Archive for private schools
One more poem
Posted by: | CommentsFrom a student that I am quite proud of:
Pleasant Sounds
The chatter of over fifty people,
Squirrels running over dead leaves in the fall.
Birds chirping in the trees
And oven buttons clicking on Saturday morning.
The car starting when my family goes on trips,
And the sound of people screaming at a football game.
Leaves falling to the ground
And the sound of people battling with swords.
When people jump into a pool and the squishy sound of people stepping in mud.
The sound of my little brother and cousin crying.
A dragonfly buzzing right past you
And the sound of a zipper zipping on a cold winter morning.
Akilesh Bapu Recognized by Duke TIP
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Akilesh Bapu, son of Dr. Dyanesh Ravindran and Kousalya Bapu, was awarded state recognition by the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) earlier this summer. Akilesh was among those students recognized statewide for outstanding performance on either the ACT or the SAT, having scored in the top percentiles for students in the 7th grade. The Duke TIP program identifies academically talented students who may benefit from the innovative educational programs offered by Duke University.
Leftovers on the Whiteboard
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s the time of year a teacher begins to wonder whether or not everything’s been taught. Sitting at my desk with a view of the whiteboard, I read the lengthy list of Latin verbs we dissected today. My notes for our final paper are still on the board. As we listed some main characters from the books we read this year, my students continued to express their awe of all they had completed this year. Someone said, “That was this year! I thought Estella happened last year!” The names of Asian mountains, Pamirs and Tian Shan, are left on my board from the geography bee we enjoy holding at the end of the week. Beautiful African maps that were colored and labeled by each student hang on my walls. Piles of notebooks to be graded spill almost into the hallway. One student, without stopping to think, called out the answer to the question about why Texas’ statehood was denied after we gained our independence from Mexico.
I’m hoping they’ve learned. I’m hoping they’ve learned more of history, grammar and advanced mathematical procedures. I’m hoping they’ve learned how to translate Latin sentences with relative ease. I’m hoping they’ve learned how to get along in a world that isn’t always easy to deal with. Most of all, I’m hoping they’ve learned that their sixth grade teacher loves them deeply!
The Most Important Business on Earth
Posted by: | CommentsSending your children to a private school requires sacrifice. Sometimes the sacrifice is a financial one that requires you to forgo that new car or vacation. Sometimes the sacrifice is more intangible. Sending your children to a classical Christian school with high academic standards often exposes your own inadequacies and requires you to humble yourself.
Is it worth it?
R.L. Dabney, the great Southern Presbyterian theologian from more than a century ago, asserts that it is.
The education of children for God is the most important business done on earth. It is the one business for which the earth exists. To it, all politics, all war, all literature, all money-making, ought to be subordinated; and every parent, especially, ought to feel, every hour of the day, that, next to making his own calling and election sure, this is the end for which he is kept alive by God— this is his task on earth.
Every day I spend at Regents Academy, I am more and more convinced that Dabney is right. What is it worth to have your children in a loving environment where they are taught to love learning and are cultivated in Christian virtue so that they can be remarkable servant leaders? And what is it worth to fulfill, with integrity, your calling under God to do “the one business for which the earth exists”?
When I look at 106 faces every morning, I say it’s worth more than I know.
Visiting Pastor – Dr. Alan Reed
Posted by: | CommentsDr. Alan Reed, pastor of First Baptist Church, Nacogdoches, recently visited Regents Academy. He spoke to the students and faculty at the school’s morning assembly. Dr. Reed encouraged the students to avoid the sin of gossip and to use their tongues to glorify God.
Area pastors often visit the Regents Academy campus on Fridays to share a devotional.
Honoring God With Our Service through the BIG Serve
Posted by: | CommentsRegents Academy students, faculty, and parents participated in the first annual BIG Serve school-wide service project on March 26, 2010.
All students in grades K-12 spread across Nacogdoches to serve their community by partnering with Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful, Willowbrook Nursing Center, the Nacogdoches Chamber of Commerce, and Love INC. Students served senior adults, beautified downtown, painted benches along the Lanana Creek Trail, and cleaned and painted an area disabled senior adult’s home. What a great day of service it was! The students, parents, and faculty alike serve with joyful hearts and eager attitudes. The Nacogdoches community noticed.
The “BIG” in the BIG Serve stands for “Blessed in Giving.” We believe that as our students serve others, they are blessed, just as much as the ones they serve. The BIG Serve service projects were coordinated a school-wide fundraiser that has, as of April 11, raised more than $34,000 for the school building fund, directly benefiting the school’s ongoing mission and day-to-day operations.
Regents Academy is a classical and Christian school seeking to shape tomorrow’s leaders with an excellent education and Christian discipleship. Service, our students learned, is a keynote of this vision.
