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Trinity Christian School builds house for family in Mexico By Celia Shortt celia@newnan.com
Trinity Volleyball Coach Joe Camp has a passion for missions and recently used his passion to help students at Trinity Christian experience international missions by leading a team to Acuna, Mexico. “I wanted to provide something that was a legitimate international missions trip,” he said. Camp and 28 middle school students, high school students, and parents left for the border town of Del Rio, Texas, on Sunday, July 6. Del Rio is where the missions organization, Casas Por Cristo, is located. Casas Por Cristo builds houses for poor families in Mexico, which was Camp’s and his team’s job for the trip. Each team member was responsible for raising $600 to cover the cost of the trip and the materials for the house. For this trip, the team stayed in Del Rio and traveled every morning to Acuna, Mexico, where they spent the day working on the house. “You have a lot going on, but it gets done,” said Camp. The house they built is small, compared to U.S. standards, and took about $7500 of materials to build. The family Camp and his team built it for lives on a weekly income of $95. To buy the materials and provide the labor for the house, it would take three years worth of the family’s income. “It’s not about the number of houses we build,” said Camp. “It’s about the lives that are changed.” For Camp, the most gratifying part of the trip was to watch the kids learn new things, like work. “Some of them learned what hard work was,” he said. He also enjoyed seeing them see the changes in their hearts and minds. They “can do this sort of thing at home,” he added. “When someone has a tangible need, fill it, and show them God loves them.” Camp hopes to make this trip an annual event and is encouraging the team members to lead their own team in the future.
The team from Trinity Christian and others who helped. First row, from left, Mandy Price, Heinz Gardner, Jacob Grady, Cade Skinner, David Ito, Mary Simonton, Maggie Wheeler, Bianca Sharpe, Cady Sikes, Hannah Simonton, Bethany Simonton. Second row, from left, Jake White, Cody Totten, Jay Snipes, Michael Branch, Peyton Skinner, Matt Grady, Caleb Hess, Jack Kidd, David Quiñones. Jake White and Michael Branch are interns with Casas. They lead the build. David Quiñones is the son of a Casas staff member and helps out with most builds in Acuna. All others are Trinity Christian students or family members of them.
Maggie and Tim Wheeler take a quick break from their work on the house.
Classroom success begins with breakfast Family Features
Coweta schools implement new initiatives By Celia Shortt celia@newnan.com
The Coweta County 2014-2015 school year is off to a good start, despite facing major changes. The areas of focus are outlined by Dr. Steve Barker, school system superintendent, and include local initiatives and several major state and federal requirements. “We have had a great opening,” said Barker of the first week. “There has been a culture of teamwork amongst staff and teachers, parents, students and community.” In the first week, school enrollment was 22,241 pupils. Barker expects this number to be fluid throughout August, with students leaving the school system while others con-
tinue to join. State and federal requirements in the district include Student Learning Objectives, Georgia Milestones Assessment, and Teacher and Leader Keys Evaluation System. The Student Learning Objectives are tests administered to students, more commonly referred to as Student Growth Assessments. It is a pretest offered at the beginning of the school year. A post test is given at the end of the semester. The objective is to measure student progress throughout the course. “This is a work in progress,” Barker said
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Dairy and breakfast go hand in hand. With so many types of milk, cheeses and yogurts available, it’s easy to find breakfast combinations that set the curve for success. Children who eat a morning meal perform better in the classroom and have better overall nutrition. Research shows kids who eat breakfast have better memory, attention and behavior, and score higher on tests. In addition to the wide variety of dairy foods that make school day breakfasts easy, dairy also gets an A-plus for nutritional and economic value. Dairy delivers nine essential nutrients in a variety of tasty and affordable options. For example, one 8-ounce glass of milk delivers calcium, potassium and vitamin D and costs only about 25 cents. Recognizing the important role breakfast plays for school children and their success in the classroom, dairy farmers and milk processors nationwide have organized the Great American Milk Drive, a Feeding America program to deliver gallons of milk to hungry families who need it most. To donate, text “Milk” to 27722 or visit milklife. com/give. Meanwhile, to boost breakfast success for your family this school year, consider these tips: • Keep breakfast foods on hand such as ready-to-eat cereals, yogurts, white and flavored milks, and fruit.
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• Build a breakfast burrito bar. Prepare toppings such as shredded cheese, diced ham, tomatoes and olives the night before. In the morning, just scramble eggs, warm tortillas and fill with your favorite toppings. • Save money on dairy foods by buying milk by the gallon, cheese in block form and shredding it yourself, and plain, low-fat yogurt by the quart and stirring in your own flavorings, such as honey or fresh fruit. • Whip up a yogurt smoothie or build a yogurt parfait, such as this recipe for a Fruit Salsa Yogurt Parfait provided by the Midwest Dairy Council. Or, bring more smiles to the table with the Fruity Splash Smoothie. Find more kid-friendly breakfast nutrition tips and recipes at www.DairyMakesSense. com.
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