Grace Christian Academy: October 2017

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Friday, October 27, 2017

Soccer Celebrates State Championship

GCA BOYS SOCCER TEAM

2017 STATE CHAMPS

All-State Honors
Collin Woodrum, Sam McRae, Jack Holden and Gavyn Albritton

All-Region Honors
De'Andre Rogers, Collin Woodrum, Sam McRae, Jack Holden,
Corbin Walsingham and Gavyn Albritton

Award Winners:
Jeb Smith - Most Improved
Sam McRae - Defensive MVP
Jack Holden - Christian Character
Gavyn Albritton - Offensive MVP

Do Pumpkins Sink or Float?

Sink or float pumpkins

word of the day

...buoyancy!

1st Grade Visits CornDodgers Farm

Jr. Miss Rides in BHS Homecoming Parade

Paris Birdsong, GCA 6th grader, enjoyed participating and
riding in the BHS Homecoming Parade on Thursday.

2017-18 Field Trip Shirts - Boys & Girls Design

BOYS SHIRT

GIRLS SHIRT

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

2017 Winter Festival - November 28th

Bringing back one of our favorite Winter Festival logos for 2017.

Many thanks to Kim Mills for always working so hard to create a fun logo for our special event!

T-shirt order forms will go home soon. Make sure you check out all the hidden items in the design!

GCA RYLA Students Speak at Rotary

Article By: Carolyn Iamon, Reporter -The Post Searchlight. Oct. 25th

The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Camp was held in June at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus.

The three students were Collin Morrison, a junior at BHS, Abigail Mills and Jeb Smith, both juniors at Grace.

They spoke of how they were each placed in different groups with people they didn’t know, and roomed with strangers. They shared how their dominant personality traits had been identified through a series of testing and evaluation. One test group used the DISC test and the other related them to birds with certain traits. For instance the woodpecker was described as argumentative, owls asked many questions, the ostrich avoids a fight and hummingbirds talk a lot but aren’t really involved.

First speaker Morrison related the story told by one of the speakers of a student who managed to graduate from both high school and college without being able to read. The speaker then disclosed he was that student.

Jeb Smith built on the bird designations, confessing he was a woodpecker. He stressed how much he learned from discovering who he is and what he can become. He is happy to have made new friends while at the camp.

The students were placed in teams identified by different colors and made up of people from different areas and backgrounds. “We were all different, but by the end of the week we found we had a lot in common.”

Abigail Mills said she had made new friends and learned a lot. She identified with the “I” people in DISC, strong in social skills who talked a lot, and was also a hummingbird who liked to avoid situations.

She learned a lot about teamwork and relying on others, especially when you didn’t know them.

In summary, they all said they had a lot of fun and learned a lot about themselves.

How Do You Learn about the Color Brown?

The best way to teach about the color brown is to bake brownies, right? Well, baking is just one of the creative ways Mrs. Morris teaches our preschool students. Oh, what a fun way to learn! Thanks Mrs. Morris!!

Camp Victory - Special November Events

Upcoming Events:

Monday – November 6, 2017

Annual Pancake Supper

Choose from 2 Seating Times:

5:00 PM or 6:30 PM

No Charge…Everyone is welcome!

November 18th & 19th

Middle School Retreat

6th - 9th Grades

www.campvictoryal.org

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Chess Club - Gilbert H. Gragg Library - Nov. 1st

Friday, October 20, 2017

Boys Cross Country Advance to STATE!

Congratulations to GCA's Girls and Boys Cross Country teams as they competed in the GICAA Division I Southern Region Meet at Liberty Hill Ranch in Milner, GA on Thursday.

The Varsity boys team captured third place in the region, just a few points behind Sherwood Christian Academy, and clinched a berth to the state meet next Saturday, Oct. 28th in Macon. Special congratulations to Wyatt Carpenter for finishing 7th overall and earning All-Region honors. Other top finishers were Gabe Parker (12th overall) and Daniel Jones (19th overall). Congratulations to all of our Running Cougars as they each set new personal best times yesterday or they were within seconds of their best time. Go Cougars!!

Submit Application for Georgia GOAL Tax Credit

Georgia GOAL Scholarship

* Tax Credit Program*

It is time to submit your application for the 2018 GOAL Tax Credit. Click on the following link to learn about the program or submit your application online.

https://www.goalscholarship.org

Miss Georgia, Alyssa Beasley Visits GCA

We were thrilled to have Miss Georgia 2017, Alyssa Beasley on campus Wednesday, Oct. 18th. Alyssa is from Brunswick and is a sophomore at the University of Georgia. Here platform is #RiseUp: Impact Through the Arts.

She has a wonderful story of overcoming disappointment and heartbreak and how God can create an entirely new path for your life.

Alyssa spoke to our elementary, middle and high school students on Wednesday afternoon and then she was the guest speaker for Fields of Faith that evening at the football field. What a blessing!!