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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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:
Exceptions
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:
Are you a new family to GCA? Click HERE for our new parent page with resources and videos to get you started.
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.
