Elementary Missions

Each year, especially during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons, our Bible, chapel and spiritual emphasis programs stress to our Elementary students the importance of supporting and being involved with both local and foreign missions. Our students learn that in today’s world active participation in missions is an integral part of being a Christian. It is our hope that through this process of serving and helping others, our students will gain a better understanding of not only the vast needs that surround us but that they would also learn the many lessons that Jesus taught us about service to others.

  

Throughout the entire school year our elementary students are given an opportunity each week to bring an offering to help support various missions around the world.  Also each year every class or grade is encouraged to select a specific local or world mission for students to identify with, pray for and support.  Many of these missions revolve around the Thanksgiving and Christmas season and some even offer the opportunity for our students to actually go to a local mission site.  Some of the missions that have been selected for this special time of the year are The Desoto Interfaith Food Program, Operation Christmas Basket, Calvary Rescue Mission, Christmas Cards for Soldiers, Operation Christmas Child, Shoebox for Soldiers, and the Neighborhood Christian Center Food Pantry Program.

The Bible tells us throughout the Old and New Testament that we are to share with others who are in need what we have been so blessed to receive.  Through emphasizing missions to our students at Northpoint Christian School, it is our hope and prayer that students will grow up with servants’ hearts but even more a heart for sharing that marvelous story of the Christ Child who came to this world to be our Savior and our King.

David Fox, Elementary Principal

November is Thanksgiving

With the arrival of November, sports are transitioning from the fall season to winter and jackets are becoming common. As the weather cools, my thoughts begin to focus on Thanksgiving. It is not only a few days off from school but it is also a time to reflect on what God has done over the past year. 

I recently asked the high school faculty for their thoughts of thanks. Their replies echoed many of the same feelings I have. We are thankful for:

            God, the Father. He has kept his hand upon Northpoint Christian School, watched over it, and 

blessed it.

Our students. They are a great bunch of kids. We  realize just how great they are every time we take students to sites outside Northpoint Christian.

            Our school. We have the freedom to worship God, talk about God, and point our students to God.

            Our school family. We support one another, cry with one another, and laugh with one another. When one hurts, we all hurt. When one rejoices, we all rejoice.

            Our many school programs. These programs range from drama to sports to clubs and allow students and faculty to use their gifts. Whether it is sending letters overseas to soldiers, spiking a volleyball, or playing on the worship team, there are opportunities for students to invest themselves in something more than themselves.

            Our seeing answers to prayers. We have seen physical and emotional healing among the family members of our faculty and our students.

Scripture mentions being thankful as something we do daily. In Colossians 4:2 we are urged to “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful, and thankful.”  The Psalms repeatedly mention being thankful with verses such as Psalm 95:2 “Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.” Psalm 118:24 states “This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.”

As I go about my day walking the campus and I pray for our faculty and students, I hope my attitude is one of thankfulness not just in November but all year. While it is good to remember in November, it is something we should do year round.

Sam Wrigley

High School Principal

Now is the time to begin thinking about where to enroll for the next school year

This month begins the first of three Open House events, designed to introduce the school, faculty, and staff of Northpoint Christian School to prospective families and their students. The school will host the first Open house on Sunday afternoon, October 20, from 2-4 PM on the campus of Northpoint Christian School, 7400 Getwell Road, Southaven, MS 38672.

What should someone look for in a school? Although there are different ways to evaluate a school, I recommend that you look at a school from such perspectives as its emphasis on academics, the strength of its athletic, performing arts, and fine arts programs, the spiritual growth of students, and the student life. Northpoint Christian School strives for excellence in each of these areas.

Our mission captures the heart of our focus, to be a Christ-centered, college preparatory school that enables our students to know and honor Jesus Christ, grow in knowledge and wisdom, and reach their God-given potential.

In terms of our emphasis on academics, just two months ago, we were informed that the Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature and Composition test results for the 2013 graduates showed that all students scored 4 or higher, with a score of 5 being the highest ranking. The average score for the four students was 4.75.




Recent achievements in our athletic programs indicate our desire for

excellence. Last month, our Boys and Girls Varsity Golf Teams each finished fourth in the TSSAA State Golf Tournament held at Willowbrook Golf Course in Manchester, TN. Phillip Hickam finished fourth individually out of 36 golfers. The boys’ tournament team consisted of seniors Phillip Hickam, Ben Otten, and Taylor Newton along with juniors Heath Newsom and Daylen Tapp. The girls’ team members were seniors Rebecca Jenkins and Candice Walker along with junior Marty White.



Last week, our Drama Department presented the junior musical, Dear Edwina Jr. in the Performing Arts Center on the school’s campus. The performances were the highlight of the annual Drama Conservatory that featured 38 students in grades 1-9.

As both Chef Ludmilla, left and played by Sarah Katherine Meek, and the Fairy Forkmother, played by Mikayla House, joined in the celebration, Edwina Spoonapple, played by Mary Addison Wadsworth, explained how to set a table.

 

This week, our fine arts department displayed movie posters using positive and negative space interchangeably. 

Northpoint Christian School also emphasizes fun and tradition as well as spiritual growth of our students. During our Homecoming week activities last month, the senior students rode to school on trailers as the remaining high school students and upper elementary students cheered.

Finally, two weeks ago, students, faculty and members of the school administration met at the flagpole where class and student council chaplains led in prayer for our world, country, state, city, parents, teachers, and students. Later that morning, four members of our faculty led worship and an alum from the class of 2004 presented the devotion at the regularly scheduled high school chapel program.

We invite you to attend the Open House on October 20, 2013. Eat some light refreshments, talk with faculty members for your student, tour the school, and learn more about this fine school.

George Carnall, 
Director of Development