Crazy Sock Day

Thursday, November 17

Immense Incredible

Elementary Thanksgiving Feast

Tuesday, November 22

Prizes for best costumes!

Kindergarten Pony Rides

Tuesday, November 22

Thanksgiving Break

Nov 23-25

Christmas Program

Grades 1-3 and 7-12 *

Monday, December 5 7:30 pm

grades 4-5-6 will have a separate

program later in the year

Turn Around Day

11/12 Grade

Friday, December 9

(Juniors and Seniors teach!)

Kindergarten Christmas Program

Monday, December 12 7:30 p.m.

PLAN Test for 10th graders

Wednesday, December 14

Half Day/No Afternoon Daycare

Christmas Parties

Tuesday, December 20

Temple Baptist School Herndon, Virginia

November 15, 2011

What Do These People Have in Common?

There’s just SOMETHING that all of these people have in

common. It’s not gender, age, or race. It’s not even being

alive. So wonder what it is? Answer below.

Answer: They are all left-handed.

Crazy Sock Day

Thursday, November 17

Immense Incredible

Elementary Thanksgiving Feast

Tuesday, November 22

Prizes for best costumes!

Kindergarten Pony Rides

Tuesday, November 22

Thanksgiving Break

Nov 23-25

Christmas Program

Grades 1-3 and 7-12 *

Monday, December 5 7:30 pm

grades 4-5-6 will have a separate

program later in the year

Turn Around Day

11/12 Grade

Friday, December 9

(Juniors and Seniors teach!)

Kindergarten Christmas Program

Monday, December 12 7:30 p.m.

PLAN Test for 10th graders

Wednesday, December 14

Half Day/No Afternoon Daycare

Christmas Parties

Tuesday, December 20

Temple Baptist School Herndon, Virginia

November 15, 2011

What Do These People Have in Common?

There’s just SOMETHING that all of these people have in

common. It’s not gender, age, or race. It’s not even being

alive. So wonder what it is? Answer below.

Answer: They are all left-handed.

Seventh Grade

Noah Holston

Eighth Grade

Alyssa Pearson

Ninth Grade

Isaac Montano

Eric Pearson

Tenth Grade

Stephanie Kettell

All “A” Honor Roll

All “A” Honor Roll

First Quarter

First Grade

Enoch Alexander

Ezra Assefa

Sarah Chang

Jaden de la Cruz

Ethan Topper

Second Grade

Kebron Assefa

Nehemiah Dan

Hannah Durham

Hannah Joseph

Grace Logan

Nathan Rihani

Lania Stewart

Jordan Villareal

Nathan Yared

Amaris Young

Third Grade

Angel Collins

Mariah Holston

Nastasia Hubbard

Jillian Johnson

Sarah Joseph

Hannah Mammen

Ria Matneja

Katherine Parde

Micah Pittman

Happit So

Mathias Yohannes

Fourth Grade

Roshan Baddeliyanage

Breanna Garcia

Fifth Grade

Noel Brown

Dereck Charles

Morgan McWilliams

Joshua Wadhwa

Sixth Grade

Moses Alexander

Milan Matneja

Virginia Nyberg

Ashley Zawacki

The Charge

Parents have a weighty responsibility to bring up

their children in the nurture and the admonition of

the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 says And, ye fathers, pro-

voke not your children to wrath: but bring them up

in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. This is

not a casual charge. It’s serious. It’s not a responsibil-

ity that can be delegated to someone else.

Parents must be personally involved in the spiritual

life of their children. Do not assume everything is

fine because they are in church and attend a Chris-

tian school. It means that parents must be vigilant to

ensure that the most influential force in the spiritual

life of a child— the parent— is not surpassed or di-

minished by any other influence.

As kids mature, peers play a greater role in influenc-

ing young people. Yet, the active role of a guiding

parent needs to remain strong. That role cannot be

allowed to be lessened by peers, television, movies,

internet, Facebook, or whatever. There is nothing in

the Bible to suggest that the important parental role

is to be lessened. In fact, during the teen years, it

should be strengthened as the child moves to maturi-

ty but begins to face greater peer pressure to go

against what the Bible commands.

Do you mean Christian kids have issues with respect-

ing parents, maintaining purity of heart and mind,

and living a life pleasing to God? Sure they do. [And

judging from the way some children talk to their parents

when they used the office phone, some do not understand

what it means to honor their Mom and Dad.]

What does this ultimately mean? It means that par-

ents cannot abdicate their God-given role to provide

spiritual guidance and direction. Parents are not to

turn kids over to their peers or to their television-

computer-video game-movies-whatever. We simply

cannot allow these inputs to be the primary influence

of moral values. Teaching is value-laden and what

children are taught is what they become. If we allow

peers or anything to replace our influence, we should

not be surprised if our children turn out differently.

