Faith Christian High School Beat
- Entering a new world of theater
- By Travis Dodds/For the Appeal-Democrat
- "I'm passionate about drama because it's magic," said Paul DeMeritt, director of the FCS Players and senior class English teacher at Faith Christian High School. "It's one of the great places where we can walk in another man's shoes for a while. When... Full story
- Buckle down, head for home
- By Travis Dodds/For the Appeal-Democrat
- While senioritis most likely plagues every school in the nation, Faith Christian High School has a unique problem with this issue under which procrastination thrives.
Students at FCHS are given a relatively unique project in the last stage of their ... Full story
- A cosmic battle to get motivated
- By Travis Dodds/For the Appeal-Democrat
- There is a disease that creeps its way into the second semester at every high school, and into the minds of nearly every high school student who is not actively vigilant in their second semester. It rips motivation from its socket and replaces it wit... Full story
- Living a lifetime of servitude
- By Travis Dodds/For the Appeal-Democrat
- At Faith Christian High School, most of the extracurricular activities we are offered are positioned around the idea of servitude. Whether it is performing in a concert with the jazz band, playing a part in the most recent theater production or devot... Full story
- An hour of service, a lifetime of servitude
- By Travis Dodds/For the Appeal-Democrat
- We are often quicker to volunteer someone else for a task, rather than ourselves.
When the word "volunteering" is brought up, one would generally picture some form of community service, or some other kind of labor. Naturally, we cringe at the idea o... Full story
- Don't just be passing through
- By Travis Dodds/For the Appeal-Democrat
- It's that time of year again: "Back to school" — these three words cause the strangest mixture of fear and dread of the coming death of another summer in the minds of most American students. Even students who enjoy school are flooded with anxie... Full story
- Students share service in Mexico
- By Elizabeth Andrus/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Spring break is traditionally a time for students to relax, hang out with friends and sleep in. Not so for a group of 30 students from Faith Christian High School. These kids — freshmen through seniors — instead chose to spend their vacat... Full story
- Tackling the senior project
- By Elizabeth Andrus/For the Appeal-Democrat
- The senior project.
These words strike fear into the hearts of every Faith Christian High School student. From freshman to sophomore year, the senior project is a far-off shadow on the distant horizon; to juniors, a vaguely threatening shape in the ... Full story
- School spirit surges during homecoming
- By Elizabeth Andrus/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Every school has its unique traditions. For Faith Christian High School, one of the biggest traditions is homecoming. And like virtually everything at Faith, our homecoming is a little different than at most schools.
For example, instead of a footba... Full story
- Students embrace month of giving
- By Elizabeth Andrus/For the Appeal-Democrat
- The month of December is always hectic. Christmas is coming, which means it's time to find gifts for loved ones. For many students, December is the beginning of midterms — those dreaded tests that make or break your first semester final grade.
... Full story
- It's crunch time for seniors
- By Elizabeth Andrus/For the Appeal-Democrat
- It's crunch time for the class of 2012.
The month of November tends to be a stressful month for senior students. It's a month when many college applications are due, which therefore causes stress. Lots of stress.
But it's not just November; for mos... Full story
- Student retreat builds fellowship
- By Elizabeth Andrus/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Sky Mountain. For Faith Christian High School students, those words tend to evoke excitement, fond memories and, for the freshmen, nervousness about the possibility of senior pranks.
Sky Mountain is our annual high school retreat, located in a pictu... Full story
- New year, new friends
- By Elizabeth Andrus/For the Appeal-Democrat
- The first day of school. It's a day that evokes different emotions in everyone: excitement, nervousness, anticipation, even fear. For some, the beginning of school is a return to old friends and familiar routines.
