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Weekly News & Updates for the LPA Community                      September 8, 2018
Tie-Dye Fun

Secondary students invited elementary students to campus Friday afternoon for a tie-dye event. With the older students' help, groups of elementary students created their own tie-dye shirts. While one group worked, the rest of the students played court sports together.


Part of Lake Pointe's unique student life allows  kindergarten through 6th grade   students to regularly have opportunities to interact and become friends with secondary students. As a reciprocal effect, 7th through 12th grade students have the opportunity to serve their younger counterparts and their parents and exercise Christ's command to love the least of us.


                  Pictures courteous of Lydia Stranathan
Looking Around

You are here:        We have completed week 5 of the fall semester!

       
 Looking Ahead                          UPCOMING DATES & EVENTS
      Wed, Sep 12          Worship Band Practice  3:30-5:00 p.m.

      Wed, Sep 12          Jr./Sr. International Study Trip Training 6:00-8:30 p.m.

Fri, Sep 14            4th grade Field Trip to Brattonsville 

Fri, Sep 14            Worship Band Practice  7:30-8:10 a.m. 

For sports, schedule see below


News Briefs
For more details on news items, visit LakePointeAcademy.com under resources and news


Picture Packets Went Home
Student photo packets went home Thursday and Friday. Every student should have received one; elementary students were sent home in folders and secondary students were handed out at connection assembly. Inside the envelopes are students IDs for the 2018-2019 school year. If your student was absent, be sure to come by the front desk to collect the envelope.

School pictures are now available to purchase online. Visit mylifetouch.com, use Lake Pointe's picture day ID (NR048009Q0) and search for your student's name. 



Be-The-Change Update
The Mariner All-In-Club's "Be the Change" fundraiser has been extended through Oct. 7th. Continue to save your change for the opportunity to improve LPA.





Amazon Smile
Your regular online shopping can help support LPA. Simply go to smile.amazon.com, sign into your account, choose Lake Pointe Ministries of the Carolinas, Inc. as your charitable organization of choice, and shop as norma l.


Claim Your Lost Items
The Lost and Found will be cleaned out at Fall break, Sep. 24, and will be donated to a local charity. Please come and claim your family's lost items beforehand.

Secondary Gastonia carpool student wait for ride on the front entrance pew


Share Your Pictures
Share your LPA pictures with us! Simply send them to [email protected] with a description of what is going on.

In and around the classrooms
 


Edible Spines
Science is more fun when you can eat your lesson! The second graders would highly agree, as they munched on their edible spines. As part of their anatomy lessons, the students learned about the spinal cord, the vertebrae, and the importance of a spine. 






Bucket of Spuds
When the potatoes were dumped on the tile floor, wide-eyed students cautiously backed away. Ms. O'Leary used the morning gathering time this week to tell a story of hospitality from her recent mission trip. Those she visited offered their plastic buckets as seats so they could have a conversation about Jesus, pouring their vegetables on the ground in their eagerness to provide comfortable chairs.

The Difference History Can Make
History 8 students and Mrs. Brewer discussed the effects of post-revolution France, Napoleon's bold claims to power, and how the U.S. got Louisiana (and over a dozen other states) for pennies on the acre. Elvis might have been born in New Hampshire had it not been for this shrewd purchasing.   

Students Serve Morningside Assisted Living
Satan can seek to amplify the awkwardness felt by teens when around senior citizens. It is a product of modern separation into same age peer groups and the deterioration of the close extended family. So, it was heartwarming to have LPA's largest group ever to bless and serve the residents of Morningside Assisted Living. Students led and sang hymns and resident requests and some students played piano.
Mariner Athletics 
For more details on sports news, visit LakePointeAcademy.com,  athletics, news
 

Cross Country
The cross country team went "across the country" to Chester High for a meet  Thursday . Amazingly, middle-schoolers Shawn Lewin and Caleb Brewer placed in the top ten finishers in the high school race.  Other runners also did well, chipping away at their goals and personal best run times.




Volleyball
For a much closer trip, the girls' volleyball teams were hosted by nearby York Prep. While the Lady Mariners lost to the much larger charter school, the games were highly competitive and served to accomplish Athletic Director Bill Spratley's goals to schedule challenging local, out of conference matches to supplement LPA's league schedule. The volleyball teams carry a 1-0 conference record into  Friday  night's match against Greenville's Bob Jones Academy, a much larger school and conference competitor.

Soccer
The boys' soccer team carries an undefeated fall record into  Friday  night's home match against conference powerhouse, Bob Jones Academy. The game will be a strong test of the Mariners' skills and strategies. 


GO GREEN!

Upcoming Local Matches 
Mon, Sep 10       Mariner Girls' Volleyball Home Match v York Prep 4:30-7:00 p.m.

Tues, Sep 11       Mariner Cross Country @ Gaston Day 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Tues, Sep 11        Mariner Boys' Soccer Match @ Gaston Day 5:30-7:30 p.m.  
           
Fri, Sep 7             Mariner Boys' Soccer Home Match v Arborbrook 5:00-7:00 p.m.

For more details, visit the LPA Athletic Calendar. 

Contact the office at [email protected] or (803) 631-5253

Lake Pointe Academy, 3168 Hands Mill Highway, York, SC 29745
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