Knight’s tale Issue III, Volume III Faith Christian Academy October 2016

More Than Just A

Fall Festival

By Kristina Montes

What happened

at the Peter Piper fund-

raiser? This fundraiser

took place in the Peter

Piper Pizza at the Tuc-

son Spectrum shopping

center from on October

6th from 5pm to 8pm.

At least 70 peo-

ple attended and made

purchases under the

school’s name. The

money from this fund-

raiser was utilized for

the general funding of

the school. About $150

was raised for the school

during this event.

Some of the

games were Stack the

Cups, Pie Face, a ball

tossing game, pizza box

folding, karaoke, and

more. There was also a

pizza dough contest.

The object of the game

was to stretch your

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On October 29th,

2016 Enchanted Hills

Baptist Church hosted a

fall festival. This festival

was an event for church

members to spread the

word of God to those

who came.

That wasn't all;

the festival had the fol-

lowing activities: games,

a cakewalk, and trunk or

treat. There was also

free food and drinks and

a prayer request table.

People could come to

the table and pray with a

church member or write

down their prayer re-

quests.

Although there

wasn't a costume prize

almost everyone came

dressed up in their fa-

vorite costume. There was so

much to participate in

and many ways to re-

ceive candy of all sorts.

There were six families

that participated in the

trunk or treat by decorat-

ing the trunk of their car

and passing out candy.

Some of the themes in-

cluded football, spooky,

and starry nights.

Aracely said,

"My favorite trunk or

treat car that I visited

was a trunk that had

many creative decora-

tions inside and out.” Many people

that came mentioned

that their favorite part of

the fall festival was the

prayer table because

they could see God do

His work throughout the

whole night. As the

night went on and the

members realized people

were nervous to come

up to the table, the

church members came to

them instead.

"It was exciting

to see; throughout the

night prayers were lifted

up to God. In years past-

ed we have been hosting

our Fall Festival event

for a total of 7 years, and

for the pass six years

they were geared more

towards an alternative

for treat or treating but

this year it was more

toward it being an out-

reach and for prayer,”

said Mrs. Misty.

Pizza Fundraiser

Brings in $150!

By Brianna LaRoque

Mrs. Laurel focuses on winning the dough stretching contest

(Photo by Tori Hammond)

PPP Fundraiser (continued)

dough the farthest with-

out making any holes.

Kristal said, “It

was awesome! I loved

the cup stacking game!”

The way people

earned raffle tickets

(provided by the school)

was by coming, making

a purchase, and winning

the games set up by the

school.

Different games

had different point val-

ues to determine how

many raffle tickets you

would receive. Every

half hour, a number

would be drawn.

Some of the priz-

es included gift cards

and porcelain dolls.

Many people that

came to the fundraiser

had fun and enjoyed the

games, hanging out with

friends, and more.

“It was a lot of

fun! Jessica did a great

job getting it organized,

and I’m excited that I

won the pizza dough

contest,” commented

Mrs. Timblin

Most of the stu-

dents liked being able to

hang out with their

friends outside of

school, according to

eighth grader Victoria.

“I thought it was really

fun to see everyone,”

she said.

FCA will be hav-

ing more of these Peter

Piper Pizza fundraisers

next year, one on Janu-

ary 26th, and one on

March 16th. Look for

more detailed infor-

mation after winter

break.

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In the month of

October, three FCA stu-

dents celebrated birth-

days: Katmen, Kristina,

and Mathew.

Karmen celebrat-

ed her birthday on the

7th. On her birthday she

went to youth group and

had dinner. What made

her happiest on her

birthday was the foster

babies that her family

received.

Karmen likes to

read, write, draw, and

watch movies.

Her favorite Bi-

ble verse is Acts 2:38,

which says, “Peter re-

plied, ‘Repent and be

baptized, every one of

you, in the name of Je-

sus Christ for the for-

giveness of your sins.

