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LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY www.lexingtonchristian.org
N O I T C U D O R T IN ACADEMICS - 6TH GRADE ACADEMY
As we begin our summer break, we invite our Lexington Christian Academy family to pause and reflect on the year we just completed. The 2019-2020 school year may have taken an unexpected turn in March; but this school year should not be defined by the COVID-19 pandemic alone. As we put this “year in review” together, we realized all the many wonderful things that happened in this past year. Our students excelled academically, spiritually, artistically, athletically … and virtually! Sit back and enjoy the highlights from the following areas:
ACADEMICS
ATHLETICS
SPIRITUAL LIFE
SPECIAL EVENTS
SERVICE
CLASS OF 2020
FINE ARTS
COVID-19
You will quickly discover, as we did, that we have much to appreciate. Thank you for your ongoing encouragement, support and prayers. We look forward to seeing everyone back on campus in the fall. Have a wonderful summer break! Sincerely,
MARK SISK HEAD OF SCHOOL
TERRI WHITE PS & ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL
COLEMAN MARSHALL 6TH-8TH GRADE PRINCIPAL
SCOTT WELLS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
LISA BACON DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
TERRY JOHNSON ATHLETICS DIRECTOR
SETH ROBINSON DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS OPERATIONS
LESLEY SIZEMORE-HARDIN DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT RELATIONS
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Academics
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Spiritual Life
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Service
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Fine Arts
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Athletics
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Special Events
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Class of 2020
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S C I M E D A C A ACADEMICS - 6TH GRADE ACADEMY
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
Students brought Ancient Egypt to life as they built artifacts, constructed pyramid models and more for the Ancient Egyptian Museum. Guests of the exposition experienced the following exhibit areas: Ancient Egypt Daily Life, Religion (10 plagues), Rulers, Hieroglyphic Translation station, Egyptian Art, Egyptian Tomb, and Pyramid Models.
8TH GRADE TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. During the 8th grade trip to Washington, D.C., four students had the privilege to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. The students also enjoyed seeing sites such as the White House, U.S. Capitol, Museum of the Bible, and the Jefferson Library of Congress. They also did a nighttime tour of the monuments, spent time at the Washington National Cathedral, and made stops at Gettysburg and Mount Vernon. It was a super busy week but one these students and chaperones won't soon forget!
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12TH GRADE TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY The senior class spent a fun filled week in New York City and visited sites such as the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, and the 9/11 Memorial.
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP WITH GEORGETOWN COLLEGE Recognizing our shared mission, LCA was proud to announce a partnership with Georgetown College, which includes a tuition-match scholarship for LCA students attending Georgetown College. The Christian School Partner Scholarship will allow students from LCA to attend Georgetown for the same cost as the current, posted twelfthgrade tuition at LCA and is renewable for four years. The tuition match will be available to all residential, full-time students admitted to Georgetown after graduating from LCA beginning in fall 2020.
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8th Grade Science Fair Winners (left to right)
Jenna Johnson placed 1st and won the Bradshaw and Broadcom Awards at the Regional Science Fair. Josh Brand and Jenna Johnson also went on to participate at the State Science Fair.
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LCA High School students participated in the Kentucky Youth Assembly, and the entire delegation was recognized as a Premiere Delegation. Brennan Graham (senior) was recognized as an Outstanding Speaker. Will Ransdell (senior) received recogntion as an Outstanding Delegate. Two sophomores, Milo Golding and Jack Roth, sponsored a bill that was passed by both the House and Senate. The bill sponsored by seniors, Michael Navis, Matthew Noss, Connor Vance, and Harrison Fraley was signed into law by the student governor. Finally, the bill sponsored by seniors, Will Randsdell and Josh Hinton and juniors, Hannah Morgan and Kristen Russell was voted the Outstanding Bill for the entire weekend.
Mrs. Pam Watson, high school engineering teacher, took seven female high school students to Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown on February 20. LCA had the distinction of being the only private school invited.The program was founded by the National Engineers Week Foundation with a focus of reaching high school girls with positive messages about math and science education and engineering careers. It was a wonderful opportunity for the students to participate in hands-on activities that took them into controlled areas of the shops.
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The LCA Academic Team, coached by Dr. Janna Fults and Mrs. Lori Benson, competed last weekend and was runnerup for the District Championship! Brennan Graham (Social Studies), Jerry Liu, (Math), and Milo Golding, (Science) advanced to the regional tournament in subject matter tests. The Quick Recall Team placed second overall, and the Future Problem Solving Team tied for first place. LCA also was chosen unanimously by the other schools in the district to receive the award for Best Sportsmanship.
