Updated April 22, 2024
Do You Want to Pay Taxes to the State of PA or Sponsor Scholarships for Students?
Discounted Hersheypark Tickets: Orders due 4/24
Sub Sale Pick-Up is this Thursday, 4/25
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Lower School Field Day Volunteers Needed
Thank you for praying for the Remember America Speaker Series
School Lunches - PLEASE NOTE THE ENDING DATES OF SCHOOL LUNCHES
This week’s Upper School Cycle Days:
Tuesday, 04/23 – Day 4
Wednesday, 04/24 – Day 5
Thursday, 04/25- Day 6
Friday, 04/26 – Upper School Flex Friday (No Cycle Day)
Monday, 04/29 – Day 1
Below is a list of upcoming events. Scroll down for further details. Details will be added as we get closer to the date of the event.
Upcoming Events:
04/24/2024 – Lower School Talent Show
04/25/2024 – Spring Sub Sale
04/26/2024 – Upper School Flex Friday
05/02/2024 – National Day of Prayer
05/02/2023 – CCAC Track and Field Championships
05/03/2024 – Mission Impossible!!
05/15-16/2024 – 12th Grade Finals
05/16/2024 – Spring Concert
05/17/2024 – Lower School Field Day
05/21-23/2024 – 9th-11th Grade Finals
05/23/2024 – Last Day of Preschool/Preschool Graduation
05/24/2024 – Upper School Serve for Education Blessing Day
05/27/2024 – Memorial Day / No School
05/28-31/2024 – Shakespeare Days
05/29/2024 – Recognition Assemblies
05/29/2024 – Kindergarten Graduation
05/30/2024 – Honors Award Ceremony (Invitation Only)
05/31/2024 – Shakespeare Festival
05/31/2024 – Commencement Rehearsal
05/31/2024 – Last Day of School (Full Day)
05/31/2024 – Senior Dinner (Invitation Only)
Would you prefer paying taxes to the state of Pennsylvania? Or would you prefer to sponsor scholarships for deserving students at Dayspring Christian Academy?
The state has a tax credit program utilizing the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. Businesses or individuals can participate with a participating organization to receive a 90% tax credit for their investment into scholarships (with a two-year commitment).
Friends of Dayspring, LLC is a “special purpose entity” (SPE) formed for the sole purpose of receiving investments from other businesses and individuals under this program. We are inviting you to “sign up” to be a participant for 2024.
Eligible Participants: Businesses or Individuals
Minimum Investment: $2,500
Maximum Investment: $100,000
Year of Commitment: Two Years for 2024 and 2025 of the same dollar amount each year
If you are interested, please contact Joanne Martin, director of advancement with any questions. You can reach Joanne by email at Jmartin@dayspringchristian.com or by phone at 717-285-2000 ext. 211.
We are collecting names and desired participation through May 15, 2024. Contact us to be placed on the list and reserve your spot for the upcoming tax year (2024). Based upon the volume of participation, we will apply for the credits in May 2024 and will receive notification of the award in August or September 2024.
Your final decision on the first-year contribution would be in September, with payment of your investment to the SPE within 50 days of notification.
2024 Special Purpose Entity Participation Introduction Kit
2024 Joinder Agreement
2024 Tax Compliance Affidavit
It’s that time of year!!! DCA is once again selling discounted Hersheypark tickets (50% off!) good for any operational day between March 29, 2024 – January 1, 2025. Get a fantastic deal on these tickets and support Dayspring Christian Academy at the same time! Dayspring receives a blessing from Hersheypark for every ten tickets we sell at this discounted rate. These discounted tickets are available to you and your friends, so spread the word!
The deadline to order is April 24, but orders are being accepted now! You have several ways to order:
1. Print an order form and submit to John Riddell. Access the form by clicking here.
2. Order through the school store by clicking here.
3. Call the Business Office at 717-285-2000 ext. 214 to order with a credit card.
Questions? Contact John Riddell at clicking here. or 717-285-2000 ext. 214.
Sub Day Pick-Up Information – If you are picking up between 7:30 – 8:00 a.m., we kindly ask that you follow standard drop off procedures and park in the church parking lot to walk over and get your order. If you have a large order, we will do our best to accommodate getting your boxes back across the street. Pick ups from 8-8:30 a.m. may park in the upper lot, close to the building, and come to the door at the back of the auditorium by the steps. We will hand your order to you there so that you do not have to come into the school. Afternoon pick up will be at Boas Fundraising, 441 E Main St, Mountville, PA 17554, from 2-6 p.m. They are looking forward to serving you. If you have any questions, please reach out to Becky Harnish at 717-669-5091.
