| Friday Focus |
March 30, 2007
| Dear Families and Friends, You should have already received in the mail a copy of the April calendar and hot lunch menus. They will also be posted on the website very soon. |
| Cesar Chavez Day Holiday |
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| Tuition Due |
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| Rainbow Church |
| Participation in this event is a part of their performing arts grade. |
| Hillside Community Church |
| Participation in this event is also a part of their performing arts grade. |
| Pathways |
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| Sincerely, Robert J. Robinson, Principal
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| Amazing Grace--How Sweet the Sight |
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| It isn't often I see a movie that I recommend. An exception to that rule is the movie Amazing Grace. If you haven't seen it yet, I'd encourage you to go and see it. I left the theater feeling uplifted for having seen it. You just might enjoy it too. Amazing Grace is not likely to become a major movie event. (I'd like to be wrong about that!) Secular critics won't see enough fast-paced action, hear enough profanity-laced dialogue, or see enough skin-dominated camera work to endorse it as "real" and "authentic." Some Christians likely are going to criticize it for not giving even more credit than it does to the central character's deep religious commitment. Why, it even reports his battle with an opiate used to treat his frequent stomach pains. Amazing Grace is a cinematic tribute to William Wilberforce. He was an ardent abolitionist for the bulk of his adult life and helped bring about the end of slave trading in the British Empire. The movie follows an idealistic young politician who sees the evils of human slavery and tries to do something about it. Against the fierce opposition of the House of Lords, Wilberforce pushes the issue until it almost breaks his health. A major driving influence behind his work was the preaching of a former slave-trader turned preacher who stirred Wilberforce to put his convictions on display as actions on behalf of others. That preacher was John Newton – author of the beloved hymn "Amazing Grace." One of the reasons I think the movie is worthwhile is that it shows a flawed man trying to do good things against the opposition of both deep-seated injustice and his own human weakness. That is the reality believers live every day. They aren't haloed figures in stained-glass windows. God's saints in every generation are those who stay the course for what is right. You may never hold political office and may never crusade for so visible a cause. But all of us have the opportunity to honor God by living with integrity in the places he has put us. You let your faith show itself in action. You refuse to let your failures stop you. You refuse the lie that your lack of perfection disqualifies you from pursuing something holy. In the process, God will sustain you by His amazing grace. |
Your
tuition statements will be mailed out from our accountant next
week. Your statement now has all miscellaneous charges from
the past month (hot lunch, after school care, etc) in addition
to the tuition charges for the coming month. Please note there
has been a slight change in the tuition due date. Tuition is
now due on the 10th of each month and late after the 15th.
Next
Saturday afternoon, April 7, students in grades 1-8 will be
singing at the Rainbow Church. All students need to be there
at 3:30 pm for this special Spring Concert. 
Next
week I’ll be in Albuquerque for a few days for a curriculum
committee that is preparing the new Pathways literacy
program that our school will begin implementing next year. While
I’m gone I do try to connect with my class via a web cam
conference. More information about Pathways can be
found online (link below).
Photos
from the Basketball Tournament at Mt. View, the Spelling Bee
at Miramonte, and the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show
are now available for viewing on our website. Start at:
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