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Celebrating 20 Years of Excellence in Education

High Point Christian Academy is committed to Christ-centered, quality education and academic excellence in partnership with family and church within a loving, caring atmosphere.

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MARCH 2016

Picture Gallery

Think, Inc. The Scientific Theory

CSI: HPCA

Pixel by Number

CGI: Animation

3D video

A Star is Born..Precisely

Anglepalooza: Obtuse, you say?

Chroma Key Video: Where Will They Turn Up Next?

Incoming! When Marshmallows Fly

The Human Piano

Little Bits: Electronics is a Snap

LiDAR: Part Light / Part Radar / Part Awesome

Oh! The Places You’ll Go

Chocolate Rocks

The Pi Games: How Far Can You Go?

Free Range: Outside the Box

With his IT specialist Alan Biddle and sound board engineer Nathaniel Welte, emcee Ryan Kirby pulled off a green screen performance featuring HPCA students forecasting the weather all over the globe while standing on the stage in the worship center.

Watch the Green Screen Videos

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3rd Grade: Jack Truhe 23, Allie Ware 31 4th Grade: Gerald Fisher 28, Aubrey Biddle 79 5th Grade: Seth Foster 82, Rori Dominguez 42 6th Grade: AJ Ratkus 69, Marissa Palau 83

STATIONS Thank you to our MS/HS teachers and volunteers who helped with our stations.

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Sophomores Raegan Thompson and John Cody Petitfils shared a conversation in Latin class one day that took them to I John 4:4, “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.” They discovered that they shared a passion to see students at HPCA put God and others ahead of themselves. As John Cody described it, “I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. Satan wants us to feel like we are the only one --- and that can make us timid. If we act poorly around people who aren’t sure about their faith, they think we feel like we’re better than them. Our age can’t be a reason; we have to mature in our faith, do what’s right.” Raegan agreed with John Cody and had herself been praying about what to do. “Even though we are young, there are younger ones looking up to us. I have four younger siblings --- we have great influence. We started asking ourselves what it means to be great. What does God say about being great?” John Cody and Raegan learned that according to the Urban Dictionary, “greatness” had to do with “status.” That was a disappointing find for them, since they believed our culture has it wrong and students are quick to get caught up in this fallacy. Through their discussions and prayer, John Cody and Raegan decided to start an early morning Bible study (1st and 3rd Thursdays, 7:30-7:55 am) for all high school students and faculty. Their desire is to understand the greatness of God and how to be “great” in the kingdom, knowing that Jesus taught that greatness comes through serving. Over 30 students came to that first Bible study to learn more about being great in the kingdom! Who knew their efforts would lead to designing and printing t-shirts, running off flyers to advertise, setting up Remind app notifications, and getting up extra early on those Thursdays to pick up students, buy snacks, and get to the high school media center? As students in Latin II and III, John Cody and Raegan are accustomed to working hard to meet their goals. He plays soccer and she is a swimmer and softball player. Still, talking about this Bible study excites them the most.

“We want students to know that greatness is obedience to Him, trust in Him, faith in Him. Rather than being afraid of what other people will say, we want to be concerned with ‘how God views me.’” For John Cody, that first Bible study convinced him they had done the right thing. “Hearing everyone pray with their small group, being reminded of how great God is, seeing all that He is doing, it is amazing.”

Students leading students to what God says about Greatness

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Science National Honor Society

Junior Austin Hendley brought his skills as a blacksmith to the HPCA National Science Honor Society meeting. Each chapter of Science National Honor Society is required to select and work on at least one project per school year. The purpose of the selected projects shall be to pursue the national objectives of the Science NHS. Each year, our chapter participates in Operation Clean Sweep in the spring, and provides science tutoring in the high school. Our Chapter also invites speakers from the scientific community to our monthly meetings to learn more about various science topics and potential careers.

Junior Meredith Yates was admitted into the Governor’s School of North Carolina. This program for rising seniors is a very selective and elite academic privilege. It is a five and one-half week summer residential program for intellectually gifted high school students.

UNCG Jazz Program Senior Jacob Akes was accepted to the UNCG Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program. He was chosen from many applicants to fill the only spot available. UNCG is one of the largest music schools in the Southeastern United States and has world-class jazz faculty.

SAS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

The HPCA high school Computer Class was invited to attend SAS Headquarters in Cary, NC for their Discover. Lead. Solve: Giving Students The Power to Know® workshop. They joined fellow educators and students for a fun-filled event that included:

Hands-on programming activities using SAS® University Edition.

A chance to hear how SAS software is used around the world to solve complex problems.

