30pm- 5:00pm.
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Parent Connection Live Kickoff!

Thursday, August 31st 

What is Parent Connection Live?

A Time to Meet to strengthen our families, our parenting skills our relationship to God

  • When & Where: Thursday August 31st Room Anna

  • Time: 2:15 – 2:55pm

  • Who is invited?  Any adult who wants to learn and grow in parenting skills

  • This Month’s Topic: Discipline as Discipleship and the Logistics of the University Model

Note room change to Anna.  Sign up for this month and/or all the fall dates. We only have 24 spots per session!  Signup  today. Contact Sondra Reid if you have any questions.
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Need help on your math homework? Come to Math Lab on Wednesdays!

Every Wednesday from 9-10 a.m. and 10-11 a.m. 

Starting Wednesday, August 23rd, any 6th-12th student is invited and encouraged to attend Math Lab with Mrs. Slaughter! This is an opportunity for students to support from a math teacher while working on their math homework.

Dress Code: Students please come in spirit wear, so jeans and a GCA Spirit Shirt

Where: Park and come in through the main entrance. Students please sign in and then you may go to the room “Plano” for math lab

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First Weeks of School- Procedures and Policies

Pick Up Line, Uniforms, Tardies and Detentions, Planned Absence/Sick Students, Late Lunch Drop Off, etc.

Pick Up/Drop Off Line

Drop Off (Morning)

 7:15-7:30 a.m. Middle School Athletics

Only drop off upper school students at this line, no Kinder-5th siblings can be dropped off in the middle school athletics drop-off line.

7:30-7:45 a.m. Upper School

Pull inside the cones and as far forward as possible before stopping to let your student out.

7:45-8:00 a.m. Lower School

Pull up to the farthest cone and a GCA staff or volunteer will help your student unload with their backpack and make it into the school doors.

Pick Up Line (Afternoon)

Have your car line sign visible. If you do not have your car line sign, park and come into the main entrance and get a car line sign before going back through the line to get your student.

3:00 p.m. Lower School

All lower school students will group with the youngest sibling so pick up at the designated spot of your youngest. Pull forward to the farthest cone with your car line sign in your window and we will deliver your student to your car.

 3:30 p.m. Upper School

Pull forward to the farthest cone with your car line sign in your window and we will send your student to your car.

Student Parking:

Students are allowed to park in the west parking lot, down by the portables. When backing up they will need to be careful of cars passing them in the carline.

If you are leaving before 3:30, please walk up to the main entrance and check out. 

Uniforms

Click HERE for the full uniform policy.

Announcements:

An update from last year is students can wear any kind of approved shoe on chapel, dress-up days, Monday. They are no longer required to wear a dress shoe

-If your student’s dress-up day Monday uniform has not arrived yet, please have them wear either a polo or white dress shirt until their official shirt has arrived.

-If your student’s Tuesday/Thursday uniform has not arrived by the first day of school, have them wear khakis and a solid color polo until their uniform arrives.

Tardies and Detentions

All students who arrive after their drop-off line has ended and the doors are locked must enter through the main entrance doors. They will check-in with the front desk team and be sent to their classrooms.

UPPER SCHOOL ONLY- TARDY SLIPS/DETENTIONS

All Upper School students who are tardy will need to get a tardy slip and will receive a 10 minute after school detention for any unexcused tardies. 

-If your student’s class they are tardy for is in the Modulars, park by the modulars and get a tardy slip from Julia Yu in the back office before sending them in to class.

All detentions for tardies or other broken policies must be served the same day by the student. If they cannot serve it the same day, they are allowed to move it to the next in-person school day with permission from the Upper School Attendance Clerk (Autumn Pearson)

If a student receives a detention, we will email the parent who is marked as correspondence to inform you and please arrive 10 minutes after 3 and park and come in the main entrance doors to get your student.

If you are leaving before 3:30 you will serve your detention with Julia Yu in the back office.

Planned Absences/Sick Students

If you have a family vacation or an absences you know is planned and would like to get approval for it please fill out THIS FORM here, also found in the forms section at the bottom of the nest.

If your student wakes up sick, please email attendance@gcafrisco.org to let us know and we will mark them excused for the day.

Excused Absences:

Class day lesson plans may be accessed in FACTs Family Portal.

All homework that was due the day your student missed class is due the first day back.

All homework that becomes due while you are out is due the 2nd day back including work completed in class.

Late Lunch Drop-Off/Visiting Campus

Do you have something to drop off to your student after the drop-off lines are closed and the building is all locked up? As a part of our security plan, here is what we ask you to do:

Please park and place all late drop-off items in the cart outside the main entrance doors with something marking which student/grade they need to go to. Thank you for helping us keep our building secure!

If you do need to visit campus for any reason (to volunteer, to visit a classroom, etc.) please enter by the main entrance doors, sign-in with the front desk and receive a visitor badge.

Water Bottles/Drinks at School

We highly recommend and encourage your child bringing a water bottle to school and would prefer clear water bottles but any kind of water bottles are allowed. 

Only water is allowed in class, no other beverages.

Phones

Phones need to be put away before exiting your vehicle in the car line and cannot come out until students are back in their car. Students may have a phone but it should be in their backpack on silent the entire time they are on campus.

If a student is found with a phone out or in their pocket it will be:

  1. Collected by the faculty/staff who observed it
  2. Parent can pick it up at the desk the first time it is collected
  3. The second offense will result in student banned from bringing phone on campus

Exceptions

  • If students needs to contact you they may go to the front desk and receive permission to use their phone at the front desk.
  • Certain teachers may allow students to use their phone for a specific purpose in class like research or to play a game but this is at the discretion of the teacher.
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Save the Date- GCA Fall Family Picnic

September 21st 6-8 p.m.

Save the date for our super fun, start-of-school Family Picnic! Your whole family is invited to the GCA back campus for dinner and fun activities hosted by our middle and high school students. This is a great chance to meet other families and have fun. This family picnic includes:

  • Water Balloons and inflatable Water Slide
  • Face Painting
  • Balloon Animals
  • Carnival Games
  • Cake Walk
  • Cotton Candy
  • Snow Cones
  • Dinner
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Axis Resources

Want to connect deeper with your pre-teen or teenager? GCA has subscribed to AXIS. Check out their FREE resources HERE and be on the lookout for a login to access MORE of their great materials, discussion guides for parents/ teens, etc. Axis is a Christian company whose mission statement is “connecting parents, teens and Jesus in a disconnected world.” 

 

One resource we can highly recommend is their free “culture translator” which sends you an email with info about the latest trends from a Christian perspective and things to be aware of as a parent.

 

This site has lots of great videos and resources. You can create a free account HERE, just click “login” and “create an account.”

 

It is important now more than ever to be engaged and a part of your pre-teen and teenager’s life and disciple them through the confusing culture and times we live in.