Mountain Home Christian Academy

Hi MHCA friends,

We have several needs to convey to you.

1. We need volunteers to help us set up for the High School Formal. You would need to go to the Miser in Cotter, AR (502 2nd street) at 12:30 on Thursday, April 16. If we have a good team of volunteers, the set up will be a breeze and is really a lot of fun. If you can commit any amount of time to help, please sign up here: https://www.mountainhomechristianacademy.com/article/2361539

2. K-12 families, Log into Class Wallet and approve your tuition requests if you have not already.

3. Don't forget to log your service hours for you and your students. Your FACTS account will receive charges if you have not met the service requirements for you and your family. Here are the requirements as a reminder. K-12 families are required to serve 10 hours per year. This can be at the school, at your church, or in the community. 7/8th grade students are required to serve 10 hours per school year. 9th-12th grade students are required to serve 25 hours per school year. The entire famliy's hours are counted and the fee is pro-rated according to the hours served if you did not meet the requirements. You can input those hours for you and your student in the FACTS family portal. FYI: If you recruited an Event sponsor for FD ball and Night w/y Knight, I plan to input those service hours tomorrow.

4. Today is the last day to apply for the ACE scholarship. The ACE scholarship can be stacked with EFA funds for qualifying families. Details on our website under Financial Aid.

Hello M.H.C.A. friends,

this message is for families of students in Kindergarten through 12th grade that use E.F.A. funds to help pay tuition. If you have not already done so, please log into ClassWallet today and approve the tuition payment requests we have sent. If you can't remember the procedure to approve the requests, you will find a document on our app and website in the document section that is labeled "Financial Aid" that will help you with the process. The p.d.f. is called "Class Wallet Payment Approval Request Process". Please reach out to Vanessa at the school if you have any trouble approving the requests or with any other questions you may have.

You may have 2 payment requests ready if I thought you may have leftover EFA funds from the previous year. If that's not the case, you can send me an email to invoice you for the amount that you do have left or you can simply reject that payment request in Class Wallet.

Thanks so much!

Here's what's happening this school week:

• Tuesday, April 14: K-12 families: EFA accounts were funded today, tuition payment requests have been sent. Log into ClassWallet and approve the requests today. Here's a document to walk you through the steps if you need a little help: https://aptg.co/GZxgxc Also, I sent a 2nd payment request for the parent portion to families who I thought had leftover EFA funds from the previous year. If that is not the case for you, or you only have a portion of the parent amount, reach out to me@ vpeglar@mhcaeagles.org, and I can re-invoice you for that exact amount or if you have no additional funds, simply deny that request.

• Tuesday, April 14: Monthly prayer walk was this morning at 8:15am. Thanks to those present and those not able to be present who pray for our students, families, staff, and schools at that time.

• Wednesday, April 15: Chapel guest is Link Fuller. As always, MHCA family is welcome to attend.

• Wednesday, April 15: Juniors lead Elementary Chapel.

• Wednesday, April 15: PreACT testing for 10th grade from 9:00am-11:00am. A good breakfast and a good night's sleep is helpful!

• Thursday, April 16: Last day to re-enroll for Open Enrollment price of $150. Enrollment moves to Late Enrollment on Friday, April 17 and the fee increases to $300.

• Thursday, April 16: Pre ACT testing for 8th/9th grade from 9:00am-11:00am. A good breakfast and a good night's sleep is helpful!

• Thursday, April 16: MHCA Track & Field team heads to West Plains for the Zizzer High School Relays (Grades 9-12)

• Friday, April 17: Late Enrollment begins for returning students who have not yet re-enrolled. The enrollment fee increases to $300.

• Friday, April 17: High School Formal at the Miser in Cotter, AR at 6:30pm. (502 2nd Stree in Cotter) Street side parking and parking at City Hall will be open.

Have a fantastic week!

• Tuesday, April 21: It's our quarterly Pastor's Breakfast. We need individuals to sign up to provide a food item. We anticipate around 20 pastors. Sign up here: https://www.mountainhomechristianacademy.com/article/2361539 Note, there's a couple of other serving opportunities listed there. Sorting/organizing our uniform closet and providing breakfast items for Teacher Appreciation in May.

