03/22/11

In December, Bel Canto (elementary singing group) went to River Landing to minister to them with music.  Ashley Bullard, 4th grade, took cupcakes to share with the residents.  One gentlemen, Mr. Raymond Brandes, was very appreciative and told her if she came back the next Christmas he would give her a cookie cutter.

Mr. Brandes did not want to wait, so he and his daughter came to the school to visit with Ashley.  He gave her a heart cookie cutter that was hand-made by his son.

10/18/10

Eirena Bingham, 1st grade, was in the Greensboro newspaper, News and Record, for reading the most books over the summer for the HPCA Elementary Summer Reading Challenge.

09/04/10

Tri for Kids' Sake Triathlon was held on Saturday, Sept 4th.  The students competed a course which included a swim (50 meters for 7/8 yr old and 100 meters for 9/10 yr old), 2 mile bike ride, and a .75 mile run.  In the 7/8 year old, Jacob Oweiss placed 6th.  In the 9/10 year old division, Maggie Williams placed 5th, Peyton Labiak placed 7th, and Ethan Dumoulin placed 10th. 

James Charles Riggs is a 5^th grader at HPCA. His mother was born deaf and his father contracted hydrocephalus at 10 days old, which left him deaf.

James Charles and his brother, Andrew James, both are blessed with their hearing. They use sign language and lip reading to communicate with their parents. James Charles signed for the deaf members of the congregation at GSBC on Sunday, February 28^th, as the Celebration Choir sang, “Your Grace Still Amazes Me!” We are thankful God is using James Charles to “speak” to a deaf world.

02/27/10

Meredith Yates (5th grade), Landon Harris (3rd grade) and Sarah Faith Amos (2nd grade--not pictured) were junior cheerleaders at High Point University for basketball season for their second year. The girls learned chants, dances and routines from the HPU cheerleaders and performed them at half-time for three women's games and one men's game during the regular season.