From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Meet Seungje Lim and Florencia Elhay, our two newest international additions to the boarding community! Seungje joins us from South Korea as a Freshman and Florencia is an incoming Sophomore from Argentina. Although Seungje and Florencia have only been at 91猫先生 for a matter […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Hey, friends! Set Friday night, March 23rd aside for International Night. As always, this will be a spectacular event with our boarding students showcasing all the countries from which they come. They will be eager to tell you about their culture, customs and country with […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Ms. Hayes, our Middle School Principal, recently kicked off a great, new Club Block for our Middle School students. One of those new clubs, The International Club, is headed up by Mrs. White and Mrs. Fitzgerald. Just this past week ten Middle School students learned […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Alumni and Family Relations: One of the blessings of having an international student population is the ability to share cultural information with others in the community from a first-hand basis. Adam Chen, a freshmen in our Residential program, was recently offered the opportunity to share about his […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Mackenzie Langston comes to 91猫先生 as a freshman from South Lake. Seungje Lim, also a freshman, is from Andong, South Korea. And Florencia El Hay is a sophomore joining us from Argentina, bringing the total number of nations which have studied at 91猫先生 […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: This past Wednesday, the Boarding Village celebrated its annual Christmas party, with the traditional Ginger Bread House Building Contest. The Student Monitors served as our esteemed panel of judges and awarded the #1 prize to a group of budding engineers from Korea. It was a […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: You will soon begin seeing trucks loaded with dirt, flat beds loaded with lumber and lots of hard hats. You guessed it 鈥� It鈥檚 time to build again! Construction for two new boarding houses is under way. With an architectural style matching the rest of […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: Sam Nechi, Alvin Mgbmene, Ini Adeleye and Zack Nguyen greet church members to the second service at South Spring Baptist Church, where the boys attend with their House Parent, Mr. Wilson, or Mr. Rhoads. The boarding kids, who attend South Spring also, take part with […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life & Director of Campus Ministry: As Director of Residence Life I never know what a day might hold. With eighty students from twenty one countries, in four different grades, and a variety of upbringings, anything is possible. Sometimes the challenges can be difficult. And sometimes, […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: I love conflict! Struggle! Pain! No, maybe I don鈥檛. I am not sure. Well, I guess it depends on what exactly the conflict is. There are conflicts between husbands and wives, friends, siblings, teams, etc. You know. And if conflict is not addressed it becomes […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: As House Parents to 91猫先生 boarding students from all around the world, we get to share in marking the milestones in the lives of the young men and women entrusted to us for the upcoming school year. It is a privilege and responsibility we […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: A boarding student鈥檚 day starts with a greeting from their House Parent as they leave their boarding home early in the morning. From there, they may go to The Cabin for a cup of coffee and be greeted and served by either Mrs. Lambert or […]