Dear TOCS Families, Thank you to those who purchased rolls for the holidays through our security fundraiser! If you missed that opportunity and still want some, please just send the money in a labeled envelope because we have extra.

We also have a very important school-wide celebration coming up this Friday, November 10 to honor our American Veterans. After dropping off your student(s), you are welcome to join us that morning by coming through the sanctuary doors from 8:30-9:00 for a special time of thanks. Veterans, and their families only, will be invited to the breakfast following the celebration. If your student already owns a patriotic shirt or a red, white, or blue polo, please allow them to wear it this Friday. If not, regular school attire will be just fine.

From now-Thanksgiving, we will be gathering new and used winter gear for our annual Mitten Tree mission project to help keep kids warm on the Montana Indian Reservation, Fort Belknap. If your family has any gloves, hats, or coats, they’ve outgrown, please send them in with your child to place on our “Mitten Tree”. Our missionary contact in Montana will be sure they are given to those in need.

On Friday evening, December 1 from 6:00-9:00, the T.O.C.S. HS Formal Committee will be hosting a
“Parent’s Night Out” in coordination with the P.T.F.. The cost is $20 per child for three hours of childcare including dinner. Please call the school office to let us know if you would like your child ages 3-13 to have fun with us that evening, and we have the correct amount of food ordered.

Please know that each of your families is prayed for daily and that we are here to support you and yours spiritually and academically.

Please call the office if you have a prayer request that you would like added to the “School Family Prayer Concerns” section of the News in a Nutshell. I know that I speak on behalf of the TOCS faculty, staff, and other families when I say that we appreciate your prayers as well.

In His Service, Amy Pfaff-Biebel T.O.C.S. Administrator