Bella's Bits

Hello everyone from Long Island Baptist Academy!  We're so excited for all the snow that's coming!  It is getting colder and colder outside (I'm sure you have noticed).  I love snow!  It's just so nice to look outside in the morning and see how beautiful it is!  We should be getting at least a foot tomorrow, January 12th!  Also, Mrs. Graf is starting a new series called, How to be Good.  She is teaching us wonderful character traits and, basically, how to be good!  I am so thankful that we have such wonderful teachers who take the time to teach us what to do.  I hope you all have a wonderful week -  Isabella

New Interview!

Click on the image to the left and you'll meet the creator of this amazing fish bowl ornament - it even had a REAL FISH swimming around inside!

LIBA Christmas Ornament Contest

 Hello - it's Bernie again.  Three days ago, the Christian Academy had an ornament contest.  There were so many creative ornaments that it was hard to choose which ones where the best!  Madison made a real gingerbread man which was coated with lacquer to make it last.  Megan made a silver sled with silver bells.  Brooke made a big, beautiful ornament out of red flowers and made them into a ball.  Everyone voted and the winners where announced.  Brooke, Megan, and Stephan where the winners!  Stephan's ornament was a glass bulb with a real live goldfish swimming around!  I guess everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit! I hope everyone will have a merry Christmas!  Bye for now, Bernie

Holiday Happenings! by Megan

Hello everyone!  We have some exciting upcoming events this week at LIBA.  On Tuesday, Dec. 14th, each student is baking two-dozen cookies and bringing them in to school.  Then every student gets to exchange their cookies among their classmates!

Also, on Wednesday of this week, all of the kids will bring in their favorite Christmas CD and we will listen to music while snacking on some old fashioned goodie bags.  And if that's not enough, we are also having an enjoyable breakfast on Thursday where we will be bringing in a beautifully wrapped Christmas ornament to exchange with another student!

All of these things just add so much fun and happiness to the school year!  We're grateful for all of these holiday happenings! posted by Megan

Hello everyone!  In our school, we have a thing that we do called, “If it’s raining it must be Monday.”  We have figured out that it has rained two Mondays of each moth so far since school started in September.  (Once it even snowed!)

On December 21st, the first day of winter, we are having a full moon.  A full moon has occurred only nine times on the first day of winter since 1783!  On that night, starting at about 1:15 a.m., we will also be having a lunar eclipse, when the earth’s shadow will be cast on the moon.  And on the 13th there will be a fantastic meteorite shower!  Thanks for reading, Bella