Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

• Friday, December 17th, school gets out at 12:00 and there is no after care on that day.  School staff will be leaving the campus for a Christmas get together and lunch.  Please be sure to pickup your students on time.

  

• School will be out for Christmas vacation from 12/17/2010 at 12:00 pm until Wednesday 1/5/2011. 

• School spirit t-shirts will go on sale right after vacation.  This will be a fund raising event, so please be sure to buy a t-shirt during the sale.  The students can wear their shirts on Wednesdays instead of their uniform shirts.  Help us promote school spirit!

• As we approach the celebration of the birth of Jesus, let us be careful not to fall into the trap of behaving as the unbelievers do.  As christians, this is a day that we have chosen to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.  The Word became flesh and came to dwell with us, that God himself, might give himself for us to prevent us from recieving what we deserve.  The wages of sin is death and we all are sinners.  But now we are saved by GRACE.  The unbelieving world's focus is on Christmas trees and Santa and lights and greenery even to the point of not mentioning Jesus at all!  Let us be different in the way we approach this celebration.  Keep the primary focus, on how "The Word became flesh" and let Christmas be a day of gratitude for God so loving the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have evelasting life.  God became flesh and suffered to save us!  Take Christ out of Christmas?  Let's be real.  Do we take the United States out of of the 4th of July celebration?  Do we remove our own name from our own birthday celebrations?  No one can take Christ out of our Christmas celebration unless we allow it to happen in our own homes.  Parents and guardians; you keep pespective on what this celebration is about and teach the children what this is about, not just with your words, but with your actions as well.  May the Lord bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you all the days of your life and give you peace. 

  God bless you all,
Gary and Lynne Lenzi

Thanksgiving is just about here!

• Don't forget, Thanksgiving week 11/22 thru 11/26, there is no school. 

• School pictures will be in before Christmas break.  If you haven't ordered school pictures but would like to get them, please call Gary or Lynne even if it is a financial issue.  If finances have prevented you from ordering, we will work out a payment plan specifically for you.  Pictures and yearbooks can be such great keepsakes.  It is the goal of our school to provide help whereever we can for our families.

 

• We are hoping that our "School Spirit" T-Shirts will be in before Christmas break as well.  Keep watch for news regarding the shirts. 

• Finally, Lynne and I want to thank all the staff and parents that have helped us try to accomplish what God has called us to do here at CHA.  God's hand has been on this school in every thing we have tried to do.  We see it and even despite our mistakes, He continues to bless us and this school.  We love what we do!  May your Thanksgiving holiday be full of thanks to God and may the power of Jesus deliver you from all the attacks of the enemy.  Amen.

 

Operation Christmas Child

• Christian Home Academy has a strong committment to missions. We teach and encourage our students and staff to support missions around the world and at home.  In the past and currently we support Voice of the Martyrs, Guatemala Outreach, and many local church missions.  Currently we are involved with Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse.  We are supplying Christmas shoe boxes filled with gifts for orphans and children in need.  For most of these children, these are the only gifts they will see at Christmas.  We ask each parent to supply one shoe box with small toys and other gifts for either a boy or a girl.  Our goal is to provide 100 gift boxes.  Please prayerfully consider sending one or more of these boxes to school  by November 15th in order to bless these children and at the same time helping us to teach your students the value of helping those in need.  Reach out with the love of Jesus. You and your child will be blessed by this!

 

• Remember there is no school on Veterans' Day, November 11 and there is no school from November 22 thru November 26 for Thanksgiving break. 

 

• The teachers and staff of Christian Home Academy wish you and your families a blessed Thanksgiving celebration, and a reminder that we have much to be grateful to God for.  Most of the world lives on less than two dollars a day and the primary goal of every day is to get enough food to survive.  How blessed are we, that our biggest concerns are more oriented towards comfort rather than survival.  The Lord has blessed us to live where we live and to have the luxuries that we have.  To God be the Glory, Amen.

November is here, the year is just flying by!

Thanksgiving is approaching quickly and I would like to remind everyone that Thanksgiving should be everyday.  We need to be grateful for all that God has done, is doing and will do in the future for His children.  Lynne and I are so blessed to be able to work for the kingdom here at CHA.  A few points to remember :

• Friday, November 5, 2010 is a student holiday.  All teachers and staff will be in training at the ACE convention in Orlando.  This is great training, fellowship and worship that will make all the staff at CHA better prepared to minister to  your students.

• We would like to welcome a new member of our staff, Mr. Robert Dyer.  Robert is a certified teacher and will be in the fourth and fifth grade class.  Robert has been a teacher for 10 years in private schools and will be a strong spiritual leader for the group.

