APRIL 8, 2016

THE WOODLANDSC H R I S T I A NA C A D E M Y

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Reserved parking spot for your high school Warrior! Guitar lessons with Pastor Brian!

Portrait of your child by our artist in residence, Melinda Cohea!

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Safari April 23, 2016

VIP Reception 6:00 p.m. Check-In & Silent Auction 7:00 p.m.

Dinner & Live Auction 8:00 p.m. Woodlands Resort & Conference Center

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Field Day With The Texans! Opportunity for four (4) Texans fans to have a VIP tour of NRG Stadium, meet the cheerleaders, participate in football drills

with Texans players in the exclusive Methodist Training Center, and dine in the players’ cafeteria!

Dinner In Dr. Lloyd & Jacque Everson’s Private Wine Cellar! Dr. Lloyd & Jacque Everson will welcome ten (10) guests for an

evening of fine hand-crafted food and vintage wines. Dinner will be served from a specially selected menu created by Amerigo’s

restaurant. All dishes will be paired with vintage wines from the Everson’s personal collection. This is a rare opportunity to dine in the only private subterranean wine cellar in The Woodlands which

holds over 10,000 bottles of wine.

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Lower School News

APRIL 8, 2016

Lower school students welcomed their moms, grandmoms and special friends to school on Wednesday, April 6 for Muffins With Mom. Our guests enjoyed fresh baked muffins from the Warrior Cafe and spent special classroom time with their children.

Muffins With Mom

Head Of School List - Fall Semester Due to an error, the following students’ names were not included in the Head of School List published last week. We sincerely apologize for the omission and extend heartfelt congratulations to these Warrior scholars.

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Upper School News

APRIL 8, 2016

Sixth grade students in Mrs. Mia Harpel’s history classes recently reenacted parts of Homer’s The Odyssey. All of the students were a part of the cast or scene crew and did a fantastic job!

Information & photos submitted by Mia Harpel.

The Odyssey

Juniors Discover Their Personality Traits In order to prepare the rising senior class for the college application and career path process, Mrs. Susi Zeal analyzed each student's Meyers Briggs Testing Instrument (MBTI) results during the college readiness class last week. Mrs. Zeal is certified in the MBTI administration and analysis process with over thirty years experience in personality and aptitude testing for both small and large organizations. The results were eye-opening for many students and will be extremely helpful when deciding on college and major choice in the fall.

Information & photos submitted by Amy Rowe.

Haven Albiez Micah Dial Christian Mardaga

Randell Miller Sam Mueck Emily Rogers

Chloe Scrushy Hannah Shearer Cassidy Wilbourn

TAPPS State Speech Competition

The Fine Arts Department was well represented at the recent TAPPS state speech competition in Waco, Texas. A highlight of the event was the Woodlands Christian debate class. The class began this past fall, and two of the students competing have only been in the class since January. Congratulations to Rio Robertson for making it to the semi-final round of the original oratory division and to Maddie Ganley for debating in three rounds of the competition. Other members of the debate class included Ross Jackson (debated three rounds) and Leigh Ann Williams (debated four rounds). In drama, Baylee Rubich represented Woodlands Christian in solo acting, and Mikaela Sweet competed in prose interpretation.

Well done Warriors!

Information and photo submitted by Susie King.

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT NEWS

APRIL 8, 2016

Warrior Golf & Tennis Teams Have Strong Showings In Events

The Warrior baseball team continued its winning ways chalking up two recent district victories. In a home contest on April 1 the team defeated Logos Prep by a score of 7-2. On April 5, the team hosted St. Thomas Episcopal and came away with a 4-2 win. The team will take a break from district play when they face Snook High School, at home, on Friday April 8 with the first pitch scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Following this game, the Warriors are on the road for district contests with Lutheran North on April 12 and Bay Area Christian on April 15. After a short break, the Warrior softball team will be back in action on Friday, April 8 when they host Baytown Christian. The first pitch is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

Come out and support your Warrior baseball and softball teams!

Warrior Baseball & Softball Seasons Continue

The Warriors girls’ golf team finished in third place in the Baytown Christian Tournament this past week. The team will now prepare for the district golf tournament on Monday, April 11 at the Quail Valley Golf Course in Missouri City, Texas. (See photo at right.) The Warrior tennis team qualified two players for the TAPPS state tennis tournament to be held April 12-13 at the Waco Regional Tennis Center in Waco, Texas. Jake Howorth finished in second place in the district tournament qualifying him for the state tournament. Thea Coelho qualified as an alternate in the girls’ division of the state tournament. (See photos below.)

Way to go Warrior golf and tennis teams!

Photo courtesy Kori Parker.

Photos courtesy Megan Powers.

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT NEWS

APRIL 8, 2016

Warrior Girls’ Track Team Wins Meet

Wow!  What amazing results with God’s gifts and our high school track & field athletes’ efforts! Last Saturday we competed at the Mickey Riggs Relays at Houston Christian High School.  There were nearly 40 schools competing with some of the top athletes in the area.  For the fifth year in a row our girls’ team repeated as champions in the small school division! Congratulations to the boys’ team for their second place overall finish.

Here are some of the highlights:

• New school record! Hannah Shearer in the 3200m run (12:17) • Matched school record – Kyle Clark in the pole vault (11’ 6”) • Riley Farra – 300m hurdles (gold), pole vault (Gold) • Olivia Gregory – 1600m (gold), 3200m (bronze) • Darcy Sanford – 100m hurdles (gold), shot put (silver), discus (bronze), high jump (gold) • Hannah Shearer – 3200m (gold) • Avery Tudor – Discus (silver) • Girls 4x800m relay (Shearer, Gregory, Nari Mathis, Megan Worthington) - silver • Girls distance medley relay (Alyssa Regier, Ariel Tucker, Mathis, Hailey Hanigan) - gold • Kyle Clark – 400m (silver), pole vault (Gold) • Jake Copeland – 110m hurdles (bronze), 300m hurdles (bronze) • Joshy Shearer – 1600m (bronze) • Boys 4x400m relay (Ryan Doner, Jake Adams, Greg Bunch, Kyle Clark) - gold • Boys 4x800m relay (Adams, Clark, Ross Jackson, Cole Wilson) - gold • Boys distance medley relay (Sam Mueck, Doner, Bunch, Shearer) - gold

We are preparing for the TAPPS district championship meet which will be held on our campus! The field events and running preliminaries will be held on Tuesday, April 19. The running finals will be on Thursday, April 21.  Events are scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. on both days.

Come out and support your Warrior track team!

Information & photos submitted by Coach Tom Earle.

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All School News

APRIL 8, 2016

Warrior Weights Strength & Conditioning Camp May 31 - July 22 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

(camp will not be held July 4-8) Stay active this summer with Warrior Weights!

The Warrior Weights Strength & Conditioning Camp is designed for boys and girls entering 6th grade - high school.

There will be separate sessions each day tailored for boys and girls*. Students are welcome to invite friends who do not attend Woodlands Christian.

Register before May 13 and receive a discount.

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*Depending on enrollment, middle school boys and girls may have combined sessions.