Sophomores Complete Frog Dissection
April 21, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Featured, High School News
Mrs. Flatt’s sophomore biology classes, with the help of Mrs. Stark, recently conducted their first frog dissection. The lab gave students an opportunity to examine the frog’s nervous, digestive and excretory systems. Students were able to see the systems first-hand after studying each in class. This was the third dissection of the year for them. [...]
Big Mess, Big Smiles
April 21, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Elementary News, Featured
Recently, fifth graders descended upon the school cafeteria and confidently took dominion over a vast, grand collection of building materials. Three hours, a big mess and a few minor injuries later, from an array of pipe cleaners and popsicle sticks, Dixie cups and duct tape, and Coke bottles and coffee cans, a glorious parade of [...]
Spanish I Puts Their Spanish Knowledge To The Test
April 21, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Featured, High School News
Last Wednesday, the ABHS Spanish I classes took a field trip to 65th Street where they enjoyed touring Brenda’s Tortilleria, an authentic Mexican tortilla factory. They were able to watch how both corn and flour tortillas were made and were able to purchase fresh tortillas. After the tour, they enjoyed authentic Mexican food at Karina’s [...]
FBLA Wins at State Conference
April 5, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Featured, High School News
Arkansas Baptist was well represented at the 2012 State FBLA Leadership Conference held in downtown Little Rock April 2nd & 3rd. FBLA has over 13,000 students in more than 300 high school chapters in Arkansas. Those placing at the conference were: Sam Flournoy – 1st Place – Public Speaking II Katherine Caid – 2nd Place [...]
Josephine Neukrich Earns Black Belt
April 5, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Elementary News, Featured
Josephine Neukirch, a K5 student, earned her black belt at the ATA Black Belt Extravaganza. On March 16, just two weeks shy of her sixth birthday, Josephine demonstrated her sparring skills against other students working to earn their black belts. Josephine was required to show the judges the Shim Jun Poome-Sae, the first degree black [...]
Students Expand Their Borders To Share Christ
March 30, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Featured, High School News
Missions Week at Arkansas Baptist High School is one of the highlights of our school year. Students in grades 9-12 have the opportunity to spend a week living out the Great Commission. This is done in many places and many ways. ABHS students performed over 8,000 hours of service in 16 local locations including Joplin, [...]
K5 Learns About The Body
March 30, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Elementary News, Featured, General
K5 is having fun learning about their bodies and all the important organs God created inside of each person. Mrs. Renner’s students made a ‘”body vest” out of paper sacks. Using their new-found knowledge, students colored their organs and glued them to their proper location on the body vest. To top off their bodies, students [...]
6th Annual ABSS Spring Golf Challenge To Be Held April 23
Arkansas Baptist School System announced its 6th Annual Spring Golf Challenge to be held Monday, April 23 at Maumelle Country Club. Featured at the 4-person scramble will be appearances and demonstrations by professional golfer, Christina Lecuyer and U.S. amateur champion Louis Lee and the Arkansas Baptist Golf Team. They will all be hitting “bonus shots” [...]
K4 Students Celebrate Dr. Suess’ Birthday
March 16, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Elementary News, Featured
Mrs. Davis’ K4 class was in for a treat when room mom Kellie Kircher came to have a Dr. Seuss Day. Kellie brought “Cat in the Hat” hats, pencils and several Dr. Suess favorites for the children to look through. The kids selected a few of their favorites for Mrs. Kircher to read to them. The [...]
Fourth Graders Perform “Down in the Arkansas”
March 16, 2012 by rbennett
Filed under Elementary News, Featured
The 4th grade students’ study of Arkansas history culminated in a musical performance followed by a field trip to the Historic Arkansas Museum. These classes recently rehearsed and performed the program, “Down in the Arkansas.” This was researched and written by a music teacher from Fayetteville, AR. The program which is based on the painting “The Arkansas Traveler” is centered [...]