Seventh Grade

Noah Holston

Eighth Grade

Alyssa Pearson

Ninth Grade

Isaac Montano

Eric Pearson

Tenth Grade

Stephanie Kettell

All “A” Honor Roll

All “A” Honor Roll

First Quarter

First Grade

Enoch Alexander

Ezra Assefa

Sarah Chang

Jaden de la Cruz

Ethan Topper

Second Grade

Kebron Assefa

Nehemiah Dan

Hannah Durham

Hannah Joseph

Grace Logan

Nathan Rihani

Lania Stewart

Jordan Villareal

Nathan Yared

Amaris Young

Third Grade

Angel Collins

Mariah Holston

Nastasia Hubbard

Jillian Johnson

Sarah Joseph

Hannah Mammen

Ria Matneja

Katherine Parde

Micah Pittman

Happit So

Mathias Yohannes

Fourth Grade

Roshan Baddeliyanage

Breanna Garcia

Fifth Grade

Noel Brown

Dereck Charles

Morgan McWilliams

Joshua Wadhwa

Sixth Grade

Moses Alexander

Milan Matneja

Virginia Nyberg

Ashley Zawacki

The Charge

Parents have a weighty responsibility to bring up

their children in the nurture and the admonition of

the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 says And, ye fathers, pro-

voke not your children to wrath: but bring them up

in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. This is

not a casual charge. It’s serious. It’s not a responsibil-

ity that can be delegated to someone else.

Parents must be personally involved in the spiritual

life of their children. Do not assume everything is

fine because they are in church and attend a Chris-

tian school. It means that parents must be vigilant to

ensure that the most influential force in the spiritual

life of a child— the parent— is not surpassed or di-

minished by any other influence.

As kids mature, peers play a greater role in influenc-

ing young people. Yet, the active role of a guiding

parent needs to remain strong. That role cannot be

allowed to be lessened by peers, television, movies,

internet, Facebook, or whatever. There is nothing in

the Bible to suggest that the important parental role

is to be lessened. In fact, during the teen years, it

should be strengthened as the child moves to maturi-

ty but begins to face greater peer pressure to go

against what the Bible commands.

Do you mean Christian kids have issues with respect-

ing parents, maintaining purity of heart and mind,

and living a life pleasing to God? Sure they do. [And

judging from the way some children talk to their parents

when they used the office phone, some do not understand

what it means to honor their Mom and Dad.]

What does this ultimately mean? It means that par-

ents cannot abdicate their God-given role to provide

spiritual guidance and direction. Parents are not to

turn kids over to their peers or to their television-

computer-video game-movies-whatever. We simply

cannot allow these inputs to be the primary influence

of moral values. Teaching is value-laden and what

children are taught is what they become. If we allow

peers or anything to replace our influence, we should

not be surprised if our children turn out differently.

Having Fun: Put On Your Coaching Face The Redskins are having some... problems and recently the coach was spotted in

the newspaper looking like he had a severe case of indigestion. Can you spot the real coach? [Let the office know who had the best Shanahan Face. The student will win a prize. Cast your vote today!]

Having Fun: Put On Your Coaching Face The Redskins are having some... problems and recently the coach was spotted in

the newspaper looking like he had a severe case of indigestion. Can you spot the real coach? [Let the office know who had the best Shanahan Face. The student will win a prize. Cast your vote today!]

Great news! A cure has been found for colorblind male monkeys. Now it’s not like the

scientists put a monkey on the moon, but it’s still cool. Just think of how this advancement

will benefit the lives of … monkeys. Before this important discovery, the poor little critters

probably wore mismatched outfits and were made fun of in the jungle for their lack of col-

or coordination. But now, they can truly see colors and will have a greater sense of fash-

ion consciousness. Science truly does improve lives. Even when it’s a monkey’s life.

I found the story to be fascinating because I’m colorblind. When I was in college, I noticed

that people, particularly a girl in psychology class, kept telling me that I “did not match.” I

just thought this girl needed to get a life. I wore very bright, totally clashing colors all the time and was just happy about it, be-

cause I could see the colors. Well, I mean, I thought I could. I certainly saw something. Turns out, however, the matching

problem was all mine. [ In fact, this was the inspiration for the school’s annual Nerd Day, my favorite day of the year. ] Ironically,

the technical term for colorblindness is ‘Daltonism.’ Unbelieveable. Once I found out I was afflicted, it sure explained why I

was always mismatched. I always thought purple and blue were the same. Ditto for brown and green. What was the differ-

ence?

As I read the story, I was blown away at the names of the two squirrel monkeys that were used to “cure” colorblindness. One

was named “Sam.” And the other was named “Dalton.” I thought: ‘Now that’s really something. What are the odds that the two

monkeys would be named after my first and last name?’ I wondered if somehow the scientists were former students of mine:

“Ha, we’ll fix Dalton. We’ll name the monkeys after him!” But nope, just a strange coincidence. I’m just lucky like that. My kids,

scattered all over now, thought this was all very humorous. Ha! Dad has two monkeys named after him! Very funny.

I’ve said all of that nonsense to say this. We have no desire for anyone to be mismatched; the uniform solves that potential

problem anyway. But it would not hurt for all of us to be “colorblind” when it comes to the issue of race.

