See You At The Pole was a great success at Harmony Christian School today.  Our students have the unique experience of gathering at the flag pole to pray during the school day.  Many students all over Lufkin gathered to pray at 7:00, we gathered at 8:30 during our regularly schedule chapel time.  Students lead worship, prayer, scripture reading and pledges to honor our Lord Jesus Christ.  Way to go HCS students!

Harmony Christian School desires to help parents cultivate Godly children in the midst of a corrupt generation.  With all of today's technology it can be a mixed blessing and curse.  It opens doors of opportunity and undesirable information as well.  That is why we want to give you relevant  information for our challenging times.  This will equip you to protect  your children from inappropriate material, even on their mobile devises.  You may have protections on your computers and television, but, you may ask,  "How do I protect them on mobile devises?" Read this informative article from Eric Tooley with Ultimate Escape to find out the answer to that question.  He is a Christian parent dedicated to protecting children from the harmful graphic materials that are in our society today.  You can visit his website or receive his newsletter by visiting http://www.ultimateescape.org/teens/page/who_is_eric
Here is this weeks newsletter...
Protecting our children from inappropriate material has become common place on our 
television sets, through our cable/satellite providers, on our computers, and 
even through our internet providers.    
There are multiple options for software to install on our computers to filter 
 pornography and/or record internet activity.   
Unfortunately, cell phones and other mobile devices are not as easy to protect. My own study of  parents giving their children cell phones revealed that 71% of parents did
not  use any cell phone parental controls.  
 
Here are a four simple ways to protect your cell phones:   
1) Call your cell phone provider. AT&T, Verizon and the others want
to  keep you as a customer. They have services for parents. There may be a small 
monthly fee which is well worth it. They will also explain how to use the 
services.   
2) Use built-in parental controls. Ask your cell phone provider to
explain  how to use the parental controls that are built in to your child's
particular  mobile device. They usually provided the phone when you signed up
for service  and can help you use its parental controls.   
3) Use parental control apps. The best I know of come from Covenant Eyes. This 
Christian company has apps for Apple and Android devices.
However,  the Apple app is only effective when the device's built in parental
controls are  implemented. The Android app does not filter but it does record
and report all  internet activity.   
4) Use a cell phone without internet. 82% of the parents in my study
chose  this option by either disabling internet through their provider or
providing a  phone without internet capability.  
Cell phones and other mobile devices can be every bit as dangerous to our children
as  a computer. On these devices, we must be just as diligent if not more in
  protecting our children.  

Harmony Christian School is actively cultivating students that are academically strong and spiritually mature. One of the ways we cultivate academic grow is through our Science lab.  Students conduct experiments using the Scientific Method, documenting their observations and discussing as a class what they have learned.  Our 4th grade class conducted an experiment with yeast.  They learned that yeast is a living thing and its environment causes a response.  The students also see how God relates to science by understanding that God is the master creator of all living things, including yeast.   

Countless hours at home, video games, movies, entertainment.  What will fill your children's minds this summer?  Parents fight the media battle every day with their children but especially during the summer.  This article equips parents to understand the importance of that battle because of the effect it has on their minds and hearts. We hope you will click on the link above to read about this important topic. 

Summer is here and I know you are enjoying the time away from the
business of school.  However, I do
want to give you a few tips for the summer to keep your children from falling
behind.  Research shows that
  students can experience significant reading loss over the summer months due to
  inactivity.  Reading loss can be
  cumulative if experienced every summer, which can cause a child to fall behind significantly during their elementary years. Harmony Christian wants to help  decrease this trend among our children. Here are some tips to keep those reading levels up during the summer months.
     
Set a summer reading goal- just 4-5 books during the summer can keep
reading levels up.        
Read a book as a family
Join a summer book club 
       Harmony Hill Baptist church has a summer reading club going on now-The library is
       open on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings 
       Visit our local library-located downtown by the Boys and Girls Club 

The outcomes of reading during the summer are significant for your child.  It promotes advanced literacy and increases academic performance while fostering their love for
reading.  Readers are learners and Harmony Christian School desires for our students to be successful learners. 
  

Harmony Christian school will host it's 11th annual Harmony Hoedown benefiting the school on Friday, March 1, 2013 at the Harmony Hill Baptist Church Life Outreach Center.  Student's will bring entertainment throughout the evening with dinner for all attending and a silent and live auction of wonderful items dontated by the HCS classes and local Lufkin businesses. 
Tickets are $25 single and $40 couple
Table sponsors $500.00 
Program sponsors $250.00
Make plans now to attend.  For more information contact the school office at 936-632-1905.



Thank you to our wonderful sponsors...
Harmony Hill Baptist Church
KSA Engineering Firm-Bob Thurber
Curtis and Lynda Haveman
    In memory of Harley and Louise Carrell                                                                         
Angelina Surgical Associates
Lufkin First Assembly 
Mike Love and Associates
Milagros Tea House and Gifts
Roland and Betty McGee
LaVan Watts
Dr. Nathanial Robinson O.D.
Cindy Pierce-Gann Medford Real Estate
WFO Recycling 
Tim and Trudy Richardson
Lufkin Industries 
Jeff Brooks and Mark Clifton
All State Agent-Lisa Bullock 
Woodland Heights Medical Center
Rite-Way Insulation
Casey and Rene' Robertson
LoudHouse Crossfit
Dixon AG Material/Joe and Jackie Lowery
Please thank these wonderful businesses for their investment in Christian Education by patronizing their establishments.                                                                       

HCS students participated in a school wide speech meet on January 29, 2013.  Students chose from a wide range of catagories to memorize and present before class mates and a panel of three judges from our area.  They were judged based on criteria set by ACSI Student Activities.  Student's were given a Superior, Excellent or Good rating according to those criteria.