Register for the 2012-2013 now and assure your student(s) a place on a class roster! Space is limited – call 939-4642.

First come, first serve!  (make sure you have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to access and print forms)

Information downloads:

letter for 12-13 packets – new registration familes

Are you ready for preschool checklist

School information Q&A

Parent Information and aftercare

Registration and Tuition information (Financial aide information below) : Financial Agreement 2012-2013

Forms to be filled out for registration: (click on the link to open)

new family registration packet1213 (our office staff can notarize for you)

Financial Aid Application 12-13 (if needed)

The 1987 FMCS yearbook was dedicated to the memory of David M. Benton. David passed away during the summer, before his junior year in high school. This is an excerpt from that yearbook: “He was a treasured gift to us and our school. He was a member of the National Honor Society, starter for the varsity basketball team, had a love for baseball, and  scored very high in his academics. But of the many things for which he is remembered, his love for Jesus is the one thing he would want us to look back on the most. David was a very special person with an overwhelming love for God – and it showed! He will always be a precious memory in our hearts and will constantly be thought of for who he was – ‘a priceless child of God’. “David was a student who tried to set a positive example in his life spiritually, academically and athletically. This is the type of student we are looking for at FMCS!

Timothy 4:12: Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

STEP #1: Click here, david benton brochure 12-13 to find ways that you can afford to bring your child to FMCS!

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- Once you have read the brochure, for those of you choosing the FAST option, this will help you:

- Click the “FAST” button apply for financial aid through FAST.  This is the link for the Parent’s Application.

- Please contact FAST Client Services at 1-877-326-3278 if you have any questions.

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Step Up For Students (http://www.stepupforstudents.org/)

The application season for the 2011-12 school year is upon us! Below please find some critical dates regarding this year’s application season and instructions on how to work with families looking to apply for the Step Up For Students scholarship for 2011-12.

As you know, in the past two years, we’ve experienced an incredibly high demand for scholarships and, unfortunately, we have had to close the application season early. We expect the demand for scholarships for the 2011-12 school year to be no different.  Because of this, we highly encourage renewal families to submit their applications early. Below you’ll find a few key highlights for this application season:

• Applications for NEW families will be available in early May.
• For the 2011-12 application, the online application fee is $30.

Why are we making these changes?

1) Demand for the scholarship program continues to grow.  Over 9,000 students expressed interest in the scholarship program AFTER we closed the 2010-2011 season due to reaching our funding limit.
2) Thousands of new and renewal parents waited until the end of July (or later) to apply for the 2010-2011 scholarship, and consequently began the school year uncertain of the status of their child(ren)’s scholarship application.  This caused anxiety for parents, students and school administrators.  Some were found to be ineligible, and then had to face a tuition balance at their private school and the dilemma of where to place their child for the school year.

We recognize that the dates for the 2011-12 application season are different from past years, and therefore we are letting you know in advance. We would hate for eligible families to miss out because they waited too long to apply. As in years past, parents (new or renewal) should call our contact center with any questions regarding the 2011-12 application season at 877-735-SUFS.

Thanks!

Elizabeth Watson
Step Up For Students (not with FMCS)

Kingdom Assignment 2012 starts February 1st! It has been eight years since we first started the February Kingdom Assignment journey.

In June of 2009, we were blessed to be one of several ministries highlighted in Anaheim at the Well Done Awards, The ceremony was hosted by the pastor and his wife who started the first Kingdom Assignment at the church in California and wrote a book – The Kingdom Assignment by Denny and Leesa Bellesi.

Our seven year total is: $$55,392! THANK YOU!

Here’s how it works! On February 1st, we will be handing out five dollars to every student, including PK! (Some thought they were too young, but many of them have done very well.) Wait a minute, a private school giving away money? Well, there is a little more to this opportunity.
LETTER TO PARENTS:

Parents – I need you to do a little homework:

1. Read the “Parable of the Talents” in Mathew 25:14-30.

2. If you think giving $5 away is strange, take a look at a Pastor who gave 100 members of his church $100 each at www.kingdomassignment.com

3. When you take a look at that – take a look at what happened in the lives of those who were changed by Christ!

Let me stress to every family, as we do each year, if you choose not to participate all you need to do is return the five dollars – no questions asked! If you choose to accept this mission, you will help us continue the legacy of helping students attend FMCS. In Once you do your homework, you’ll understand the “investment” that we will be making in our school! During this past week, I spoke to our students in chapel to explain to them what we are doing:

Our rules:
A) Realize that the money is God’s and not theirs; Pray to find a way to multiply your “talent” ($5.00); and time frame: They have the month of February and then they will have to return their “talent(s)” on March 1^st .

