The Dayspring Blog

Israel Is the Culmination of a Dayspring Education It’s hard to say how many other schools in America incorporate a visit to Israel as the culminating field study of their students’ education. Too, it would be one thing to set down in the Holy Land for a sight-seeing tour. It is another matter entirely to […]

Got Rhetoric? It would be a good question to ask if you’re choosing a school for your child(ren). Many people these days aren’t familiar with rhetoric as an academic subject. When I say I teach it, eyes often glaze over with tell-tale unfamiliarity. In response, I provide a synonym: speech. “Oh, speech,” they say, “why […]

“Oh my gosh, Mom, I was so bored in school today. It was oration presentation day and I thought I was going to die!” These are actual (only slightly paraphrased) words spoken several years ago by my Dayspring high school daughter. The dramatic flair was tinged with humor, but the struggle was real. My reply? […]

Just prior to graduation each year, Dayspring seniors visit Israel as their culminating field study. This year, several staff members made the journey as well. Leslie Schmucker, director of the school’s P139 program, was one of them. In this blog, she outlines how our students can experience the fascination of the Holy Land in four […]

The transition from high school to college or a career can be tough if a student has not been adequately prepared. Equipping students to make this transition is a priority at Dayspring Christian Academy. We do this through a unique class in our students’ junior year — Apprenticeship Class. The students focus on spiritual, academic, […]

The students in Mr. Fleetman’s 10th-grade Introduction to Art class participated in a debate on February 8, 2017 about President Trump’s proposition to defund the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In recent years, the NEA had been associated with many works of art that can be deemed questionable to the average art critic. President […]