Jr. Cougar Chronicles : 2024

Jr. Cougar Week

Our Jr. Cougar Week of JOY will soon be here! It is on Monday, 1/29 through Friday, 2/2. It wraps on Saturday, 2/3 with our Jr. Cougar Winter Wonderland Carnival...but let's not get ahead of ourselves!

We are out of this world excited about an exciting STEM activity happening during Jr. Cougar Week featuring OZOBOTS! OZOBOTS are being brought to us by the IU13 and Ms. Judy Trusz, the Nonpublic Math Consultant. Whoop! Whoop!

All Jr. Cougars from preschool through grade 5 will receive direct instruction as well as get hands-on experience with these unique bots either on Monday, 1/29, or Friday, 2/2.

On Wednesday we will celebrate the love and JOY of the Lord in our elementary chapel and preschool and kinder will joining us. We will wrap up our time of praise, worship, and testimony with an extra special Jr. Cougar connection activity and prayer time.

In honor of Jr. Cougar week and elementary chapel, we would love to demonstrate our unity by wearing Cougar gear and/or school colors on Wednesday, 1/31.

And as if that not enough JOY, fun, spirit, and excitement, Mrs. Rischel, our elementary art teacher and Miss Hoover, our elementary PE and computer teacher put some of their own creative flair together for this special week.

Mrs. Rischel has deigned two coloring pages,one for our younger Jr. Cougars in PS - through grade 2 and one for our Jr. Cougars in grades 3-5 for a coloring contest. Coloring pages will be supplied on Monday, 1/29 for a Jr. Cougar coloring contest. Completed projects will be due Friday, 2/9. Winners will be announced at elementary chapel on Wednesday, 2/14.

Miss Hoover has created a Jr. Cougar Week Exercise Calendar for PS - Grade 5. Calendars will be sent home with Jr. Cougars on Monday, 1/29. Completed calendars will be due Friday, 2/9. Winners (participants) will be announced at our elementary chapel on Wednesday, 2/14.

Lastly, we will be celebrating Jr. Cougar Week by giving back and blessing our community! In priceless partnership with The Bridge Academy in Coatesville Jr. Cougars have the opportunity to help to supply snacks for the children they serve. Mrs. Liz Taylor, a Jr. Cougar mom who serves at The Bridge Academy shared:

The Bridge Academy and Community Center serves families in the city of Coatesville and surrounding areas. Our mission is to equip youth and families with the tools necessary for academic achievement, life skills, creative expression, spiritual growth and leadership. We have academic programs for students K-12 where we provide homework and specific academic support. We also have evening programs where we have a family style meal, a bible lesson and additional activities. In 2023, we served 411 unique students through our Bridge programming. 7,080 meals were served during our regular programs and events. 2,505 snacks were also served, and 1,200 meals distributed at community events. The Bridge is incredibly grateful to partner with Conestoga Christian School and the Junior Cougars to help provide snacks for our programs!

Jr. Cougars can bring in their snack donations for the children that attend The Bridge Academy beginning on Monday of Jr. Cougar week. Snack donations will be collected from Monday, 1/29 until our eleementary chapel on Wednesday, 2/14. During this chapel we will present the tasty treats to Mrs. Taylor and pray over them and for all the children that will be eating them too!

Mrs. Taylor's suggested snacks are:

Individually packaged snacks are great for our programs. For example, packs of chips, oreos, cookies, granola bars, goldfish, and pretzels. We also always need mini water bottles and juices boxes are appreciated too.

If your Jr. Cougar likes it the children at The Bridge Academy probably will too! 😁😁😁

Video - The Bridge - Celebrating the Present 2023

Jr. Cougar Winter Wonderland Carnival

Jr. Cougar Carnival JOY is coming soon with games galore, winter wonderland decor, and plenty of playful prizes too. All this and so much more are being prepared especially for YOU!

And if that's not enough JOY for you, back by popular demand are sweet and sometimes sloppy puppy kisses, Mr. Parris's messy and marvelous Pie Face (and an extra special guest pie face too), the yummy and tasty Cake Walk, punch cards to participate, and our CCS hoopin' and happenin' house of bounce.

The excitement, merriment, and entertainment are happening on Saturday, 2/3 from 9:30 -11:30 am in the CCS gym!!! Whoop! Whoop!

To be sure your Jr. Cougar can get in on the action ASAP, you can prepurchase Punch Cards for the fun and games here:

PUNCH CARD PRESALES

So don't be left out in the cold and snow and come into the JOY, fun, friendship, fellowship, and festivities that are our Jr. Cougar Winter Wonderland Carnival!

Gallon Jugs = Igloo JOY

We need a boatload of your empty, clean, gallon jugs (milk, iced tea, lemonade) ASAP pretty please! Mrs. Greenly and her fantabulous fifth graders have taken on the special project of building an epic igloo during Jr. Cougar Week that will be featured at the Jr. Cougar Carnival!

There are giant cardboard collection bins in the lobbies of the elementary building and high school building. The gallon jugs collection is happening now through Monday, 1/29.

Our next session of “Science Explorers” is coming up quickly! Our CCS “Glad Scientist,” Mrs. Sunshine Smiley :) is eager for her new clubbers of Jr. Cougar scientists to join her on 2/14, 2/28, 3/6, and 3/13, which are all Wednesdays, after school, from 2:45 - 3:45 pm. Better get those sunglasses ready because together they will be Blinded by the Light!

SIGN UP your Jr. Cougar Scientist HERE!