B) Students will be raising money to help us with our financial aid fund. Each year, we supplement the financial aid account in our budget. I would like to see our students begin to help others – great concept! As a result of this assignment, our students will be learning to help others and take pride in the school that they have been blessed to be a part of each year. They may also begin to see what God can do through them if they are obedient to His call.

How can my child “multiply their talent”? If you look through the binder in the middle school office or if you go to our website, you’ll see the great ideas that families used last year for their Kingdom Assignment. February is a great time to raise money at Super Bowl events, Valentines Day, and The Edison Parade.  You can begin by telling those outside of our school, “Hey, our Principal sent money home with my child today!” You will be surprised how many people want to know what is going on and how they can help! (Students MAY NOT sell items or raise money during school hours on campus)

Start first by praying with your children – then let’s see what God will do! All of our financial aid families say “THANK YOU!”

In His Service,

Mel Mitchell, Principal

HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2011:
- Doing extra chores around the house
- Sending out support letters asking for a donation with a return envelope
- Selling plants, homewmade soup, leotards, books, bottles water, candy bars, popcorn, lemonade, cookies, cupcakes, earrings, homemade chocolate lollipops
- Donating clothes to a consignment shop
- Bike-A-Thon and swim-a-thon
- Cleaned houses, washed mailboxes, walking pets
- Matching donations

HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2010
- Used the $5 to buy window cleaner, washed car windows at a tennis match – made $32
- Brothers had a “swim-a-thon – 5 miles swimming total and made $500
- “This expereince was wonderful and I’m now calling to have my Pastor involve our church in this wonderful journey” – parent comment
- Used the $5 to pay for Ebay listing, sold items on that site and Craig’s List – made $100 (”and enjoy less clutter in our house”)
- Ran the Edison 5K – made $37.50 (from pledges and a garage sale as well); other students sold drinks at the parade and made $32
- Washed white mailboxes in our neighborhood – sisters made $15 each
- Did chores, bake sales, sold goodie bags, garage sale, made Valentine cookies; sold candles, laundry soap, candy bars, muffins, Christain t-shirts, mow lawns, pizza, hot chocolate, and more!

Sports
Fort Myers Christian School (FMCS) offers a variety of team and individual sports for boys and girls in grades 5-8 and competes in the Suncoast Junior High League. FMCS teams have won a combined 26 league championships! For the latest practice times and games, call the sports hot-line at 939-1163.

In the fall, boys may play soccer and girls may participate in volleyball. In the winter, basketball and cheerleading are available for both boys and girls. In the spring, we offer golf, girls soccer, boys volleyball and elementary track. Sports are determined by the Suncoast Junior High League. Participation of our students is determined by academic eligibility.

Sports Schedules PDF:(as of 2/12/12)

Fall:

- Boys soccer fall 2011, Coach Lodovico

- Girls JV VB fall 2011, Coach Crumpley

- Girls varsity VB fall 2011, Coach Schrieber

Winter:

- girls jv bb sch – Coach Crumpley

- boys jv bb sch – Coach Sinex

- girls varsity bb sch – Coach Lodovico

- mens varsity bb sch- Coach O’Brien

Spring:

- girls var soccer – Coach Lodovico

- Track, grades 4-8: FMCS-Track-and-Field-Sign-Up-Info-2012

Any questions, contact Mr. O’brien (Athletic Director) or Miss Lodovico (Asst. AD) at 939-4642. You can also email at JObrien@fmcs-fl.org and HLodovico@fmcs-fl.org

VPK (Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten) School Year Program provides early childhood education to four-year-olds who will be entering kindergarten the next fall. The program allows for 540 hours of FREE education time during the school year. The VPK goal is to prepare preschool children for kindergarten.

