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Newton Bible Christian School
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School Starts at 8:30 a.m.

School Dismisses at 3:30 p.m.

 

Newton Bible Christian School

900 Old Main St

Newton, KS 67114

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Start of the School Year

What was your favorite new thing as you started school each fall? Was it the new box of sharp crayons? New shoes? Freshly sharpened pencils that still had their erasers? Books with pages that had never been written on or crinkled? A new haircut? The word new is certainly fitting at the beginning of the school year. New classrooms, new lessons, new friends. The launch of t...

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The Cost of Christian Education - Part I

The Cost of Christian Education, part 1 Five Ways to Make the Most Out of Your Investment It's not a secret. Christian education is costly. Parents sacrifice much to send their children to a school that is funded only by tuition payments and donations. Donors invest thousands of dollars in Christian education each year. At Newton Bible our budget expects donations to m...

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The Cost of Christian Education - Part II

The Cost of Christian Education, part 2 Many of you who read this are interested in Newton Bible Christian School, but you are not currently sending children to a Christian school. Last week, I wrote to parents and families about how to make the most of their investment. Perhaps you too, are financially investing in Newton Bible Christian School, but not for your own chil...

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Parent Teacher Conferences: Why Have Them?

Parent Teacher Conferences: Why have them? It used to be that if parents wanted to know their children's grades, they had to attend a parent teacher conference to receive the grade card. With sycamore, parents now have access to grades anytime. So what is the purpose for these short meetings we have two times a year? Is it that teachers love being at school so much, that ...

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School Programs: Why Do We Have Them?

Do you remember doing a school play or church Christmas program when you were a child? I remember the last few days before a performance. Suddenly it mattered if we stood still and looked at the director. Our usually unruffled teachers decreed that during our songs, no one was allowed to yawn or scratch their nose. We rehearsed until we knew our lines and every lyric perfe...

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Fine Arts Competition

"Art has lost its way because humanity has lost its way and each now imitates the other, drawing the reason for its existence from a lost vision for life and beauty. I pray that Christian musicians and artists will blaze the trail for recovering the true, the good and the beautiful." Ravi Zacharias[1] Observe the world of the Creator. Orderly, precise, complex, filled wit...

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Why Christian Education?

Why Christian Education? There are many possible answers to the question of why Christian education. Chief among them is the key thing that separates Christian education from secular education; that is all subjects are taught from a biblical worldview. Students in a Christian school are taught science, math, history and English from a Christian perspective. They view thes...

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What If?

What if? What if we were having school today? Students would be in their desks, working with a teacher looking over their shoulders. Teachers would be able to say 100 more times the things they have already said 1,000 times this school year. "Hold your pencil like this." "Look at me when I am talking." "Slow down and do your best; it's not a race." Or- What if the privi...

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When Normal Is Broken

When Normal Is Broken New parents who bring home a baby know that life will never be "normal" again, but they excitedly embrace a "new normal," and daily routines begin again. These same parents are filled with dreams and expectations for their baby's life. Parents say things like, "I loved doing, and I can't wait until my child gets to do that." We buy toys that remind u...

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