The LCA Elementary Academic Team participated in the District Governor's Cup Competition. Each member of the team advanced to the regional competition that was held on February 29. The team also won the Katherine C. Hume Sportsmanship Award. Individual winners included: Science: 4th - Parker Shannon and 5th - Sawyer Bailey Social Studies: 2nd - Drake Troyer and 3rd - Ben Meredith Language Arts: 2nd - Sawyer Bailey and 5th - Caroline Harris Arts & Humanities: 1st - Hayden Whipple Math: 2nd - Parker Shannon and 4th - Wellington Hadinata (for scoring at least 24 correct, Drake Troyer also advanced)
Ms. Mary Beth Rickard, who teaches 5th grade math and Bible, was surprised by Bill Meck from WLEX 18 with the Forcht Bank Extra Credit, Teacher Award! Ms. Rickard was featured on the WLEX-18 newscast and was presented a $250 gift card to use for classroom items.
The First Lego League Junior (2nd-4th Grade) Teams participated in a showcase at Northern Kentucky University.
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A group of LCA high school students and chaperones had a wonderful week in Oxford, England at the "Jump Your Shadow" conference with Global Next. In addition to the week of study and leadership development, they were able to take in a few of the sites such as Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and Stonehenge.
A group of our high school students spent the first week of 2020 on a study abroad trip with Global Next in Poland. They spent studied about the Holocaust and visited Auschwitz. Other stops included salt mines, former communist city of Nowa Huta, and the beautiful city center of Krakow. The group was also able to take in some sights in Amsterdam as they made their way home.Â
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LCA was proud to announce that four students have been selected to attend the Governor’s Scholars Program, and one student has been selected to attend the Governor’s School for the Arts this summer. In addition, two students have been named as alternates. Congratulations are in order for the following: Governor's Scholars Program: Joshua Lytle; Zachary Feller; Reese Lycan; Leah Massa; and Andrew Haggard (alternate) Governor's School for the Arts: Sallie Kate Goff (violin) and Hadley Whipple (vocal music alternate)
The Lexington Rotary Club recognized Mrs. Betty Vanderpool with their Jack Bryden Great Teacher Award.
The club also recognized Mackenzie Buckler as a member of the All Fayette County Academic Team.
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This year we welcomed Mr. Josh Robinson as the Junior High Spiritual Life Director. In partnership with the principal, as well as the school's other spiritual life directors, Josh is responsible for providing leadership and direction to the 6th-8th grade spiritual life programs such as chapel, outreach and missions. Josh is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Educational Ministry with a focus in Applied Apologetics from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to starting his doctorate, he worked as the Student and Youth Pastor at A House of Prayer in Xenia, Ohio. In addition to his doctorate studies, he has a Bachelor's Degree in Organizational Leadership from Wright State University and a Master's Degree in Advanced Bible and Ministry Education from Cedarville University.
We also welcomed Justan Borth as the High School Spiritual Life Director. Justan graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education. As a freshman in college, he began serving as a Young Life leader at Henry Clay High School and LCA. "It was while leading in this area (Young Life) that God radically captured my heart and vocational calling. I felt that it was His desire on my life for me to go into ministry."
Jackie Payne and Justan Borth took a group of 20 LCA high school students to "Passion," a Christian gathering held each year in Atlanta, Georgia for 18-25 year olds. Along with 65,000 college students, they met in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium to worship and to learn from Christian leaders like John Piper, Tim Tebow and Christine Caine. It was a lifechanging way to spend New Year’s Eve and bring in the new decade!
Other Spiritual Life Events Freshman Retreat Senior Retreat Sophomore Girls Retreat Parents in Prayer, which meets weekly
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Dance Blue was held on January 17 and revealed the total fund raising for the year was $37,675.74. This was the most money ever raised by LCA for the charity!
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The LCA Rose Campus celebrated Veteran's Day with two special chapel services.
LCA's Immanuel Campus held Veterans Day Chapel services where they welcomed several military guests and enjoyed lively worship, singing, and dancing.
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After going on the mission trip to Atlanta, Georgia and volunteering at Seven Bridges to Recovery, Aaron Bruner decided to live LIFE on mission. He gathered some friends and started going out in downtown Lexington each Friday night to pass out meals and pray for people. This small group has turned into Kentucky Food Ministry, which Aaron leads. The organization has received some well deserved recognition from local news stations. In February, LCA Athletics hosted a charity basketball game which helped raise nearly $1,000 for the ministry.Â
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A group of LCA students, staff and alumni had an amazing experience in Atlanta, Georgia serving with Seven Bridges to Recovery. They were truly the hands and feet of Jesus as they packed and delivered meals to the homeless and prayed with them.
Our preschool and elementary families continued the tradition of volunteering to ring the bell for the Salvation Army at various sites in Lexington.
Elementary students earned their own money to purchase Good Samaritan Christmas gifts to be distributed to those in need in the Lexington community. Funds were also distributed to the Good Samaritan School in India.