• A reminder that Veterans' day, November 11th is a student holiday and November 22nd thru 26 there is no school for the Thanksgiving holiday.

• Our fall festival was a big success and all of our students had a blast.  A special thanks to all those who contributed to the day. 

• Last but not least, our Novermber field trip is to the Channel 4 newsroom.  It will be broke up into two groups.  One group will go on November 10th and another will go on November 17th.  Remember parents will not have to sign permission forms for each field trip as a form covering all field trips was signed during registration. 

• God bless you all and as always "To God Be the Glory"

              Gary and Lynne Lenzi

Picture Day, Yearbooks, Karate Tournament and More

• If you haven't heard yet, picture day was on Tuesday, October 12th.  Every student had their picture taken and parents may order picture packages and/or yearbooks through the end of October.  If you did not receive the order form and announcement, please give us a call at the school (276-3339) so we can get you one.  We are using new people for the pictures and yearbook and we are delighted to see that the pictures and hardcover yearbooks will be the very best quality and very reasonably priced.  Please get your orders in promptly as this supports our school extra activities like field trips and special events.

• Remember to keep an eye on the school calendar so you will be aware of holidays and events upcoming. 

• Our picture makeup day is Tuesday, October 26 and if you would like a special picture taken, possibly your student and their teacher or if you have more than one student at the school and you would like a photo with both of them, please let us know and we will try to make that happen on makeup day. 

• We have an ice cream plant field trip coming up on Wednesday October 20th for all students.  They will make ice cream and of course eat ice cream.   In November we are traveling to the Channel 4 newsroom to learn how the news is produced and broadcast.  Both of these trips will be informative and fun for the students.  Stay tuned for specific dates.

• During the week of  October 25 thru the 29th, Karate will be moved to Tuesday so our photographers can take some Karate photos for the yearbook.  Karate students please bring your uniforms (remember, no uniform, no karate).

• And speaking of karate; several of our students competed in a karate open tournament on Saturday October 9th that involved karate students from 6 different studios.  Our students competed well and took many medals.  We are so proud of their efforts.  Robert and Kevin Gines won multiple medals in forms competition, non contact sparring and contact sparring.  Olivia Ayers won awards as well.   Riley Butler competed extremely well and received commendation from Mr. Gary.  Cheryl Doroski (teacher) and Lynne Lenzi (Vice Principal) also competed in the black belt division and performed wonderfully and received medals. Congrats to all who participated. It takes courage to perform under pressure in events like these and is a great learning experience.

Coming Events

Karate Grandmaster and full time Christian Missionary Visits CHA

David Sgro,  is visting Christian Home Academy on Friday October 1st 2010.  Mr. Sgro has sold everything and he and his family have moved entirely by faith to be full time missionaries in Guatemala.  Below is a little bio on Grandmaster (Tang So Do) Sgro.  While he is here he will be giving his testimony to our students and working with our Karate Ministry both at  CHA and at our other Karate Ministry at Evangel Temple Assembly of God Southwest campus.  Parents are invited to attend Friday night at Evangel Temple S.W. campus at 6:30 and all karate students are welcome to attend as well.  The address is 5040 County Rd. 218, Middleburg, FL 32068 (directly across the street from Wilkinson Jr. High.

Guatemala update:
We moved here mid June. We drove from Fayetteville, NC to Miami, FL. we bought “One Way” tickets here. Now, imagine as you are packing to move to a Guatemala and shortly before you move the country has, in 1 week, a Volcanic Eruption that blankets volcanic ash onto my new front porch, an earthquake, and a tropical storm that dumps 36 inches of rain in one hour?

Imagine you move there and 150 ft of the retaining wall around your home  has collapsed and you have to stay in a hotel for 2 days because the 6 units in front of you are flooded with over 3 feet of water in their first floor, but your unit isn’t affected?!? Imagine 3 months later (last week) there was a major drug bust where Cops and Soldiers had a 30 minute shoot out that occurred IN THE SAME LOBBY that you and your children stayed in just 3 months earlier.

Imagine that you went to visit Antigua with your family to visit the market and on the way home the road was cut off by a landslide, so you had to take an alternate route home. Later that exact same route that you took home became International News when an Avalanche swallowed a bus killing over 50 people.

That is just some of the major ways God has been protecting us and guiding us here in the last 3 months!

