On Friday, April 5, 2019, 13 BCA students competed at the District ACSI Junior High Speech Meet at Heritage Christian School in Mission Viejo. The speech meet is designed to help students learn the skills needed for public speaking while gaining self confidence. Students compete by reciting a memorized poem, passage, Bible verse, skit, or even an original speech. Five of our students competed individually, while the others competed on puppetry teams made up of four people each. Each of the students worked hard on their presentations and did a great job.

RESULTS:

6th Grade:
Alexa Bollins-Poetry: Superior
Amy Lewis-Humorous Reading: Good

7th Grade:
Zackary Populus-Humorous Reading: Excellent
Nathan Torres-Original Speech: Excellent

8th Grade:
Minnie Kiler-Costumed Monologue: Superior

Puppet Team 1:
Skit-Bubbles: Excellent
Trevor Alire, Kara Gentry, Brayden Nguyen, and Emma Stiles

Puppet Team 2:
Skit-Checkers: Excellent
Nathalie Bollins, Emma George, Isaiah Hills, and Devan Patel

The ACSI District Math Olympics were held on March 15, 2019, and were hosted by BCA for the first time. Five schools participated in the Math Olympics and BCA had 17 students in 3rd-8th grade participate in the event, and 13 of those students placed for their grade and category (either computation or reasoning (word problems). Great job BCA students! Aside from a fun filled day of math calculations, the students worshiped together, lead by BBF associate pastor Greg Stiles and BCA junior high students, ate pizza, and played some awesome games. A good time was had by all!

Students at Bethany Christian Academy are participating in a read-a-thon in order to raise money to upgrade the school's computer lab.

BCA sixth grade student Emma Stiles wins third place in the Veterans of Foreign War Patriot's Pen essay contest.