Parents: For more information on VPK, go to http://www.elcofswfl.org/provider-vpk.php

Call us today at 939-4642, space is limited!

At FMCS:
- the program runs Monday thru Friday, 5 days a week
- the free program covers 3 hours per day: a student can stay for only those three hours (free), or they can use the voucher to deduct the amount of the voucher from the full tuition. Our normal school hours are 8:15-2:40.

* GREAT EDUCATION -CHRISTIAN BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES – PREPARATION FOR KINDERGARTEN!

This will be a busy summer on the campus of Ft. Myers Christian School and First Assembly of God! We will have many great opportunities for your kids to help stir up the gifts that God has inside of the them:

1) Kidztown will offer My Super Summer – go to http://www.mysupersummer.com/

2) Sports Camps for FMCS – great opportunities to learn how to play basketball, soccer and volleyball – CLICK HERE FOR THE BROCHURE and get it turned into the office: Sports Camps 2012

3) Music and Fine Arts anyone? Don’t forget the Creative Arts Academy, they have some great opportunities during their summer session.

Make plans to join us on Saturday, May 5th for the Annual FMCS Golf Tournament held at The Forest Golf and Country Club. It s a great time of golf, fellowship, fun and food – not to mention the prizes. For more information on golfing and hole sponsorship, click here: brochuresponsorshipgolftourny2012

2011 Tournament: We want to thank everyone for their support this year of the 2011 FMCS Annual Golf Tournament. Mrs. Anne Kearns, golf tournament event chairperson, and a great staff of volunteers did a outstanding job. We also want to thank every golfer and every sponsor. Over $5000 was raised for the David Benton Scholarship Fund! FMCS is also thankful for the support of The Forest Golf and Country Club – see you May 5, 2012.

And now a word from our sponsors…FMCS would like to thank:

Platinum Sponsors:
- First Assembly of God
- KAIO Student Ministries
- Mathis, Gnatek, Jessen, & Associates, Inc
- Wittenborn Plastic Surgery

Silver Sponsors:
- Ft. Myers Masters Commission
- Hatfield Tree Service
- Lusk, Drasites, Tolisano and Smith P.A.
- Prestige Health Choice, L.L.C.
- Prudential Florida Realty – The Ryba Team
- W.C.I. Inc.

Bronze Sponsor:
- Merril Lynch

Hole Sponsors:
- Flint Financial Group
- Osterhout, McKinney, & Prather, PA
- Pool Doctor

COMPREHENSIVE LIST – CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE:

Our 2011 winners: left to right,Bob Legters, Jeff Brinkert, Mike Gronow, and Richard Hubbard.

Recap from 2010:Our Annual FMCS Golf Tournament was held Saturday, May 1, 2010 at The Forest. This has been one of best days of fun, fellowship and food on the school calendar every year. Our chairpersons, Wendy Fulton and Anne Kearns, did a great job. Many thanks to the parent volunteers that came out that day! We had 43 golfers that signed-up to join us for a sunny day at the Forest Golf and Country Club. Congratulations to the team of (from left to right in their photo): Ron Tyre, Chuck Basinait, Kevin Kearns (FMCS parent of Thomas Kearns), Chris Parker. They shot a 57!

Recap from 2009: May 3rd was a great day for golf, food and fellowship! The end of our three busy days of great events ended today with our annual golf tournament at The Forest Golf Club. We want to thank the 76 golfers that joined us today – we had an excellent turnout on a beautiful day. Many thanks to The Forest – first class all the way! And to Colleen Marinello, Sissy Felice, John Ryba and all our volunteers – including alumni, Christine O’Brien, who is faithful to join us every year. Congratulations to the top three teams: Third: Pastor Dan Betzer, David Betzer, Joe Micale, and Chocky Warriner; Second: Charlie Fulton, Ash Fulton, Butch Fulton and Randy Cline; and First Place: Bill Miller, Bill O’Connell, Jeff Hemenway, and Gene Taylor

Mr. Mitchell’s updates that include: Breaking news! Pictures of your kids in action at school and school events! 15 second video clips highlights from school events or special classroom happenings! Great praise reports on what God is doing in our school! Last minute schedule changes and more!

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Thank you!