schools
november5
Faith West Offers Christian Education for Students
For the first time in over 30 years Banks
Christian Academy didn’t open their doors to a
new school year this past fall. The doors didn’t re-
main shut however, as Faith Bible Christian School
(FBCS) was able to meet with church and school
leaders to continue operations and start the 2015
school year.
Expanding FBCS to the Vernonia/Banks
area was not something that was part of any specific
plan. “Keeping Christian education in the com-
munity was extremely important to us and we are
thrilled to be able to offer a high quality Christian
education in such a great community,” explained
Faith’s Superintendent Kevin Rex about his re-
sponse upon hearing that BCA was closing,
Faith Bible now has three campuses with the
addition of the Faith West campus. It is that existing
infrastructure that is already in place that aids in pro-
viding students at Faith West with so many more op-
portunities than ever before.
Students will now be able to continue their
education in high school at the Hillsboro campus and
a bus route has been established from Vernonia to help
with transportation needs for parents and students. The
administration has aligned the Faith West curriculum
and instructional strategies to those of the other cam-
puses and adopted extra-curricular activities to further
student involvement.
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opportunity to receive their education from a Bibli-
cal worldview. The objective of FBCS is to train
up children in the way they should go and to serve
others in their community.
FBCS will be hosting a Preview Night at all
three campuses in early November. This is a great
opportunity for interested families to tour the cam-
pus and meet teachers and coaches. (You can refer-
ence the ad in this issue of Vernonia’s Voice on page
8 for times and locations.)
Faith Bible’s PK - 8th grade campus in Aloha
provides Faith West students the opportunity to play
sports, go on annual school retreats to the coast, attend
outdoor school, and attend field trips together. There
is also a bus route through Vernonia, North Plains and
Banks to Faith West.
“It is really great to see all the campuses come
together and become one big family,” says Faith’s mar-
keting director Eddie Kirkpatrick. “As you talk to stu-
dents and faculty at Faith there is an excitement and
ongoing anticipation about all the things God is doing.”
Kirkpatrick added that financial aid is avail-
able to qualifying families so that every student has an
Lady Loggers Make
Playoffs - Miss Chance
for State Tournament
The Vernonia Lady
Loggers ended their season
with a loss in the first round of
the state playoffs, falling 0-3 to
Bonanza.
The Lady Loggers
ended their season in third
place in the Northwest League
following 3-0 playoff wins over
both Nestucca and Gaston.
ranked 11 th in 2A.
This season marked
the fifth year in a row that head
coach Teresa Williams has led
the Lady Loggers into the state
playoffs.
At the conclusion of
the league playoffs, seniors
Sarah Smith, Paige Smith and
Mckenzie Titus were named
The Lady Loggers First Team All League, and
finished with a 15-7 overall senior Kassidy Fetch was named
record and a 10-2 league record. Honorable Mention.
They entered the state playoffs
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