Alumni Update December 2019

Alumni Update December 2019

Dear Alumni:

From our Crusader Country, we hope that you are having a wonderful Christmas and New Year season! I always love this time of year at Grace as we focus on the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. At the beginning of December, our students presented a Christmas program to their families, our staff, church, and the community. It is always an exciting event. Our students performed “Free Gift”, a musical depicting the free gift of salvation. It was a great reminder of why Jesus came to be born in that manger! We also had a fellowship in Hodges Hall after the production. It was a great night. If you’d like to see this and other media from our school, visit our Facebook page or our other social media accounts.  

We recently updated our school website, which you can visit at www.gcscolumbus.org. I am thrilled with the update, and it has made it even easier for interested parents to communicate with us. Our goal over the last year has been to make more connections with the community to spread the name of our school. I have done several televised interviews about our school, and we have a commercial that is consistently airing on television. We also have a radio spot that we fill at different times each year. We desire that our school establishes and maintains a reputation in the community for providing a Christian atmosphere, Bible-based academics, high standards of education, and a premiere learning environment. 

We have made some recent renovations to our property, including a new roof on the auditorium! Hodges Hall now has a restroom, and the kitchen was remodeled. We are in the process of tearing down houses in the block adjacent to us, providing the space necessary for the construction of our new gymnasium. We are currently in phase one, which means updating current facilities while securing more funding before moving forward with the construction. However, it is unique to be part of and to watch this unfold. I hope that when you are around our school, you’ll stop by and let me give you a tour of the facilities and cast our vision for the future. It would be neat to reminisce about memories you had on campus. And for the 41st year, students are still making memories on this campus!

I anticipate our Homecoming and Alumni Weekend, January 24-25. On Friday at 5:00 p.m., our basketball team will have our homecoming match after which we will crown our 2019 homecoming queen. On Saturday, our alumni events will begin at 2:00 p.m. We will have concessions available, Crusader Cash, drawings, and giveaways for those in attendance! On Saturday evening, after the games, we will have dinner reservations if you are interested in participating. More details about locations for these events will be e-mailed in January.

We usually mail out one Alumni Update each year; the remaining updates are sent through e-mail. Accordingly, if you have not received an Alumni Update through e-mail, we may not have your updated e-mail address. Call the school office and let Mrs. Keyes know. I also post these updates on our school website, so you may access them there. Mrs. Keyes will have a new e-mail address beginning January 6, 2020. Her new e-mail address is gcs@gcscolumbus.org. You should see e-mails from her at this address in the future.  

I appreciate your time and look forward to future communication with you all! If you ever have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to e-mail me directly at bryan.mcdonald@gcscolumbus.org.

Crusader Always,
Bryan McDonald
School Administrator

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