Please join the Dayspring Parents in blessing the teachers and staff at our school. This lunch will be held on Tuesday, April 30, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The meal is pasta, salad, rolls and dessert. This sign up is for the supplies, help and food for the event. Your help is needed to make this a success. The staff and teachers really appreciate and look forward to this lunch every year. All supplies need to be labeled and dropped off in the kitchen (island and special events refrigerator) or in room 109 the day of the event.
Volunteers are needed for set-up, clean-up and volunteering in the classrooms/auditorium over the lunch hour. This enables our teachers to sit and enjoy the meal. Upper school students are in the auditorium at 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 noon and lower school has lunch from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. Individual teacher/staff gifts will be distributed after the meal. Please review and help where you can.
Contact Erika Straubel at 717-799-6216 or Debra Kauffman at 717-406-6802 with any questions. Thank you!
Please click on this link to see how you can help: Faculty and Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Dayspring’s Student Government presents, “Mission Impossible”!!! This Upper School event will take place on Friday, May 3, from 6:30-9 p.m.
– Escape Capture!!
– Find the Glow Sticks!!
– Don’t Get Caught!!
More information coming soon.
Thank you to all who contributed items for the Lower School Field Day. All that is needed now are a few parent volunteers to help run stations. The timeframe would be 11 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. If you are able to assist, please email Eric Lee at elee@dayspringchristian.com before purchasing to be sure the item still needs to be purchased. Thanks so much!
We are so grateful for everyone who prayed and served in anyway for the Remember America Speaker Series with Tucker Carlson. We are grateful for God’s goodness and faithfulness to us. As we always say, watching God work is something to behold. Many prayers were answered for the event, which brought more than 2,400 people to the convention center. Thank you for all of your faithful prayers. God answered them beyond what we could ask or imagine.
We have had one of our families reach out to us and ask if we know of anyone who is renting out houses. They would be looking for a three bedroom and would like to keep the rent at or below $1500. They would prefer to be in the Mt. Joy, Rheems, Landisville, or Mountville areas. If you are aware of any properties that may be suitable, please contact Karen Johnson at kjohnson@dayspringchristian.com or 717-285-2000. Thank you!
The following camps will be held at Dayspring this coming summer. Please click the “Read More” button for details.
– Creation Museum and ARK Encounter Trip
– Creative Kids Art Camp (Due to popular demand, a 3rd camp has been added!!)
– Discover Your Voice Camp
– Ukulele Camp
Summer Family Trip to the Creation Museum and ARK Encounter – More than a vacation, this trip is an educational adventure! Led by Mr. Randy Gehman, this trip includes visits to top educational sights as well as interpretation from a biblical creationist point of view. Join us as we learn to better understand Scripture, dinosaurs, and the variety of life on our planet as a testimony to God’s magnificent creation! Highlights of the trip include: the Creation Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the Cincinnati Zoo, the ARK Encounter, and the Flight 93 National Memorial. This year we are offering two options: 6/24-6/28/2024 or 7/15-7/19/2024. For more information, go to www.mycreationtrip.com.
Creative Kids Art Camp – Only eight spots remain!!!Mrs. Bonnie Lucas still has room in the July 22-26 session of Creative Kids Art Camp. This camp will be held from 9 a.m.-12 noon. The other two sessions are now full.
Creative Kids Art Camp is a mixture of fine art skills and crafting. Campers experience a variety of art media and techniques. Projects are typically more in-depth than school art classes allow. The atmosphere is relaxed, positive, and fun! Projects for 2024 include batik, acrylic and watercolor techniques, clay, and more!
For more information or to register, please click here. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Lucas at blblucas320@gmail.com.
Discover Your Voice Camp – DYVC is a 8-day performing arts camp, for ages 8-14, that uses our signature program to walk singers from shy and inexperienced to confident and thriving! No auditions! Everyone performs a feature performance!
