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Why a Christian Education?
At what stage in a child's
educational journey is Christian education the most valuable? How is learning based on the Word of God distinctive at the Elementary
level? The Jr. High level? The High School level?
We invite all NCA parents, students and alumni to consider their individual
experiences and contribute their thoughts on this topic. Our hope
is to glean from our collective experience some insights that will be
helpful to parents
considering Christian education at NCA.
Unlike the truncated structure
of the majority of school systems, Nashua Christian Academy is distinctive
because here we educate students from kindergarten through grade 12.
This gives us the ongoing privilege of accepting new and transferring
students into our Elementary, Jr. High, and High School programs.
For many students and their parents, there is a common theme of delight
in being associated with a school based on the firm foundation of Christian
values and faith.
Some parents decide on Christian
education before their child even begins school, and some of our students
have been at NCA since kindergarten. Other NCA students
originally attended their local schools, subsequently transferring to
NCA. Still other parents give secular schools a try, perhaps with
the thought of transferring their child to a Christian school when it
is time for Jr. High/Middle School or High School.
Bottom line: there are
compelling reasons for Christian education at every level. Each
stage of a student's educational, emotional, spiritual and developmental
progression is fed more richly when there is a common denominator between
students, faculty, administration, and parents on the view of the world.
In contrast to the world's view "I am at the center", the view
at NCA is "God is at the center," and that fundamental truth drives
each of the principals and teachers at NCA to customize an optimal education
and culture for each child in their school.
How have you seen this?
Please share your Christian education experience with us. How
long have you (or your child) been at NCA? What other educational
settings have you experienced? What do you consider unique about
NCA? Please email responses to Heather Bee. Thank you.
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NCA Welcomes Qiu Yuan 9th Grader from China
NCA welcomes our new international student from Beijing - Qiu Yuan
(Chew-yen). The Bee family will be hosting Qiu Yuan, and she will be
starting for the second semester.
You already know that NCA and Grace
Fellowship are truly international communities. How blessed we are to
see the Lord building the global family here through students from
abroad and through children living right around the corner! At our
Christmas Chapel this year, the fourth grade was able to wish us a
merry Christmas in nine different languages!
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2010 Mission Trips
 During the February "vacation"
week, 12 high school students from NCA will be traveling to Cochabamba,
Bolivia to work with the International Orphanage Union (IOU).
One of the first things the team will do is literally bathe children
in the Cochabamba town square and provide them with clean clothing.
Bolivia has a shortage of clean water, and IOU sets up a tent on the
square on Saturdays, trucking in water to wash the babies of street
people. From the city, the team will move further up into the mountains
to work at a camp in a rural village, running games and activities for
the children, distributing food, and much more.
Ultimately, the goal of Nashua
Christian Academy and Grace Fellowship Church is to build a children's
home to house 10 orphans plus house parents in the mountains of Bolivia
and support it on an on-going basis. The cost to build the home
is approximately $25,000.
If you would like to
financially support this ministry, please make your donation
by check made payable to "Nashua Christian Academy" and mail
to:
Nashua
Christian Academy
8
Franklin Street
Nashua,
NH 03064
Do not put anything
in the Memo Field but clip a note to the check stating it is for the
Bolivia Missions trip. As is our custom, we will donate any money raised
over and above our expenses (we are very frugal!) to the local ministry
to help the poor and orphaned.
We would also appreciate your
prayer support asking God to prepare the hearts of those on
the Mission Team and those with whom we will come in contact; that everything
regarding this trip would bring glory to Him; and that the logistics
of obtaining visas and making travel arrangements would go smoothly.
In our March newsletter, we'll
report on the Bolivia trip and tell you more about the upcoming mission
trip to Poland in April.
Click here to learn more about NCA's
annual mission trips.
Click here to share your story from an NCA mission
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Dates Set
for SAT Prep by Sylvan Learning
On January 27th, our half day, we have Sylvan
Learning center coming to NCA to offer Sophomores and Juniors an opportunity to
take a practice SAT test. We are also opening this up to affiliated home
school families who have students who are sophomores or juniors.
2 weeks later on Wednesday February 10th at 6:30pm
Sylvan Learning will give the
sophomores and juniors their SAT results back and also hold a seminar - Test Stress: A Parent's Real Guide to College Test
Prep. This FREE, fun, interactive seminar will
provide tips on helping your child deal with the stress and anxiety of taking
the test. This fact-filled seminar delivers advice and pointers from
leading college admissions experts to help navigate through the test-taking
season and develop a high school action plan to be college ready.
Find out how you can help guide your child through
this pressure-filled time in their life. To register call Jessica at 603-889-1919
Registration deadline is 5pm on February 9th.
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