This year at Loganville Christian Academy, we have prioritized authentic learning experiences in our middle school elective courses. In addition to offering new courses in technology, engineering, art, agriculture, and financial literacy, we have had to rethink how we evaluate students when their learning is grounded in hands-on and project-based experiences. This has led us to prioritize specific learning skills that we want our students to practice and master in these courses.

Considering it was the first competition that LCA’s TSA Team had ever participated in, the results were beyond expectations when they placed 3rd in the Engineering Design division, qualifying for Nationals in Washington, D.C. in late June.

Parenting is hard. How do you know the right things to do with the new technology that keeps arriving on the market? Do you ever feel like our parents had it so much easier? The truth is there are “new” things for each generation to figure out. . . . As parents with limited time, energy, and money, how in the world can we stay on top these overwhelming and constant changes without losing our sanity? LCA would like to partner with you on this journey, as we explore the risks, trends, and guardrails you can set to responsibly and actively protect your family while leveraging technology for good.

LCA third graders marked the first day of spring with a day in Monroe.

LCA is pleased to participate in the annual Student Art Show of Walton County. This year the Monroe Walton Center for the Arts is hosting three separate art shows. The dividing of the shows makes it possible to showcase more students’ artwork from schools around Walton County.

Our LCA third graders hosted their annual poetry cafe on Valentine’s Day of this year. The cafe culminates the hard work the students have put in writing poetry since the beginning of the school year. In preparation, the students read and studied different types of poetry styles and elements with Mrs. Cote and Mrs. Echols. They were each able to write and publish more than ten different original poems that they collected in their notebooks.

Almost everyone in the LCA family has been touched in some way by Martha Caulk, the Lodge receptionist . . . and the basketball gatekeeper. Below are just a few staff testimonials that circled recently, which are representative of what every staff member could say about her. At LCA we believe that God is writing every story and that everyone’s story is significant.

Join LCA in welcoming Head Coach Stewart and Assistant Coach Snowden!

After changing my major a couple times, I am now doing Information Technology with a concentration in Systems and Security. I chose this major after attending a Women in Technology Boot Camp at GGC. I immediately fell in love with programming and IT! I applied to be a Student Ambassador and went through an interview process and was selected. Applying to be an ambassador is one of the greatest decisions I’ve ever made! 

Congratulations to all of the boys varsity players as they continue to the state championship bracket. We are so proud of you! And at LCA, sports are about more than winning and losing. The Gwinnett Citizen posted an article in December 2018 entitled "Coaching Basketball to Instill Life-Long Lessons," featuring Coach Mark Davis.

Loganville Christian Academy sponsored a Daddy and Me Bowling event at Stars and Strikes in Loganville for our Lower School students on Saturday, February 9. The event was a success with quality time spent with many dads and their sons and daughters while getting to know other dads in the LCA family.

Recently, our pre-K class has been using a STEM lab to create bubbles using soap and air, they have learned about color and water adhesion using a “jumping rainbows” activity, and they have used basic ingredients to create a snow storm. LCA is excited to be able to introduce STEM as early as Pre-K and build on that through high school.

LCA would like to welcome Miss Puchta, a student teacher in Mrs. Lambert’s second grade classroom.

Each year the seniors complete a Game of Life project where they are taught in economics to compile a year-long budget while looking at careers, paychecks, taxes, mortgages, car loans, etc. The project focuses on the practical side of life so that LCA graduates can be well-equipped to navigate their lives post high school. This year, the first piece of the project was an extensive career search using YouScience aptitude tests.

Reading inspires creativity! On Wednesday, January 16, the Pre-K through 3rd grade students at LCA enjoyed a visit from Kenneth and Sarah Jane Wright. They are a husband/wife team of an author (Kenneth) and illustrator (Sarah Jane) who read their latest release Lola Dutch When I Grow Up to the students. 

The dual enrollment program at Loganville Christian Academy enables high school students to participate in dual enrollment classes with Truett-McConnell College. This pursuit of postsecondary coursework allows students to receive dual high school and college credit in the areas of College Algebra, American Literature, American Government, and English Composition. LCA students are able to graduate with up to thirty-six hours of college credit.

As someone who works and lives with middle schoolers, I spend a lot of time observing kids as they make the difficult transition from child to teen. One adolescent milestone is an increased focus on how they are perceived by their peers, which leads to new learning opportunities and challenges. This intense social awareness can cause kids to avoid experiences in which they might not succeed, but failure is vital to the learning process.