Registration is now open! Click here for more information or to register – Discover Your Voice Summer Camp
Got Uke? Summer Ukulele Camp – Mrs. Armstrong will hold a Ukulele Camp this summer. This camp is for beginner to intermediate ukulele players entering grades 1-8. Campers will build and decorate their own ukuleles to keep and will learn the basics of playing. A camp shirt, snacks, games and a culminating concert with “Phredd” from WJTL are all a part of this exciting camp! Repeat campers are welcome as one can never have too many ukuleles!
The camp will be held from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 24-28, 2024.
*If enough students register, we will have two camps that same week. The second camp will run from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. BOTH camps will converge on Friday to meet from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. for a culminating concert.
The cost of the camp is $200 per student. This cost includes the camp T-shirt, snacks, ukulele, music packets, beginning lessons, and the concert with Phredd.
*Please note that there may be only one camp offered (during the morning hours) if the minimum number of 10 campers is not met. If less than 10 campers register, the camp will be cancelled and refunds made. This decision will be made at least one week before the first day of camp. Alternately, there is a maximum of 15 per camp so you will want to register early. The deadline to register is June 10, 2024.
Contact & Registration – For more information or to register, please click here. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Sally Armstrong at S4Him@aol.com (717-606-6445).
Are you looking for a way to bless your child’s teacher and their classroom? Check out Dayspring’s Amazon Wish List to see if there is an item listed in which you would like to purchase as a special blessing.
Dayspring Christian Academy Amazon Wish List
Any questions, please reach out to Joanne Martin at jmartin@dayspringchristian.com or 717-285-2000 ext. 211. Thank you in advance for supporting our teachers and our classrooms.
Below is a list of the remaining lunches for the school year. Because of the number of field studies and other activities in the month of May, we will only list one week at a time on the school store. Before ordering, please be sure that your child will be in school that day for his or her lunch.
Monday – Chicken nuggets (Lower School) and chicken sandwiches (Upper School): 04/29 (last day for chicken nugget lunch)
Tuesday – Buttered noodles with a marinara sauce option: 04/23 and 04/30 (last day for pasta lunch)
Wednesday – Pizza: 04/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, and 5/22 (last day for pizza lunch)
Thursday – Walking tacos: 5/9 (last day for walking taco lunch)
Friday – Pulled pork sandwiches or hot dogs: 04/26 Hot Dogs Only: 5/3, 5/10, 5/24 (last day for hot dog lunch)
For more information on the following topics, please click the “Read More” button.
– FAFSA News
– Student Scholarships
– LBC Open House Days
– One Life Open House Days
– Dual Enrollment Classes at Cedarville University
– Transcript Requests
– General Questions
FAFSA NEWS! The U.S. Department of Education just announced that schools will not begin receiving FAFSA information until “the first half of March.” Until that time, colleges and universities have no access to their students’ FAFSA information. As a result of this unexpected postponement, financial aid award letters for the 2024-2025 school year will be further delayed. Additionally, students who need to make corrections to their FAFSA will also be unable to do so until sometime in March.The U.S. Department of Education made a late change to the formula used to calculate financial aid eligibility, which will make more students eligible for more financial aid. Unfortunately, the change also delays the delivery of FASFA information to schools.
Looking for a scholarship? Check out this link from StudentScholarships.org.
Student Scholarships is a compiled and comprehensive list of current scholarships as well as other helpful college information.
The Salvation Army Scholarship 2024 is now open. Ask Mrs. Gainer for more information on how to apply.
Spring Open House dates announced for LBC! Lancaster Bible College will hold an Open House on July 19.
One Life is hosting some open house days! This is a great way to check out what they have to offer. Click here to register.
Click here to view dates and locations.
Cedarville University has announced online Dual Enrollment classes for high school students. Click here for additional information and pricing!
Transcript Requests: If you need a transcript for any reason, please fill out a transcript request form online under the Guidance Tab. Requests will be sent out within 3 business days.
General Guidance Questions: If any student or parent has a question concerning AP (Advanced Placement) or DE (Dual Enrollment) classes, please direct those questions to Mrs. Hurley, Director of Curriculum, at dhurley@dayspringchristian.com. Any questions concerning transcripts, PSAT, SAT, or ACT, the college admission process, or other guidance related issues should come to Mrs. Gainer, Guidance Director, at kgainer@dayspringchristian.com.
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
Isaiah 53:3-6 (KJV)
Grades 1-5 verses 5-6
Grades 6-12, verses 3-6
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.