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The Scholars Script

February 2013
Table of Contents I Corinthians 13 1 Swimming with the Manatees 2 Different Lingo: Online Learning Tips 3 Talk Stuff 4 On a Mission: A Leap of Faith (Interview with Chris Smith) 5 Teen Devotional 6

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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Swimming with the Manatees

By: Grace Harangozo

Landry Academy is a unique school that provides unique opportunities for students. Just one example of this is the amazing experience it provides every January for teachers, students and families to participate in a weekend swim with the manatees in the Crystal River in Florida. On that Saturday, education is provided about the endangered species, and the next day, kids and adults alike are welcome to jump into the water and go swimming with them. Heres how one teacher, Mrs. Susan Gleason, described the experience: ...the water is somewhat murky where [my daughter and I] were snorkeling. All of a sudden, a baby manatee's face appeared about 8 inches from ours! We played with this baby for about 45 minutes! He loved having us scratch him all over; on his back, under his chin. We felt his little flippers and he wiggled with delight! Mrs. Gleason concludes that, it made me more interested in marine science and manatees because of the up close and personal experience. Not only is there the opportunity to swim with the manatees on this trip, but there is also an outdoor zoo in the vicinity containing many of the beautiful animals of Florida, including bald eagles, flamingos and hippos. Mrs. Heather Getson, another Landry Academy teacher, enjoyed the trip as an opportunity to spend time with her daughter: Watching her have so much fun in the water, interacting with the manatee was really worth the trip...While I loved learning about the manatees I really think it impacted my daughter the most. She was thinking about being a marine biologist someday and now she really knows that this is something she wants to learn more about.

One of the most interesting things for Mrs. Getson was the zoo. I really enjoyed the trip to the zoo the day before we actually swam with the manatees. Seeing all the animals that are native to Florida and getting to learn all about their habitats really taught me a lot. For Mrs. Jen Henriksen, the marine biology teacher who led the trip, it was very exciting to meet the students and families who are taking classes with Landry Academy. Because Landry is an online school, its usually only through weekend trips like these or the lab intensives, retreats, etc. where it is possible to meet students in person. In short, this unique and educational trip is lots of fun for everyonekids, parents, and teachers, and is a great opportunity to make friends and spend quality time with other Landry Academy students. Visit the Landry Academy website to learn more and be ready to register for the Swimming with the Manatees 2015.

Gentle creature of the sea. Looming there beside of me. Gliding slowly with the flow. Cabbage feast for you to sow.
-Vel Champion, Manatee Moments

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Different Lingo: Online Learning Tips

Strive to complete your homework to the best of your ability and in a timely manner, just as if you were physically accountable to your teacher. For an extra study tool, access the recordings of your class posted by your teacher. Class involvement also depends on you; questions play a large role in the outcome of your online experience. During a Landry class, a teacher cannot visibly see that you are involved, so play the offensive and participate by asking and answering questions. Questions involve you with the teacher and other students. However, if asking questions in class makes you nervous, access the weekly office hour designated by your teacher. Landry teachers set aside a whole hour just for the purpose of privately answering your questions. Mrs. Eggers encourages students to interact with their instructors. Do not hesitate to ask questions during live class...send an email to your teacher, or...visit during office hours. Teachers really love to get to know their students! Office hour especially helps you gain the most out of the class, either by aiding you in overcoming a certain struggle with your subject, or simply hearing the extra knowledge your teacher confers to you during that time. Nevertheless, remember that asking questions in class also benefits other students who might wonder the same thing. However, there is at least one hurdle to overcome in online learning that does not depend entirely on you. Technological problems occasionally hamper online classes. Landry Academy classes require you to log in before entering the class session. Logging in involves a number of steps, so in order to achieve a punctual arrival in the classroom, log in early, allowing a bit of extra time for technical glitches and delays. If you experience audio or video lag during class, simply log out and log back in to allow the classroom to refresh and drop the lag. Finally, Mrs. Eggers encourages students to bring a good attitude with you to class -- foster an inquisitive mind ready to grasp new things. By memorizing this simple vocabulary, you will soon fluently speak the lingo of online learning. Remember, Whatever one sows, that will he also reap (Galatians 6:7). Be assured: God will use your education in His eternal plan.
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By: Leanna Haag

