Students in Handmade Scrapbooking communicated their stories by organizing a meaningful presentation of pictures and memorabilia.聽 聽Each student chose a theme, learned how to design scrapbook pages, shared their designs with each other, and then revised their designs as needed.聽 This was accomplished through formal lectures, 鈥渉ands-on鈥� demonstrations and modeling, and individualized instruction. 聽The girls […]
Our SPARC course had several different areas of focus within the arena of outdoor recreation. One part of the course focused on hunter education. We were privileged to have a Texas Parks and Wildlife certified instructional team to guide the students through the various parts of hunter education resulting in them receiving their hunter education […]
The 2014 SPARC Great American Cities Tour took us to Chicago, Illinois, which for good reason is called 鈥渢he Windy City.鈥� Our first outing was to Millennium Park where we saw the world famous 鈥淐loud Gate,鈥� also known as 鈥渢he bean.鈥� We also saw the world鈥檚 largest Tiffany dome in the Chicago Cultural Center. […]
Twenty students and parents, along two BH faculty members, saw the major sights of Paris, France, in a whirl-wind eight-day tour of the city.聽 We rose to the top of the Eiffel Tower, toured major historical sites by bus and on foot, including Notre Dame Cathedral, Montmartre, Versailles, and the castle of Henry IV; took […]
Students who participated in parent/student led mission trips, internships, and college trips concluded SPARC week last night in the Lecture Hall with cookies, soft drinks, and presentations. When we turned out the light and walked out the door we felt like we had been a doctor, a lawyer, a veterinarian, a reporter, a journalist, a […]
This SPARC group focused on finding our identity in Christ instead of what the world says we should do or how we should look. Each day had a different focus. Monday鈥檚 was poise, fashion, make-up, hair, etc鈥uest speaker, Doug Conn, has spent his career in the modeling and pageant business, training young girls to be […]
Twenty-four聽young men from 91猫先生 experienced the week of a lifetime along with Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Rhoads. 聽On Catalina Island聽at Campus by the Sea, an聽Intervarsity camp, this crew of 26 arrived by way of the Catalina Express on Monday, March 17th and began their adventure. 聽The theme for the week was Mere […]
The Behind the Scenes SPARC group learned all about the many different avenues possible in the athletic/sporting industry after a player is done competing. After all, every athletic career comes to an end, so what is there for those who are passionate about athletics and the sporting industry when competing on the field […]
The Intention: This SPARC course was meant to be a fun time in the natural world to realize ourselves as God鈥檚 perfect creations鈥ell, it only exceeded those expectations. Our journey to the Arkansas Ozarks was a trek that proved inner strength and beauty beyond our original plan鈥攚hich is how God usually works. Each day […]
For the Fundamentals of Coaching SPARC we traveled to three colleges and got to meet with the respective coaches from each. First, we toured the facilities at Tyler Junior College and got to see some of the best Junior College athletic facilities in the country while also getting to visit with TJC women鈥檚 soccer […]
During SPARC 2014 a group of 91猫先生 8th grade students had the opportunity to see firsthand that America is a Christian nation founded on Biblical principles. The 17 students and 6 sponsors and chaperones were privileged to visit such places as Mt. Vernon, the Holocaust museum, and Ford鈥檚 Theater.聽 Although they had to view […]
Hill Country Hiking began with a trip to the Waco Mammoth Site outside of Waco.聽 Students were given a tour and taught about what scientists believe happened to the Columbian Mammoths whose fossil remains were found in that area.聽 Afterward, students were given a chance to look for fossils in a bucket of […]