Photo Time :)

   I have started photographing Seniors for the yearbook, we are blessed to have a beautiful village with great natural surroundings to photograph in.    Today I photographed the middle schoolers each grade and individuals.  Below is a photograph the Vice Principal took of me setting up the 8th graders for their class photo.  You really cannot tell from this angle, but the background is a cow field.  Some of the classes have cows right out side their windows,  not the usual distraction while at school!

GemStone Media short video

Last June Andrew got to be a small part of making this video about a young French girl.  Why I Live: The Sabrina Kebli Story.  It's done !

Fall Party

The  high school starts the year off with a fall party.  Each year there is a theme and students and staff come dressed in costumes.  This years theme was heroes and villains.  I set up a photo booth for everyone to get their photos taken & then posted them so the students could all enjoy them.  Here are a few photos from the events. 

 Some of the heroes and Villians that one best costumes.

 Price is right game

Whipped Cream Pie toss...... guess who is the one on the left?

Matt with our school mascot :)

Middle Schoolers Chill'n

   Middle School kicks off the year with games on the first Friday once school starts.  This year the weather was beautiful as the grades 5-8 gathered on Ken's Court to play games and run crazy !

Dorm Subbing

   Well, we have started back at HBR as dorm subs again this year.  On Thursday nights we will spend the evening at a boys dorm for dinner, help with homework, lunch prep for the next day, making HBR's famous chocolate chip cookies, laundry, breakfast prep & anything else that might come up !   We are glad to spend the night with these boys so that the dorm parents can have a much needed night off.  This will be our 5th year at HBR and have watched these boys grow into great young men !

Making a breakfast casserole for the morning.

Spiritual Emphasis Week

This week is Spiritual Emphasis Week at Black Forest Academy. Please pray that God would move in powerful ways in the hearts and lives of our students as well as in our own. Please pray in particular for those students who have not yet chosen to follow Him.

Opening Ceremonies 2014

  Opening day at BFA is filled with emotion.  It's the first time many students have seen each other since June and they are all eager to catch up.   It's a time when parents leave their students in the care of our dorm staff and community until Christmas.  It's the anticipation of a new school year and what it will be like.    It's also a big change to many new students that arrive from other countries and cultures.  Many faces change each year here,  so there is a lot of newness even if you have been here for years.

 Students lining up for the procession of flags.

 Rob giving the seniors their challenge for the year.

 Rob ( High School Principal)  Scott ( Director of Schools at BFA)  Eric(High School Vice- Principal)

Us with our first HS senior, Andrew!

Indwelling

This year's theme for the school year is indwelling.  Our students will investigate what it means to have the Living God dwelling with in us.

Here is our Chaplain staring to unpack the theme with our staff before school begins.

 These banners will hang in our Auditorium.