Happy New Year!
We look forward to a new year of hope – hope in the Lord and assurance that God has a perfect plan for each student.
January is an exciting time with new goals set for a new year and yet a difficult month with mid terms on the way, homework to stay on top of and the Academic Fair coming. In Resource Room we will be checking our goals and finding strategies with which we can realistically meet those goals. Now is the time for students, parents and teachers to truly work together as a team to help students set good goals and begin to achieve them. In I Corinthians 12: 24-27 the Bible says, “But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.”
Mrs. Kemp
Students have been studying immigration of the late 19th century and early 20th century in America. Students learned how an immigrant’s life was no different from the lives of people now a-days. The struggle to find work and assimilate into the American culture is still a struggle faced by minorities and immigrants today.
Mr. Sanchez
Students in 7th grade have been learning about the road to America’s independence. Students spent time learning about important legislation, such as the Stamp, Sugar, and Townshend Acts, that further caused division between the colonist and Britain. Further, students performed skits to reenact the Boston Massacre.
Mr. Sanchez
Six graders students spent the last two weeks learning about the Far East. Topics discussed included a video on the Great Wall of China and Communism.
Mr. Sanchez
What to do when a Christian sins? This is a question students in sixth grade Bible have been attempting to answer. Students have learned that once they sin they need to confess the sin and let God cleanse the sins from their lives. Furthermore, students spent time sharing sins they committed throughout the week and how they felt remorseful for committing such sins. Some sins included disobedience to parents, teachers, and older siblings, gossip, and lying.
Mr. Sanchez
The students finished reading C.S. Lewis’ The Last Battle from his The Chronicles of Narnia series. We are reviewing this text as well as the many concepts we learned about reading since the beginning of the year in preparation for our mid-year final.
Mrs. Candelier
The students had a great time working on their entries for the Association of Christian School International (ACSI) Creative Writing Festival. Students put their best effort into creating short stories, essays, and poems. Isaiah Bienemann of 6R wrote a cool story about a plane-from the plane’s perspective! Rohan Hutchinson of 6R wrote a beautiful poem about angels, and David Hamilton wrote one about his wonderful parents. It was hard picking just a few to enter into the next level of competition and I congratulate those who were selected! Aside from this nice “creative” break, the students are busy preparing for their mid-year finals. Prepositions, anyone…?
Mrs. Candelier
This month we have been looking at the true meaning of joy. Where joy comes from, and how we draw strength from Joy. This holiday season can be a despresing time for many people. They know it’s the holiday season that’s supposed to be filled with love, joy and peace, but still feel a void. The 6th grade class is learning that true joy comes from God. It has nothing to do with outward circumstances but rather what the Holy Spirit has deposited in you. Ture joy is knowign God loves and acceptes you.
Mr. Lopez
Evangel hosted a Christmas Concert for over one thousand people on December 20, 2008. At 6:00pm the doors opened to a frigid night air; the temperature was in the twenties – that didn’t stop the anyone from attending. Sarah Groves, Leeland, Sixpence and Jars of Clay sang many, many different rebditions a of famous Christmas carols. What an awesome night it was; everyone praising the Lord through song. The lighting crew was tremendous, as they transformed our sanctuary into an incredible light show. We are thrilled that God allowd us to be the venue for this concert and we pray that many were blessed. A special thanks to Rock the Sound for making it all possible.
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In Consumer math, students have been working through business balance sheets, with its similarities to balancing a checkbook. Students will now focus on the Profit and Loss in a business. We will be also talking about how profit and loss affect them whether they have a business or are working for someone.
Mrs. Racoma