Nationally-renowned Speaker Tells It Like It Is

Audiences nationwide have heard her speak on today’s ethical and character development challenges. On April 22, STACEY DEWITT, addressed Internet challenges that students and adults face today as she spoke to junior and senior high students at GACS. Numerous parents were also in attendance.

“Technology offers an enormous power, so you as teens must learn to self-manage; you must learn to self-check,” DeWitt told students.

DEWITT is a documentary producer, CEO and child advocate who appears on local and national television and has published print and media which include her real life stories and her passion about connecting with kids in the 21st century.

“If you don’t remember anything else I say today, remember these three points,” DEWITT urged students.

1. If you wouldn’t say or show something to your own mother, don’t say or show it on Facebook or through other technologies.

2. Everyone has an internal radar. If your internal radar causes you to doubt or worry about what you’re about to do, don’t do it.

3. Finally, YOU decide who YOU are going to be. Realize that constant self-management is critical. Your use of technology affects you not just physically, but emotionally and socially as well.

DEWITT advised students to think twice before making quick decision which could have lasting, negative consequences on their lives. “You (students) know about technology, but we (parents/adults) know about life,” suggested DEWITT. She urged teens to trust the experience and knowledge of their parents.

Thank you, STACEY DEWITT, for sharing your experiences, your knowledge, and your compassion with students, teachers, and parents at Greater Atlanta Christian.

If It’s October, It’s Frog Hollow Time

SATURDAY, October 3rd is Frog Hollow. The most FUN fundraiser of the year, maybe even compared to our nationally-renowned magazine sale.  If you haven’t gone to Frog Hollow before, this time is definitely where you want to be on Saturday.  Even Mr. Brad Denton (High School English Teacher) is getting into the action.  He says, “Taking the kids this year will be fun!”  If Mr. Denton approves, it should be really good!

Remember that there is an awesome silent auction where you can get all the items you thought sounded interesting such as books and T-shirts you can wear on Fridays.  There will be food and all sort of activities for all ages.

What’s neat about this annual festival, also, is that it attracts many people from the community who are not already part of the GAC Family.

Don’t miss the action on Saturday!  It’s what everyone will be talking about next week!

Day in the Life of a Camp Counselor

KIDS running around playing tag and jail, the whistle blowing to signal flag time, trying to get through forty-five names, and singing silly songs. This is the way one passes the time at the day camp at Bay View, a close-knit, summer community in Michigan, for Fawns (five and six year old boys and girls)…until the next activity starts.

The job of a camp counselor for five and six year old boys and girls involves being crazy and being responsible at the same time. A counselor during the morning helps the campers with activities such as crafts, constantly being with kids during the activity, explaining directions, and of course getting ready for…SNACK! Every day a “cookie monster” brings a snack for the campers and if any snacks are left over, the leaders get some…yum.

When morning is over, thirty minutes of lunch is followed by tennis lessons with levels two, three, and JD on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and levels one and four on Tuesday and Thursday. Don’t forget about the raffle on Friday! Level one involves dropping balls and trying not to get whacked in the hand…or bombarded by kids throwing tennis balls, flamingo, and jail. Level two involves dropping at the baseline, flamingo, and jail. Level three involves forehands and backhands and single’s champ. Level four involves doubles champ and singles champ. JD involves singles champ, serving, service champ, and doubles champ…BOTH GONE!

While being a camp counselor is fun (and it looks good on one’s college application), it’s also exhausting, working from eight to three five days a week, and sometimes later to earn extra cash. If you talk to the counselors at Bay View, not one would say he or she wished they did something else. Nothing replaces seeing the joy on the campers’ faces when they perfect something or just have an awesome day at the club.