Traders Point Christian Academy : TPCA Tales

2013 Nicaragua J-Term trip Day 8 Journal

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:30:00 -0500

Day 8 (Thursday): We awoke early this morning to board the bus to travel to Port San Jorge, where we boarded a ferry with our bus and crossed Lake Nicaragua. We arrived at Ome Tepe, an island in the middle of Lake Nicargua. We swam at Ojo de Agua, a natural volcanic spring, which was refreshing a

Middle School Chapel - Washing feet

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:23:00 -0500

What an amazing week at the Academy… Mr. Cox spoke at chapel, he showed a short video clip of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Then Mr. Cox washed Mr. Johnson's feet and challenge the students to serve. In 1994 the United Sates Congress designated Martin Luther King Day as national

2013 Nicaragua J-Term Day 7 Journal

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:33:00 -0500

Day 7 (Wednesday): Well, today our students said goodbye to their Nica buddies, but only after a great day together. We had language classes while each student also got to visit their buddies’ home and meet their family. It was touching to be welcomed so warmly into their homes. We also had a

2013 Nicaragua J-Term Day 6 Journal

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:40:00 -0500

What a day we had today in Nicaragua! We had an early breakfast of rice and beans, pineapple, bananas, scrambled eggs and coffee cake...delicious! After breakfast we went to a new recreational facility for our Spanish classes. We took our Nica buddies with us and then spent the entire day there at t

2013 Nicaragua J-Term Day 6 Student Comments

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:37:00 -0500

1/12/2013
Some journal quotes from our boys in Nicaragua that Dr. Rascoe wanted to share:

"If I could have that much JOY and LOVE for one day I would be set for life. What spoke to my heart about this woman is how selfless she was."

"People here are happy with how they liv

2013 NIcaraagua J-Term Day 4 Journal

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:43:00 -0500

Day 4: Today was AWESOME! We headed off to Rey Solomon, our sister school/church in Managua where our Nica buddies live and attend school. We took bags of food and other household items to families of the church and later helped at the school with painting beautiful gold lines on the basketball cour

2013 Nicaragua J-Term Day 3 Journal

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:46:00 -0500

Day 3: Meet and greet your new best friend! The students met their Nica buddies today and new friendships were formed, hearts bonded, and lives are being changed! As a staff person returning for a 2nd year, it was a joy to see Nica students who also returned this year to participate...and to see the

2013 Nicaraagua J-Term Day 2 Journal

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:48:00 -0500

Nicaragua Update....Dr. Rascoe is busy taking pictures and even had a slide show set to music in the front room of La Quinta tonight that had pictures from today on it! However, he is having difficulty uploading. He'll keep trying to do that in between teaching Spanish to our Nica buddies, as they j

Do You Impact Your Times?

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:26:00 -0500

I got a chance to go see the movie Lincoln last night with my wife. One of the questions Abraham Lincoln asked in the movie was “Can we choose to be born? Are we fitted to the times we’re born into?” I also got a chance today to see our high school boy’s basketball team win

TPCA Students Serving - Impacting Our Community

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 0:22:00 -0500

AT TPCA, we are intentional about inspiring and equipping our students to follow Jesus' command, and exmaple, to serve others. I wanted to pass along some encouraging notes from the various places we served on Bostick Service Day. I think they speak to the success of our Bostick Service initia

Student Reflections on TPCA Bostick Service Day September 2012

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:30:00 -0500

I really felt God at work in me this past week, especially today. I loved organizing the service trip to the Ronald McDonald House, and I loved helping families who are going through what mine has for the past ten years. We made cross necklaces in jewelry and brought those, along with notes of enco

400 Hours of TPCA Service in One Afternoon

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 9:12:00 -0500

TPCA community - I was at Eagle Creek Park Friday afternoon with my eighth grade service group picking up trash. Our service groups served at Ronald McDonald House, Lebanon Helping Center, Peyton Manning Hospital and Life Center just to name a few. We also had groups sorting clothes for the Zi

