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AACS Youth LegislativeTraining Conference

JULY 10-14Washington D.C.

BCSO Board of Directors’Meeting

AUGUST 3Peniel Bible Camp

AACS National LegislativeConference

SEPTEMBER 11-13Washington D.C.

A full, downloadable 2-year calendar ofevents is available on our website.

Summer 2017 - Vol. 29, Issue 4Battling

“If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work upon brass, timewill efface it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; but if wework upon immortal minds and instill into them just principles, we arethen engraving that upon tablets which no time will efface, but willbrighten and brighten to all eternity.”

~ Daniel Webster

BCSO schools recognize2017 graduatesSubmitted agate

Bethel Baptist School graduatedBryanna Anderson and JosephShihady II on May 18. PastorRussell Ellis was the commencementspeaker highlighting II Kings 13:14-19 in his address entitled “YourArrow: God’s Will for Your Life.” Theclass verse was Isaiah 26:3-4.

Cozaddale Baptist Academy hadfive students walk on May 26. JasonStone, Lily Hall (salutatorian),Hannah Chittum (valedictorian),Rachel Sage and Chyanne Daviswere addressed by Daniel Shock whobrought the message, “Don’t Ever GiveUp!” The class verse was Hebrews6:1a.

Elizabeth Garren was FayetteChristian School’s lone graduate.

The school’s ceremony was held onMay 26. The BCSO’s legislativedirector, Izaac VanderSchel, gave thecommencement address. Garrenplans to attend Waynesburg StateUniversity in the fall where she willstudy forensic science.

Fifteen students from HeritageChristian School (Brooklyn)graduated on May 26. Dr. Al Stone,senior pastor at Bible Baptist Church(St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada) andpresident of Bearing Precious Seed, wasthe featured speaker. MadelineBorke, Joseph Brown, Sarah Green(salutatorian), Hayden Hoffman,Karley Lawn and Sharon Miller willall study at Pensacola ChristianCollege (PCC) in the fall. AlaynaKlemenc (valedictorian) has

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committed to West Coast BaptistCollege and Brian Yeager will attendCrown College of the Bible. NoahBrooks, Marissa Corley, AustinHarinarine, Andrew Linger, LucasPrice, Alex Soto, and Luke Szerszenround out HCS’s class of 2017.

Dr. David Shumate addressed ninegraduates at Heritage ChristianSchool (Findlay) on May 21. Hereferenced I Peter 1:1-9 in a messageentitled “More Precious than Gold.”Students who walked include BethanyBerry, Eliese Gulley, Joe Oestreich,Megan Ridenour, JonathanSheppard, Evan Trantham, AndrewVanDenBerghe (valedictorian),Nydia Velasquez (salutatorian) andElianna Wright.

Sarah Pettigrew represented LimaChristian Academy as its lonegraduate on May 26. The graduationservice was a vesper-like program thatfeatured various musical groups and aspeech by Pettigrew.

Mentor Christian School graduatedseven students on May 26 with PastorMike Goldfuss giving the

commencement address. MCS’s class of2017 includes: Kiah Frank, CarissaGoldfuss, Sam Hixson, MadelineHurst, Bob Marotta, Jarrett Ryan andEric Seitz. Frank, Hurst and Seitz wereall named co-valedictorians. The classverse was Proverbs 19:21.

Pastor Steve Smith addressed TempleChristian Academy’s (Fremont) onlygraduate, Bob Gray Simmons, on June4. Smith shared a message entitled,“Sowing and Reaping” from Matthew13:18-23.

Temple Christian Academy(Howard) had four students graduateon May 31. Former senior pastor ofMount Vernon Baptist Temple, BillFennell, addressed the class. DrewFennell and Jackie Hale will attendPCC this fall, while Bethany Davis hascommitted to Cedarville. Valedictorian,Tim Noble, will travel the countryperforming in piano concerts.

Pastor Aaron Samples spoke during thecommencement ceremony at VictoryChristian School on May 23. AlexisWilliams and Anna Thompsonrepresented VCS’s class of 2017.

Williams has plans to attend CrownCollege of the Bible this fall.

Cassandra Garcia, TannerKnepp, Kenneth (Guy) Lance(salutatorian), Amber Lowe,Jessica McCombs (valedictorian),Rebecca Stoner and HannaStoner graduated from WaysideChristian School (Bucyrus) onMay 27. Ken Lance, father of Guy,gave the commencement addressentitled, “Running an Approved Race.”The class verses were Philippians2:3-4. Of WCS’s seven graduates,five graduated with honors andthree were Honor Societygraduates.