6th-8th grade students made cards for the annual Christmas dinner hosted by the Lexington Rescue Mission.
LCA students and staff volunteered with Help Portrait to take family photos for those in need.
Junior High Beta Club students packed Christmas shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child.Â
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The "Character Matters" Youth Football Camp was hosted by LCA Coach Doug Charles and the LCA Football Team. It was cosponsored by the Blanton Collier Sportsmanship Group. The campers focused on drills and fundamentals and received a lot of encouragement from the coaches and volunteers.
The LCA Football Team had a great time hanging out with the kids and staff at Sunrise Children’s Service in Danville.
Members of the LCA Football Team along with other volunteers across Lexington helped pack 32,000 meals.
The LCA Basketball and Baseball Teams had a great time volunteering with the Toyota Bluegrass Miracle Baseball League.
The LCA Baseball Team served by picking up and delivering donations to Greenhouse 17 during the 11th Annual Shop and Share for Domestic Violence Shelters.
The LCA Cheerleading Team helped welcome a child and her family to Lexington for a Make-a-Wish experience.
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LCA High School students prepared a Christmas meal for students and their families at Booker T. Washington Elementary School. A group of our high school students also helped Booker T. students with their science projects and served as judges at the school's science fair.
Students in Mrs. Sparks' 8th Grade Advanced English class worked on a service learning project called "Leaving a Legacy." The class partnered with Morning Pointe of Lexington to interview residents and write a story about one aspect of their lives.
The 6th Grade Academy's fine arts class performed for our friends at Morning Pointe of Lexington Personal Care and also passed out cards and enjoyed conversation with the residents.
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The 6th Grade Academy participated in the Pennies for Patients Drive, which raised funds to support blood cancer research and families of Central Kentucky who are battling leukemia and lymphoma. They had a goal of $1,000 and ended up raising $3,860.41!
Students in 6th-8th grades volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House and prepared breakfast for those families staying there.
E C I V R E S Abby Whitaker, an LCA senior and class chaplain, organized a donation for The Nest, a center created to serve as a safe place for women, children and families in crisis.
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LCA also participated in these service projects: LCA Cares Parades at various Lexington nursing facilities to cheer residents during COVID-19. National Honor Society hosted a blood drive at the Kentucky Blood Center.
Preschool - 12th grade students were excited to draw pictures and write letters of thanks to veterans who were on the September 21 Honor Flight sponsored by Touchstone Energy. Some of the students and their families were among the hundreds at Blue Grass Airport who greeted veterans as they returned home from their day trip to Washington, D.C.
The LCA Junior High Beta Club and the LCA Basketball Team participated in the 13th Annual Walk for Warmth to benefit the Lexington Rescue Mission.
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The LCA Elementary Choir performed at the UK Women's Basketball game on January 5, 2020.
LCA hosted the KMEA Solo and Ensemble Assessment in February. The high school students received three distinguished ratings and the junior high singers received six distinguished ratings and three proficient ratings.
All band and orchestra participants received a Distinguished Rating at the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) Annual Conference.
Ten high school students participated in the 2020 All-State Choir during the KMEA Annual Conference.
The LCA Men's Chorus was the featured choir at the KMEA Annual Conference and performed a special concert.
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The LCA Women's Advanced Choir performed at the University of Kentucky's Collage Concert.
Sallie Kate Goff (left) was selected to participate in the Governor's School for the Arts for the summer 2020 session. Hadley Whipple (right) was chosen as an alternate.
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Band, orchestra and guita r students performed at the Universal Studios Florida Amphitheat er Stage.
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Photo courtesy of Mary Wortz
The LCA Girls Golf Team won the Region 9 Golf Tournament, and for the second time in school history, went on to win the team title at the 2019 Leachman Buick-GMC-Cadillac/KHSAA Girls' State Golf Championship, which was held at the Bowling Green Country Club. Laney Frye was also later named 2019 Miss Kentucky Golf for the second straight year. In addition to the KHSAA State Championship, the girls team also won the All "A" State Championship for the fourth consecutive year.
The LCA Boys Golf Team won the All A State Championship with Jansen Preston placing first, Alexander Bassel as runner-up and McKean Collins placing third. The team went on to win the Region 9 Tournament with Alexander Bassel placing first. The team finished third at the KHSAA State Championship with Andrew Marrs placing 8th and Jansen Preston placing 15th.
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Tanner Walton (sophom ore) was named to the 43rd AllDistrict Team and to the 11Wortz th Photo courtesy of Mary All-Region Team.
The LCA Varsity Cheerleading Team placed first in the region tournament and third at the Universal Cheerleaders Association Cheerleading Championship held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
The LCA Boys Socc er Team won the All A Region Tour nament!
