Lubbock Junior Academy

LJA students have been listening to Christmas worship stories. I have been telling stories from Joe Wheeler’s books, Christmas in my Heart. The author, a former English professor at Atlantic Union College, brings together the best old familiar favorites and fresh new...

Lubbock Junior Academy

Christmastime at Lubbock Junior Academy is a big deal. We not only practice, practice, for our Christmas program, we also like to visit places that make the true meaning of Christmas special. This year we visited a display of nearly 800 Nativity sets from around the...

Lubbock Junior Academy

There is excitement in the air at Lubbock Junior Academy. We have been practicing for our Christmas program for three weeks. Whenever there has been a spare minute, LJA students have been learning their speaking parts. Our Christmas program would not be complete...

Lubbock Junior Academy

On Tuesday, November 24, we moved our desks into a large rectangle for our annual Thanksgiving dinner. We prepared a pound and a-half of spaghetti with tomato sauce. Our green vegetable was green beans. One parent brought some delicious muffins and chopped fruit....

Happy Thanksgiving from LJA

As a teacher, I am accustomed to having my students share or write about the many things that make them feel thankful. Now, it’s my turn. I’m thankful for students who help me feel like I am part of a noble profession where I can work and laugh at the same time. The...

Fall Week of Prayer

Chop Chop Magazine, is a quarterly magazine filled with nutritious, great-tasting, ethnically diverse and fun recipes. Dr. Simmons and I thought it might be fun to call ourselves ‘The Chop-Chop Ladies’ and occasionally bring unique food, simple vegetarian/vegan...