Our school is amazingly diverse. We have children with backgrounds from all over the world. It’s really a great thing. I’m al-

ways interested in finding out where everyone is from, because it is so interesting. And it’s wonderful to have so much diversity

in one small institution. TBS is MORE diverse than Fairfax County. We have the world covered. It’s awesome.

With those differences, however, there is always the potential for misunderstandings and hurt feelings. And because we are

sinners, kids will say things and do things they shouldn’t. But if there were any place that should be free of racial bias, com-

ments, or feelings of discrimination, guess what.Notes on Speech

Type of Audience

Nail down ODACS

That place ought to be a Christian school. Because if the Bible is our guide, then we should know that everyone is made in

the image of God. We must remember that God is not a respecter of persons, like His creatures do. We should be well aware

that every individual is a precious soul.

But these principles have to be taught at home. Obviously, we can reinforce them here, but “colorblindness” must come from

Mom and Dad if it is going to be passed on. We are not talking genetics here, but children “catch” attitudes more than they are

“taught.” If parents demonstrate love for all people — no matter what the color of their skin, then their children will pick it up.

And I really think our parents have done a good job with this overall, as a matter of fact. And for those wondering? “OK. What

happened?” The answer is: NOTHING. We just don’t want anything to happen.

In closing, I would like to thank our colorblind monkey friends “Sam” and “Dalton” for providing the inspiration for this article.

Now I was told that this article would not fly because... “You know, the parents will NEVER believe you because they will think

you made this up!”

In addition to teacher home visits, Mrs. Dalton and I also make home visits; so if you would like a “house call” please let us know. 703-437-7400

Yo.

Dr. Dalton

Great news! A cure has been found for colorblind male monkeys. Now it’s not like the

scientists put a monkey on the moon, but it’s still cool. Just think of how this advancement

will benefit the lives of … monkeys. Before this important discovery, the poor little critters

probably wore mismatched outfits and were made fun of in the jungle for their lack of col-

or coordination. But now, they can truly see colors and will have a greater sense of fash-

ion consciousness. Science truly does improve lives. Even when it’s a monkey’s life.

I found the story to be fascinating because I’m colorblind. When I was in college, I noticed

that people, particularly a girl in psychology class, kept telling me that I “did not match.” I

just thought this girl needed to get a life. I wore very bright, totally clashing colors all the time and was just happy about it, be-

cause I could see the colors. Well, I mean, I thought I could. I certainly saw something. Turns out, however, the matching

problem was all mine. [ In fact, this was the inspiration for the school’s annual Nerd Day, my favorite day of the year. ] Ironically,

the technical term for colorblindness is ‘Daltonism.’ Unbelieveable. Once I found out I was afflicted, it sure explained why I

was always mismatched. I always thought purple and blue were the same. Ditto for brown and green. What was the differ-

ence?

As I read the story, I was blown away at the names of the two squirrel monkeys that were used to “cure” colorblindness. One

was named “Sam.” And the other was named “Dalton.” I thought: ‘Now that’s really something. What are the odds that the two

monkeys would be named after my first and last name?’ I wondered if somehow the scientists were former students of mine:

“Ha, we’ll fix Dalton. We’ll name the monkeys after him!” But nope, just a strange coincidence. I’m just lucky like that. My kids,

scattered all over now, thought this was all very humorous. Ha! Dad has two monkeys named after him! Very funny.

I’ve said all of that nonsense to say this. We have no desire for anyone to be mismatched; the uniform solves that potential

problem anyway. But it would not hurt for all of us to be “colorblind” when it comes to the issue of race.

Our school is amazingly diverse. We have children with backgrounds from all over the world. It’s really a great thing. I’m al-

ways interested in finding out where everyone is from, because it is so interesting. And it’s wonderful to have so much diversity

in one small institution. TBS is MORE diverse than Fairfax County. We have the world covered. It’s awesome.

With those differences, however, there is always the potential for misunderstandings and hurt feelings. And because we are

sinners, kids will say things and do things they shouldn’t. But if there were any place that should be free of racial bias, com-

ments, or feelings of discrimination, guess what.Notes on Speech

Type of Audience

Nail down ODACS

That place ought to be a Christian school. Because if the Bible is our guide, then we should know that everyone is made in

the image of God. We must remember that God is not a respecter of persons, like His creatures do. We should be well aware

that every individual is a precious soul.

But these principles have to be taught at home. Obviously, we can reinforce them here, but “colorblindness” must come from

Mom and Dad if it is going to be passed on. We are not talking genetics here, but children “catch” attitudes more than they are

“taught.” If parents demonstrate love for all people — no matter what the color of their skin, then their children will pick it up.

And I really think our parents have done a good job with this overall, as a matter of fact. And for those wondering? “OK. What

happened?” The answer is: NOTHING. We just don’t want anything to happen.

In closing, I would like to thank our colorblind monkey friends “Sam” and “Dalton” for providing the inspiration for this article.

Now I was told that this article would not fly because... “You know, the parents will NEVER believe you because they will think

you made this up!”

In addition to teacher home visits, Mrs. Dalton and I also make home visits; so if you would like a “house call” please let us know. 703-437-7400

Yo.

Dr. Dalton