High School Highlights 2011-2012

National Merit Scholarship Finalist

Ricky Rostad

Ricky Rostad has advanced to the status of "finalist" for the National Merit Scholarship.  Out of 16,000 semifinalists, 15,000 become finalists.  Out of the 15,000 finalists, 8,400 will be selected as Merit Scholarship winners.  Winners will be announced in March.

Seniors make Finalist & Semifinalist in the

Boettcher Scholarship Program

Rod O'Dorisio - Finalist	Zach Larson - Semifinalist

A Semifinalist is the top 200 out of 1,300 applicants.

Rod O'Dorisio has advanced to finalist status, which is top 70.  Rod will be interviewed in March for this prestigious award, a full-ride, four-year scholarship to a Colorado college.

Foreign Exchange Student Kyu Ko finds “Faith!”

Kyu came to FCA the beginning of his junior year and is now a senior at FCA. He came to us from Seoul Korea, leaving behind his parents and younger sister. His reason for coming to the US was to study abroad and “to learn more about Jesus and Christianity.”

When asked what was the biggest challenge about being at FCA his junior year, Kyu answered, “the Bible classes, since I had never really opened a Bible or learned about Jesus.” This year, as a senior, his toughest challenge is English 12, which focuses on British Literature.

When asked what was the biggest surprise about being at FCA, Kyu responded, “the personal way in which students worship God and the many ways there are to worship God at our school, especially through small groups, chapels, choir, and in other ways. In Korea, worship of God is much more conservative.”

When asked what is the biggest blessing about being at Faith Christian, he thought for a minute and then eloquently and simply expressed, “getting to study in this perfect circumstance” and “enjoying all the relationships I have here.” His absolute high point this year came on the Junior/Senior Retreat when later in the evening he and other students participated in spontaneous, unified, and sincere worship that went on for hours.

Kyu was also asked how his faith has changed while at FCA. He responded that it is so different now. Before he didn’t know about Jesus, but now he does. Before he wasn’t familiar with the Bible, but now he understands so much more about it. One of the most freeing truths he has learned while at Faith is that God promises to help him in all of his adversity, so he “can work hard and trust God” to help him through every tough challenge.

Kyu is especially grateful for his host family, the Meys, who have become his 2^nd family. This is reflected in the fact that he calls them Mom and Dad!

Kyu would like to say to the FCA students: “Try to keep your faith wherever you go to college.”

He would like to say to his FCA teachers: “Thank you for being such awesome teachers; it is not easy to teach in a Christian school for less money, but I appreciate you all!”

Finally, Kyu shares his favorite Bible verse: “Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door shall be opened to you; for everyone who asks, receives, and he who seeks, finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened.” Mt 7:7