A great deal of fun was had by all at our Harvest Festival...and now is the time to thank all who helped make this eventsuch a great success! 
We couldn’t have had better weather; praise the Lord that all our prayers were answered!
We would like to thank you all for your help!

 The bakers, the cooks, the workers, the sellers, the buyers, the organizers, the vendors,

the helpers, the students, and all the volunteers! 

We couldn’t have done it without all of you!
The elementary teachers thank you for the new things they can now buy for their classrooms. The choir, band, strings, publications, athletics, and the school in general, all appreciate the support too!
In other words, thank you, anyone and

everyone who participated in any way!
We realized a profit of approximately $6,000!

 WHAT  A  GREAT  DAY!

In addition to the remarkable Harvest Festival, many of us have come off of a very busy effort to raise money for our gym renovations.  Through work efforts of recent weeks, students have turned in $7,302 to bring our renovation funding efforts to $84,623.  Now only $15,277 remains before we match the $50,000 initial gift for the gym renovation.

The floor is the first step in the renovations.  Still of benefit to our program will be:

1. Dressing room improvements now in progress

2. Protective mats and equipment for the maple floor

3. Modification of the former stage area into a more useable space – current planning is to place two sets of our old bleachers into this space (they would ruin new floor if installed back in their original location)

4. New retractable bleachers along the court (first good bid we have is $30,800)

5. Protective back entry into the gym (a major project in itself)

Protective blacktop or cement to cover dirt and all sorts of grit located fairly near the south end of the gym – already we see much of this grinding material tracking onto the floor.

What about the auction portion of Harvest Festival?  So much effort went into working to raise money for the floor, that the number of people to commit to this great potential was not available.  Therefore we will place continuation of this even on hold and plan to reactive this great potential in the spring.  Your ideas are welcomed!  Also, between now and then a committee of parents and
others can be working with Diana to make this a real source of gaining helpful outside funding –
funding which enables educational offerings to be strengthened during a time of economic stress for so many of our families.

Check the website for upcoming junior high boys’ basketball games.  Also there are many pictures to see from the Harvest Festival.

Again, thanks for such great school family involvement during this past busy month.