U.S. Constitution
Students are going through the history of the Constitution, and we are having a blast learning about the founders of this great country. It is such a privilege to live in a nation where a system of ordered liberty has been established. I’ve been trying to encourage a spirit of thankfulness in the students, because we truly live in a unique country.
Harder than it looks
Beginning a business is hard work. My 11th graders are discovering it takes more than a good idea to get a business off the ground. We worked on inventory and potential client lists. We came up with a name, logo and slogan for our company. Next month we will take our start-up loans and set up a repayment plan as we begin making profit. My 11th graders have already begun selling items they have made and are discovering how difficult profit really is.
Miss Stahler
Spanish Talk Shows
11th grade just completed their first group project. The student’s assignment was to create a talk show in Spanish. The students really displayed their various talents in Español. We had a great outcome. We had students record their talk shows then played them in class we had great laughs and really appreciated one another’s hard work.
Microsoft Office
Juniors and Seniors are getting close to finishing their Microsoft Office project. This week and next week they are working on their final product, which is a creative application of the skills they have picked up in the Microsoft Office textbook.
“My whole heart follows hard after you and clings closely to you!”
We were thrilled bout our first spiritual emphasis week for the 2010-2011 school year. It was held September 20-24.
The theme for Elementary School was “Spirit of the Seas.” Each day during bible time, students focused on a bible story which all centered in on obedience. The stories covered during this week were: Jesus Calming the Storm, Noah and the Ark, Jonah, The Disciples Casting Their Nets & Peter Walking on the Water. Each day students were able to have worship time, a bible lesson, memory verse and complete a craft. The week concluded with an interactive bible story, including a large boat and someone “walking on water,” during chapel. It was a great week and students received a certificate and snack for their completion of our Spiritual Emphasis Week.
Pastor Tom Mahairas (founder of Manhattan Bible Church) came in to speak to our Middle and High Schoolers. He graciously shared his testimony with them and spoke about how God rescued him from a life of drug addiction. Pastor Mahairas also shared that there are 3 types of Believers….. The Believer, The Non-Believer, and the Make-Believer…….he challenged them as to which one they were. At the end he asked all those that would like to rededicate their lives to Christ to come forward. On Friday he shared with them that they are special and that God loves them very much. Seven students came forward to receive Jesus as their personal Saviour. He also asked student to pray for one another.
We praise God for His presence and for moving amongst our students. We are excited to see what He has in store for us this school year!
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God is Love
We studied the development, rise and fall of the kingdoms of Israel, the captivity, exile and the return. We talked, we discussed, and we reenacted the stories. Above all we learned that God pursues us relentlessly and never gives up on us. God’s love is everlasting and is greater than what we can understand or imagine.
Miss Rivera
We did it!
The students were always hard at work. While some of the students made beats the others would come up with lyrics to help them remember their vocabulary. They went from an insurmountable Regent to an achievable goal, from being discourage to being confident. We worked, we prayed, we pleaded, we sang, we wailed, we made it. Yes. We made it!! God is good.
Miss Rivera
Spring Celebration
All of these students worked really hard for the Spring Celebration. They learned difficult and challenging moves and even used the flags. Many of the routines were very acrobatic and showed much strength and agility from the students. They tried and succeeded with moves that they had never tried before. I am very proud of all of them.
Mrs. Rosario
The Giver
We finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry and talked about the issue of freedom of choice that was highlighted in the book. This speaking activity was a bit challenging for the Korean students because they not only had to draw information from the reading but had to elaborate on an abstract concept. So we started out by talking about choices we make in our daily lives and what it means to have the freedom to do so. We also looked at societies that don’t/didn’t grant this freedom of choice to their citizens and why that was/is the case. After the discussion, the students were able to organize their thoughts into a journal entry and one of the students shared how thankful she was that God didn’t control us but gave us free will.
Miss Park