Volume 4

In This Issue . . .

STUDENT PERSPECTIVE:

On the 20th, 21st and 22nd of April, the Vail Christian High School

theater class will be performing the musical Mary Poppins. The be-

loved musical, Mary Poppins, is a story about the Banks family who

live on Cherry Lane in London, England. The children, Jane and Mi-

chael, are out of control, prompting the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Banks,

to hire a nanny. One day, Mary Poppins shows up at their door, be-

coming the answer to the family’s wishes. Mary Poppins takes the

children on many magical and exciting adventures. The cast includes:

Mary Poppins played by Emma Cerovich, Bert the chimney sweep played by Mack Callicrate, Jane Banks played by Ca-

mille Chicoine, Michael performed by Cate Maslan, George Banks played by Ethan Pyke, and Winifred Banks performed

by Emily Novak. Although we are all looking forward to Mack’s performance as Bert, we would like to recognize his

understudy, Harry Jaffe, who may perform due to Mack’s unfortunate injury.

“If you reach for the heavens, you’ll get the stars thrown in.” Mary Poppins is so much more than a children’s

musical. It has layers of meaning, incredible dance, fabulous singing and magic before your eyes. VCHS theater

students are creating a challenging and delightful show.” -Melinda Carlson

A production such as this does not just require actors, but needs the hard work of many people creating the sets and mak-

ing sure the play runs smoothly. The story is an all-time classic, and Vail Christian is sure to put on a fantastic show!

Student Perspectives

Club Highlights

Alumni Survey Results

Upcoming Events

Booster Club Update

VCHS Pink Vail

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VCHS Newsletter published quarterly by the Booster Club & Yearbook Club MARCH 2017

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STUDENT PERSPECTIVE: By: Caitlin Bishop - Yearbook Staff

Join the VCHS Pink Vail Team - March 25th - Vail at Golden Peak

Our TEAM FUNDRAISING GOAL IS $5,000

Pink Vail is the world's biggest ski day to conquer cancer. Proceeds benefit all patients at Shaw Re-gional Cancer Center through improvements to patient care and by funding the Spirit of Survival program, providing all patients the opportunity to receive free exercise training, nutrition coaching, emotional support, massages, acupuncture, out-door adventures and much more. These unique services can dramatically impact a patient’s quali-ty of life, but are not typically covered by insur-ance.

Even though Vail Christian High School does not have their own hockey team, our students are still able to represent Vail Christian High School and display excellent teamwork and quality sportsmanship while playing with other hock-ey teams. We are so lucky to have two Vail Christian students playing with the Battle Mountain Husky High School team, Freshman Joey Beveridge and Senior Max Clark. Joey Beveridge plays offensively, as a forward, for the team, and Max Clark plays defensively as one of Battle Mountain’s goaltenders. Besides the Battle Mountain hockey team, sophomore Caitlin Bishop plays competitively with a girl’s club hockey team called the Vail Mountaineers. This club team is in the u19 division, which means that girls up to 19 years of age are able to be on the roster and participate in the game. This year, the Vail Mountaineers are ranked in the top three in their league, starting out most of the season undefeated, but ultimately losing two rigorously played games last week. Their season is not over yet, however, with the state championship tournament taking place for them at the end of February and a few more league games still in the future. The Battle Mountain Huskies are also pretty high up there in the standings too, ranking third in their High School league. Their most recent and last home game took place in Eagle on Saturday night, and resulted in a win of 8-1 on the Husky’s part against Columbine. This last home game also happened to be senior night for the Huskies, and six seniors were recognized from the team. It has been a great season for both teams so far, and with a couple of more games to come the lively spirit of hockey will continue on!

The Academic Decathlon State Competition will be held on Saturday, March 4th in Denver. Please encourage the following students who have been studying all aspects of WWII as well as preparing and memorizing speeches: Sophia Branden, Alex Bull-ock, Isabelle Carlson, Hope Dease, Maggie Herron, Rob Hixon, Brookelyn Kraft, Jake Nowicki, Quinn Strauch, Caitlin Bishop, Camille Chicoine, Alexis Ehrlich, Jasmine Hartman-Budnick, Hannah Heckman, Griffin McGuckin, Tommy O'Neil, Tanner Pierce Durance. Go Saints!

Travel Club Update:

A big Thank You to all who support our Food Fundraising on Wednesdays and Fridays. On May 30th, 19 of us will be traveling to Austria, Hungary, Czech Re-public, Poland and Germany for 12 days of touring and fun! The trip(s) for the Summer of 2018 will be announced at the beginning of March with an information-al meeting for parents and students.

