FAITH ACADEMY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR

August:

  • Aug. 10 - Faith Academy starts it’s 2009-2010 school year! Have a blessed first day of school!
  • Aug. 11 REQUIRED parent/teacher meeting. Ridgecrest Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Please make plans to bring your family for fellowship and orientation. 5:30 New Parents will meet for an orientation meeting. 6:15 returning parents will join us for a short announcement time in which we will go over our school year plans, talk about requirements and encourage each other in our home schooling journey. Both new and returning parents - Please bring finger foods (sandwiches, fried chicken, chips, fruits, etc.) for a fellowship time in between meetings. Please bring enough food for your family plus 5 more and a 3 liter drink or gallon of tea to share.
    No Co-op classes or family community service projects until September!

September:

  • Co-op Classes begin on Fridays as follow: Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25
  • Sept. 8 - Shark Tooth Creek Outdoor Adventures (all ages) Includes orientation presentation and hay ride to the creek to search for fossilized shark teeth. Also includes picnic area and Playworld. $15.00 www.sharktoothcreek.com
  • Sept.15-UA Arboretum 10:00 Free
  • Sept. 28-Horse Pens 40. 11:00 $5.00 (under 10 free)
  • Sept. 30 - Family community service project due

October

  • Co-op classes as follow: October 2, 9, 16, 23, 229
  • Oct. 4th or 6th (TBA) – Moundville Native American Festival (all ages) www.moundville.ua.edu
  • Oct. 8- Alabama Wildlife Center -Oak Mountain State Park. 11:00. Adults $2.00, ages 6-11 $1.00. Under 5 free.
  • Oct. 12- American Village in Montevallo. 10:00 Adults $10.00/ Students $7.00
  • Oct. 13 - 6:30 REQUIRED Parent teacher meeting. Forms due with grades and days of attendance. Lesson Plan Books checked. School pictures will be taken starting at 6:00. Payment due at the time of the sitting. No groups however siblings are welcome to have their pictures made separately.
  • Oct. 26 – Critter Creek Farm and Wildlife Center’s Pumpkin Patch Days (all ages) www.crittercreekfarm.com
  • Oct. 31 - Family community service project due

November:

  • Co-op classes as follow: November 6, 13
  • Nov. 5, 10:30 a.m., Disney on Ice 100 Years of Magic Celebration, at the BJCC, $12
  • Nov. 6- Bama Fanfare, “If You Give A Mouse a Cookie. $5.00 (This will be the only Fanfare production this yr.)
  • Nov. 16-Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art -10:00 -$5.00
  • Nov. 20 - Thanksgiving Feast and Talent show. 10:30 AM at Ridgecrest Baptist
    Please come prepared with whatever talent your child would like to share. (this could be singing, piano, dance, dramatic reading, short skit, sharing art work, a school project in which you are especially proud, etc.) Also please bring a meal, enough for your family plus 5 more, and a 3 liter drink. We will share the food and fellowship time as well as sharing what we are thankful for in our lives.
  • Nov. 26, 27 - Thanksgiving Holiday NO SCHOOL or office hours. Please remember to give thanks!
  • Nov. 30 - Family community service project due

December

  • Co-op days as follow: December 4,11.
  • Dec. 1- All Fired Up to make Christmas gifts 10:00 AM - all ages
  • Field Trip: 12,13,14 TBA – Christmas Nativity Hay Ride at Hannah United Methodist in Gordo (all ages) A candlelit hay ride with stops at scenes depicting the prophecy and fulfillment of the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Warm up after the ride with complementary hot chocolate. No charge.
  • Field Trip - TBA Polar Express Train Ride
  • Dec. 15 6:30 REQUIRED Parent teacher meeting. Forms due with grades and days of attendance. Lesson Plan books checked. Please bring your items for our school community project.
  • Dec. 15: Christmas Break NO SCHOOL or office hours until January. Merry Christmas! May your family enjoy this time together as we celebrate our Lord and Savior’s birth.

