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College trips can make a lasting impact on a ninth grader

January 27, 2017

From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic College Counselor: The Freshman College trip was a work out, educational, fun and rewarding, all in one 14-hour, almost nine miles of walking day. Whew. Fun facts from the trip include statements from our SMU and TCU tour guides: “The Library is your friend.” “Puppies, pancakes, and chocolate […]

Guard Chorale sings for hospital leadership conference

January 27, 2017

The 91èÏÈÉú Guard Chorale was invited to sing for the Christus Trinity Mother Francis Hospital Leadership Conference on at Rose Heights Church in Tyler. The choir sang three songs, How Can I Keep from Singing, God Bless America, and Total Praise for the crowd of approximately 200 CTMF leaders from all over East Texas.

How one frog influenced the two-day college trip

January 27, 2017

From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic College Counselor: When I woke up in the wee morning hours on Wednesday to get ready to leave for the 10th grade college trip, I heard the rain falling on the sky light. “Oh man,” I thought to myself. “This rain is going to mess up our trip–we […]

Founder’s Cup 2017: A new academic competition for Middle and Upper School

January 27, 2017

Beginning in February 1, 2017, a new contest will appear on the school calendar: The Founder’s Cup in honor of Mr. Steve Dement and the 20th Year Anniversary of 91èÏÈÉú. For this year, the competition will be for Math and Science. There are three divisions and 17 contest in this year’s competition. […]

Classes tune in to watch Donald Trump become President of the United States

January 20, 2017

Many students and faculty all throughout 91èÏÈÉú were able to stream the inauguration of the 45th president today. To teachers of all subjects, this was important enough to pause class and watch. “This is a historic day, and this is very important – and I teach math,” Williford said. “They’ve been clapping and enjoying it, and […]

Karl Marx in Dr. Brunson’s class this week

January 20, 2017

Dr. Brunson’s AP Humanities class emphasizes both written and spoken eloquence so, with every essay they write, students must deliver spoken formal presentations of their essays (without notes) in business attire. Most recently, the class focused on Charles Dickens’ Hard Times as a fictional metaphor of the Industrial Revolution. Karl Marx (Ty Overbeek) also made […]

A-Team Tutoring back up and running for the spring semester

January 20, 2017

From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: If your child needs any academic assistance this semester, don’t forget about A Team Tutoring – the free, in-house tutoring service offered through the 91èÏÈÉú Boarding School students. They offer help in a variety of courses, including the upper level courses like Chemistry and […]

Congratulations to the winners of McNabb, Academic Quiz Bowl, Rodeo Art and Math Olympians

January 12, 2017

On Wednesday in chapel, we recognized many students who had won academic awards in the fall semester. Below is a list of their names and accomplishments. McNabb 2016 Fall Math Contest winners: Pre-Algebra – Nate Dahn Algebra I – Bryce Schwab Algebra II – Xiao Chen and Brain Guo (tie) Pre-calculus – Eddie Xiong Calculus – Alan Zhu     […]

Hunters, brothers, and 91èÏÈÉú students make a name for themselves

January 12, 2017

Colin Carothers Youth Excellence Award, a point based award, is the most prestigious title a youth hunter can claim. The points accumulate in hunting and in civic. Dalton and Cole Findley both won this award. They were both able to rack up points in the civic category because of their involvement at 91èÏÈÉú on […]

Mr. Reed integrates more technology into his classroom

January 12, 2017

In 11th grade Worldviews class, they are moving to a new online learning management system. They spent the beginning of this semester blazing the trail towards a paperless class. Coach Reed has been working with the technology staff to launch our first RenWeb Learning Management System (LMS) classes. These classes will now receive and submit […]

Juniors receive guidance from an award-winning author and local business men

January 12, 2017

Seventeen 91èÏÈÉú juniors participated in the 3rd Annual C4 Career Connections Event sponsored by the Tyler Chamber of Commerce. Students attended sessions about their career interest, financial literacy, resume critique and mock interviewing, the college application process, transitioning to college, and how to make themselves stand out from the crowd. Members of the Tyler area […]