TPCA Yearbook Picture Day a Big Success

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:47:00 -0500

I just wanted to take the time to thank the TPCA staff one last time for such a successful picture day (as I know this has been a crazy week with Grandparents Day and Bostick Service Day). Two of the three photographers had never been to TPCA, all three travel to a plethora of schools for their p

Students Serve in Southern Indiana Tornado Area

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:03:00 -0500

This past Friday and Saturday, for Bostick Service Day, the high school students went down to southern Indiana to help with the tornado cleanup. We helped to build and paint sheds for storage purposes, and we helped to sort through donations. We all stayed in a church that Friday night. I thought

Student review of TPCA highlights

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:30:00 -0500

Days have been wonderful within the last week of school and temperatures have considerably almost reached 83 degrees. Tennis practices for high-school and middle-school have started and so have all spring sports. High-School is buzzing with excitement as they received back their tablets. Pastor App

TPCA High Schoolers Staying Busy

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 9:27:00 -0500

Welcome back all high-school students from J-Term!!!!
The last month had been a blast and everyone in high-school had something to do for the last two weeks. High-school Freshmen and Sophomores classes went exploring the culture of the Spanish Speaking world, while the juniors

Nicaragua follow up

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 9:25:00 -0500

Wow. The past few weeks have really flown by. After I blogged last time in Nicaragua, our class went zip lining, had a great time visiting our buddy's houses, and then had a sad time saying goodbye. Who knew you could grow so close to some one in a week? I pray every day for them and their families

Nicaragua Blogs - Teacher Amy Malott

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:39:00 -0500

Here are Amy Malott’s Blogs (Spanish Teacher and Parent). TPCA 9th/10th graders traveled to Nicaragua Jan 5 - 16 for ministry, Spanish language immersion instruction and fun.

Day 1
We arrived safe and sound here at the Quinta Primavera in Managua a couple of hours

Nicaragua blogs - Emilee Johnston

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:37:00 -0500

1/1/12
Today was the wackiest day of the year! WAKE UP PEOPLE! That's what we had to do at 2:50am or earlier this morning. Pack, jump in the car, and race to the charter bus. Well, not exactly race to the charter bus... anyway, there we were snoring away on the way to Chicago. That was only th

Student semester wrap up

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:33:00 -0500

TPCA has gone though some exciting events these last few weeks and month. High School has had some major events take place. Bats flew out of the Spanish room in the High School building (only one thankfully!). Fortunately, our Romanian friend, Alex, was able to rescue the poor bat. It nearly ter

Madrigal Dinner Student Recap

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 8:53:00 -0500

Well, we had our Madrigal dinner last week, and it was great! All of us Choir people looked great in our costumes, and everyone remembered their lines. Thanks to everyone who helped with that by the way. If you weren't able to come to it this year, you have got to come to it next year!

Telling Nothing Teaching Everything

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:03:00 -0500

One of my biggest jobs is helping students to be able to answer the questions that pop up in everyday life, making them independent life-long learners. I love it when something I teach, in class, is generalized and I see it show up in different places in their lives. I enjoy sharing a book called

Learning at the Book Fair

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:01:00 -0500

The book fair is one of my favorite events of the year. I just love the excitement of the students as we search for just the right book. While it is my primary fund-raiser for the school year, I am always amazed by the number of things that we all learn along the way. While parents walked side-b

Experiencing Success

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 8:18:00 -0500

Taylor....Bellarmine....Grace College...Northwestern....Hanover...Ohio University....Indiana University....these are just a few of the schools our seniors have applied to and are getting accepted to! As I started as TPCA Guidance Counselor with them their freshman year, I think I am as excited a

Early Childhood is Rockin

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 9:17:00 -0500

“ Lunch Bunch in early childhood is so cool. this is an add-on class that adds additional time to the chidlren's day. The students get to play, eat, and learn all in an hour and a half. How many of us don’t like to have lunch with our friends? The kids LOVE it!”

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