Bio: Grandmaster David Sgro:

Kwan Jang Nim, which means School Founder or Grandmaster, is a 7th Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do (Dan #22923); a 5th Degree Black Belt in Japanese Ju-Jitsu; a Certified Arnis/ Kali/Escrima Instructor; a 2 Stripe Blue Belt from Royce Gracie in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; and the Creator of FIGHT CUT (Fully Integrated Grappling & Hitting Techniques, Close Up Techniques) which is a Military Combatives System taught to thousands of soldiers including the US Special Forces (Green Berets) and the 82nd Airborne (Ft Bragg, NC). KJN Sgro was a long time student of KJN Charles Ferraro (Kwan Jang Nim and Founder of Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan), who was a great influence and life mentor. KJN Sgro was also highly influenced on a technical level by KJN HC Hwang (Grandmaster of Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan; Dan #509). KJN Sgro has had many wins at National & International competitions and was Coach for Team USA (1999 London, 2001 Athens, 2002 Holland, 2003 London, 2006 Athens, 2007 USA).


KJN Sgro is currently a student of KJN Song Ki Kim, Founder of the World Dang Soo Do Union (Dan #312). "Grandmaster Kim is very humble and an accomplished teacher who is relatively unknown here in the US," says Sgro, "but as it has been said that you know a tree by its fruits." Grandmaster Kim has produced many well known amazing martial artists. His students include a long list of Who's Who in Tang Soo Do not the least of which is Chuck Norris (Dan #2819).

First Newsletter and Announcements

With this, our first newsletter of the year, we have much to talk about. First, we would like to welcome all of our new students and returning students. We appreciate the trust you have placed in us and we will strive to give your students the very best in Christian education.

• Please visit our website once a week (www.Christianhomeacademy.info) and click on either calendar or news blog to keep aware of upcoming events, deadlines and school holidays etc. If you visit once a week there will never be a reason to be uniformed about anything related to the school.

• Our extra services will be starting this week including private tutoring, art, karate, music, and all the rest. If we overlook something that your student should be receiving, please call the school so we can correct it quickly.

• We will start taking yearbook orders on September 15th and stop taking orders on October 27th. The yearbooks will cost $30.00 and must be paid at the time of the order. This year the yearbooks will be hardcover with full glossy color pages. This is a great keepsake and an excellent way to support your school and encourage school spirit.

• School pictures are scheduled for October 12th with a makeup day on October 16th. More details will be forthcoming.

• Our weekly chapel services will be starting this week. This week it will be on Thursday, however, in the future, the day of the week will be determined by the speaker’s schedule. We invite pastors and speakers from the Christian community to speak at our chapel services and we need to be mindful of their schedules.

• Our Friday lunch “order-out” program is going well. We would like it if you could send their Friday lunch money with your child on Thursday. Some of our lunch providers need 24 hour notice for orders.

• These newsletters in the future will be put on the website, so if you do not have internet access, please let the school know so we can make arrangements to get them to you.

• Thank you and God bless you and your families and as always, “To God be the Glory”.

                                                                                               Gary and Lynne Lenzi

Welcome to Christian Home Academy 2010/2011

The new school year has started, we are now in our 4th week of school, Praise God!  The summer seemed very short.  We are starting our year with 60 students and 1/3 of our students are first year students.  On behalf of all the staff and management at Christian Home Academy (CHA), we would like to welcome all of our new families and our returning families.  It is our primary desire that all that we do is pleasing to God and that He would bless our school and all the families associated with this ministry.  Our newsletter is new starting this year and we hope that everyone will make use of it to stay in tune with events and issues that effect the school and students.  Let us take this opportunity to welcome also the newest member of the CHA teaching staff, Mrs. Tammy Purvis.  Tammy will be teaching the high school students and this is the age group that she has been teaching for years and specifically requested when we hired her.  Welcome to CHA, Tammy!  I would like to point out that the calendar at the website is a good starting place for checking dates for important events like holidays and non school days.  We follow the Clay County School calendar for the most part but there are several places where we differ.  Please pay close attention to the calendar. Welcome to all and God bless CHA!

Karate for Christ

The Karate for Christ International/Christian Home Academy (KFCI/CHA) is a certified school with an exciting ministry, teaching Tang So Do (Korean Karate). Fitness, self-

control, and discipline are stressed throughout the program, but make no mistake about it; this program’s ultimate goal is to make disciples for Jesus Christ. Our students are trained to be as skilled with their martial arts as students in traditional class settings. Trainees build confidence as they learn about fighting, while at the same time learning the value of relying on the “Armor of God” and abstaining from violence.

Because we approach this from a Christian perspective, we only teach the physical discipline, mental discipline and scriptural discipline and eliminate any form of Asian my

sticism that sometimes is associated with the martial arts in the secular world. We are a certified school sanctioned through Karate for Christ International and Master Gary Lenzi is our certified black belt instructor. Each time a student tests for the next level belt, they are required to perform all the physical requirements for that level in addition to specific scripture assignments, and of equal importance, express an understanding of

the scripture. Join us and learn self-defense and Christian principles.

For more information call (904) 276-3339