From Our High School Principal

School seems especially busy right now. Basketball season has ended, but the spring sports of track, soccer, baseball, tennis, and softball are practicing and preparing for their seasons. The spring musical Oklahoma is being performed this week and combines the talents of over 70 students plus a large portion of the high school band. Re-enrollment is complete and new families are applying for the next school year. The Latin students competed in the Mississippi Junior Classical League activities and brought bringing home many 1^st place honors. A lot is happening.

With so much activity, it is easy to become distracted and miss the primary focus of SBEC. Our mission statement states:

As a Christ-centered college preparatory school, SBEC enables our students to:
• know and honor Jesus Christ
• grow in knowledge and wisdom
• reach their God-given potential

As the high school principal, I must always keep that mission foremost in all we do. It is great to have the excellent sports program and the outstanding drama productions, but these activities serve to augment what SBEC is called to do. We teach; we play sports; we perform; we do all for His glory and honor and we want to do everything well because God has called us to excellence. But we must not forget our mission.

Each February our current families decide if SBEC is staying true to its mission and whether they will make a commitment to partner with us for another year. New families come to examine SBEC and see if this is the place they want to send their children. In both instances, my desire is that parents see something unusual at SBEC. I pray they see a school that loves God, loves their children, and loves them. May SBEC never lose sight of its mission nor the God we serve.

Sam Wrigley

High School Principal