| Why choose a Christian school? | | Posted Monday, January 30, 2006 2:35:35 PM by Alex Molin | Have you made a decision regarding your child's school this year? Or are you still trying to find out which school is best for your child? Will it be a public school a private school or maybe home school is what your child needs? 
Here are some good reasons why enrolling your child to a Christian school is not a bad idea: (I'm quite sure, that after reading this article, you will have a better picture and might even be able to decide):
Christian worldview - If you are a religious person you probably want your children to be exposed to the Christian worldview. Christian schools will help you do that.
Safty - In today's world and especially in public schools safety is not the word I would use to describe what's going on there. With Christian schools you can be more relaxed since the environment is safer, the kind of children going to these schools are safer, the kind of teachers teaching in Christian schools are safer, and the kind of values taught in Christian schools encourage safety by emphasizing the importance of mutual help and showing respect to one another.
Thinking about the future - Christian schools do not exist temporarily; they are trying to change the future - helping your child become a better citizen and faithful church member. Christian schools will do there most to prepare your child for the afterlife and care about how your kid view God. They will train your child to stay pure and healthy. They will help your child view himself as future leader with a life's mission and calling. Christian schools will want your child to grow up having a stable home and productive ministries.
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| | | Power of the Pen competition encourages students 'to get (writing) at a young age' | | Posted Sunday, February 04, 2007 3:06:49 PM by Blog57 Team | | KIDRON -- Central Christian School had a strong presence of writers Saturday, as 200 seventh- and eighth-graders from 16 schools in Wayne, Holmes, Medina and Ashland counties competed with their pens and creativity in the Power of the Pen contest. Contestants competed in three rounds, where they were given three 40-minute writing prompts to complete. For seventh-graders, prompts included adding words before or after the word "left" to create a title and theme for the story, responding to a plea for help and using the phrase "Are we almost there?" Eighth-graders were asked to conduct a search for truth in their narratives, plan and carry out a surprise for a teacher and build a story around the word "unleashed." Contestants completed their prompts in the morning, took a meal break around noon and reconvened at 2 p.m.... | |
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| | | Missouri drops effort to restrict Christian fraternity | | Posted Saturday, December 30, 2006 3:09:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | COLUMBIA, Mo. The University of Missouri-Columbia is no longer opposing a Christian fraternity whose bylaws don't follow the school's nondiscrimination rules. The legal victory by Beta Upsilon Chi (KYE) follows a similar decision by the University of Georgia earlier this month. The ten-member Missouri chapter was formed in April and previously approved by campus leaders. Earlier this month, an administrator advised the chapter's president that the fraternity must comply with campus rules forbidding discrimination based on "race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability" and veteran's status. The university dropped the challenge after a Virginia-based legal advocacy group intervened. The fraternity's Greek letters stand for "Brothers Under Christ." It began two decades ago at the University of Texas in Austin, and eleven of the 18 Beta Upsilon Chi chapters are at Texas schools.... | |
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| | | Allow us to run schools without interference, Bishop to govt | | Posted Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:20:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | Kolkata, December 19: A press interface held at Bishop House today deliberated on the fact that minority (Christian) schools and institutions be kept out of the purview of the state government. The Bishop of the Churches of North India (CNI), Calcutta Diocese, Reverend PSP Raju, addressed a few key issues, including what he described as the governments attempt to wrest control of minority schools and other educational institutions run by minorities. He added that the education department is trying to interfere in the functioning of minority-run and administered schools and institutions. The Bishop also accused the West Bengal Association of Christian Schools, a body which is not empowered to enact or demand any changes in the running of such schools, of being hand-in-glove with certain individuals.... | |
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| | | Orange County Schools Considering Major Restructuring | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 11:13:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Orange County School district is considering a plan that could close, merge or rebuild 23 elementary schools. Tonight, parents have a chance to have their voice heard in the discussion. It's all to stay in compliance with a federal order in the 1960s to keep schools equal- while trying to find enough money to finish a massive renovations program worth more than 2 billion dollars. The School Board plan could affect as many as 5900 students. But right now, it's not clear which schools would be merged, which schools students would attend, or what would happen to old buildings. Tonight's meeting is at the First Christian Church on East Kaley Ave. in Orlando. It starts at 7 p.m. .... | |
