If anyone ever tells you that Spring Hill Christian Academy has the best-behaved, most talented students in all of Spring Hill, you had better believe them! Last Thursday and Friday I had the privilege of accompanying 13 students from 3rd to 8th grade down to Palm Beach, Florida where they competed against some of Florida's best and brightest students. To be honest, we thought this would be a good learning experience for the young people. We were pleasantly surprised at the results, so I thought I'd share them with you so can rejoice with them, too! Here they are:
• Elementary Instrumental Ensemble (Ashley Banas, Abby Meeker, Bobbi Harrison, Juliana Maldonado, Miguel Reyes) – 1st Place
• Alex Stidd, 4th Grade Percussion Solo – 1st Place
• Jordan Osborn, 6th Grade Monochromatic Drawing – 1st Place
• Luz Santiago, 6th Grade Female Vocal Solo – 2nd Place
• Carson Nelson, 7th Grade Classical Piano Solo – 2nd Place
• Dina Ashmore, 8th Grade Crafts – 2nd Place
• Ashley Lawrence, 6th Grade Crafts (origami) – 3rd Place
The trip took about 5 hours each way. I have to say how much I enjoyed these young people. They were on-time to everything, well-behaved, and very respectful throughout the entire trip. They encouraged and cheered for each other even if someone wasn't pleased with their own performance. Of course, their humor kept us laughing throughout each day!
To all of you parents, thank you for allowing your young ones to attend this trip. I'm sure you've heard all about it already, but I know it meant a lot to them to be able to attend. You've obviously done a great job in training them, because we had absolutely no discipline issues the entire time. You certainly have a lot to be proud of!
While we all learned much about how these competitions are structured, I hope next year we will have more students participate and we'll be able to bring even more success stories home! This could be the beginning of more great things for SHCA!
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