Att: High School Students and Families: The deadline of Monday, Apr. 13 is approaching to register for the High School Formal. This event is scheduled for Friday, April 17th at 6:30pm in Cotter for MHCA 9th-12th grade students, their parent/guardians, and MHCA staff. Every person must be registered and a ticket purchased. Tickets are $35, payable through FACTS or by a check/cash to Mrs. Forrest in the office. That ticket price includes a beautiful venue, a delicious dinner, dessert, drinks, a professional portrait, a great time of encouragement and fellowship(hang-out time) , as well as a keepsake gift.
Register to attend here: https://forms.gle/QdMsL6UFZz8xA9Kj7

• Pics Needed: Traditionally, we play a slideshow of photographs taken of the school year. I need your contributions! Send 4-5 of your favorite photos of students and/or their classmates to vpeglar@mhcaeagles.org or 870-404-2773 to be included.

7th/8th Grade Families:

Customarily our 7th/8th grade students serve at the High School Formal which will be Friday April 17. We need a total of 10 servers that don't mind washing a lot of dishes as well as serving plates and bussing tables in a restaraunt-style atmosphere. Most of our past servers found it to be a really fun but hard working event. They would need to have access to solid black pants and a white solid tshirt (no writing) or white button up shirt, the school will provide black aprons. We will make sure students who serve will receive dinner.

If your student is willing and available to serve, could you text Mrs. Peglar at 870-404-2773 and let her know. 10 students will be selected from 7th/8th grade from among those who are willing. If your student specifically prefers to serve behind the scenes washing dishes, please note that as well. Thanks so much!

Att: High School Students and Families: The deadline of Monday, Apr. 13 is approaching to register for the High School Formal. This event is scheduled for Friday, April 17th at 6:30pm in Cotter for MHCA 9th-12th grade students, their parent/guardians, and MHCA staff. Every person must be registered and a ticket purchased. Tickets are $35, payable through FACTS or by a check/cash to Mrs. Forrest in the office. That ticket price includes a beautiful venue, a delicious dinner, dessert, drinks, a professional portrait, a great time of encouragement and fellowship(hang-out time) , as well as a keepsake gift.
Register to attend here: https://forms.gle/QdMsL6UFZz8xA9Kj7

• Pics Needed: Traditionally, we play a slideshow of photographs taken of the school year. I need your contributions! Send 4-5 of your favorite photos of students and/or their classmates to vpeglar@mhcaeagles.org or 870-404-2773 to be included.

• The ACE scholarship deadline is quickly approaching for the 26-27 school year. Applications and required documentation must be marked submitted or completed by 11:59pm on April 15th. Documentation needed: identity documents for the applicant and each student listed on the application as well as residency documentation, 2024 or 2025 income documents (Families who upload 2025 income documents vs. 2024 will receive priority when decisions are made.)You may begin the application, save, and log back in later to complete it. There is a $25 application fee per new family to apply. This is an approved scholarship that can be stacked with EFA funds to cover tuition. Some families at MHCA who qualified and received the ACE scholarship in the past paid nothing out of pocket in regards to tuition. This is an income based scholarship. You can find the qualifications on our website, www.ChooseMhca.com, under Financial Aid. You will also find the link to the ACE information page and the link to apply.

• Current ACE recipients: Please note, If you currently are receiving the ACE scholarship, you must renew your scholarship by April 15th. The returning family fee to apply is $10 per family. ACE has a new portal for applications, so make sure you create your new account using your prior year email address from your 25-26 application. That's how they will be able to link you to your previous information in the old system. If your email has recently changed, reach out to ACE support.

• Finally, need help? Reach out to ACE support at arsupport@acescholarships.org or (985)800-3950 for questions and assistance with your application.

• On a different note, input those Family/student service hours. Input under the person in your family that served the hours or if they are not in the FACTS system, input under a family member that is. Mrs. Forrest will be charging FACTS service hour fees for incompleted hours at the end of May! There's still time to serve in the school and in the community, you just need to get those hours logged in the FACTS family portal. You can check for current service needs from the school on our website under NEWS. We have opportunities coming up for some bakers to make breakfast items as well. Signups coming out early next week.

Students had an informational filled day at the Be Pro Be Proud Career Expo on Thursday. Students met with representatives from all walks of business within the trade world and also got to experience those trades in business simulation centers. We were honored by the surprise tour of a U. S. Army Medivac Black Hawk helicopter.