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| | | Christian Fellowship fetes past, eyes future | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:30:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | Christian Fellowship opened its school to serve families that attend the church, but the school has grown to become a multi-denominational faith-based alternative to public education. The school celebrates its 25th anniversary this weekend with about 200 former faculty, staff and alumni returning for a banquet today. While remembering the past, school officials also are eyeing future plans, namely a goal to build a new high school that would serve more area teens. "There are lots of Christian elementary schools in the area," Principal Scott Williams said, pointing to the Lutheran and Christian Chapel schools. Christian Fellowship envisions "those schools feeding into a larger high school." There are no definite plans at this point, he stressed, but "were in the initial phases of settling on a course for expansion." Christian Fellowship has about 270 K-12 students.... | |
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| | | UC, Christian schools at odds | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:48:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | The University of California and an association of fundamentalist Christian schools are heading for a showdown over their competing views of academic freedom. The conflict erupted over a decision by UC admissions officers a couple of years ago to reject future proposals for high school curricula based on certain Christian textbooks published by Bob Jones University Press of South Carolina and A Beka Books of Florida. Approval was not withdrawn from courses that already received an OK. The Christian schools sued UC, asserting a right to teach the viewpoints they choose. .... | |
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| | | Area Christian schools find football provides a big boost | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:41:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | It's the fourth quarter of a mid-October high school football game at Dewey O. Boster Park in Deltona. The home team is trailing the visitors, and the hosts have been driving the ball, but are now faced with a key third-and-long. Suddenly, one man stands up from the home bleachers and turns to face his fellow enthusiasts. "All right now, everybody pray!" the man screams, and everyone laughs. Alas, the third-down try fails. This might seem strange at most games, but this is a matchup between Trinity Christian and Orangewood Christian, and calls for help from above are not that rare. The twin powers of the South, church and football, have come together in our area quite a bit the last few years. There are now four football programs in Volusia County that represent a school in conjunction with a church: Trinity Christian and Lighthouse Christian in DeLand, Warner Christian in South Daytona and Calvary Christian in Ormond Beach.... | |
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| | | Florida Christian rallies to victory; Westminster Christian falls | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:20:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | Samantha Saco's 14 kills paced Florida Christian to a come from behind victory against Pine Crest 21-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-22 in the 3A Regional Final on Thursday. The road win gives the Patriots their first trip to Lakeland and the final four for the first time in the schools history. ''When we practiced this week we talked about leaving our mark on the school,'' said Patriots coach Beth King whose squad improved to 23-2. ``It was truly a team effort, everybody contributed.'' • West Palm Beach King's Academy d. Westminster Christian 25-18, 25-17, 25-18: When Westminster Christian's girls' volleyball team added senior transfer Kathleen Yony to an already talented team that featured All-Dade setter Katie Medder and outside hitter Carolina Von Wachter, it seemed like they had all the components to make it to the state final four.... | |
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| | | Schools targeted for takeover far from the worst | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:16:38 AM by Blog57 Team | | Political reality is in play as Villaraigosa ponders which three L.A. high campuses to run from City Hall and showcase his education reform. By Howard Blume and Duke Helfand, Times Staff Writers November 5, 2006 Monroe High School in the San Fernando Valley is hardly the lowest-performing campus in Los Angeles, but Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is thinking about choosing it as a centerpiece of his education reform effort. Crenshaw High, in the historical heart of black South Los Angeles, also sits squarely in Villaraigosa's sights, even though it qualifies far more students for college than nearby schools. And Roosevelt High, the mayor's alma mater and a symbol of his Eastside Latino roots, also rises to the top of the shortlist, although it is nearly indistinguishable statistically from neighboring schools.... | |
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| | | UC, Christian schools headed for court battle | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 3:41:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | The University of California and an association of fundamentalist Christian schools are heading for a showdown over their competing views of academic freedom. The conflict erupted over a decision by UC admissions officers a couple of years ago to reject future proposals for high school curricula based on certain Christian textbooks published by Bob Jones University Press of South Carolina and A Beka Books of Florida. The Christian schools sued UC, asserting a right to teach the viewpoints they choose. A federal judge in Los Angeles has refused to throw out the suit, ruling in August that the schools should have a chance to prove that religious discrimination was behind UC's decision. A two- or three-week trial is expected in 2007. Among the books are a physics text that treats the Bible as infallible truth and a biology text that calls evolution "a retreat from science." American history, government and literature texts also are at issue.... | |
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