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 Friday Facts 2009-09-18 FRIDAY FACTS BCA’s Weekly Newsletter September 18, 2009
Dear Friends,
The Master Teacher, while He was on earth, used every opportunity to connect earthly realities with spiritual ones. Following His example, we at BCA seek to engage our students in worthwhile ventures that support learning, character development, and communion with Christ. As you read this issue you will notice this approach reflected in our classrooms. We praise God for His wisdom in carrying out our mission and ministry to the students of BCA. No-School Date: We don’t want to catch you by surprise! In order to serve our students better we need a day specifically dedicated to staff development. Please circle Oct 9th on your calendar as that special day. There will be no school for our students.
From Grade K & 1: “As we explored our theme, Friends Share, we discovered some things about sharing that may make it difficult, as well as those things that were not meant for sharing. We are counting by 10’s, learning subtraction in 1st Grade, working on one-to-one matching in Kindergarten, and unpacking what it means to be like Jesus. The class is also exploring leaves and their importance to a plant and our 1st Graders have just finished a study on the week of creation.”
From Grade 2 & 3: “We’ve been learning from the abalone shell this week. Some of the lessons have been that abalones have no outward beauty just like Jesus had no outward beauty—it is the kind of person we are inside that really counts. Also, abalones cling to the safety of the rock in the same way that we are to cling to the Rock, Jesus Christ.”
From Grade 4 & 5: “The 4th and 5th graders are off to a great start. Each morning we begin our day with a Bible study. Students read different texts and share thoughts about our reading. We began our study with understanding how important we are to God. Our days are really full. We have started our second writing project. This month we are writing personal narratives. Students will have an author time at the end of month. Author time is where students will read the narrative to the class.”
From Grade 6 & 7: “As part of the sixth and seventh grade reading series, we have been reading about a man named Amos Fortune who was taken from Africa as a teen to be a slave in the New World. The story shares a detailed account of how he started a "new life" and how he came to be a Christian. It has stimulated good discussion on prejudice, and how Christianity can be represented in our daily lives. This book, Amos Fortune, gives the students a great example of how our Christian lives should be based on our relationship with God and not on circumstances in our lives”.
From Grade 8: “The 8th Grade class has scheduled a car wash a week from this Friday, September 25. We will start at around 2:00 pm, hoping to be done by 3:30 pm--usually it ends as soon as there are no more customers. We are hoping that we will have enough support from the churches to make it a worthwhile fundraiser. Please come out and support our efforts.”
As you can see, we at BCA are committed to our mission. The SDA approach of education recognizes that the success of the student is better accomplished by cooperation between the home, school and church. On this note, your mid-term grade reports will soon arrive and we encourage you to help your child to make the connection between faithfulness to their school work and character development. May God bless you and your family. Mr. Agard, Principal Homework Tips for Parents Make sure your child has a quiet, well-lit place to do homework: Avoid having your child do homework with the television on or in places with other distractions, such as people coming and going.
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