Dear UCA Family,

We look forward to welcoming you to our campus on Friday for Family Weekend.  We have so much for which to be thankful, and we pray that you and your students enjoy a blessed break together during this Thanksgiving holiday!  Please note the following changes to the weekend schedule–these things have been changed since the last communication, so take note:  For those not attending the FoundationONE Awards Banquet, supper will be served in the Girls’ Dorm Chapel (instead of the Assembly Hall); The WWU Financial Aid Workshop will begin at 5:45 p.m. instead of 6:00 p.m.; Sundown Meditation will be in the UCA Church at 4 p.m. on Sabbath evening.

ASB Outreach Project
ASB has selected our UCA outreach project for this year. We are sending out care packages for our 22 UCA Alumni who are currently Student Missionaries. During the parent-teacher conferences, ASB will have a booth where you can pick up a list of recommended items for your student to bring back after Thanksgiving Break. Feel free to add other items for the 22 boxes. If you prefer to give monetary donations to support items purchased and shipping, that would be great too! Contact for questions: jessica.ing@ucaa.org.

ASB Christmas Tree Lighting
This year’s ASB Christmas Tree Lighting will happen on Tuesday, November 27. It will be held in the Cafeteria at 6:15 p.m.

FAMILY WEEKEND

FoundationONE Awards Banquet
FoundationONE is hosting the Awards Banquet in the UCA cafeteria on Friday evening, beginning at 5:00 p.m.  Students receiving a FoundationONE grant and their families are invited to attend.

Worship Services
Vespers will meet in the UCA Church at 7:30 p.m. on Friday evening.  Church begins at 10:45 in the UCA gym.  Sundown Meditation is in the UCA Church at 4 p.m. on Sabbath.

Live Streaming
Friday night Vespers, Church, and Amateur Hour will be live-streamed.  You can watch by going to www.ucaa.org/live.  There is no password needed.

Music Groups
The Choraliers, Vocal Octet, and Orchestra will be performing on Friday evening during vespers.  On Sabbath during our worship service, the Band, Orchestra, Choraliers, and the Choir will perform.  Call times are as follows:  Choraliers–6:30 p.m. on Friday (church) and 10 a.m. on Sabbath (choir room); Choir–10 a.m. on Sabbath (choir room); Orchestra–6:50 p.m. on Friday (church) and 10:35 a.m. on Sabbath (band room); Band–10:20 a.m. on Sabbath (band room).

Meals
For those not attending the FoundationONE Awards Banquet, supper will be served in the Girls’ Dorm Chapel from 5:00-5:30 p.m.  Sabbath breakfast will be served from 9:00-9:30 a.m. in the cafeteria, and Sunday breakfast from 8:15-8:45 a.m.  If you wish to purchase meal tickets for Friday supper or Sabbath and/or Sunday breakfast, please contact the UCA Business Office by calling (509) 245-3618.  We invite our students’ immediate family members and their grandparents to join us for lunch in the cafeteria on Sabbath after church, free of charge.  On Sabbath evening, the gym will open at 6:30 p.m. and veggie burgers, hotdogs, and other snacks will be available for purchase.  No supper will be served in the cafeteria on Sabbath evening. Sack lunch-making supplies will be available in the cafeteria during Sunday breakfast for those who need a lunch for the trip home.
Meal prices:  Adults and students–$7; children ages 4-11–$5; children under 3–free; meals charged on a student account are $8 per meal.

Parent Meeting/Senior Parent Meeting
Please join our principal, Eric Johnson, from 4:30-5:15 p.m. on Sabbath evening in the UCA cafeteria as he shares some updates on several things regarding UCA for this year and next.  This is an important meeting that you won’t want to miss.  Immediately following this, parents of seniors are invited to stay by for a short informational meeting.

How to Pay for College (WWU Financial Aid Workshop)
You could actually pay less to attend Walla Walla University then any other Adventist college or even a state school!  Seniors and parents of seniors are invited to join Walla Walla University from 5:45-6:45 p.m. in the Assembly Hall (Old Cafeteria) for this free workshop.  Discover how costs compare and learn more about financial aid resources.  For more information, visit http://wallawalla.edu/workshops or call (800) 656-2815.  Learn even more at http://wallawalla.edu/payforcollege.

Amateur Hour
The gym doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and veggie burgers, hotdogs, and snacks will be available to purchase for supper.  Amateur Hour begins at 7:30 p.m.

Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent-teacher Conferences will be from 8:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 18.  Teachers will be available for short (5-10 minute) conferences.  If you need more time to dialogue with a teacher, please be aware of others who are waiting and make arrangements to communicate at a later time.  While parent teacher conferences are going on, students will be attending an all-school assembly in the Assembly Hall.  This is required for ALL students.

Thanksgiving Break
Students are free to leave campus at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 18.  Home leave buses will depart from the Flagpole at 12:30 p.m.  Dorms will reopen at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 25.

Attachments
This week@UCA: #13 November 16-18, 2018
Menu for this Weekend: Menu Nov 12-18, 2018

Looking Ahead
November 16-18                     Family Weekend
November 17                           Amateur Hour
November 18                           Parent-Teacher Conferences/Student Dismissal – 12:30 p.m.
November 19-25                     Thanksgiving Break
November 25                           Dorms reopen at 5:00 p.m.
November 26                           Classes resume
November 27                           ASB Christmas Tree Lighting
December 8                              Music Tour
December 9                              ACT/Winter Banquet
December 16                            ASB Officer Christmas Party