The opportunity to meet guest speakers who shared how they use SAS day-to-day, how SAS programming has helped shape their careers, and how to get a job in today’s competitive market.

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3rd grade: Matthew Cheng, Lila Dorn, Allison Ware, Noah Martinez, Ali Oats, Jenna Le 4th grade: Allison Sink, Jordan Karpovich, Landon Tilley, Maggie Sherrill, Will Horton, Brady Hepner 5th grade: Georgia Dorn, Rori Dominguez, Morgan Owens, Emma Burks, Carson Kiefer, Caroline Boger 6th grade: Caroline Smith, Georgia Walls, Marissa Palau, Ethan Kim, Spencer Sherrill, Lily Dumoulin 7th grade: Aislynn Norman, Joshua Ellas, Luke Mayo, Levi Curlee, Reagan Labiak, Dalton Murrow 8th grade: Tomi Nicole Kaukola, Nicole Warden, Kaitlyn Hall, Bethany Martin, Isabella Kiefer, Cole Hepner

8th GRADE

Riley Barrett - Good Elizabeth Boger - Excellent Braley Dula - Superior Sadie Dumoulin - Excellent MacKenzie Gallimore - Good Emily Hagans - Excellent Joseph Henry - Excellent Danielle Shoffner - Good

Skylar Talbert - Excellent Melody Wu - Excellent Rachel Yurko - Superior

3rd GRADE Katie-Grace Barney - Excellent Reagan Davis - Excellent Katie Farabee - Excellent Eli Withers - Good Benton Yorks - Good 4th GRADE Hailee Palau - Superior Sophie Braetzkus - Good

Mackenzie Welborn - Good Mason Coats - Good Haley Kramer - Good 5th GRADE Sarah Steen - Superior Callie Auman - Superior Shay Prohaska - Excellent Abigail Brown - Excellent

DISTRICT SPELLING BEE Three first place finishes! First Grade: Benjamin Fisher - 1st place Second Grade: Jerry Le - 2nd place, Bernard Boateng - 4th place Third Grade: Emma Tarter - 1st place Fourth Grade: Jordan Karpovich - 1st place

STUDENTS THAT PLACED: Kaitlyn Hall (8th) Computation 5th Landon Tilley (4th) Computation 2nd Will Horton (4th) Reasoning 5th

MATH OLYMPICS

SPEECH MEET

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CHORAL PROGRAM The High School Choir performed at the NC Choral Music Performance Adjudication at Wake Forest University, and the Middle School Chorus performed at the Adjudication in Burlington. Each choir earned an Excellent rating. For sight reading, the HS Choir earned Excellent and the MS Chorus earned Superior.

HS Women's Ensemble earned an Excellent rating. Members: Lauren Harris, Gracie Love, Lauren Fenske, Hannah Severs, Reece Roberts, Ashley Bullard, Imani Stewart, Emily-Anne Ellas, McKenna Farlow, Becca Witten, Chloe Murrow, Kat Tate, Megan Hedgecock, Hannah Norris, Taylor Hill, Jessica Chen

High School Honor Groups: Andrew Myers & April Kirkland duet - Excellent Andrew Moebius solo - Superior Lauren Harris & Garrett Crouch duet - Superior Hannah Horton solo - Good

Mixed Quartet: Leann Shoffner, Joshua Henry, Hannah Norris, Gracie Love - Excellent

Female Quartet: Imani Stewart, Emily-Anne Ellas, Jessica Chen, Ansley Hendricks - Superior The High School Photography Class recently took a trip to downtown High Point to gather pictures for their portfolio.

The Drama Production will perform Murder’s in the Heir on Thursday, March 17th and Friday, March 18th. Tickets available in the offices and from cast members.

Art 2 - High School Van Gogh Studies

8th Grade Girls Portraits from their

Imagination

1st Grade Ray Cheng – Good Audrey Kim – Excellent Gabriel Kim – Excellent 2nd Grade Taylor Collins – Superior Julia Mathews – Superior Arden Mosier - Superior Emrey Nash – Superior 3rd Grade Matthew Cheng – Good Eli Johnson – Excellent 4th Grade Aubrey Biddle – Superior Courtney Cox – Superior Jordan Karpovich – Superior

Hailee Palau – Excellent Allison Sink – Excellent 5th Grade Callie Auman – Superior Caroline Boger – Superior Lydia Couillard - Excellent Rori Dominguez – Superior Joel Kim – Superior 6th Grade Ethan Kim – Superior Marissa Palau – Superior Faith Woosley – Superior 8th Grade Elizabeth Boger – Superior Braley Dula – Excellent Laura Wyatt – Superior

11th Grade Austin Perryman - Superior

PIANO FESTIVAL

Preschool Watercolor Easter Eggs

Middle School Wassily Kandinsky-inspired

concentric circles

Elementary Impressionistic Landscapes

with dot painters

Theatre Art Galleries in High Point High School artwork on display January 22 - April 6.