In the present culture, where, according to Teens and Technology 2013, 78% of teenagers own cell phones and 93% have home internet access, you might think online learning is a breeze. However, Landrys online classes may present a whole new language to you. If not properly addressed, online learning creates several challenges, such as academic accountability, technology, time management, self-motivation and organization, among others. The first barrier to overcome in this genre of learning is academic accountability. Online classes rely on you more than anyone. Susan Eggers, teacher and department coordinator of history and geography for Landry Academy, says, This [online] environment requires students to behave honorably and to follow the rules even when no one is watching them. To get the most out of an online class, you need discipline and work ethic. Next, look at your study environment. This element crucially affects your comprehension during class. In contrast to a live class setting where the teacher regulates distractions, moderating distraction levels during an online class depends on you. It's not only disrespectful for students not to give their best during that time, Mrs. Eggers states, But it cheats the students out of a great learning experience. Choose a quiet, bright room with minimal distractions so you can focus all your attention on your teacher. Students often hinder themselves by not checking the syllabus and coming to class unprepared to participate in the teaching of the day. To avoid this, check your syllabus before class and familiarize yourself with the subject of the day. Look through the study material to mentally prepare your brain to cache the new information in the right place, and formulate several questions about the previous lesson. Another hurdle presents itself in the form of assignments. Check regularly for assignments on your homepage to assure they do not surprise you. Mrs. Eggers suggests pushing yourself to adhere to a daily routine during which you work on your assignments.
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Talk Stuff

By: Julia Sedlack

There are certain words that, when spoken, possess the power to take us to another place, to transport us to a different time, to light a spark within us, to inspire us to action. The written word is an art: It is using letters and figures and phrases to communicate ideas, to paint pictures, to create new worlds, teach us more of the one in which we dwell, and show us, even a little, of the one to which we are going. It is this connection of communication, this communion of minds, that draws us to language. Yet, while it is one thing to write, oh, what another it is to speak. This is a thing that fifteen-year-old Landry student, Daniel Vander Hout of Canada, knows well. Daniel, who lives on a greenhouse cucumber farm in Ontario, began taking classes at Landry Academy in middle school. I forget exactly where I heard about Landry Academy, but it was definitely a life changing find, he says. I took my first Landry course, Pre-physics, which was taught by Mr. Landry, when I was in seventh grade. Daniel has taken numerous courses since, including Biology, Chemistry, Intermediate Composition, and in the spring of 2013 he enrolled in Landrys Speech Communications class with Mrs. Jamie Anderson. I have never minded speaking in front of groups of people, Daniel says. But Landry's Speech Communications class uncovered my interest in public speaking and brushed up my skills. In the course, Mrs. Anderson touches on various methods and techniques that take a speech from writing to delivery.

Daniel Vander Hout Throughout the class Mrs. Anderson's instruction on useful tools like vocal inflection, parallel form, and the rule of three helped me develop my skills and encouraged my passion for public speaking. Since taking Landrys Speech Communications class, Daniel has participated in, and won, several public speaking contests including The Lions, The Optimists, and Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture, speaking on subjects ranging from William Wilberforces fight against slavery to Canadian food safety. Although the prizes encourage me to actually write a speech, the real value is in the experience, Daniel says. There are many ways to make money, but opportunities like these only come around so often. And communication is not just public speaking. Everyone needs to communicate throughout their lives. Learning how to communicate effectively early on is extremely helpful for finding a job or working through school, and Landry's English Department classes, including the spoken and written word, are a great way to improve communication skills. Daniel hopes to attend a university after graduation. But I am ready to do whatever God calls me to do in the next few years and for the rest of my life, he says. Many often assume that it is only the wealthy or well-known that count. Yet what they forget is that it is often the plainest of men, saying the simplest of things, that have the most extraordinary impact on this world. For we must not forget that it was a carpenter that thus commanded us to let our light so shine before men (Matthew 5:16).
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation -Abraham Lincoln Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy... -FDR I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its Screed -MLK
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On On aa Mission: Mission: A A Leap Leap of of Faith Faith

