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By Emily S.
AOA hosted a series of Open
Houses the last week of September.
The Open Houses were started as
opportunities for students and parents
to be introduced to new things that are
going on in the AOA community and to
meet their teachers. During the first
Open House of the week, students
were given opportunities to enter into
rooms with their teachers for what in a
brick and mortar school would be
known as ?meet the teacher?. All three
Open Houses covered topics such as
the new Bible requirement, which
requires students to take one
semester of Bible per year; AOA?s new
Honor Roll, which acknowledges
4.0/A/B students quarterly; Counselor
Cafe?s, a way for student of the same
ages and grades to meet one another
in a safe atmosphere with the school
counselors; along with ways to meet
teachers.
3)If you could pass any wisdom to
your students, what would it be and why?
Take advantage of the good teachings of your
family, especially if your family teaches you
about Christ. I learned a lot of my Bible from
my dad reading the Bible.
4)What is one talent or skill you
possess that your students would be
surprised to know about you? I create
planters for my wife?s flowers. We have a stock
tank planter in our backyard.
5)As a child, what was your favorite
Bible verse? What is your favorite Bible verse
now? As a child, John 3:16 was my favorite
Bible verse because I was taught in Bible
school to put my name in the verse. Now, my
favorite Bible verse is Luke 12:48. With that
Bible verse, I realized I had been given so
much from a spiritual heritage, and I thought I
should give back from the same area.
Mr . Bouwman
By Monica A.
Mr. Bouwman is a teacher at Alpha
Omega Academy. He learned about AOA from
his mother-in-law after she saw their
advertisement, and she told him and his wife
about it. Since then, Mr. Bouwman has been a
beloved AOA Bible teacher.
1)When you were a child, what did
you want to be when you grew up? I thought
I was going to be a farmer. I went away from
home to a technical school, and there I
realized how much I had received from the
Lord and as a Christian from my parents. I felt
that God wanted me to work in the area of
ministry.
2)What would you say is the best
piece of advice you have ever been given?
Always make time for the Word of God.
6)What is one thing you have always
wanted to learn? How to decipher what my
wife really means in contrast to what she says.
7)How did you spend your last
vacation? I spent it at a lake cottage in
Wisconsin with my three married sons and my
seven grandchildren. We tried fishing, but we
didn?t catch any fish.
8) What would be the perfect way to
spend your weekend? The perfect way to
spend your weekend would be doing some sort
of service project with family members and
worshiping the Lord.
9)If you could have any superpower,
what would it be and why? The power to get
all of my work done with time to spare because
I?m slower than some, and I have a lot of work.
10)What do you love most about
AOA? I think that Bible teachers have a great
advantage through the service projects that are
in the Bible courses. We see what students
across the world are doing, and in grading we
sometimes get to dialogue with students about
serious faith questions. Those are the things I
love the most: just seeing what kids are doing
and what they think.
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