Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Spread the Word About... ... Activities A restless student impatiently looks at the clock. 3:53 p.m. at last! The final bell rings and 697 students rush out of class. After a few minutes the ringing of voices are only echoes of the day gone by. Where do these 697 students go after school? What occupies their time during those late afternoon hours? There are hundreds of answers. Some students hold part-time jobs, some go home and study. However, if one takes a closer look through the halls and classrooms of Minnehaha, one notices many activities still going on at school, such as club meetings and athletic practices. Organizations are an important part of student life, giving individuals the opportunity to exercise talents in areas other than graded courses. Students can usually find an organization that suits their interests and develop friendships while sharing those interests. 4 — Spread the Word

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Music Director Jon Larson leads students in King Jesus Is All. Treble choir sings for a Wednesday convocation. filling in for Rev. Paul Johnson, Chaplain ;Dan Bergstrom arranges for a convocation speaker. Using the almgory of a watch. Miss Barb Olson speaks to a campus room worship group about procrastination. Spread the Word — 3 Christ That doesn’t mean standing on street corners or risking death in the jungle to reach the heathen. Spreading the word about Christ is a daily occurence at Minnehaha, but it isn’t always done so obviously. It can be accomplished in more subtle, but just as important, ways. Christ’s message is spread through the lyrics of a choir song, a short prayer for a friend, a paper written for class, participation in a club or athletic team — or even through a smile in the hall. At Minnehaha Christ’s word is spread most obviously through the daily worship period spent in convocation, homeroom or the campus room, where speakers, students and faculty share their experiences and insights. Although Minnehaha Academy is owned and operated by the Covenant denomination, the student body comes from varied denominational backgrounds. This diversity has provided Minnehaha with a broad mix of students, yet there is a sense of unity in belief in Jesus Christ. The word is even spread beyond the school as over 200 alumni have become ministers and missionaries and hundreds more are lay readers and teachers.

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Brent Gustafson. Sarah Bullard. Caroline Cochran and Kari Teslow spending their lunch hour working out the answer to a physics problem before a test. Christi Cardenas studies psychology, one of her favorite classes because of Mr. Gary Leafblad’s teaching. Val McKay is tested to see how right and left-brained she is in a psychology class. . .. Academics Minnehaha is an educational arm of the Covenant Church. It seeks to provide a high quality secondary education from the perspective of the Christian faith. In doing so it assumes the obligations normally given to the state schools and, in addition, it carries those given to it by the Covenant. This fact makes Minnehaha unique among Christian schools in that the Covenant educational philosophy centers around “Test everything; hold fast what is good.” (I Thes. 5:21) Minnehaha provides a broad liberal education it believes is essential to the maturing of the Christian personality. Students are exposed to a realistic view of other standards and philosophies. The school's educational mission is to create an excitement for learning in an atmosphere where there is a conscientious search for truth and excellence. The student teacher ratio is approximately 17 1. Working closely with students, the faculty is able to share their professional knowledge, while offering friendship and support. An atmosphere such as this makes Minnehaha classrooms an enjoyable place to spread the Word. Spread the Word — 5