Highlights from this Week’s Fly By
Welcome to the Fly By with Callyanne McCrea
School Theme for the Year
This year’s theme is Hope from Psalm 71:5:
“For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.”
Key Reminders
- Don’t forget that hot lunch orders for the month of November close this Wednesday, the 8th.
- Geneva’s Annual Booster club fundraiser Shootout and Talons Up is coming soon– Friday October 24th. Sponsorships, shoot teams, and dinner tickets are now available for purchase. Check the landing for the registration link.
- The first Geneva Grandmother Gathering of the year will take place this Thursday, October 9th at 11:30am at LaFogata. Geneva moms, invite your mom and mother-in-law and come with them!
- Please be sure that your child stays within the football complex during Friday Night football games. This excludes them from being able to venture over to other buildings or areas on campus where there is no supervision.
This Week in History
October 7, 1986 – Pizza Hut announced a plan to send pizza to space. (Which they eventually did in 2001.) It became the first pizza delivered to the International Space Station, complete with a vacuum-sealed pepperoni topping.
October 10, 1845 – The U.S. Naval Academy was founded in Annapolis, Maryland, with just 50 midshipmen and 7 professors.
Did You Know?
Did you know that there are three founding families of Geneva? Robert and Joanne Thornton, Cindy and Brian Fowler, and Paula and Brett Wacker. This dynamic group consisted of a homebuilder, bond trader, doctor, teacher, engineer, and social worker. They started with no building, no headmaster. Just 6 aligned hearts to God’s calling to bring Classical Christian education to Boerne, Texas.
Fun Faculty Fact
Alex Markous, 9th grade humanities and philosophy teacher, was his high school’s valedictorian graduating in 2013. He attended HSPVA, The Highschool for the Performing and Visual Arts, in Houston Texas. His school was just like Highschool Musical, where students sang and danced in the hallways. There was a talent show every month and Mr. Markous would even practice his trumpet in the hallway. We are so thankful Mr. Markous is here at Geneva!
