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DC Elementary Raise $1,805 for MVWC
Dayton Christian Elementary students raised $1,805 for the Miami Valley Women's Center. Mrs. Cindy Good, from the MVWC, is shown above with students Arlene Hobson (4th grade) and Olivia Holtz (2nd grade) as she does a presentation on "The Miracle of Life" during DCE chapel this week.
Mrs. Wood's 4th grade class earned top prize for being the class with the highest donation amount. The student's shared many stories of sacrifice and hard work in order to give to this worthy cause. We are certain that God will take this offering and multiply it in the lives of our children and in the lives that will be touched through the Miami Valley Women's Center.
International Science & Engineering Fair Results
More astounding news from our Science department:
We were thrilled to learn in March that three Dayton Christian High School students were among the four students chosen to participate in the International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, CA from the Montgomery County Science Day. To our knowledge this has only been done once before in the history of MCSD (by Carroll High School).
Michael Gord and Shannon Bidwell were chosen as finalists and Kevin Henkel was an alternate. The students took advantage of this great opportunity to learn from the other 56 different countries represented along with outstanding projects.
Shannon and Kevin have come back with lots of enthusiasm and more ideas. Michael Gord won 2nd place Grand Award and 1st place for the Army award both in the area of Chemistry. He too has lots of new ideas for next year. All three students represented DCS well and worked extremely hard.
Strong Showing at Ohio State Science Day
Dayton Christian High School had 11 high schoolers participate in the Ohio State Science Day in Columbus on May 9, 2010. Each and every student received a superior ratings. We are very proud of them. Here is a list of the students and their project titles:
Shannon M Bidwell
Grade 9
Abigail I Booher
Grade 11, Project Title: Shapes and sounds: Related or not?
Olivia R Booher
Grade 11, Project Title: Minimizing residue on contact lenses
Hannah R Combs
Grade 10, Project Title: Can this you remember? Sentence inversion and information retention
Roman X Fleetwood
Grade 9, Project Title: Stabilizing a vessel through keel design
Michael A Gord
Grade 11, Project Title: Millimeter-wave and terahertz radiation for standoff chemical sensing and threat detection: Phase IV
Kevin D Henkel
Grade 9, Project Title: The science of a slick bottom
Vincent R Kurtz
Grade 9, Project Title: Which animal manure produces the most usable methane gas?
Sean C Maynor
Grade 9, Project Title: Color Effects
Taylor A Rodenfels
Grade 10, Project Title: Aerobic vs aneaerobic landfills
Carissa L Wilson
Grade 10, Project Title: Which natural biodegradable plastic has the optimum rate of degradation?
XCHS Track Team Places 2nd in MBC
Congratulations to the XCHS Track & Field team for its success at the Metro Buckeye Conference meet on May 14, 2010. The girls' team had an awesome meet and took 2nd place in the Conference!
We would also like to give special recognition to the individual athletes that were named to the 1st Team All-Conference based on its performance. On the boy's side, Senior Daniel Issacs took home this honor; while Bethany Norman (freshman), Michalea Nelson (freshman), and Loria Williams (junior) all had this honor on the girl's side.
Congratulations to DCHS' 2010 Valedictorians and Salutatorians!
Valedictorians
Chris Hsu 
Brad Girdwood
Nicole Bryant 
Emily Neal
Salutatorians
Shaina Logemann 
Iva Memaj
Bryan Grove 
Elise Herzing
Congratulations to XCHS' 2010 Valedictorians and Salutatorians!
Valedictorians
Ji Yun Han 
Chelsea Rowland
Amy Williams 
Katie Williams
Salutatorians
Rebecca Hamilton 
Erica Kacho
Matthew McKinley 
Hannah Mohler
Dillon Simmons
Greene County Dailies features XCHS Tennis
The following article appeared in the May 7, 2010 edition of the Greene County Dailies:
Tennis roundup: XC tennis beats Xenia for sixth straight victory
Friday, May 07, 2010
XENIA - The Xenia Christian Ambassadors defeated Xenia on Thursday by a score of 5-0 for their sixth-straight victory.
At first singles Jason Holloway (XC) defeated Coy 6-2, 6-3; at second singles Jared Holloway (XC) defeated Nunez 6-3, 6-4; and at third singles David McNeely (XC) defeated Hawker 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. The junior McNeely improved his record at third singles to 11-5 on the season.
In doubles Panosian and Thomas (XC) defeated Kessenger and Ahmouda 7-5, 6-4 and Branam and Stout (XC) defeated Greene and Grieve 6-4, 6-4.
With this win the second doubles team of senior Ryan Branam and freshman Tyler Stout improved their record to 11-4 for the season.
The Ambassadors are now 11-5 while Xenia drops to 9-10. The Ambassadors' next match is on Friday at home against Yellow Springs.
Panera "Rising Above" Award Goes to XCS Teacher
Congratulations to XCHS Jessica Smith (Class of 2012) on her winning entry in Panera Bread's "Rising Above Award." Any student in Ohio and Kentucky was eligible to enter an essay on a teacher who "rises above the rest." Jessica wrote her essay on XCHS Science Teacher Van Holloway and why he deserved this award. For authoring the essay, Jessica will receive several prizes and Mr. Holloway will accept a $500 grant on behalf of the Science Department at XCHS. Here's Jessica's entry:
Mr. Holloway is not your everyday science teacher. He continually creates fresh and innovative ways to transform an often difficult and sometimes boring subject into a fun and exciting class; one I actually look forward to every day. Just to keep things exciting, he often stops right in the middle of a lesson to have the class play one of his crazy made-up games like “Ming Mang Mung” or “The Ring Game”. He always seems to find ways to help students bring their grades up and takes the extra time to ensure that everyone truly understands the material. On many days, you will find him at lunchtime going over a lesson with struggling students. Mr. Holloway’s passion is absolutely infectious; he is known by all as the loudest, most enthusiastic, teacher in the hallway. Mr. Holloway is not only passionate about keeping our class fresh and exciting, he also volunteers his time coaching the boys’ and girls’ varsity tennis teams in the spring and
ministering to the youth at the Juvenile Detention Center each week. Mr. Holloway’s spontaneity, innovation, passion, and commitment to all of his students and the community prove he “rises above” the rest.
4th Annual XCS Wall of Prayer
Xenia Christian Ministry Update
Throughout the year our student body has been engaged in raising awareness for several different organizations as well as responding with generosity to financial needs.
• National Honor Society challenged the students to raise $500 for the International Justice Mission (www.ijm.org) and Grace Haven House (www.gracehavenhouse.org) using the slogan "Your Change 4 Their Change". The students rallied and raised an amazing $783.58.
• "Kans for Kids" - this ongoing aluminum recycling project to benefit Greater Grace Orphanage (www.greatergraceorphanage.org) in Nigeria has contributed over $160.00 to date.
• The 8th grade class collected $207.25 for Haiti earthquake relief. We praise the Lord for students who are "doers of the Word and not hearers only". (James 1:22)