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Congratulations 2010 PSIA Academic Team - Led by Mrs. Debbie Pevehouse and Mrs. Robin Smith Below are the contest results for the District PSIA Meet that was held on Saturday, March 27, at Argyle Liberty Christian School. We had a great showing, and I am so proud of our students. We had 47 positions that placed in the Elementary School and received ribbons, and 19 positions in the Middle School. We have 9 Elementary Students who will advance to State in 11 positions, and 5 Middle School students who will advance to State. The State Meet is on Saturday, April 24, at TCU in Ft. Worth. Congratulations to our 2010 POPCS Academic Team!!! PSIA District Results for POPCS 2010 – Elementary SchoolThe following students placed at District, and received ribbons for their places 1 through 6. If they placed 1st or 2nd, they will advance to state. Creative Writing – 1st Grade Creative Writing – 2nd Grade Maps, Graphs & Charts – 4th Grade Maps, Graphs, and Charts – 5th Grade Mathematics – 4th Grade Mathematics – 5th Grade Poetry Interpretation – 4th Grade Poetry Interpretation – 5th Grade Ready Writing – 3rd Grade Ready Writing – 4th Grade Ready Writing – 5th Grade Spelling – 2nd Grade Spelling – 3rd Grade Spelling – 5th Grade Story Telling – 1st Grade Story Telling – 2nd Place Story Telling – 3rd Grade Vocabulary – 5th Place The following contests were administered at each individual grade level, and awarded ribbons for 1st-3rd Places. Then the individual grade level scores were combined to get overall placings of 1st-6th. The top two in the combined grade levels advance to state. Art Memory – 4th Grade Art Memory – 5th Grade Art Memory - Combined 4th and 5th Grade Dictionary Skills 5th Grade Listening Skills – 4th Grade Listening Skills – 5th Grade Listening Skills – Combined 4th and 5th Grade Music Memory – 4th Grade Music Memory – 5th Grade Music Memory – Combined 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades PSIA District Results for POPCS 2010 – Middle SchoolThe following students placed at District, and received ribbons for places 1 through 6. If they placed 1st or 2nd, they will advance to state. Maps, Graphs and Charts – 7th Grade Maps, Graphs, and Charts – 8th Grade Mathematics – 6th Grade Mathematics – 7th Grade Mathematics – 8th Grade On-Site Drawing – 6th Grade On-Site Drawing – 7th Grade On-Site Drawing – 8th Grade Poetry Interpretation – 7th Grade Ready Writing – 6th Grade The following contests were administered at each individual grade level, and awarded ribbons for 1st-3rd Places. Then the individual grade level scores were combined to get overall placings of 1st-6th. The top two in the combined grade levels advance to state. Calculator Applications – 8th Grade Calculator Applications – Combined 6th ,7th , and 8th Grades Music Memory – 6th Grade Music Memory - Combined 6th and 7th Grades Number Sense – 6th Grade Number Sense – 8th Grade Number Sense- Combined 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades Summary – Students advancing to the PSIA State Tournament on Saturday, April 24, 2010, at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth Elementary: Drew F. – 3rd Grade Spelling Annabel W. – 4th Grade Music Memory Connor D. – 5th Grade Vocabulary Ginger H.– 5th Grade Ready Writing and Art Memory Middle School: Annaleise G. – 6th Grade On-Site Drawing Carolyn S. – 7th Grade Poetry Interpretation Nick B. – 8th Grade Mathematics 14 students in 16 positions!!! |
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Congratulations to Brooke L. and Anthony D. who should have been listed in the |
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Our very first "Mr. Eagle" is...
Sam performed a moving rendition of the song, "Go the Distance." Congratulations, Sam! |
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Saturday March 27, selected members of our Prince of Peace middle school and high school bands participated in the 18th annual Collin College Jazz Festival, hosted by Collin County Community College, under the direction of Jazz Studies director Mr. Kris Berg. Our students performed two numbers, Deacon Jack's Gospel Shack and Oink Joint Rumble. Adjudicators Tom Berchall (Guitar) and Jason Levi (Trumpet) complimented the band on their sound, combination of instruments and choosing to improvise their solos. They also suggested that very quick improvements could be gained by regularly listening to jazz standards to develop a proper concept of style and sound. They also suggested to continue to work at varying the amount of dynamic contrast. Director David Lang had these comments, "Going into the performance I did not wish our students 'good luck' because luck is for the ill prepared. I did ask God to bless all of their efforts, however. God, of course was faithful and our students delivered a performance that was consistent with their classroom and personal practice efforts. They did not let nerves get the best of them and did a really great job on both pieces. I was also proud of the way our students conducted themselves in this public venue; calmly and professionally."