The LCA Dance Team participated in the Capital Cup Classic and placed first in all four routines (Pom, Time Out Dance, Game Dance, Hip Hop). They also beat out six other teams to win the Grand Champion Award (scored over 93% on all scoresheets).
The LCA Volleyball Team won the All A Region Tournament!
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Photowas courtesy of Mary State Wortz The LCA Cross Country Team won the KHSAA 1A State Championship. Anna Rupp the Individual Champ for the second year in a row, and Connor Hayes was the Individual State Runner-Up. The LCA Girls Cross Country Team also won the Region 5 Class A Championship. The LCA Boys Cross Country Team was the Region 5 Class A Runners-Up.
LCA hosted 806 students from 34 different schools for the 2020 Eagle Classic on January 25-26. For the first time ever, the Friday portion of the tournament was live streamed via the LCA Athletics Facebook page. Winners included: LCA Elementary Team - 2nd place Eli Singleton - 5th place elementary boy Tristan Savchuk - 2nd place elementary boy Kailynn Tyler - 5th place middle school girl Caleb Jaeger - 1st place middle school boy
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Coach Doug Charles was named Class 2A, District 4 Coach of the Year! Photo courtesy of Mary Wortz
DeAirious Smith (senior) set seven career and season school receiving records.
Jayden Barnhardt (senior) was named the Spectrum News Kentucky Scholar Athlete of the Week.
A total of 17 student-athletes signed to compete at the next level. Cam Smith - Baseball - University of South Alabama Evan Byers - Baseball - University of Kentucky Sydney Spillman - Track - University of Kentucky Ashley Frazier - Dance - Northern Kentucky University Jansen Preston - Golf - Vanderbilt University Andrew Marrs - Golf - Morehead State University Alexander Bassel - Golf - Tennessee Tech Laney Frye - Golf - University of Kentucky Delia Gibbs - Golf - Belmont University
Mackenzie Buckler - Soccer - Transylvania University Alexis Corbin - Volleyball - Midway University Olivia Paris - Softball - Bellarmine University DeAirious Smith - Football - Eastern Illinois University Drew Long - Football - Murray State University Jayden Barnhardt - Football - Georgetown College Aaron Abrahamson - Basketball - Asbury University Zeke Grier - Basketball - Trevecca Nazarene University
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Photo courtesy of Mary Wortz
This year we celebrated The Bash along with the first home football game of the season. It was a wonderful event filled with food, fun and fellowship.
From special art projects to the 5th Grade Wax Museum, our Academic Showcase at the Immanuel Campus was a special night.
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DONUTS WITH DADS
Donuts with Dads
Muffins with Moms
Grandparents Day
Book Fair
Peppermints & Pearls Trunk or Treat
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Eagle Gala
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27% of the Class of 2020 scored 30 or higher on the ACT.
The Class of 2020 included: Four Kentucky Governor's Scholars: Jackson Broyles Brennan Graham Nathan Maggard Will Ransdell
The Class of 2020 has a 100% graduation rate, and 95% of graduates will attend college in the fall.
Two Governor's Scholars for the Arts Laika Choi Emily Sparks
To date, the Class of 2020 collectively earned more than $2 million in merit-based 4-year college scholarships.
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Seniors Delia Gibbs, Brennan Graham, and Trey Hood were recognized as National Merit Finalists. The National Merit Scholarship program recognizes students who score well on the PSAT, and those who score in the top 1% are deemed semifinalists. In February, there are about 15,000 semi-finalists who advance to become finalists. Merit Scholarships will be awarded to about 7,500 finalists between March and June.
Seniors Andrew Huff and Nathan Maggard were each named a Commended Student in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Shelby Stuart and Josh Hinton were recognized in National Merit's Special Scholarship Program.
The Lexington Rotary Club recognized Mackenzie Buckler as a member of the All Fayette County Academic Team.
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Due to COVID-19, the LCA Baccalaureate and Awards Ceremony was recorded and then viewed online by friends and family. Mr. Richard Grier, Executive Pastor at Centenary United Methodist Church was the guest speaker. Student speakers included: Macy Crump C. Charles Johnson Aaron Bolling Sydney Colon
Two LCA seniors were surprised at home by the high school staff, and learned they were named the LCA Class of 2020 Valedictorian (Brennan Graham) and Salutatorian (Jessica Ziegler).
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In the middle of March, LCA transitioned to virtual instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. LCA may have physically closed, but our mission remained the same - to equip and nurture students to fulfill God's calling on their lives through Christ-centered education. As you can see from the pictures, our teachers continued to teach and pray with students, and our students continued to learn. Our spiritual life directors also held virtual chapels for students.
Students, teachers and staff were very happy to return to the Rose Campus for end of the year parades, kindergarten and 5th grade graduations, and a drive-thru 8th grade day of blessing.