PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENTS

Several of our Seniors recently wrote their own Personal Mission Statements

and wanted to share them with you.

SPIRIT WEEK - CRAZY HAIR DAY

SPIRIT WEEK - TWIN DAY

THE YOUTH PARK PICNIC

Our Kindergarten class recently went to Parcul Tineretului, a large park in our city, for a Fall picnic with their teacher, Ms. Karpovck.

BOY SCOUT "FALL CAMPOUT"

We had a great weekend despite the cold weather and rain. We had a nice hike along a river and skipped stones, worked more at starting a fire with a "fire bow", and played floor hockey (rain sent us indoors to the gym on Sat. afternoon). It was a nice weekend!

HOW IT WORKS!

MS. ROGNSTAD'S 5TH & 6TH GRADERS WROTE EXPOSITORY PARAGRAPHS

THAT TELL US "HOW TO DO IT!"

HOW MATCHES WORK
by Emma


This is how matches work. Matches have phosphorous on one side of the match. Phosphorous is something that if it gets friction it burns. You rub the side of the match that has phosphorous against the match box. The match box is made to have rough edges. Don't try to light a match on the white smaller side which hold the matches because it doesn't work. On a match the red side on the match is where the phosphorous is. That is how a match works.


HOW TO THROW A FOOTBALL
by Andrew


The first step is to stand up and your feet should be apart from each other. Hold the ball (with your strong hand) by putting your pinky between the 2nd and 3rd stitching. Now turn your body to one side (optional) but look forward. Put your weak hand on the ball and bring the ball up (still with pinky in place) so that it is level with your chest. Next, bend your elbow down. Then pull your strong arm back and throw the ball forward, so the ball is rolling off your fingers. Try to throw the ball higher and it might make the ball fly farther. Then you should do the steps faster. Good luck!!!!


HOW TO MAKE SMASHED POTATOES
by Angie

Cut off the skin of five potatoes, then cut them in half. Boil the potatoes in water in a pot until they get soft. Then take out all the water out without the potatoes, But be careful not to spill the hot potatoes. Put all the potatoes in a big bowl. Smash them until there are no big clumps of potato pieces. Put some butter. Put about 1 cup of milk in the smashed potatoes. Put 2 teaspoons of salt in it and mix it. Eat it!


HOW A GRAND PIANO WORKS
by Heather

To make a note on the piano you press down a white key on the piano. When you press down a white key you can see the piano hammer hit the string under the piano the string vibrates like a guitar's strings. Under each piano key there is a string and above each string there is a hammer. Each key has it's own hammer which hits it's own string. Each key also has it's own note. There are white keys and black keys on the piano. The keys on the left are low notes and the keys on the right are high notes. You can create many beautiful songs on the piano.

FALL POETRY

Ms. Opris' 4th graders share their views on FALL

JOY

JOY

By Sarah M. (10th grade)

I saw joy clearly

She was plump and round, but not at all ashamed of

her size that was so frequently laughed at.

She turned, her dark curls bouncing about, and

smiled with a glow I had never seen before.

Then I saw her eyes;

past the sparkle of beautiful green that shared love with the world.

I could see that her lifewas far from perfect.

There was pain in her past; that'swhy I didn't understand.

I heard her speak so gently, her loving words floated

across the room unheard by sadness and fury,

ignoredby loneliness and jealousy, and discarded by boredom

and doubt.

How could they not see as I did?

I felt so ignorant to have not noticed her before.

I hadbeen just like the others who never saw her true

beauty.

Her love astounded me: the gentleness of her

smile, the encouragement in her words, and the

excitement in her spirit.

She had chosen God's grace.

Chosen His grace over the sorrow that tried to conquer her life.

Her past was no longer her burden,

she was joy.

THE ANNUAL EGG DROP

The high school physics class is in a unit on momentum and energy. When a fast-moving object hits another object, its fate depends on how long it takes to come to a complete stop. A skydiver whose parachute fails to open might survive if they hit a haystack instead of bare ground. For the egg drop, the students had to design a container that would protect a raw egg so it would not break when dropped from the patio on the roof of BCA. Two of the students’ eggs survived, and two didn’t.

HARD AT WORK

These students spent all day Saturday making new stools to use in our school's "coffee shop" that we called GROUNDED. Clearly they are a talented and great looking group!

MISCARE .....

...the Romanian word for "motion" or "movement."

Quite appropriate for PE. Thanks Mr. Kooiman!

BCA SECONDARY RETREAT

A few weekends ago, the secondary kids and teachers headed to a great lodge, Casa Elim, for a weekend retreat. Pastor Adam, from California, flew over just to teach us and hang out with us. Here are some of this years scenes from this anual event.

SENIORS MAKING A JOYFUL NOISE

Click on the "You Tube" links to see some creative Senior English moments with Mrs. Barbusca. And, by the way, we have no control over what else you might find on You Tube so.... be careful out there.


Lauren - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M53qI-Zqyy0

Kyle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5873hb8nLw

Kyle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIud7BjQOPA

Christina - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ncNuCXCYo

Rachael - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUJr8RG5Jno

Sean - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73WSiUc2Rq0

BEOWULF'S DIARIES

by Rachael Mathers

THE GOVERNATOR

Ode to Arnold Schwarzenegger
by Kyle Nelstead (senior)

I sing of arms and of the man,
A weightlifter from Austria
Now become quite American
And gov’ner of California.
You’ve probably seen his movies
And Mr. Universe title
And if his campaign goes sundry
At least he will have his might still.
As a boy he grew up oppressed
And somewhat abused by his dad
But this never caused him distress;
He dealt with what little he had.
Suddenly, like flowers in spring
Good ol’ Arnie burst on the scene.
After his run with weightlifting
He then appeared on the big screen.
When he moved here he had nothing
Except a goal: he wanted more.
He’s had his American dream
Now he is the governator.
He’s now a cultural icon
Everyone knows his movie lines
He’s Republican like Nixon
Yet for environment he pines.
His face is chilsed as a cliff
His grisly hands do strike terror,
His legs are just as iron, stiff
He is, after all, the Terminator.
Though some may mock his politics
And call his ideas crazy
At least they all enjoyed his flicks
So “Hasta la vista, baby.”

K-5 ALIVE

“I love being at school, it’s such the best place to be!” ....this was said by one of our Kindergarteners!

SNAPSHOTS!

GROUNDED ...the twice-a-week coffee shop at BCA














These girls are serious about their education










BCA's ESL class ....making English fun again!



Heading to class.......