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High School students from Mrs. Linda Isbell's Spanish class visited students in the Lower School, to share thier love of learning Spanish. |
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On Wednesday, April 7, from 3-6 pm in the High school Commons, we will have a representative from Baylor's BE THE MATCH! Program. It involves a cheek swab, a health questionnaire and consent which will only take 5-10 minutes! If you enter the registry you can save a life! Please consider dropping by. At a time when we remember Christ's gift of his blood for us, let's consider it a blessing to be able to give back to our brother in need. Contact Donna Hofstra at 214-549-1571 for more information. |
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Everywhere you turn, you see something about twitter, and now it's even in the yearbook! Is there something you wish you could tell your friends, family members, or teachers that they would never forget? Well now you can with Yearbook Twitter Ads. For the extra low price of fifteen dollars, you can have a 140 character message (140 total letters and spaces) printed in the 2009 - 2010 yearbook. Click here for the Twitter Page Form. |
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Time: 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Advance Tickets: $10.00
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PSIA District Contest Results Eagle Alumni News |
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Clean Class Act Award: 3rd Grade
Top POPS Top Profs – Quentin Blackerby, High School, and Micah Lorenzen, High School Top POPS can now be heard and seen on the POPCS website! Be sure to hear and see your special Top Pop's message at the following link: http://www.popcs.org/toppop. Parents can access the videos on a mobile phone by going directly to www.vimeo.com/toppop. |
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Schedule for Week of April 5 - 9, 2010 Door Openers - 4th Grade Team
South Doors Open at 8:00 a.m.
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Research Skills in the 21st Century or Why can’t I just Google? Preparing students for College includes gathering information for projects, papers, and reports. Students need reliable, scholarly information to complete these assignments. Google or other search engines don’t provide the appropriate scholarly information. Therefore, the POPCS Library provides our students with information they need through multiple Databases. These Databases have websites that are reviewed and filtered by educational researchers and teachers thus insuring the material is reliable and what teachers want. The Library has recently reviewed and expanded its Databases offerings. Students may access these Databases while they are at school or from home. Access is through the POPCS Library page. Our Database Brochure is available in the High School Library. Databases available to POPCS students include: If you have a helpful tip to share with a new family, please send to the eagle.express@princeofpeace.org. |
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I don’t think it’s a secret that we live in a very confused and bewildered culture. It’s not that we no longer believe, but rather that we believe anything. Our society rejects absolute truth and says that we accept every opinion as equally valid. I can’t help but think back to Jesus’ trial before Pilate. Scripture clearly proclaims that Jesus came into the world to testify to the Truth and that those who are on the side of Truth will listen to Him. He says, “I am the TRUTH, I am the LIFE, I am the only WAY back to the Father. You see, it comes back to our relationship with God. Even though God created man in perfect unity with Himself, man chose to consider and accept another “truth”—I can be equal and/or superior to God Himself. A perfect unity was broken only to be restored by the perfect life and death of God’s Son. Do you hear those words today? WHAT IS TRUTH? And as you hear those words, how will you respond? Will you, like Pilate, basically ignore the question and join the culture in which we live—“I know who I am—I am very capable and blessed and if I do the right things and do them well, I can and will be successful while also determining my future destiny in glory.” Have a Blessed Truth-filled Easter!! Please join me as we lift up the following students and their families in our daily prayers: April 6---Devin H., Collin L., Austin P. and Jackson S. If you have any questions about Baptism, would like to have your child baptized or have other spiritual concerns, please contact me at extension 236 or e-mail curt.riske@princeofpeace.org. Have a blessed week!!
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The online auction is now open and ready to take your bids! What’s online?
As part of the 2010 Auction, we are selling tickets for a drawing for Tickets may be purchased through the online auction site You may also purchase tickets by calling Darla Koelewyn Don’t forget to RSVP for Auction! Cajun Dinner Party with Mr. and Mrs. DeSatterlee
HELP NEEDED! Auction Day Setup--will begin at 8;00 am at Eddie Deen's Ranch. We will be setting up items for the event. We hope to have setup complete by 1:00 pm....the more volunteers we have, the earlier we'll be finished! Silent Auction monitors--Monitor a silent auction section for 30 minutes during the evening. Game coordinator--We'll be playing "wine bottle ring toss" and will need several volunteers for 30 minute shifts throughout the evening. Section Closers--Run bid sheets to check out and assist in boxing items for purchasers after silent auction has closed. Checkout--Very important job, and great to work as a couple Clean Up--Another very important job! Nobody likes it, but it has to be done! Please remember that the auction is our largest fundraiser of the year. It takes months of planning and work by many volunteers to make the evening a success. Volunteers are very important to the success of the event! Sign up today...and bring a friend! For the latest information on the Auction, please visit the auction website To view the auction newsletter, please click here. |
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SHOP For POP is your ONE STOP SHOPPING
Place your SHOP for POP order today!
