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Eighth Grader Wins National Spelling Bee
Colorado Springs, Colo.—May 17, 2013—The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) is pleased to announce that a student from South San Francisco won the 2013 ACSI National Spelling Bee. Leon Tsai, an eighth grader at Hillside Christian Academy (South San Francisco, Calif.), won the bee last weekend in Dallas, Texas.
Tsai, son of Ronnie and Hanna Tsai, was one of 42 fifth through eighth grade students who qualified from among about 14,000 ACSI elementary and junior high students at district and regional competitions.
At the national bee May 11, Tsai won an iPad and a gift card to purchase applications for it. He also participated in a tour of the Kennedy Museum along with the other National Spelling Bee participants and their families.
Hillside Christian Academy is a pre-K–8 ACSI member school with about 80 students. The school serves a diverse student population from all over the Bay Area.
This was ACSI’s 25th national spelling bee.
ACSI, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., is comprised of nearly 24,000 member Christian schools in more than 100 nations. ACSI is a leader in strengthening Christian schools and equipping Christian educators worldwide, providing services through a network of 28 regional offices. The organization accredits Protestant pre-K–12 schools.
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ACSI Launches Career Center
Colorado Springs, Colo.—April 25, 2013—Today the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) launched the ACSI Career Center, a new online job board designed to connect employers and talent in the Christian education industry. Job seekers may access the new page at www.ChristianEducatorJobs.com.
“Providing our members with opportunities for professional development, networking and career growth are core to our mission,” said Dr. Dan Egeler, acting president of ACSI. “The ACSI Career Center is already populated with a large number of relevant jobs and offers powerful tools to expose jobs that simply don’t exist anywhere else to education professionals.”
The service is free of charge for job seekers who agree with the ACSI statement of faith. ACSI’s employment marketplace distinguishes itself from generalist job boards in a number of ways, including a highly targeted focus on education employment opportunities and the ability for job seekers to use anonymous resume posting and job applications.
ACSI, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., is comprised of nearly 24,000 member Christian schools in more than 100 nations. ACSI is a leader in strengthening Christian schools and equipping Christian educators worldwide, providing services through a network of 28 regional offices. The organization accredits Protestant pre-K–12 schools.
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ACSI Commends Teacher for Heroism
Colorado Springs, Colo.—April 22, 2013—An Ohio teacher will undergo surgery tomorrow so she can donate her kidney to a young student. Wendy Killian, a fourth-grade teacher at Mansfield Christian School (Mansfield, Ohio), recently volunteered to be an organ donor for first grader Nicole Miller. Miller suffers from a genetic disorder that has weakened her one kidney over time.
Mansfield Christian is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).
“We’re proud to represent schools that have quality teachers like Wendy Killian,” said Taylor Smith, Jr., senior vice president for ACSI USA. “Her loving care for Nicole Miller literally goes beyond the classroom and is an amazing example of the kinds of teachers at ACSI member schools across the nation. We commend Wendy for her heroic sacrifice.”
The surgery will take place in Cleveland, Ohio.
Linda Hoeflich, the elementary principal at Mansfield Christian School, said news about the surgery has spread as far as Great Britain.
“With all the news media and all that’s happening around this surgery, it has been a wonderful open door to share the love of Jesus,” Hoeflich said. “We just sit in awe of how the Lord has a way of glorifying himself though mere human beings.”
ACSI, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., is comprised of nearly 24,000 member Christian schools in more than 100 nations. ACSI is a leader in strengthening Christian schools and equipping Christian educators worldwide, providing services through a network of 28 regional offices. The organization accredits Protestant pre-K–12 schools.
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