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Heritage Highlights
Children are a heritage from the Lord... ~ Psalm 127:3
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY APRIL 2018 ISSUE
Upcoming @ HCA
4/5 4th Grade Fieldtrip
Home Softball 4pm & Soccer 5pm
Baseball @ Sumiton
4/6 2nd Grade Patriotic Program 9am
Soccer Home @ 5pm
Guest Speaker in Computer Class
4/7 Baseball @ Childersburg, Track SP
4/9-4/12 Iowa Testing K-7th Grade,
4/9 Feed the Need Kickoff @ 6pm
Softball @ Tarrant
4/10 Home Baseball 3:30; Softball 4;:00
Soccer 4:30; Athletic Senior Night
4/11 Human Phys and AP Biology Trip
4/12 Mrs. Manston's Birthday
Baseball @ JCA; Soccer @ Holy
Spirit; Softball @ Fultondale
4/13 Math Olympics, Track MBHS
Home Baseball 3:30 & Soccer 4:30
4/14 Mrs. Sigler's Birthday, Track MBHS
Parent's Night Out 5:30-8:30pm
4/16 PTF Spring Social; Chrysler Cars
for Classrooms 3:00-7:30pm
Home Softball, Baseball @ Thorsby
4/17 Home Soccer @5pm,
Softball@JCA
4/18 Art Fieldtrip
4/19 5th and 6th Grade Field trip
Theatre Show 6:30pm Upper Room
Our Feed the Need Kickoff Party will be Monday Evening, April 9th at 4/20 4K Field trip; 4th Grade Frontier
6:00PM in the HCA Cafeteria Day; Physics Day @ Six Flags;
Home Soccer @5pm
~ Dinner will be served and Door Prizes will be given! ~ 4/20-4/21 Baseball Playoffs
Each parent or guardian who attends will get a chance to win a "Corvette 4/23 -4/27 Book Fair
4/23 Spiritual Emphasis Week
for a Weekend" courtesy of Hendrick Chevrolet 4/24 Softball @ Indian Springs
4/25 2nd Grade Field Trip
Please RSVP to Kelly Hill (978-6001) 4/26 Mrs. Crabtree's Birthday
On Saturday, April 14th HCA Upper School Faculty and Students will host an HCA Home Softball @ 3:30pm,
Choir Concert 6:30pm Upper Room
"PARENT'S NIGHT OUT" for K4- 6th Grades. Registration forms coming home soon! 4/27 K5 and 1st Grade Field Trips
4/27-28 Baseball Rd 2, Track Sectionals
April 16th 3-7pm ~ PTF Spring Social, Home Softball game and Chrysler Drive 5/1 Band Concert and Art Show
Faculty Highlight
An Interview with Mrs. Heather Spigner
By Emilee Glaze
In this edition, Mrs. Heather Spigner answered a few
questions about her journey through pregnancy. She
delivered her sweet baby girl, Saylor Hill Spigner, on
March 6. Over the past nine months, she enjoyed seeing
the miracle God has created within her and looked
forward to seeing her husband connect with Saylor.
Despite the joys which came from her pregnancy, Mrs.
Spigner expressed how she missed going on long runs,
and is now looking forward to returning to her routine.
She revealed that she was most nervous about adding the
role of motherhood to what God has placed in front of her.
When asked what she learned from her pregnancy she
replied, “I especially learned dependency on the Lord
through seeing how He orchestrates everything. I have
found myself surrendering to His plan and purpose.” Our
students and staff look forward to meeting Saylor, and ask
the HCA community to pray for Mr. and Mrs. Spigner and
Emilee Glaze and Heather Spigner
their new addition to the family!
LET'S GET ACQUAINTED
PTF President Interview with Diane Rigdon by Christina Lindsey
Mrs. Diane Rigdon is the president of our PTF council. She has two
sons at Heritage Christian Academy: Nathan and Caleb Rigdon. The
Rigdon family has been a part of our school for seven years. Since
she first joined the community, she has served on the PTF
committee for four consecutive years and as president for the past
two. She explains, “I enjoy serving, and this environment is
wonderful to serve in. I also enjoy making new friends through the
process.” Through these experiences, she describes she has learned
several things: “I have learned to rely on God, trusting in Him to work
through me and the PTF council.” Some upcoming events she would
like to encourage everyone to participate in are the Spring Social /
Chrysler Test Drive and Feed the Need. The Spring Social will be on
April 10 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm along with the Chrysler Test Drive
(reminder: you must be 18 to test drive). Feed the Need will kick off
on April 9, and the actual event will occur May 8. Although she has
accomplished much this school year, she is already
planning the 2018-19 school year. She hopes to continue to bring
families closer and serve our teachers for the betterment of our
school. Her last comment to all parents and students is: “Check Logan Bailey and Dave Scherbarth
those email announcements and come support our school and
Staff Spotlight with Athletic Director Dave Scherbarth
participate in as many events as you can! We look forward to
bringing HCA into the bright future God has for us.” By Caleb Thrasher and Logan Bailey
In this edition of Staff Spotlight, Dave Scherbarth was interviewed
about his job as Athletic Director (AD). When asked about his
transition into AD, Scherbarth mentioned how he has “always been
involved in athletics, so the transition was pretty easy” and “when
you have a passion for something, it seems relatively simple to you.”
