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The officers and trustees of NAUMS, Inc. are privileged to announce that two representatives from Rise and Shine Nursery and Primary School of Rwanda want to come to the 2020 UMSI Summit, but they need your help! The Republic of Rwanda, one of the smallest countries in Central Africa, is home to slightly more than…
Read moreThe latest enhancement to UMSI’s menu of member school benefits comes from our newest corporate member, PeopleCheck, Inc. PeopleCheck, Inc. was established by a UMSI school administrator in 2003. The company’s all-Christian staff focuses on helping Christian schools, churches, and other non-profit organizations screen the backgrounds of applicants for teaching, coaching, administrative, and volunteer positions….
Read moreTexas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) held its 2019-2020 State Basketball Tournament in West, Texas during the last week of February. Four UMSI schools participated: Kingdom Preparatory Academy of Lubbock, Coram Deo Academy of Plano and Flower Mound, Faith Academy of Marble Falls, and Legacy Preparatory Christian Academy of The Woodlands. The…
Read moreI recently met with an outspoken student to discuss her social media presence and cell phone usage on campus. Frustrated with our school’s policies related to cell phones, she declared, “I just don’t think this school, or my parents, have a right to tell me what to do or what my character should be like….
Read moreIn Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey compared two attitudes. First, the “Scarcity Mentality” depicts the world as a pie–although Covey failed to delineate whether the pie was apple, peach, or chocolate. Rather, Covey described this pie as finite. Therefore, if one person receives a larger piece of the pie, everyone else gets…
Read moreBy Bart Cannon In an address before Congress, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) identified the mindset that he believes saddled the United States with nearly $20 trillion in debt: “The Dinosaur Syndrome: Big hearts, small brains.”1 Sen. Paul’s catchy descriptor left nothing to the imagination. I snickered as I envisioned Capitol Hill swarming with brontosaurus from every state in the nation clad in white dress shirts, business suits, and black patent leather shoes. Then, my blood began to…
Read moreBy: Megan Sponseller In September 2018, four weeks were under our belts, and we were off to a great start with our parents trained, students into their respective classroom routines, and teachers hitting their strides. This new school year was extra special, because of our new building, increased student population, and renewed zeal. Even so,…
Read moreWelcome to the 2019-20 school year! I don’t know if you experience the thrill of anticipation with every new year, but at the beginning of each school year, God births a new expectation of His work. This summer, I studied the book of Ephesians, and as I prayed for all stakeholders in our UMSI schools,…
Read moreDr. Steven Turley revealed several world-wide trends that forecast a bright future for Christian education in a powerful address given to UMSI Summit attendees this summer. He began his talk with a summary of C.S. Lewis’s classic work on education, The Abolition of Man. Lewis pointed out that modern education had become an education that…
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