STUDENT PERSPECTIVE: By: Rebecca Daly - Yearbook Staff

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So far, the basketball season for the boys and the girls has gone very well. The girls are 6th in the 2A league, with a record of 10-10 overall this season. The Lady Saints have won against, Basalt, Aspen, North Park, West Grand, Hayden, Plateau Valley, De Beque, and Cap Rock. The team has had a couple close games against West Grand on January 7th, Cedaredge on February 10th, and Meeker on January 21st. West Grand, as one of the

team's rivals, made for an extremely exciting game. The girls team came out with winning on their minds after having been defeated by The Mustangs earlier in the season. The game was exciting all the way to end when the energy moved to Vail Chris-tian's favor. Unfortunately, the Lady Saints didn’t end up with win in the other close games against Meeker and Cedaredge. The rivalry game against So-roco was on January 20th, and, sadly, though girls didn't end up with a win, they fought hard the whole game . We asked Junior and Captain Jessie Raitt about the season and she told us, “ This year has been so special as we have grown together as teammates and fami-ly. Our two seniors were such great leaders and will be missed, but we are just wanting to enjoy the ending part of the season and accomplish all of our goals". The Lady Saints end-ed with a win against Hotchkiss on Senior Night with a score of 60-39. Unfortunately, the girl’s lost in the playoff game against Rangely on Wednesday, February 22 which ended a season filled with fun and competition!

Boys basketball has had a great season, even with the loss of two seniors who had a ma-jor impact on the basketball program. They are ranked 5th in the 2A league with a record of 8-12 overall with wins against North Park, Vail Mountain, Hayden, Plateau Valley, Soroco, De Beque, Rangely, and Caprock. Some of the team’s biggest achievements this season include beating rivals Soroco and having Sebastian Moritz beat the school record for most shots made in a game when he scored 45 points against Rangely. Even though this a personal step forward for him in his Junior year, teamwork helped make this happen, with amazing assists from Bryan Trujillo, Zach Makeever, and many other teammates. Sadly the boys lost their last home game against Hotchkiss along with their playoff game on February 22nd. Overall, though, the season was marked with milestones and teamwork!

STUDENT PERSPECTIVE: By: Megan Carty - Yearbook Staff

STUDENT PERSPECTIVE: By: Jordan Puntel & Sally McDonnell - Yearbook Staff

Clara Cappel and Sally McDonnell participate in high school swimming as their winter sport. Since Vail Christian does not have a team, they swim for Glenwood Springs High School. For their practices, they have to travel about 45 minutes in each direction, and they

do this about 3 or 4 times a week. Their team has been very successful over the course of this winter season, winning every normal-season meet by more than 50 points. The team had grown a lot in the past few years, and now has 44 girls participating. The Regional meet was two weeks ago, and there, the team won by more than 100 points. This is the sec-ond year in a row that they have won that meet. When participating in the state competition, Glenwood came in 3rd overall. Clara has swum on that team for her junior and senior year in high school, and this is Sally’s first year on the team. Both girls have been very successful. They both competed and placed top 15 in the Regional meet, and this year Sally qualified to be on the state team for a relay. The season officially ended on February 15, 2017.

Other students representing VCHS in off-campus sports:

Jake Farrell, Jordan Puntel & Philip Peterson - La Crosse EVHS

Ethan Pyke, Kiana Brausch, Trinity Chelain & Kedrick Kinsella - Ski Team BMHS

Kellen Kinsella - Seven Nation’s Cup in Austria - 1st place!

*This is not a complete listing of all our “off-campus” athletes. We will recognize the spring sport athletes in May.

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Mission Statement: Vail Christian High School partners with parents to nurture individual academic excellence and encourage growth in Christ to serve and lead.

Results from the NAIS Value Narrative Survey

What our VCHS Alumni are saying . . .

(Alumni Classes of 2012-2016)

When asked: What was the BEST part of your VCHS experience?

When asked: Did your experience at VCHS influence your thinking on a career choice?

When asked: What would you never want to see changed at VCHS?

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“Having a strong bond with my class and teachers that became a home away from home.”

“Small class sizes and incredible teachers made Vail Christian really special. I transferred in for support and

community and was overwhelmed by what I found.”

“The community that VCHS has built - not only was I close to students from all grades, but I was close to

certain faculty and staff as well. Vail Christian had a unique atmosphere that I don’t think can ever be fully

recreated somewhere else.”

“VCHS had a supportive culture that cultivated each individual while also keeping a focus on Jesus.”