He fills many roles in the athletic department, but his favorite part of
the job is seeing students grow and develop, which he says is
always the purpose of the athletic program. He mentions that the
world is competitive, so athletics is a chance to handle ups and
downs before leaving school.
Heritage Christian Academy Student of
the Month for February and March
By Gracie Peoples
Our February student of the month for upper school was
Sophie Jones! It is her first year at HCA, and she is
currently a junior. She also actively participates in choir,
PTF President Diane Rigdon
cross country, and indoor/outdoor track.
Our March Students of the Month include Bella Rose and Madeline Jackson
for Lower School and Paul Weaver and Alexandria Pruitt for Upper School.
Paul Weaver
(above)
Alexandria
Pruitt
(left)
Madeline Jackson and Bella Rose
Sophie Jones
ELECTIVES ART THEATRE
WWII in FILM MUSIC APPRECIATION COMPUTER
CHAPEL
UPPER SCHOOL CHAPEL
ELECTIVES - Computer
By Rebekah Walker
There were only two Upper In HCA’s Computer class,
School chapels in March students are able to learn about
because of the Field Trip to the importance of technology in
see The Miracle Worker at the our modern day society. Mrs.
Alabama Shakespeare Theater Clark teaches the rules behind
and Spring Break week. Feed proper typing and how to navigate
The Need information was
the internet safely. Research
introduced on the 14th and Lower School Chapel
projects about potential careers
then students went outside to Submitted by Mrs. Janea Savell
On March 7th, Mr. Marsh read the story “Best and colleges are assigned to
pray together in Small
of All” by Max Lucado. He reminded us that expose students to opportunities.
Groups. Mr. Marsh did an
God knew us before we were born. He made The class has been visited by the
AMA (Ask Me Anything) us and can use us no matter what we are like.
Hoover Police and Fire
session on the 21st. He had students repeat after him: "God Can
Use Me!" Department to demonstrate how
On March 14th, Mrs. Ethridge spoke to us technology affects their fields.
about patience. She gave examples of people
ELECTIVES - WWII Film in the Bible that had patience. She especially
talked about Noah and Joseph. Mrs. Ethridge
By Meredith Whitman told us to remember that God can take things
To Mr. Crawley: that we do not understand or that seem bad,
Q: What is your favorite movie we have and use it for His good purposes.
watched? On March 21st, Mrs. Nesbitt also spoke about
A: Saving Private Ryan patience. She talked about how sometimes we
Q: Why is it your favorite? have to wait for stuff when we don’t want to, but
A: “It’s a good depiction of what D-Day was there may be a reason we have to wait. She
about, and the impact of war on American also told us that we don’t have to earn anything
soldiers.” from God; He gives to us freely.
Favorite Movie Quotes from the Class:
Luke Smitha: “Earn it” - Saving Private ELECTIVES -Art II/III
Ryan
By Danielle Howell
Wil LaFollette and Cole Edgeworth:
The Art II/III class has been working on
“There’s no crying in baseball.”- A League
of Their Own
open studio projects, which allows each
Tytiana Holt: “I just know that every man I student to choose what they will create.
kill, the farther away from home I feel.”-
Saving Private Ryan
Mrs. Mary Clark (top) Holly Tierney (above left)
Emma McMillan (above right)
5th and 6th grade created statues from pipe cleaners
and sculpted pots using clay.
A sketch in progress by Olivia Wood (above)
Mr. Michael Crawley Jordan Jackson creating in sculpture class (right)
...MORE
THEATRE
By Joe Roy Curren Music
Appreciation
The Nesbians are
By AlexPruitt
preparing to perform their
next play, Virgil goes to Mrs. Lee enjoys the
Hollywood. The HCA Community
performance will be April and is always happy
19th in the upper room. to aid her band
Everyone come out and students after class.
support our Nesbians! BASEBALL BAT EXPERIMENT
BY ABBY VANDIVER
Mrs. Franklin’s Physics Class recently acquired a PocketLab Voyager. The PocketLab can measure many things including: Acceleration, Magnetic
Field, Angular Velocity, and Humidity. On Tuesday, March 20th students were introduced to the PocketLab and were asked to each come up with an
experiment. After reviewing the experiments on Wednesday, March 21st Mrs. Franklin chose to test Seth Jolley’s experiment. Seth is the starting
center fielder for the HCA Baseball team. He
bats second in the lineup and he leads the team in doubles. He wanted to measure acceleration and angular velocity of his baseball swing.