Zanesville Christian Schoolrecognized its only graduate onMay 26. Lana Howell, whograduated with a 4.0 GPA, willattend PCC seeking a dualconcentration in Piano Perfomanceand English. Pastor Chris Browngave the commencement addressentitled, “Retaining Wisdom” from ofProverbs 3:1-2.

Congratulations to all our BCSO

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Grade Bible Memory Mathematics Spelling

3rd(1)Brendel Bower - Temple

(2) Elijah Llorada - Heritage (Brooklyn

(1) Anthony Suplita - Heritage (Brooklyn)

(2) Samuel Leopold - Heritage (Brooklyn)

(1) Jacob Crichton - Fayette

(2) Aubrie Van Tilburg - Temple (Mansfield)

4th(1) Maddie Taylor - Temple (Mansfield)

(2) Evan Carroll - Temple (Mansfield)

(1) Ashlyn Knepshield - Temple (Mansfield)

(2) Anthony Silvestro - Heritage (Brooklyn)

(1) Silas Hero - Wayside

(2) Ashlynn Knepshield

5th(1) AJ Silloway - Marietta

(2) Colton Yugovich - Temple (Mansfield)

(1) Evelyn Day - Temple (Mansfield)

(2) Benjamin Mallory - Heritage (Brooklyn)

(1) AJ Silloway

(2) Maggie Eagle

6th(1) Truett Howell - Zanesville

(2) Maleah Kurtz - Temple (Mansfield)

(1) Micah Barkan - Carroll County

(2) Truett Howell

(1) Truett Howell

(2) Jana Custer

A total of 153 students from eleven member schools participated in the BCSO Elementary Fine Arts Competitionon May 5, 2017. Lima Christian School won the General Bible Knowledge category. Final results are listed below:

BCSO Elementary Fine Arts Competition

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Students from Buckeye Christian SchoolOrganization (BCSO) competed in the 40th annualAmerican Associations of Christian Schools (AACS)National Competition held at Bob Jones Universityin Greenville, S.C. on April 4-6, 2017. Schoolsrepresenting BCSO were Carroll County ChristianAcademy, Heritage Christian School(Brooklyn), Heritage Christian School(Findlay), Licking County Christian Academy,Mentor Christian School, Victory Christian

BCSO finishes 11that AACS NationalCompetition

School, Wayside Christian School, and ZanesvilleChristian School. The BCSO finished in 11th place with20 points.

Approximately 1,800 students and sponsors from 33states participated in the AACS National Competition,after having captured top honors in their statecompetitions. The students– representing over 200Christian high schools– competed in 76 categories in thefive basic areas of Bible, music, speech, art, andacademics.

The Bible competition included Bible quiz teams,preaching, and teaching. Academic competition includedacademic testing and a science fair. Music studentschallenged each other in solo and group competitionsfor both vocal and instrumental music. Speechcontestants participated in such categories as debate,dramatic interpretation, original oratory, acting, plusother categories. Art students displayed their pieces forthe art contest.

Congratulations to each student for a job well done!

By Paul Shaver

Matthew Bame Heritage (Findlay) US History 2ndIda Howell Zanesville OT Bible Knowledge 1stLana Howell Zanesville NT Testament Bible Knowledge 1stLana Howell Zanesville Physics 2ndLana Howell Zanesville Oral Interpretation of Poetry 2ndBrycen Hurst Mentor Sculpture 3rdMya Loparo Mentor Mixed Media 3rdRobert Marotta Mentor Biology 2ndDaniel Peal Heritage (Brooklyn) English 1stMaria Jose Rojas Heritage (Brooklyn) Spanish 3rd

National Competition - Individual Results

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As many of you may have noticed, all BCSO publications are undergoing a facelift. Our goal is to obtain a professional appearancewhile establishing continuity between our print and digital publications. It is also our goal at BCSO to deliver timely and accurateinformation to all our member schools, which can only happen with your cooperation and diligence. If you are contacted to submitarticles or information for this Building & Battling newsletter, please do your best to respond in a timely manner. Also be diligent insubmitting error-free content (spelling of names, correct dates, locations, etc). We thank you in advance. (Ecc. 9:10)

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