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BCA JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS COMPETE AT THE ACSI SPEECH MEET

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:48:34 GMT

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

BCA STUDENTS EXCEL AT ACSI MATH OLYMPICS

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:20:34 GMT

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!

2019 ACSI Math Olympic Results
Thirteen of our students placed in this year's Math Olympics. Awesome job guys! A special congratulations to 8th grader Candace Ramirez, who placed first with honors and received a perfect score.

3rd Grade:

Elijah Van Reenen-2nd Place; Reasoning

5th Grade:

Antonio Benitez-3rd Place; Computation

Kristen Olvera-5th Place; Computation

Caleb Santa-4th Place; Reasoning

6th Grade:

Emma Stiles-5th Place; Computation

Isaac Chikami-1st Place with Honors; Reasoning

Joseph Griffin-2nd Place; Reasoning

7th Grade:

Tiffany Nguyen-1st Place with Honors; Computation

Brayden Nguyen-1st Place; Reasoning

Nathan Torres-3rd Place; Reasoning

8th Grade:

Candace Ramirez-1st Place with Honors (and a perfect score!); Computation

Kara Gentry-4th Place; Computation

Micah Bull-2nd Place; Reasoning

BCA STUDENTS EXCEL AT ACSI PIANO FESTIVAL

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Two Bethany Christian Academy students participated in the ACSI Piano Festival at Calvary Chapel Tustin on Friday, March 1, 2019. Eighth grader, Kara Gentry, received an excellent score and seventh grader, Brayden Nguyen, received a superior award and a perfect score! Great job Kara and Brayden.

BCA STUDENTS ARE READING FOR A CAUSE!

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:26:17 GMT

BCA Holds a Read-a-thon to Raise Money for a New Computer Lab

Students at Bethany Christian Academy are participating in a read-a-thon to help raise money to upgrade their computer lab. The read-a-thon will be begin on March 1, 2019 ending March 15, 2019. Students will sign in to their accounts and record the minutes that they have read at home or at school. Classes will have dedicated reading time during the day that they will be able to add their reading log. Students can share their reading log with family and friends, who can then make donations on the student's behalf through the Read-a-thon website. BCA students are hoping to raise $15,000 for new computers and and software.

EMMA STILES WINS THIRD PLACE FOR CALIFORNIA IN THE PATRIOT'S PEN YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Each year, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) sponsors Patriot's Pen, a national youth essay contest open to students in grades six through eight. The contest was created to encourage students to have a better understanding and appreciation of America and patriotism. The theme for the 2018 Patriot's Pen was "Why I Honor the American Flag."
This year, BCA students swept first, second, and third place in this competition at the local level, VFW Post 9557. The winners of the local contest then advance to the VFW District level. Seventh grader Brayden Nguyen earned first place, sixth grader Emma Stiles earned second place, and eighth grader Annie Wagoner earned third place. Brayden and Emma advanced to the district level, where Emma earned first place! She then advanced to the state level, where she earned third place for all of California! Way to go, Emma!

BCA STUDENTS SPELL S-U-C-C-E-S-S!

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

BCA Spellers Earn Top Awards at the 2019 ACSI District Spelling Bee

Eight Students from Bethany Christian Academy participated in the 2019 ACSI District Spelling Bee on February 8. The top speller from each grade (first-eighth) was able to attend the Spelling Bee, which took place at Whittier Christian School. The students studied diligently for months leading up the the bee and all of that studying paid off! All eight of the BCA participants earned ribbons in this year's competition. Way to go Bulldogs!

First Grade: Joshua Hoang-4th Place
Second Grade: J. D.-1st Place
Third Grade: Adam Hoang: 2nd Place
Fourth Grade: Connor McCullough-2nd Place
Fifth Grade: Kristen Olvera-3rd Place
Sixth Grade: Isaac Chikami-1st Place
Seventh Grade: Brayden Nguyen-2nd Place
Eighth Grade: Kara Gentry-1st Place

The top four spellers from grades five through eight advance to a spell off at the end of the day, and the top four spellers from that spell off advance to the ACSI Regional Spelling Bee. Seventh grader Brayden Nguyen earned first place during the spell off and will now advance to the regional bee, which will take place on February 23, 2019 at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena.