Valentine Party!

     Our annual Valentine Party is scheduled for this Friday, February 12^th. As always, parents are welcome to attend as they are able. Lunch will be provided that day for the party. (Your student will still need to bring a snack for morning break.) If you are able and would like to bring something for that day for the party, please contact Mrs. Clevenger and let her know what you are able to bring. Some ideas are chips & dip, candy, and drinks.

      The students will be exchanging Valentine cards that day, if they would like to. Participation in this is not a requirement. However, if your student decides to give out Valentines, they must give one to every other student so no one is left out. Attached to this letter, you will find a complete list of the students to make this easier for your student to make sure each of their classmates get a Valentine.

      We will be out of school Monday, February 15^th for President's day.

      Regional Student Convention(RSC) is March 14^th – 17^th.

      RSC commitments are needed by Monday, February 15^th. We need to finalize registration. You can meet with us before school at drop off, or after school at pick-up to handle these items. Please call us with any questions.

      The students are really working diligently this quarter. We expect to see many of them make the Honor Roll for third quarter. Thank you for encouraging them to work hard in their studies as we begin the last half of the school year!

Student Name List

Lilly Caldwell       Sydney Jackson       Jenna Key           Levi Lipskoch

Riley Holmes       Will Vaughan         Rhiannon Wingo       Loxton Findley

Clayton Randall       Levi Findley       Julian Stanford        Sam Vaughan

Maddie Vaughan      Ethan Lipskoch      Jaden Lipskoch     Hannah Stanford

Dalton Randall         Jake Key               Landon Nolen        Sierra Scott

Dawson Scott       Haley Clevenger       Autumn Dye        Josh Randall

Danae Randall     Tyler Vasiceck        Shane Trejo

Funeral Arrangements and School Closing

As many of you already know, we lost a member of our school family last Saturday. Tabitha Smitherman, Sydney's mother, was tragically killed in a car accident. Her two boys were in the vehicle with her, and are currently recovering from their injuries at Children's Hospital.

Tabitha's funeral arrangements are as follows: visitation from 12:30 to 2:30 Thursday, February 4, at Peoples Chapel Funeral Home on Brooklane Drive in Hueytown. The funeral service will immediately follow the visitation, and the graveside service will take place at Big Creek Baptist Cemetery.

In order to allow any who would like to attend these services to be able to do so, we will be canceling school on that day.

Many of you have expressed a desire to help in any way, and if we learn of anything that needs to be done, we will be sure to pass on the information to you. Tabitha's parents and family have expressed their thanks for the support and prayers they have received.

Please continue to pray for Tabitha's family, especially her children, as they begin to cope with the loss of their mother. We are thankful that Tabitha professed a belief in Jesus as her Saviour, and is now in Heaven with Him. Please be mindful that you do not know how much time you have on this earth, and where you will spend eternity is of vital importance. If there is anything we can do to help you or your students with this matter, please make the time to talk to one of us.

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:

he that believeth in me, though he were dead,

yet shall he live:”

John 10:25