January:

  • Jan. 4- Faith Academy starts the new semester. Happy and Blessed New Year!
  • Co-op classes as follow:: January 15, 22, 29
  • Jan. 12 - UA Museum of Natural History 11:00 Adults $2.00, Students $1.00 (Under 4 free)
  • Jan. TBA - Winter Formal -For ALL ages. This WILL be a formal event. Boys will wear suits/tux and girls a formal or very dressy Sunday dress. This will be a Christian get-together of food, fellowship, conservative dancing and music. Parents are encouraged to chaperone. Please bring a platter of finger foods. Time & Place TBA
  • Jan 20- Golden Flake Tour. 11:00 (Ages 5 and up only)
  • Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m., Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, at the BJCC, $12
  • Jan. 31 - Family community service project due.

February:

  • Co-op classes as follow: February 1, 8, 15, 22. 29
  • Feb. 5- All National Christian Honor Society applications due by 3:30 pm. No late applications accepted.
  • Feb. 9- Bud’s Best cookies tour 10:00
  • Feb. 22- Georgia Aquarium 10:00 Adults $26.50. Ages 3-12 $19.75
  • Feb. 28 - Family community service project due

March:

  • Co-op classes as follow: March 5, 12, 26 (No Co-op or office hours on 19th due to spring break)
  • Mar. 9-Mercedes Museum (all ages free museum only) Factory Tour (ages 12 & up) $5.00
  • Mar. 9 6:30 -REQUIRED Parent teacher meeting. Forms due with grades and days of attendance.
    National Christian Honor Society Tapping - Dress up affair, please bring cameras and friends and relatives to this very special event
  • Mar. 15-19. Spring Break. No office hours or Co-op.
  • Mar. 22- U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville 11:00 Adults $13.00, Ages 6-12 $9.00 -5 & under free
  • Mar. 31 - Family community service project due.

April:

  • Co-op classes as follow: April 2, 9, 16, 23.
  • Ap. 5- Birmingham Zoo and Botanical Gardens 9:00
  • TBA Trussville Play Station
  • Ap. 30: Standardized Testing. Grades 3-10. (and any 11th or 12th graders not taking the ACT) 9:00 - 1:00. Please bring two #2 pencils, scratch paper, a morning snack and drink,, a sack lunch and drink,. Also bring a book to read and a light jacket. Please get plenty of rest the night before and have a hearty breakfast.
  • Ap. 30 - Family community service project due

May:

  • NO MORE CO-OP CLASSES
  • May 3 Field Day! Annette Shelby park. 10:00 until 2:00. Bring finger foods to share for our picnic and canned drinks labeled with your name. Also bring any games, baseball equipment, soccer balls, etc. Please wear modest bathing suits and coverups for water fun. There are restroom facilities to change in. Don’t forget your sun-bloc , picnic blankets or folding chairs. Expected guest will be the Tuscaloosa Police Department, Tuscaloosa Fire Department, Block Buster Video, Bailey’s TaeKwonDo, sports team members from Univ. of AL and Shelton State.
  • May 11- 6:30 P.M. REQUIRED Parent teacher meeting. Forms due with grades and days of attendance. Lesson Plan books checked. AWARDS FORMS DUE Early registration for next year accepted tonight. You may also register for summer school. This is also our STUDENT SHOWCASE NIGHT
  • May 14 Senior Luncheon - Details TBA
  • May 14 - Graduation and Awards Ceremony. 7:00 P.M. Ridgecrest Baptist Church Sanctuary. This ceremony is for all grades and is REQUIRED. This is a dress-up occasion. Please bring a tray of finger foods such as cookies, fruit, nuts, etc. and two 3 liter drinks. Please plan vacations around this special day for recognizing our students hard work

Field Trips in the Works: Al Power Co. in Clanton, Tour of Tuscaloosa, Blue Bell plant in Sylacauga, FBI building in Birmingham, Tuscaloosa Police Dept., Tuscaloosa, Fire Department, Hardin’s Bakery, Tuscaloosa Water Works. T-Dot, Ochoee White Water Rafting, Biltmore Estate, Gatlinburg, TN, Sloss Furnace, Terrific Tuesdays (SSCC), Alabama Adventure, Please share any ideas for good field trips. Tour of Montgomery/state capitol

Summer School applicants: First semester will begin Monday May 17 through June 25. Second semester summer school will begin June 28 thru August 6. Each student that completes his semester’s work will receive the normal academic credits on their transcripts. .