Friday, July 08, 2005
No Child Left Behind
It's been over a month since my last Blog entry. The month of June was taken up with Bible Camp and then 5 days later, our trip to the Mid-Ohio Valley Workcamp in beautiful Parkersburg, WV.
I wanted to say thanks for all of you that prayed for my son Steven during are recent version hear in Florida of high stakes testing known as the FCAT. I must admit that in light of the bombings in London and the on-coming of Hurricane Dennis that my prayer request seems trivial.
My son Steven isn't the best test-taker. That particular weakness in Florida can have some devastating effects for young people. Students in grades 3-10 who score a Level One on either the reading or the math portion on the FCAT must attend summer school that lasts the entire month of June. In addition, they must take a 2 hour block class during the school year in the subject they scored Level One. For a middle or high school student this means they lose an elective. If they have the misfortune of scoring a level one in both reading and math, then they must take a 2 hour block of reading and a 2 hour block of math thus eliminating all of their electives.
And for Steven being a Christian teenager, this would have knocked him out of going to Bible Camp and the OVC Workcamp. Thanks be to God that he improved his score for a second straight year. Thank you for your prayers on his behalf from a grateful father. Through the grace of God we didn't have to leave Steven "behind."
Please continue to pray for the kids in our youth group that were "left behind" because they were attending summer school.
I wanted to say thanks for all of you that prayed for my son Steven during are recent version hear in Florida of high stakes testing known as the FCAT. I must admit that in light of the bombings in London and the on-coming of Hurricane Dennis that my prayer request seems trivial.
My son Steven isn't the best test-taker. That particular weakness in Florida can have some devastating effects for young people. Students in grades 3-10 who score a Level One on either the reading or the math portion on the FCAT must attend summer school that lasts the entire month of June. In addition, they must take a 2 hour block class during the school year in the subject they scored Level One. For a middle or high school student this means they lose an elective. If they have the misfortune of scoring a level one in both reading and math, then they must take a 2 hour block of reading and a 2 hour block of math thus eliminating all of their electives.
And for Steven being a Christian teenager, this would have knocked him out of going to Bible Camp and the OVC Workcamp. Thanks be to God that he improved his score for a second straight year. Thank you for your prayers on his behalf from a grateful father. Through the grace of God we didn't have to leave Steven "behind."
Please continue to pray for the kids in our youth group that were "left behind" because they were attending summer school.
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