August:
Aug. 8 Faith Academy starts it’s 2011-2012 school year! Have a blessed first day of school!
Aug. 9 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 during 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 a covered dish for a fellowship dinner in between meetings. Please bring enough food for your family plus 6 more and a 2 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. 9,16, 23, 30
Sept 27th - Shark Tooth Creek Outdoor Adventures (all ages) 9:30. Includes orientation presentation and hay ride to the creek to search for fossilized shark teeth. Also includes picnic area and play-world. $15.00 www.sharktoothcreek.com
Sept 29th - Birmingham Children’s Theatre Cinderella - K-2nd grade
Sept. 30 - Family community service project due by today
October
Co-op classes as follow: October 7, 14, 21, 28
Oct. 6- Moundville Native American Festival (all ages) www.moundville.ua.edu
Oct. 11- 6:30 REQUIRED PARENT 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 27 - Critter Creek Farm and Wildlife Center’s Pumpkin Patch Days (all ages) www.crittercreekfarm.com
Oct. 31 - Family community service project due by today
November:
Co-op classes as follow: November 11 is the only day this month we will have Co-op
Nov. 10 - Tuscaloosa Fire Department - all ages
Nov. 15 - Tannehill Park picnic and exploration
Nov. 18 - 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 8 more, and a 3 liter drink or gallon of tea. We will share the food and fellowship time as well as sharing what we are thankful for in our lives.
Nov. 24, 25 - Thanksgiving Holiday NO SCHOOL or office hours. Please remember to give thanks!
Nov. 30 - Family community service project due by today
December:
Co-op days as follow: December 2,9.
Dec. 1- All Fired Up to make Christmas gifts 10:00 AM - all ages
Dec 8 - Tuscaloosa Police Department - all ages
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.
TBA Polar Express Train Ride
Dec. 13 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. 14: 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.
Dec. 31 - Family community service project due by today.
January:
Jan. 2- Faith Academy starts the new semester. Happy and Blessed New Year!
Co-op classes as follow: January 13, 20, 27
Jan 12 - Ava Maria Grotto, Cullman, AL all ages
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
TBA Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, at the BJCC
Jan. 31 - Family community service project due by today.
February:
Co-op classes as follow: February 3, 10, 17, 24.
Feb. 3- All National Christian Honor Society applications due by 3:00 pm. PLEASE NOTE...NO LATE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
Feb. 9 - It Takes The Cake Bakery
Feb. 29 - Build a Bear Workshop, Hoover, AL
Feb. 29 - Leap Year!!! Today is backward’s day. Have dessert 1st, wear your clothes backwards, have breakfast for supper. Family community service project due by today
March:
Co-op classes as follow: March 2, 9, 23, 30
Mar. 6 - 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 This is also the first night of Summer School registration as well as Early Registration Discount for the 2011-2012 school year.
March 12 - 16 Spring Break. No office hours or Co-op.
Mar. 19-Mercedes Museum (all ages free museum only) Factory Tour (ages 12 & up) $5.00
TBA Desoto Caverns Homeschool Day.
Mar. 31 - Family community service project due by today.
April
Co-op classes as follow: April 6, 13, 20. (April 20 is the last Co-op class for the year)
Apr. 10 - Birmingham Zoo - All ages
Ap. 27: Standardized Testing. Grades 3-10. (and any 11th or 12th graders not taking the ACT) 9:00 - 1:30. 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 by today.
May:
NO MORE CO-OP CLASSES
May 2 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 8- 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.
May 11 Senior Luncheon -11:00 Seniors and their invited guest
May 11 - 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 This is also our STUDENT SHOWCASE NIGHT
Field Trips in the Works: Al Power Co. in Clanton, Tour of Tuscaloosa, Blue Bell plant in Sylacauga, FBI building in Birmingham, Oak Mountain State Park Wildlife Center, Tour of Selma: Sturdivant Hall, Perry Lakes Park-100ft Birding Tower, Nature Trails, Walk to Barton's Beach on Cahaba River, Picnic, Tour of Montgomery/State Capitol, Civil Rights Memorial & Center (Max of 56 for I-Max) Dept. of Archives & History, Little White House of the Confederacy, USS Battleship Memorial Park-Mobile, Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum Clarkston Covered Bridge: Bridges of Blount County, 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.
Summer School Applicants: First semester will begin Monday May 14 through June 22. Second semester summer school will begin June 25 thru August 3. Each student that completes his semester’s work will receive the normal academic credits on their transcript.