"My love for writing and passion for rhetoric was celebrated in English class, and my interest in environmental studies was re-ignited through Environmental Science while at Vail Christian. I found my interdisciplinary inter-est and focus while at college, yet this basis in these two subjects has definitely informed my interest in being a professor of environmental philosophy and/or politics. Also, the familial feel of the teachers at Vail Christian has shown me the potential fulfillment of guiding students, helping me to realize the kind of educator that I would want to be."

"Teachers that taught the critical disciplines for engineering, (science and math) had a profound impact on me,

and solidified my decision." "Vail Christian helped form who I am today. It showed me what I am passionate about and how I can form that

into a possible career."

"The benefits of a small school such as: attention, accountability, community, and extra guidance." "I would never want to see changed the array of exceptional staff members, including both teachers and faculty.

They are what made Vail Christian such an incredible school for me." "The size of the school, the sports, and the faculty to student relationships." "The Christian focus, and the strength of the college advising program ."

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VCHS Guidance Department: If you are interested in shar ing your college or career expe-

rience with the students of Vail Christian High School, please fill out this brief online survey.

We invite parents, alumni, associates and friends - Thanks in advance!

Alumni Update

COLLEGE CONNECT SURVEY

Calling all VCHS Alumni! We want to know where you are and what you are doing!

Please re-connect with us by filling out this brief online form.

STUDENT PERSPECTIVE: By: Blake Layman - Yearbook Staff

The Dance team has continued to flourish throughout the years as it gains more and more talent each year with many students joining, such as in-coming freshmen. This year our Vail Christian Dance team took home the state title, once again, in the 2A Division making them six-time state champions. As Mr. O’Neil said, “Our dance team is a dynasty” This term, “dynasty”, was also used in the Vail Daily, when an article was written to congratulate the team on their accomplishments. With excite-ment and enthusiasm, the team was able to show the school their dance during one of our chapel Wednesdays and during a basketball game at halftime. This year, some of our students involved with dance team were hurt during states, including Camille Chicoine who was unable to dance in the competition due to her recent hip surgery. “It was a disappointment not being able to compete as well as a hard time for me to watch every-one practice and compete in States, but I was glad I was able to support my team by praying and cheering with and for them, even if I wasn’t on the dance floor.” Camille said. Dance team has been at every home game cheering on our teams and leading the student sections to cheer. As dance team slowly comes to an end with the basketball season, we thank them for their endless support!

Upcoming Events : Spring Break March 13-17

M A R C H

6th - College visit Univ. of Alabama

7th - College visit Baylor University;

7th - Coffee Klatch-10th grade (8:00 am)

8th & 22nd - Admissions Shadow Day

9th & 24 - girls Soccer @ home

25th - VCHS Team - Pink Vail

30th - Junior Class College Trip (Denver)

A P R I L

1st - girls Soccer @ home; Track & Field in Grand Junction

4th - Coffee Klatch-11th grade

6th - Booster Cookies & Coffee

8th - Prom; Track & Field @ EVHS

15th - Track & Field @ Glenwood

14th-16th - Easter

20th – 22nd Mary Poppins production

M A Y

1st - 12th AP Exams

5th - Track & Field League Meet

8th - Booster Teacher Appreciation

18th-20th - State Track

24th-25th - Final Exams

26th - Baccalaureate Service

27th - Commencement Ceremony

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NEW BOOSTER APPAREL

AVAILABLE ON LINE

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Next Booster Meeting 4/4 at 5:30 p.m.

YOUR BOOSTER CLUB IN ACTION!

Coordinating the concession stand at school athletic home events

Organizing the fall and winter school fellowship dinners

Coordinate food for finals to give our kids energy for their big tests!

Organizing our teacher appreciation program

Providing funding for new athletic equipment

Provide funding for club/sport competition travel expenses

Support for Homecoming, Prom and Yearbook

Quarterly Newsletter

Sponsorship/Banner program

New this year - VCHS Spirit Wear

The BOOSTER Club is in need of your membership & service!

This year we continue to explore alternative options for funding with the addition of spirit wear and a banner program. Fees are not part of our extra-curricular programs, so membership to Booster Club is vital for success.

We welcome your participation at monthly meetings and help planning special events. We would love to have a parent representative from each program at VCHS. Currently, there is a core group of 10-12 representing all the clubs and athletics.

Ways you can support the Booster Club:

JOIN Booster Club TODAY! - Here’s a deal: $25 for the remainder of the year and $50 for next year!

Link your City Market Card to benefit VCHS (#10398) Like us on FACEBOOK!

Contact Laura Nowicki at l.nowix@gmail.com if you would like to

get involved!