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By: Leanna Haag

I didnt know where, I didnt know how; I didnt know any of that. Take it straight from a missionarys mouth: Being a missionary takes a lot of faith. Chris Smith, Landry Academy Bible Department Coordinator, served on the mission field all over the world. His life story is one leap of faith after another. Ever since he was a child, Smiths heart contained a magnet for missions. I just received several confirmations [that] this is what God wants you to do...so I actively pursued that, he says. Smith delved into college, majoring in Spanish and religious studies. Little did he know that God intended to use his education to serve His incredible purpose. Before long, Smith accepted a two-year mission assignment to Peru and headed to the Missionary Learning Center in Richmond, Va., to prepare. During the two-week conference, he met a young woman named Cathie, a missionary bound for Japan. She too accepted a two-year call, so the young missionaries had little chance of seeing each other again after the conference ended. However, God planned things differently. We started...I dont know what you call it - you cant really call it dating when youre halfway across the world, Smith chuckles. But we started emailing. Three months after their first meeting, Smith traveled to Japan during the Christmas season to spend ten days with Cathie. He reminisced, I was at a point in my life where I said, God, I really think I need a partner in this, but Im going to leave it in Your hands. So he took another step in faith. I proposed in Japan, he said, I just left it up to GodGod answered that prayer, as He always does; He is always faithful and brought us together. Four months later, the couple married in the States. Soon after, God sent them to witness to the people of Spain. Although Spain is a country severely indifferent to the Gospel, Smith says, When God lays a people on your heart, something happens where you just have a burden, a passion for those particular people. Smith approached the barriers in Spain through cross-cultural encounters. Our primary focus was building relationships, he says. Its always about relationships, wherever we go. During a swim exchange in 2006, God worked another thread into the cloth of Smiths future. Smith hosted a visiting American swim-team, of whom Greg Landrys daughter was a member. The men
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reconnected several years later, and now they work together zealously on the missions aspect of Landry Academy. Smith finds special joy in teaching students who feel called to the mission field. He encourages them to practice their evangelistic skills on anyone they can find, pray continually, and delve into Gods Word. Thats the whole focus -- learning the Bible, being constant in prayer, being sensitive to the Holy Spirit. All of those are foundational for sharing your faith. Smith hopes that more students will come to his Discipleship, Missions and Old and New Testament Survey classes in the future. He maintains that even students that do not plan on a career in missions can benefit from these classes as growing tools for their faith. Though Smith teaches for Landry instead of permanently residing on the mission field, his life is far from dull. He remains busy playing the role of husband and father of three children, two of whom they adopted from Guatemala. As the minister of missions at Woodridge Baptist Church, Smith still plays a large role in missions, both in and out of the United States. Its just really cool to think how there are peoples of different languages all around the world, and were working together for the same cause: the cause of Christ. Theres no greater cause out there! he says. Its very rewarding. Many times, it is hard to blindly inch forward, putting one foot after the other, not knowing the outcome. Yet, Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see, (Hebrews 11:1) and we know that our faith rests on God, who does not lie (Titus 1:2). That knowledge is what bestows the power to move mountains.

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.-Matthew 28:18-20
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Got Agape?
This love is known in Greek as agape, or brotherly or sacrificial love in the Bible. It is the highest form of love there is -- it is the kind of love that Jesus showed when He came to die for mankind. It is also the kind of love that the apostle Paul talks about in Colossians 3:14: And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. This is the kind of love that we must have for each other. The apostle Peter tells us in 1 Peter 4:8, Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. If we love each other, we will forgive our sins against each other, just as Gods love caused Him to forgive our sins. This love is the kind of love that will always be there for us. No matter where we are, we will always be loved. No matter what trials we go through, God will always be there for us. We can trust in Him because He is all-powerful and all-knowing. We can safely put our lives and our souls in the hands of such a God, who loves us so much that He would die for us. Suggested reading for this month is 1 John 3 & 4.

By: Ethan Sink

Have you ever felt alone? There are many times when, even though we may be surrounded by people, we feel like no one is with us. No one sees us. No one listens. No one cares. We wonder why we even bother going through lifes drudgeries; after all, if no one really cares about us, then why should we bother doing anything worth noticing? The answer is this: because God is always there for us. He will always love us. Even though we, in our sinful state, have forsaken God time and time again, God loves us so much that He was willing to take the first step in restoring our relationship with Him. John 15:13 tells us, Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. God sent His Son to die in our place; He suffered so that we dont have to. As Valentines Day approaches, you will probably hear a lot about true love as our culture defines it, not as God defines it. True love, as found in the Bible, manifests itself in our actions: If we love someone, then we will do whats best for them. Often, it is the hard thing to do, but if we love them, we will do it anyway.

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http://tinyurl.com/ScholarsFebSurvey The Scholars Script is a student-run publication of Landry Academy. Publisher: Greg Landry Editorial Board: Editors-in-Chief: Connor Bebb and Katie Comstock Copy Editor: Ethan Sink Managing Editor: Joanna Scoggins Columns: Editor: Kristin Dodd Arts & Culture: Leanna Haag Features: Editor: Julia Sedlack Teacher Beat: Grace Harangozo Student Beat: Emma Maze
The Scholars Script is published monthly during the school year except in January. Comments and questions may be directed to Connor Bebb (coeditor1@landryacademy.com) or Katie Comstock (coeditor2@landryacademy.com). ! Mrs. Jamie Anderson is faculty advisor (janderson@landryacademy.com ! ) "#$%!*!
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