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Thursday,

Sept. 15, 2022

Crusader Club Cookout & Preschool/Lower School Night

At The Forest!

The Athletic Department would like to invite the FPA Preschool and Lower School community to the Junior Varsity and Varsity Volleyball games on Friday, September 23. All Preschool and Lower School students, families, and teachers will be our guests of honor this evening with FREE admission to the games! The Crusader Club will also be firing up the grill to serve hamburgers and hotdogs for dinner.

Friday, September 23, 2022

Preschool/Lower School Night at The Forest:

Junior Varsity Volleyball Game - 5:00 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Game - 6:00 p.m. 

*Free admission for all Preschool & Lower School students, families, and teachers. 

Crusader Club Cookout Menu: 

Hotdogs: $1.50 

Hamburgers: $3.50 

Shannon Forest Campus - There’s Still TIME! 

The Shannon Forest campus Attractions Coupon Book Sale has been EXTENDED through Monday, September 19.  

Ordering is EASY with EZ Pay! Use the code GOFPA.

Cash & Checks are also accepted.

Support the Crusader Booster Club and the parent volunteer group - Crusader Connections!  MONDAY is the last day to PURCHASE OR TURN IN your Attractions Dining Guide Books.

Books not returned will be charged to your school FACTS account.

DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

Online ordering is easy with EZ Pay code GOFPADT.

Incentives include:

SELL 5 BOOKS, GET 1 FREE! SELL 10 BOOKS, GET 2 FREE! 

(No limit. Only available on books purchased through EZPay)

The top selling class will win an Ice Cream Party!

Books not purchased will be due back to the school.

SALE ENDS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.

Interested In Volunteering?

You're Invited to A Crusader Connection Coffee

Friday, September 30

8:00 a.m.

Upper School Cafeteria 

Volunteering is a wonderful opportunity for parents to contribute both time and talent while making new friends! Our Crusader Connections parent volunteers focus on school-wide community fellowship and teacher appreciation. Come meet our 2022 -2023 Crusader Connection Leadership and hear about opportunities to volunteer.

Contact Heather Devine at  heatherkdevine@gmail.com or Diana Van Houten at dvanhouten@firstpresacademy.com for more information.

Fall Picture Day

Upper School fall pictures will be taken on Thursday, September 22.

Lower School Fall pictures will be Friday, September 23.

School uniforms required for K5 - 5th Grade students.

Christmas Ornaments Needed

In preparation for the Festival of Trees at the Hyatt in downtown Greenville, the Art Club will be re-purposing Christmas ornaments. If you are looking to toss out any ornaments that are glass or wood, the Art Club would love to have them! Donations can be dropped off with Tracie Blair at the Main Reception area.

Lower School Choir

The newly formed Lower School chorus consists of 3rd - 5th Grade students who auditioned before their peers and that have been recommended by teachers for having good conduct and work ethic. The group will rehearse each Thursday after school. Chorus members will perform for several school events including Veterans Day and the Christmas program. Other community outreach opportunities are also being explored.

Congratulations to the following singers:

Kate Frazier, Aria Frey, Emma Bott, Anna Seidl, Candler Putnam, Caroline Nelson, Lillien Smith, Benjamin Cooper, Carleigh Goodman, Gabby Leger, Brooklyn Santiago, Ada Cain, Girard Els, Lexi Williams, Mandy Waddell & Paisley Williams.

Big Win For Crusader Swimmers!

The Boys’ and Girls’ Crusader Swim teams brought home big wins from their September 8, meet against SCA and Greer High. The athletes landed ten 1st place finishes:

• Girls Medley Relay with Bella Stoneburner, Emily Long, Charlotte Goad and Kaylee Meyer
• Boys 200 Medley and 400 Free Relays with Thompson Haff, Griffin Fisher, Becker Glaser, and Henry DePalmer
• Charlotte Goad - 50 Free and 400 Free
• Griffin Fisher - 50 Free and 400 Free
• Megan McGovern - 200 Free and 100 Free
• Henry DePalmer - 100 Back

GO CRUSADERS!

Central Spirit Grade Level Representatives

Congratulations to the 2022 - 2023 Central Spirit Representatives. This team will conduct the duties of the formerly known Student Council to plan, organize, promote, and execute spirit related events. 

President: Rylie Pelletier

Senior Representatives: Callie Brandenburg & Eden Cummings

Junior Representatives: Makenna Kinley & Megan McGovern

Sophomore Representatives: Jade Koon & Callie Long

Freshman Representatives: Ella Grace Crawford & Kaya Thompson

8th Grade Representatives: Ella Grace Belew & Margaret Devine

Book Fair Begins Monday!

This year, say goodbye to cash and hello to eWallet - your child’s digital payment account! Before the fair, set up eWallet following the directions on the First Presbyterian Academy Book Fair homepage located at the link below:

Need more information about eWallet? Watch this handy video!

All online orders ship directly to your home and shipping is free for orders over $25. Sales from the book store earn rewards for our school! Online sale runs through Sunday, October 2.

Shannon Forest Campus

The Scholastic Book Fair will take place from Monday, September 19 - Friday, September 23, in the Multi-purpose Room. The hours will be from 8:10 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. If you can’t make it to the fair, shop online through October 2.

Downtown Campus

Parents can go to the Scholastic Book Fair ONLINE ONLY from Monday, September 19 - Sunday, October 2, to purchase books for their child.  

August POP STARS!

This school year, the Lower School started a “Pop Star” program recognizing students who have shown the Fruit of the Spirit attribute that we have been focusing on for the month. During the month of August, the focus was “love”.  Each teacher nominated a student who has worked to show love for others within the classroom.  Congratulations to (left to right):

Elodie Prashad, Lexi Williams, Audrey Cutting, Mary Hannah Smith, Sophia Witmer, Emma Bott, Aulora Kingstro, Mia Skala, Shiloh Singletary, Olivia McGreevey and Henry Perkins. Not pictured: Emelia Sanchez 

Tomorrow Is The Last Day To Order Your Field Trip Shirt!

For the safety and easy identification of our students while on field trips, all students will need to have the new Lower School field trip t-shirt. The shirt is $11.50 and you can use the drop-down menu from the link to select your child's size. Parents who plan to go on field trips, feel free to order one for yourself, but it is not mandatory for parents. All shirts will need to be ordered through the link below by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 16!

Dr. Graham issued a challenge to the Lower School saying she would buy a coupon book from the first student who could spell "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" aloud on their own (without looking it up). So many students wanted to give it a try they had to be issued a number (shown on the foreheads of some students). Congratulations to 4th Grade student, Carleigh Goodman, (front/center) for being the first person to spell it correctly.   

Congratulations to Liddy Agbomi, Class of 2018 alumni, for her recently published article in a scientific journal! The topic of the piece is on Dementia and Parkinson Disease with Dementia. Liddy will graduate this fall from Clemson University with a B.S. in Bioengineering, Biomaterials Concentration and a minor in Chemistry.

Read more from Liddy at the link below:

Shannon Forest 2018 graduate Veronika Birkner has spent the last few weeks doing some student teaching in Mrs. Kinley’s 4th Grade class. The students have enjoyed getting to know her and they have loved her lessons, too! We wish her well as she finishes up her degree!

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The school IGNITES a passion for excellence in learning and INFUSES God's Word as a lens for learning, so our students may grow to IMPACT the world for Jesus Christ.

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