E-News Letter May 29, 2014

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OBA NEWSServing | Awards | Promotion and Graduation | Seniors

Awards, Recognition and Scholarships Many awards and recognitions were given as the 2013-14 school year wrapped up. !

At the High School Athletic Awards Assembly, student athletes in each sport were recognized. Students receiving OSSAA All-State Honors in athletics were Sydney Downing - volleyball; Adam Eaton - golf; Merritt Suenram - cross country; Chris Walker - track and football; Blaine Whitson - track and cross country. Blaine is the first male athlete at OBA to earn All-State Honors each year of high school. !

At the All School Academic and Arts Awards Assembly, students were acknowledged in each department. !

6th Grade Character Awards were given to: HaEun Lee, Zachary Schovanec 6th Grade Leadership Awards were given to: Ashley Benjamin, Nehemiah Noak!

46 high school students and 33 middle school students were Headmaster’s Highest Honor Scholars with a 4.0 grade point average first semester. !

Each of the 2014 seniors were announced, along with their plans for next year, and their scholarships and awards. The thirty-nine seniors received over $1,400,000 in scholarship offers. Some of their scholarships include: * PEO International Kay Weldon Scholarship; OSU Regents Scholar - Hannah Jackson * Folds of Honor Scholarship - Ally Moore * NOC Presidential Leadership Council - Carson Combest, Addi Shamburg * National Guard Scholarship @ SWOSU - Adrian Moore * OU Price College of Business Regent’s Academic Scholar - Andrew Johnson * Football Scholarship @ SNU - Kristian Stitt * Academic, Cross Country and Track Scholarship @ OBU - Blaine Whitson * Running Scholarship @ SNU - Merritt Suenram * Presidential Honor Scholarship and Music Scholarship @ Concordia University Irvine - Claire Brainard ! ! ! ! * Presidential Scholarship and Achievement Scholarship @ Bryan College - Chesney Brakhage * Chancellor’s Academic Scholarship @ John Brown University - Alison Friesen * Texas Education Grant, Competitive Non-Residential Tuition Waiver Scholarship, Texas A&M Academic Scholarship; Fisher Foundation Commissary Scholarship, Vance Officer Spouse’s Club Scholarship - Katie Irwin!

Serving!As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace.” I Peter 4:10!

Christ came not to be served, but to serve and pour out his life for others. OBA high school students accept the role of service in Christian education; it is a practice of privilege to learn to serve. !

This year our students served well over 6000 hours at local churches, at OBA and in the broader community. Some of the places and ways students served included:!

*Feed the Neighbors! ! *Kids Against Hunger *Horn of Plenty *Church choirs; Church music teams *Cleaning OBA classrooms and property *Fleece Friends *Relay for Life *Vacation Bible Schools *March of Dimes *Enid SPCA! ! ! *Church nursery, children’s classes *Mission Arlington, TX *Manuelito Children’s Home *ESL Classes *Camp Barnabas *Veterans Assistance *YMCA *Special Olympics *Nursing home ministry *Forgotten Ministries *Tornado clean-up *Loaves and Fishes *American Legion *Mission Trip to Poland *Mission Trip to Guatemala *Mission Trip to Niger *Mission Trip to Nicaragua *Mission Trip to Costa Rica

E-News Letter May 29, 2014

Promotion and Graduation The class of 2018 was promoted to high school on Friday, May 23 at 6:00 pm. OBA teacher Jay Mendenhall presented a challenge to the thirty-eight 8th graders. Mr. Caldwell presented seven students with Highest Academic Honors and eleven students with High Academic Honors. Mr. Paul Dunbar was honored as the Middle School Teacher of the Year by Preston Atwood, 2014-15 STUCO president.!

