Mountain Home Christian Academy

Mountain Home Christian Academy invites our school family and the community to join us for a special evening with Wilmer Top, who serves with Casas por Cristo. Come hear more about the ministry, learn about the work God is doing through Casas por Cristo, and discover how our school and community can come together to support this mission.

This evening will also serve as a fundraiser for the mission, providing an opportunity to give and help support the work of Casas por Cristo.

📅 August 25
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Mountain Home Baptist Church (across the street from MHCA)

A message from Wilmer: "I am Wilmer Top and I have been working in Casas por Cristo since 2022. I was born in San Raymundo Guatemala, and I was introduced to the missions when I was 18. Since then I’ve been doing worship at my church and serving the Lord. I look forward to continue my service and ministry to the teams and families we minister to."

We would love for our MHCA families and community members to join us!

Most weeks you will receive a weekly snapshot. Ideally that will arrive in your inbox before end of day each Monday (if all goes well:).

Here's some information and what's happening this school week:

• Tuesday, August 18th: Our high school students will be leaving just after morning assembly to serve the Goin family at MH Berry Farm. Mr. Goin fell off a ladder and broke his back and Mrs. Goin could use our help to get the farm ready for their Fall festivities. H.S. students should wear their new red MHCA tshirt and shorts/pants of their choice. They will need work gloves and possibly a hat to block the sun. They will be back at school around 10:30 and will complete the rest of the school day at MHCA. The students will receive service hours for their work, that will be input on their behalf into FACTS.

• Tuesday and Thursday: Our girls Volleyball team will be heading out of town for Volleyball preseason tournaments. Be in prayer for their safe travels and for great game playing attitudes! They will be dismissed early from school on both days at 2:00pm. Students are responsible to communicate with their teachers for assignments and due dates.

• Wednesday, August 19th: This will be the first chapel service of the year! Our guest speaker is a crowd favorite, Jerry Backus. MHCA families are invited to join the chapel service any and every Wednesday of their choosing. The times posted below can be used as a guide to have an idea of your student's chapel time.

• Thursday, August 20th: K-12 families!! This is the day that your EFA account should be funded in Classwallet. After I have successfully sent out all the payment requests to your Classwallet accounts, I will send you an email letting you know. You will then log in to your Classwallet account and follow the instructions that I include to approve the request. If you have more than one student in the program, you will toggle to any additional students in the upper right corner and repeat the process. Ideally, this needs to be completed same day or the next day for everything to run smoothly with the FACTS system. As you get experienced in this process, it will become very easy to do. After you've approved the payment request, it sometimes has taken up to 2 weeks before the funds make it into the school's account. When Mrs. Forrest receives the funds, she will apply it to your student's FACTS account. By the way, all funding dates have been added to our school calendar, if you'd like to add them to your calendar as a reminder.

• Former Homeschool families: If you were an EFA participant as a homeschool family last year and you have EFA funds leftover and would like to use those funds for the parent-portion of your tuition, please reach out to vpeglar@mhcaeagles.org to let her know. We have already heard from a couple of families who have requested this, but wanted to make sure all were aware this was an option.

• Dress Code for August: As a reminder, Mondays and Tuesdays will follow our regular uniform dress code. The exception this week is for high school students participating in Tuesday’s Serve Day.

  On Wednesdays and Thursdays, students may wear a MHCA T-shirt with shorts or pants of their choice, as long as they meet school dress-code guidelines.

• Thank you: We just want to give a big thank you to those that blessed our teachers/staff with snacks for Open House. Also, thanks to those that served at the EPIC (Eagles Parents In Christ) booth at Get the Scoop. To all who signed up and served in some way, your service hours have been added to your FACTS account on your behalf if you hadn't already added those.

• Ordering School T-shirts: Many have asked if they can order the new MHCA tshirt. The answer is yes! We have some in stock and we can easily place an order for additional shirts with the Cotton Co. They will be $25 for youth sizes and $30 for adult. We will send a link to an order form later in the week. You can pay with exact cash/check to the school office or through our paypal link on our school website after you've placed your order.

Have a fantastic week!

K through 12th grade families: It's time to make sure you are linked to M.H.C.A. and have set up your Classwallet account so that you can access your E.F.A. account and funding at the proper time. Your student's account is set to be funded on August 20th and that is quickly approaching. Your enrollment must be verified by the school and that cannot be completed until you are linked. If you are a returning E.F.A. family, you should already be linked to our school from last school year. If you are a new family, here are the instructions given to us by Classwallet. https://classwallet.storylane.io/share/x4plfsjbdc2x
Many of you have already linked, so thank you! If I do not see you linked to our school by late tomorrow, I will send an invite to link or reach out to your directly. (sorry for the overuse of the word "linked":))

We are excited to welcome Wendy Windell to the MHCA family! She is a passionate and experienced educator and is joining us as the high school science teacher this year.

We are so grateful to have her on our team and look forward to all she will bring to our students and school community!

This week, our teachers spent in-service preparing for this school year through various specialized training including student learning gap breakout groups, math, literacy, and technology. Each day began with a group devotional focused on stewardship of the lives and education of students. Teachers also had hands-on fire safety training and an opportunity to experience a prospective new food vendor. We are so grateful for the time our teachers had to learn, strengthen their teaching skills, collaborate, and prepare to serve our students well this school year!

Last reminder about MHCA's Open House on Thursday, August 6th from 5:00-8:00pm! Come meet your teachers, reconnect with friends, make new ones, and check out your classroom before the first day of school! There will also be a brief parent meeting for all K–12 families at 6:30 p.m. in the gym.

We can't wait to see you all there!