If you prefer to pay by check or cash, place your completed order form with payment in the box labeled "Shop for POP" in the Parent Room. Click here for an order form. Order forms are also available in the Parent Room. For more information, please contact Ellen Johnston at jimmy0126@grandecom.net or Dee Murphy at 972-808-9054. |
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April Events
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010: Rock-n-Rogers Diner Rock-n-Rogers Diner Special Note: Please tell your server you are with Prince of Peace and sign your receipt POPCS to ensure that we receive credit for your visit. Tuesday, April 20, 2010: Chick-fil-A
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"Alumni in the News"
Jennifer is a freshman at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. She is majoring in modern languages and nursing. On March 22nd she was inducted into the Alpha Mu Gamma Society which is the foreign language honor society. She is majoring in Japanese and German languages for her modern language degree. She has a 4.0 grade point average. She attended POP from K-12th grade. POP prepared her well for college, as her teachers at POP taught her not only a love for learning, but they also instilled in her that she could do anything she desired to do. Academically she was more than ready for college because of her time here at POP. Her college English teacher asked where she went to high school as she was well ahead of the rest of her class. She would like to thank all the teachers from Mrs. Meyer her kindergarten teacher, to all of her high school teachers. Do you have news to share about Prince of Peace Christian School Alumni? If so, please contact the Eagle Express at eagle.express@princeofpeace.org,
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Week of April 2 - April 9, 2010
Tuesday, April 6 District Tennis Match at Tyler All Saints Varsity Softball away game @ Legacy. Game played at BF Phillips Park, 4th Army Memorial Rd, Frisco. Wednesday, April 7 Thursday, April 8 MS Baseball away game @ Lakehill Prep Varsity Softball away game @ Ovilla Friday, April 9 Varsity Baseball home game vs Legacy played at McInnish Saturday, April 10 POP Invitational Meet
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Tanner L. hits first POPCS Homerun of the Season Tanner L., a freshman on the Varsity Baseball team, hit the first home run of the 2009-2010 season in a district game at Legacy Christian Academy on March 23. Tanner hit the ball hard down the 3rd base line—a distance of approximately 285 feet. Two other players were on base making it a 3-run homer. One of Legacy’s players presented the ball to Tanner at the conclusion of the game. Varsity Baseball will play their next home game on Tuesday, April 6, at 4:30 p.m. at McInnish Park against CCA. Make plans to support the Eagles in this “must win” district contest! |
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Middle School Most Improved Swimmers: Natalie M. & Ross N. Middle School MVP (Most Valuable “Phish”): Megan G. & Matthew C. 2009-2010 Middle School Swim Team
High School Most Improved Swimmers: Brittany F. & Riley G.
“SPLASH” Award – Coach’s Award: Lauren A. & Josh R.. SPLASH is an accronym for: Self-confidence, Perseverance, Leadership, Attitude, Spirit and Helpful High School TAPPS Academic All State (cumulative GPA of 90+ AND qualify for the TAPPS State Swimming Championships in an individual event): Taylor K. & Christof Z. Men’s 200 yd. 2nd place Freestyle Relay earned the following All State accolades from both TAPPS and TISCA (Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Assoc., which includes public and private schools).
Other TISCA All State award winners:
A note from a Swim Parent, about being a new member of the POPCS Swim Team: "For several years I watched my son swim on a summer neighborhood team and looked forward to the day he could swim on the school team. Finally, the day arrived and we were both so excited! The experience was all we could hope for. For me, it was gratifying to see the middle school kids so well received by the ‘veteran’ swimmers! For my son, it was exciting and an honor to practice with the more advanced swimmers from time to time. The encouragement and direction they received really boosted their self confidence and made for a fantastic swimming experience. Swimming should be a year-round sport! Can’t wait ‘til next year, Coach!" |
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We are excited to announce that in a two week time period, our middle school students collected $1,500.08! |
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High School Student Council The High School student council recently went to a homeless shelter over the weekend to serve a meal to the homeless. To view the video that was put together to share the story, please go to: https://www.sugarsync.com/share/btt645eg9rnri. |
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Our prayer for our school and students this week is that as we prepare ourselves for Easter we will understand the cleansing and new start that Easter provides for us. Please join us on Wednesday mornings at 8:30 in the prayer room at the back of the sanctuary. For additional information, contact Melissa Parrott at melissa.parrott@gmail.com.
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Join us for a morning of egg-citement at the Family Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 3, from 10 a.m. - Noon. The fun includes: egg hunt with thousands of eggs, bounce house, inflatable slide, obstacle course, face painters, balloon artists, crafts, midway of games, visit from the Easter bunny, music by Jeremy Blaido, and much more! Lunch will also be provided. Meet at the NEW Prince of Peace football field in the northeast corner of our campus. We want to make sure we have enough eggs filled for the kiddos and food to feed your family-please take a moment to register. Click here to register for the Family Egg Hunt.
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