A Busy Week

This past week at Northpoint Christian School has been extremely busy. I am a senior and I'm taking honors government, honors English, honors physics, and AP Calculus. In government, we've been learning about local and state governments, especially the Mississippi state government, since we live here. In English, we read Macbeth and Hamlet and now we're writing a paper comparing and contrasting them. It is due this week. In physics, we are learning about power and efficiency. How much horsepower do you have? In calculus, we are learning about the change in slopes of a curve.

The Lord has blessed me so much with the teachers I have here. They are genuinely interested in each student. It will be bittersweet to graduate in May. I am excited to see what Christ has in store for my future, but I will miss the friends I've made and the mentors that have made such an impact on my life.

Carly M.

Fall Play Week

This week is a very special week for the student Thespians. Thursday through Saturday, we will be performing our fall play, Our Town. I personally am EXTREMELY excited and nervous because I am playing one of the three lead roles of the play, George Gibbs. I've made many friends during the past six weeks of rehearsals, and I can honestly say that the Thespians at Northpoint Christian School are without a doubt some of the most unique and cooperative people I've ever met. I couldn't have wished for better people with whom to perform a play, and I am really happy to be included in our school's Thespian Troupe. This is also my first play where I am appearing on the stage, so it was very nice to have other students helping me "learn the ropes" and learn to express myself. Without a doubt, God has put many truly gifted students in the theatre department at our school, and I am really thankful to work with them.

Adam D.

Spiritual Emphasis Week

Last week was eventful at Northpoint Christian School! But of course, Spiritual Emphasis Week always is really interesting. The main topic that stuck out to me was, “everyone matters.” No matter what you’ve done, where you are, or who you are, you are important and God has a special plan for your life. Also, the speaker led us to look at how making right, honest choices is not easy at all, but is worth the hardships if it means fulfilling the tasks that God has prepared us to do in our lives.

These lessons certainly relate to us as high school students. It was also cool that in Ms. Judy DeFrehn’s English class, we read a story with the theme that everyone matters in the large scheme of things.As a matter of fact, anything we do has some kind of impact on everyone around us. This directly ties into the chapel lesson that every choice we make has an impact on our lives now and in the future. We may regret things we have done in the past, but ultimately, our lives are shaped through our everyday experiences, good or bad.

These thoughts caused a great discussion in our English class about how our actions as a senior class will affect the legacy that we will leave at Northpoint Christian School. If we treat everyone as they are supposed to be treated, with great worth and special to God, we could leave this school with a very positive light. Further, each of us should be ready to brighten the numerous paths we will take in the future.

Rebecca J.

Marching Band Season Ended

Well the Trojan Marching Band season has finally come to an end. All of the hard practices have paid off with a satisfying victory at the Bandmasters Championship. We received a Superior (highest rating) and 2nd place in class 2A. The color guard and percussion section were awarded 1st place in class 2A. In the competition between all classes, the color guard finished in 3rd place and the percussion section finished in 4th place overall. This was a huge achievement for the size of our band.

As students, we are happy to start this week with a break on Monday for teacher in-service and dive right into Spiritual Emphasis Week beginning on Tuesday with Robert Smith, a guest speaker all the way from Oklahoma. The Northpoint Christian School basketball season also begins this week. Go Trojans!

Senior Football Players are Special

I am a senior at Northpoint Christian School. As I was thinking about what to write for this blog, I kept seeing posts on Twitter and Facebook about how this Friday night’s football game will be the last for our senior guys. Right then, I knew exactly what I wanted to write.

I want to brag on the 2013-2014 senior football players. I have watched the majority of this group of guys play football together since the 5^th grade. I have seen their struggles, successes, and everything in between, and I am so pleased to say that through it all they have stuck together. Most people would look at football, along with many of the other sports, as just extracurricular activities and something fun to do on the weekends. For these boys, it is about something far more important. Their teammates are their family and football is how they are all united together. I can’t even begin to describe how proud I am of our senior football players. They have gone through so many struggles, including having a new coach almost every year, but their goal of winning has never changed and neither does their motivation to reach it.

            Our football program not only impacts their playing ability, but also impacts their lives in several aspects. I have seen these guys grow physically, emotionally, and most important spiritually over the past 8 years. People often have this stereotype of football players to be bullies with bad attitudes. While this may be true for some, it isn’t for these players. Time and time again I see them helping someone in the hallway, building their classmates up when they are down, and praying for each other. As a result, I am very proud to be a 2013-2014 senior at The Point. Nick, Samuel, Van, Trae, Corey, Dalton, James, Drew, and Terrance have represented our class and school so well. So boys, this is it. I hope you have a great senior night and play your hearts out like I know you will! Love you all so much.

Allison W.

It was an Eventful Week

Well, this past week was eventful for me and much of the student body. On Saturday, the varsity volleyball team ended a great season in Knoxville, Tennessee against Knoxville Webb School in a sub-state playoff match. All the seniors were sad to have played in their last volleyball game for Northpoint Christian School, but happy that it was a great, drama free year.

Speaking of drama, practices for the show Our Town began a few weeks ago, and I'm the stage manager for the show. Everything is going smoothly with the show so far, and it will turn out to be great! I'm sure of it.

In addition, several senior girls in the Bachelorette Living class are getting ready for the arrival of their egg babies. This project teaches us what goes into the care and upkeep of a child. For the project, we are to prepare a basket for the egg baby and provide some amenities for it. Then we carry the basket with the egg baby around with us everywhere for several days. Some girls have one egg baby, but others have twins or triplets.

As tests, quizzes, and homework continue and as we do additional work to complete various class projects, I can't help but feel like pulling my hair out sometimes. As a senior, I just want to politely decline and ask for my diploma already. However, preparing for classroom assignments and tests and completing assigned projects really teaches us time management and how to effectively execute tasks, which are skills we need in college and in the real world. And they say school is pointless!

Mary Grace M.