On Friday morning, March 23rd the students walked to the Baseball field to test his experiment. The PocketLab was taped to the knob of the bat.
Seth
swung several times to warm up, and students took turns measuring the acceleration and velocity of his swing. After he swung around 100 times,
the bat was given to me. I was chosen to be tested when the class learned that I had
never swung a bat before. My swings were less impressive. However, I did hit one ball.
Lastly, Jacey Dawson, the starting first baseman for HCA softball, took a turn. Her swings were good, but she was swinging a baseball bat, which is
much heavier than a softball bat.
Special to thanks to Mrs. Franklin for purchasing the PocketLab, and Christian Smaw for soft
tossing the baseballs!
Science teachers Rebecca Frankilin, Sarah Smith, Lyn Gunter and John Bohin went to Atlanta to hone their skills at the
National Conference on Science Education March 15 and 16th. While there, the team became friends with a group from
California, PocketLab, who donated a 3D printer to HCA!
Teachers with PocketLab friends displaying a
3D printer (above)
Mrs. Gunter happily "hands on" with a mud Mrs. Gunter, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Franklin and Mr. Bohin in
baby (right) Atlanta for the Science Education National Conference
The PTF Sponsored a
"Ford Drive" on
... AND EVEN MORE
Wednesday, March 14th
which was a HUGE
success earning HCA
over $2000! Parents,
students and a lot of
HCA faculty and staff
participated. Thank
you, Heritage Christian
Academy PTF for ALL
that you do to help to
Mrs. Crabtree takes a ride
make HCA awesome! along with fellow teachers
Mrs. Sue Vigneulle, teacher and mom of Mrs. Shelly Manston and Mrs.
PTF Volunteer Mrs. Diedre King, mom of three
two students at HCA , tests drives a truck Mindy Barber...who are also
students at HCA and wife of Board Member Brad, moms of students at HCA!
with husband Mick, HCA Board Member
signs up Mrs. Tow and Mr. Marsh
HANDS ON MUSEUM, ANIMAL DAY AND THE SPELLING BEE
Headmaster Mr. Lynn Gurganus says,
"Congratulations to all of our fantastic
orthographers ... who participated in the ACSI
Spelling Bee held this week at Briarwood Christian
School. HCA was well represented, with Sydney
Hill taking 1st Place from among all 3rd Graders
and Madeline Jackson winning 2nd Place for all of
1st Grade! Congratulations again!
THE HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
2018 PROM WILL BE FEATURED IN THE
NEXT ISSUE OF HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS
SPRING SPORTS
BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, SOCCER, TRACK
Thank you, Bryan Sanford for capturing our student athletes in action!
Soccer
Baseball Softball
By Paul Tierney
By Tanner Blackwell By Kaylee Smith
The soccer team is only a quarter of
The HCA Eagles are having an The HCA Softball Team has had a great start
the way into their season, and they
exceptional baseball season. The team to the season. They defeated Center Point
have a promising future ahead.
is looking forward to their next home High School 11-7 and will continue to work
game on Tuesday, April 10 against hard in every game throughout their season.
JCA, and the following Friday, April 13 “I can do all this through him who gives me
against Pleasant Grove. Make sure to strength” (Philippians 4:13)
come out and support your eagles!
For more in depth information on
athletics, read the Coach's Corner and
This Week in Athletics sent each week by
Athletic Director Dave Scherbarth Track
VISIT Submitted by Coach Glenn Ross
hcachristian.org Hannah Vandiver set a new personal best
of 5:40.72 while placing third in the 1600
for full updated
meters at the Cold Springs Invitational on
calendar of events
March 23.
Hannah returns to competition on Saturday
April 7 at the Spain Park Classic.
Thank you for your support of Track and
Field.
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KEEP IN MIND our REFERRAL PROGRAM
HCA families who refer new families to the school will be awarded a
“referral credit”. The referral credit is $500 for each new family with a
student in 1st through 12th grade and $200 for each new family with a
student in K3-K5. The referral credit is per new family and not per student.
There is no limit as to the number of credits an HCA family may receive.
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