Many of the students at Faith Chris... Full story
- Spring break is time to serve
- By Courtney Taylor/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Spring break in Mexico. For many, spring break conjures visions of raucous noise, excessive drinking and wild partying. But for 40 students from Faith Christian High School, images of smiling children, green pop-up tents and laughter-filled car rides... Full story
- 100 is a special number at Faith Christian High
- By Courtney Taylor/For the Appeal-Democrat
- One hundred. The number of years in a century. The number of yards in an American football field. The number of students that just about make up Faith Christian High School.
One hundred.
In comparison to other high schools, FCHS is relatively small... Full story
- Celebrating the spirit of teamwork
- By Courtney Taylor/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Andrew Carnegie once said, "Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results."
The... Full story
- The best lesson results in the best gifts
- By Courtney Taylor/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Homework: the cause of many groans and complaints from students past and present. But sometimes, when a teacher is especially creative, homework can stretch students, aid in the growth of their character or, better yet, lead them to the discovery of ... Full story
- Students contribute to something bigger
- By Courtney Taylor/For the Appeal-Democrat
- "Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like," a French author once said. Today, as Americans honor the men and women who dutifully served their country, citizens should take time to loo... Full story
- Learning the importance of forgiveness
- By Courtney Taylor/For the Appeal-Democrat
- You are stuck in one spot, unable to move forward but too stubborn, or upset, to step back. Someone messed up, perhaps for the Nth time. A situation got out of hand and things may not be looking up any time soon. You do not want to forgive that perso... Full story
- Year's theme is purity of thought
- By Courtney Taylor/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Ideas take root in the mind. The thoughts that we have determine the path our lives take if, in fact, we choose to act on those thoughts. In a world where the mind is constantly being fed immorality and materialism primarily through the media, our ge... Full story
- The time has come to say goodbye
- By Katherine McLain/For the Appeal-Democrat
- The time has come to say goodbye.
Today, we reach the end of another school year. Tomorrow, for Faith Christian High School, summer vacation will begin, the senior class will graduate and this year will remain with us only as a memory.
But what a m... Full story
- We remember our teachers by the footprints they leave
- By Katherine McLain/For the Appeal-Democrat
- As the seniors draw near to the end of our high school careers, we look back on everything that has been important to us over the last four years: friends, sports, school activities and our teachers.
One special benefit of attending a small school i... Full story
- Faith Christian extends chain of giving
- By Katherine McLain/For the Appeal Democrat
- Spirit Week: daily costumes, class themes and hallways decorated accordingly, skits and chants, the Homecoming game, princesses in their prettiest dresses. All this and more make for a fun and crazy week for Faith Christian High School.
However, the... Full story
- Students celebrate Christmas traditions
- By Katherine McLain/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Since Faith is a Christian school, students celebrate both the Christian traditions surrounding the birth of Christ and more cultural American holiday icons, like Santa and Christmas trees.
One loved school tradition is Angel Buddy week. Students wh... Full story
- Students celebrate some very important people
- By Katherine McLain/For the Appeal-Democrat
- "Is there anything we can do?"
"Well, you can start cutting up the bananas for the fruit plates."
Thus began the morning for the senior class, the morning of Grandparents' Day, last Friday.
Grandparents are a huge part of Faith Christian School's ... Full story
- Sports are more than fun and games
- By Katherine McLain/For the Appeal-Democrat
- Sports are a central part of life at Faith Christian High School.
Even though it is such a small school, involvement in sports is very high. Everyone who wants to be on a sports team is accepted. However, the wide range of playing levels doesn't inh... Full story
- Getting back in the swing of things
- By Katherine McLain/For the Appeal-Democrat
- One of the most dreaded and anticipated events in a teenager's year is the beginning of school, when the "lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer" are replaced by the routine of classes. Students hit the ground running, being assigned homework and tests eve... Full story
- Giving back: What Y-S is all about
- By Justin Weeks/For the Appeal-Democrat
- I recall once, as a junior, lazily making my way into another American history class, expecting this day to be just like the last. But a man stood next to my teacher's desk whom I had never seen before. Obviously he was a guest speaker. But when he b... Full story