At the high school graduation, thirty-nine students entered the auditorium, greeted by nearly 900 family members and friends. The nine valedictorians each spoke as a part of the program. Claire Brainard and Hyunji Do welcomed the guests. !!Chesney Brakhage shared about the class verse, Psalm 23:4,

“Little did we know in seventh grade when we chose this verse how it would play out in our years here at OBA,” Chesney said. “We have gone through may valleys. Even though we have walked through the valley of the death of a loved on, even through we’ve walked through the valley of divorce, the valley of depression, of isolation, of hurt, of sickness - and even though we are walking through the valley of cancer, we have nothing to fear.” !!Mr. Caldwell presented the nine valedictorians with awards, as well as Andrea Messenger, salutatorian. These awards are standard based, rather than a competition. Mr. Boyd recognized the All State athletes as listed above as well as Brendon Arnold, Claire Brainard and Hyunji Do as All State musicians. Hannah Jackson, 2013-14 STUCO president, honored Mr. Clellie Richards as High School Teacher of the Year. Katie Irwin, Kevin Kim and Kevin Suderman presented the Class Reading.!!Hannah Jackson spoke about the school mission of equipping students to engage the world. From her experience serving in Niger, Africa she grew to understand that “there are many ways to engage the world, but the most important connection is heart to heart.” For Hannah in Niger, “there was nothing left to do but laugh and smile .. and even though words failed us, we related, we worked together, we connected.” !!Andrew Johnson spoke eloquently to his class, and those in attendance, reminding them that “God is good and you can trust Him.” The Christian character awards were chosen by the senior class and faculty and presented to Brendon Arnold - Daniel Award for leadership, Chesney Brakhage - Solomon Award for wisdom, Addi Shamburg - Job Award for perseverance, and Brooklyn Wiens - Timothy Award for a servant’s heart. !!Class diplomas were awarded by Brian Atwood, president of the OBA Board. Brendon Arnold led those gathered in the OBA Alma Mater, including a doxological verse that he penned. Students exited to the Centennial Gym for a receiving line to the cheers and congratulations of all in attendance. !!OBA 2014 graduates are pictured on the following pages along with their plans for next year. We pray God’s direction, grace and blessing over each of their lives.

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Dates to Note

August 4 - Registration Day; Athletic Physicals; Fall Sport Team Meetings for Parents

August 7 - New Teachers Report

August 11-12 - Teacher Inservice

August 11 - New Family Orientation - 6:30 pm

August 13 - 2014-15 School year first day of school

August 25 - Curriculum Night - 6:30 pm

August 28-29 - MS Outing - STUCO

September 5 - First home HS football game w/ Fairview

October 3/4 - Football Homecoming and Benefit Auction

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Brendon Arnold is an appointee to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. The last USAF appointee from OBA was Timothy Cox, class of 2002.

E-News Letter May 28, 2014

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Nicole Aguirre University Central

Oklahoma - Edmond

Brendon Arnold United States Air Force Academy

Michon Austin Northern Oklahoma College - Stillwater

Claire Brainard Concordia University

Irvine, CA

Chesney Brakhage Bryan College,

Dayton, TN

Madison Camp Oklahoma State

University

Jessica Carpenter Northern Oklahoma College - Stillwater

Carson Combest Northern Oklahoma

College - Enid

Kassadi Cronkhite Oklahoma State

University

Joel Desecottier Mid-American

Christian University

Hyunji Do University of

California San Deigo

Sydney Downing Oklahoma University

Norman

Adam Eaton Wheaton College

Wheaton, IL

Alison Friesen John Brown

University - Arkansas

Chase Hardin Northern Oklahoma College - Tonkawa

Cailey Henderson KIVU Gap Year

International Ministry

Katie Irwin Texas A&M University

Hannah Jackson Oklahoma State

University

Andrew Johnson Oklahoma University

Norman

Bosung Kim Oklahoma State

University

E-News Letter May 28, 2014

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Kevin Kim University of Texas

Austin, TX

Andrea Messenger University of Central Oklahoma - Edmond

Adrian Moore US National Guard

SWOSU Weatherford

Allyson Moore University of Central Oklahoma - Edmond

Wyatt Morrow United States

Navy

Desiree Olsen Oklahoma State

University - OKC

Jaid Owen Internship at Bridgeway

Church, OKC

Logan Palmer Northern Oklahoma

College - Enid

Taylor Paul Oklahoma State

University

Crystal Sawicki Northern Oklahoma

College - Enid

Addi Shamburg Northern Oklahoma

College - Enid

Marisa Smith Southwestern State

University

Kristian Stitt Southern Nazarene University - Bethany

Kevin Suderman Oklahoma University

- Norman

Merritt Suenram Southern Nazarene

University

Chris Walker Oklahoma State

University

Blaine Whitson Oklahoma Baptist

University - Shawnee

Brooklyn Wiens John Brown

University - Arkansas

Nicole Wilcoxen Oklahoma State

University - OKC