EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
 FINE ARTS
This event is one of the most comprehensive
programs which the school undertakes. Each Spring we solicit the help of
several volunteers to "coach" each of the 5th-8th grade students in
the are of public speaking. All 5th grade students are assigned a poem,
while 6th-8th grade students may choose from poetry, drama, declamation, or
interpretive readings. After several coaching sessions, another set of
community volunteers provide judging for the students in the speech categories,
as well as piano, instrumental, vocal, coral and the visual arts.
Selections from these performances and
presentations are then chosen for a public program. Each of the classes in
grades K-4 also prepare a group performance for presentation at the Fine Arts
Program.
Finally, the students have opportunity
to attend a regional festival sponsored by the Middle Atlantic Christian School
Association.
CHOIR
Choir is held one period weekly for students in grades 6-8.
SCIENCE FAIR
Students in grades 5-8 must participate in the CASAC Science Fair in
alternate school years. Students may prepare projects for the fair each year
beginning in grade 4. In the years when projects are not required, the school
provides additional awards to encourage all students to continue their growth in
the area of scientific method.
GEOGRAPHY BOWL
National Geographic Magazine provides the school with bowl materials. Grades
4 - 8 have a class bowl where two winners are selected. These 10 students then
compete with one another to select the school champion. If the school champion
scores well on a written exam, he/she may represent the school in Harrisburg at
the state bowl..
SPELLING BEE
A spelling bee is sponsored by MACSA each year. This event is generally held in
March. The top two spellers in 5th and 6th
grades combined and the top two spellers in 7th & 8th grades combined represent
our school at the MACSA spelling bee. School representatives are decided
in the school's bee held each February.
FIELD TRIPS
Each grade takes at least two
field
trips each year.
Kindergarten: Pizza Hut and a fire station
1st Grade: Lake Tobias and the Carlisle Hospital
2nd Grade: Lake Tobias
3rd Grade: Little Buffalo State Park and York
City Museum
4th Grade: Pennsylvania State Capitol
5th/6th Grades: Bedford Village, Baltimore
Aquarium and Fort McHenry
(on alternate years)
7th Grade: Gettysburg and Spruce Lake Outdoor
School
(on alternate years)
8th Grade: Washington, D.C. and Spruce Lake
Outdoor School
(on alternate years)
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