Reflections - A Blog for NBCS Parents

Accreditation: What's Next? We are so thankful. The team of educators who came from the American Association of Christian Schools recommended NBCS for full five year accreditation pending the final decision made by the Accreditation Commission on June 19. The team also completed a report that included several recommendations for improvement for NBCS. We welc...

What's So Special About Christian Education? Discipleship. Lifelong discipleship. This week I attended the memorial service for my junior high math and English teacher, Mrs. Marilyn (Sundquist) Snyder. She is the one who introduced me to the fascinating and logical (yes, really!) world of English grammar. In addition, as some of the poems and prose she wrote...

Stay the CourseWe are at that point in the school year where it can be hard to be found faithful. It happens to all of us-students, teachers, parents, staff. We can be tempted to either give up or coast to the finish of the school year. The routines have become monotonous, the homework seems never-ending, the grad...

Psalm 18:30 "This Godhis way is perfect." This verse has been continually on my heart and mind over the past week as it looked more and more likely that our accreditation team visit would be postponed due to weather. February 19-21 were the dates scheduled for the team of four to visit the school, interviewing and...

Accreditation Update At the parent meeting in March of 2023, the school board announced that NBCS was beginning the process of school accreditation with the American Association of Christian Schools. A lot of work has been done since that time, and I want to give you an update on the status of our accreditation. Accreditation requires that we analyze the sch...

Psalm 19:7b "The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple"(ESV) The Bible comprises the heart of Christian education. It provides a worldview through which we can answer the important questions students ask such as "Who am I?" and "Why am I here?" While conveying truth is a vital part of Christian education,...

"You are a servant." This is the phrase that Mr. Lancaster emphasized with the students in chapel this week as the culmination of this year's theme chapels. The purpose of the qualities we have studied in 2 Peter 1 is to make the students useful tools for Him. Mr. Lancaster read to the students from 2 Corinthians 5:15, "and he died for all, that those who liv...

Perhaps you've heard. Newton Bible Christian School is at the beginning of an exciting journey toward accreditation with the American Association of Christian School (AACS). Why is this process that will require hours of work from our staff, board, and perhaps even some of you exciting? At the core of the process, we will be completing a self-study. During t...

Celebrating God's Faithfulness: 50 Years of Stones, Part II What could be sweeter than this? Throughout this year, 2023, Hershey Chocolate World is celebrating its 50thanniversary. According to their website, so many people regularly wanted to tour the Hershey chocolate factory, that in 1973, the company opened Hershey Chocolate World as a way to all...

Jesus answered "We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work" John 9:4 We have an incredible opportunity. Every day, we have the freedom at Newton Bible Christian School to speak God's truth into student's lives. We are free to choose curri...