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Chantz Continues to Break Records Chantz Sawyers, Junior, ran at the New Balance Nationals Indoor Track meet in New York City and finished 1st in the 400M with 47.88 seconds. He was the fastest 17 year-old runner. Watch the video of his 400M win.

Athletic Training Center (ATC) Update Dirt is being moved and supplies are being delivered! The construction of the new Athletic Training Center has started. Follow the progress with a photo gallery on our website. Information will be presented soon with ways you can support this project.

Brandon Clifford Resigns as Basketball Coach After seven years as the Head Varsity Boys Basketball coach, Brandon decides to step down and pursue other dreams. Read his Facebook post thanking everyone for great memories.

NC Private School All-Star Basketball game Senior Michal Seals was selected as a top senior NC private school basketball player. He represented HPCA on the West team and he led both teams in assists. The game was played at Providence Day School.

Injuries Lead to Trusting God Senior Hannah Severs shared in chapel with the high school students about her struggles to trust God. During her high school soccer career, she has had setbacks with injuries but has learned to trust God regardless of the circumstances.

STATE TOURNAMENTS

The Varsity Boy’s Basketball team defeated the defending State Champions and cross-town rival Greensboro Day School in the semi-final game of this year’s championship. The Cougars fell to Providence Day in the NCISAA 3A Championship. Two members of the HPCA Varsity Swim team qualified for the State Tournament. Raegan Thompson swam the 100 Breast, and Ben MacDonald swam the 200 IM and 100 Breast.

VARSITY SPRING TEAMS DEFEAT RIVALS Girls Soccer defeated Charlotte Country Day and is currently undefeated, 3-0.

Baseball defeated #1 ranked Charlotte Christian 10-2.

Golf defeated cross-town rival Westchester Country Day School.

Tennis defeated local public school Providence Grove High School, 7-2.

Softball defeated Ravenscroft School in Raleigh 10-0.

Track & Field will have its first meet next week.

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6th Grade Band presentation

Bee Keeper visits grades 3-5

First Grade - Dr. Seuss Day

Middle School Science - Water Rockets

Preschool Art

Gideons share with 5th grade students

Varsity Girls Soccer Team - Undefeated

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If you have Alumni news, please submit to Communications@hpcacougars.org

Members of the Class of 2006

Join Bradley Griffin, Makenzy Hendrix Gash, Chip Cromer, and others at the Class of 2006 10-year Reunion.

Contact the HPCA Office of Advancement

Advancement@hpcacougars.org

Parker Love (2011) married to

Katie Layfield (2011)

Brittany Farmer (2012) married to Ben Linville

Christine Stroup (2008) engaged to

Justin Watkins

ALUMNI ATHLETES

Faith Johnson (2012) is a swimmer at the University of Tennessee. Her relay team placed first in three events at the SEC Championship. She tied the most golds won at SEC in UT Volunteers history. She will swim in the NCAA Championship later this month in Atlanta. She qualified to swim the 50 and 100 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly. Lindsay Cecil (2015) plays softball at Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee. She recently hit her first collegiate homerun and has a batting average of .345. Tyler Britton (2012) plays baseball at High Point University. Tyler is a relief pitcher with a 1.86 ERA and a record of 3-0 with 1 save. Levi Gesell (2014) plays baseball at Pitt Community College. Levi recently hit a grand slam to tie the game in the top of the 6th inning. In the next game, he hit a solo homerun to win the game in the 9th inning. Jackson Kent (2013) and Joey McLean (2014) play basketball at James Madison university and they ended the season in the conference championship with a 21-11 record. Chuk Ogbodo (2013) plays basketball at UNC-Wilmington. They won the conference and will play in the first round of NCAA tournament on Thursday, March 17th.

Maddy Robbins (2014) returned to help HS Math teacher, Andy Oats, with a station at Pi Day.

Faith Johnson (2012) - Tennessee Swimmer

Celebrating 20 Years of Excellence in Education

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High School Drama Production

Thursday, March 17th Friday, March 18th 7:00pm in Fellowship Hall of GSBC $2 tickets can be purchased from cast members or school offices

Items on display in the TK-8 Lobby. “But it Now” items ready for purchase in TK-8 Lobby. Click here for Auction Site

Summer Camp information will be available March 24th. Click here for a sneak peek video. More videos to come.

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