AB Swimmers Compete At Regionals, Qualify For State
The Arkansas Baptist High School Swim Team competed in the South District Regional Swim Meet on Friday, Feburary 10, at Ouachita Baptist University. The girls 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay team of Andi Burroughs, Hayley Lockard, Abby Thomas and Lizzie Hall placed 2nd in both events and earned all-region honors. The boys 200 medley relay team [...]
Jr High Quiz Bowl Team Places Second In Region
February 16, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Featured, High School News
The Junior High Quiz Bowl Team placed second in 3-A Junior High Regional Quiz Bowl Tournament on Saturday, February 4th, at Cutter-Morning Star. Arkansas Baptist was well represented and did an outstanding job finishing ahead of Barton, Jessieville and Glen Rose. Those participating in the tournament included: Jeffrey Tonti – Captain, Andrew Crook, Megan Garrett, Loren Samons, [...]
ABES Announces Spring Box Tops Contest
February 16, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Elementary News, Featured
ABES will hold its semi-annual Box Tops for Education collection contest from February 14-24. The school is halfway to its goal of earning $4,000 by collecting Box Tops. Bonus Box Tops can also be earned using your Kroger Plus card. Students will be rewarded for submitting Box Tops. Click here to download a collection sheet. [...]
Arnold Family Donates Lithograph Collection to Arkansas Baptist
February 10, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Featured, High School News
Curtis Arnold, executive director of the Arnold Family Foundation, has donated the family’s extensive collection of lithographs to Arkansas Baptist. The collection is made up of numerous signed and numbered lithographs ranging from photographs from Cuba to paintings of wildlife and marine life. Arnold, an Arkansas Baptist board member, donated the collection to benefit the school’s visual [...]
AB Holds Annual 180 Week
ABHS’ annual 180 Week was January 31-February 2. We were blessed to have Jason Curry from The Church at Rock Creek teaching and preaching God’s Word to our high school students. Our worship leader was Dove Award nominee Nathan Gaddis from The Church at Rock Creek. The theme for this year’s 180 Week was “A [...]
AB Football Players Earn Post Season Honors
The post season honors kept coming for the 11-2 Arkansas Baptist Eagles. The team set school records for most wins with 11 and tied the school record for most play-off wins in a season at 2. Individual awards were announced this week, and the Eagles placed two on the 3A All State Team and eleven [...]
Eagles Split Senior Night
The Arkansas Baptist Varsity Basketball team split Senior Night games at home on Tuesday, February 7, against Cutter-Morning Star. The Baptist boys had their Senior Night spoiled by Cutter-Morning Star 63 to 49, losing consecutive home games for the first time in very a long time. AB got off to a 6-0 start but Cutter rallied and [...]
AB Students Compete In Math Olympics
February 10, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Elementary News, Featured
Arkansas Baptist was well represented at Math Olympics, the annual ACSI state mathematics competition held at Conway Christian School. Participants had to test locally to determine eligibility before being accepted as competitors at the state level. Seventeen of our students received ribbons for high scores in the areas tested. The results for the Calculation Division [...]
Lady Eagles Dominate Episcopal
Arkansas Baptist’s 4th ranked Varsity Boys suffered a rare loss at home while the Lady Eagles took a big win over Episcopal on Tuesday, January 31. The Eagles led Episcopal 14 to 10 after one quarter but were outscored 33 to 18 over the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Their 4th quarter rally fell short. Episcopal [...]
Students Excel at Annual Spelling Bee
February 3, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Elementary News, Featured
AB was well represented at the ACSI State Spelling Bee. Arkansas Baptist students placed in each grade level represented. The results were as follows: 3rd grader Daniel Cobb 2nd place; 4th grader Alex Watson, 2nd place; 5th grader Austin Crook, 1st place; 6th grader Jessica Garrett, 2nd place. Fifth grader Austin Crook competed in the [...]
