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School Messenger - August 2010

Over the past several months, we've looked at what email marketing is and the different types of emails you can use to promote your Christian school. In this third and final article, we'll examine how emails are built and discuss how you can create your own emails with practical, easy-to-follow tips!...

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Every education class advocates having high expectations for all students. Unfortunately, in the trenches of teaching, sometimes it's all too easy to expect great things from stellar students and less than spectacular things from students who underperform. During my teaching career, I learned the value of expectations in an unusual way....

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Switched-On® curriculum is designed to develop your students' cognitive reasoning skills.  Because of this, questions within each lesson require students to "put two and two together" from the lesson material and come up with an answer.

You may have noticed that quiz and test questions are designed to test whether students have actually learned the lesson material instead of whether or not they can memorize and repeat information back to you. Establishing a notetaking procedure will go a long way in helping your students develop their reasoning ability and master lesson material....

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A lot of emphasis is placed on getting students ready to return to school in the fall. In the last-minute rush toward the beginning of a new term, teachers seem to neglect themselves. Taking care of personal needs can help teachers start the year with a full heart instead of feeling depleted before it all begins. ...

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As a new believer in the early 70s, I don't recall ever hearing the term worldview used in the same sentence as Christian. Quite frankly, I don't even think the word ever graced the edges of my ears, let alone had the opportunity to enter into my auditory system and be processed by my brain. ...

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Enthusiasm is in the air at Vichy Christian Academy. This year-round virtual school, based in Rolla, Missouri, opened its virtual doors two years ago and serves the needs of both full-time and part-time students.

Bob Whitaker, who started the school, spent some time talking with us about this innovative learning environment for Christian students. An administrator, principal, and teacher, Whitaker stays very busy and has standards for his students....

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Roy Faletti, Vice President of Educational Services for Alpha Omega Publications, has completed all requirements for certification and commissioning for the Centurions Program of BreakPoint, the worldview ministry of Prison Fellowship Ministries. This intense distance learning venture prepares Christians to live out their faith authentically and powerfully in the world and unites them in a continuing network as agents of transformation....

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