And you will receive the

gift of the Holy

Spirit’.” (NIV)

Kristina’s birth-

day was on the 14th. She

celebrated the weekend

before, because she had

a doctor’s appointment

and had to get shots on

her actual birthday.

She had a party,

went shopping, saw a

movie, and went to the

mall. Kristina received

many birthday presents

like makeup, clothes,

books, and more.

Out of all this,

she likes her Bible that

her parents gave her.

Her favorite Bi-

ble verse is John 16:22,

which states, “So with

you, now is your time of

grief, but I will see you

again and you will re-

joice, and no one will

take away your

joy.” (NIV)

She says she is

good at most sports, be-

sides golf and tennis, as

well as drawing, paint-

ing and being sarcastic.

The last birthday

in October was Mat-

thew's, which is the 27th.

To celebrate his birth-

day, he ate a delicious

dinner with his family,

which included steak,

French fries, and peas.

When he gets

older he wants to be a

pararescue jumper for

the Air Force.

Some of the

things Matthew likes to

do include swimming,

drawing, playing games,

cycling, hunting, and

flying. His favorite class

is his Philosophy class at

Pima.

He says, “My

favorite Bible chapter is

Psalms 15 because it

gives me good guide

lines to live by.”

October Babies

By Gabbana Madrid

From left to right: Kristina, Matthew Kristal (Photo by

Gabbana Madrid)

OPINION

Come and Dance to the

Beat of the Steel Drums!

By Yvonne Lara

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Tucson Meet

Yourself is a festival

held in downtown Tuc-

son. This festival is full

of a variety of different

cultures and local organ-

izations. There were ta-

bles that had free items,

such as information

packets, pins, and book-

marks. The representa-

tives talked about how

you can get involved in

the community.

One table was all

about pet clinics, health

products and how to

stay healthy. I got mos-

quito repellant and a

bookmark that has tips

on washing your hands.

Another table

had information about

Kino Stadium and the

events happening there.

I got some really cool

purple sunglasses from

one station!

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This year, on

October 7, 2016, my

Journalism class went to

Tucson Meet Yourself.

Tucson Meet Yourself

was a very fun experi-

ence for me. I really

learned a lot!

Noah had a lot of

fun at Tucson Meet

Yourself this year. He

learned how to make

soap and his favorite

part was the art section.

While there, he enjoyed

all the dances and art.

Brianna also en-

joyed the event, and she

liked walking around

and seeing all the

booths. Her favorite part

was “the old ladies tap

dancing”, and she would

like to go back next

year. Brianna feels that

she did not learn any-

thing new.

On the other

hand, I believe there

was so much to learn,

that one mind could

never contain it all.

For me, Tucson

Meet Yourself was ex-

tremely fun, and I en-

joyed spending time

with my classmates and

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Looking For Entertainment? Come

Experience Culture at TMY

By Sam Ledford

This was the first year that FCA’s journalism class went on a field trip to Tucson

Meet Yourself. There was an essay contest to write an editorial on their experi-

ence. Yvonne and Sam tied for 1st Place. Congratulations to both winners!

Yvonne and her classmates Kristal and Kristina dancing to the

steel drums at Tucson Meet Yourself (Photo by Miss Jessica)

Kristal practicing her roping skills to win a prize in the Pima

County Info tent at TMY (Photo by Miss Jessica)

OPINION Steel Drums (continued)

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Sam said, “I

think that Tucson Meet

Yourself was fun and I

enjoyed walking around

with my friends and see-

ing the booths.” At the festival,

there were different

foods from various cul-

tures. One drink I found

really interesting was

Boba; a Chinese tea

with little edible balls in

it. The Boba drink was

good but the texture of

the balls was not my

favorite. Kristina got

some mini cinnamon

donuts. They were deli-

cious!

“It was an amaz-

ing opportunity to go

out and experience other

cultures,” said Kristina.

There were so

many cool performanc-

es. One of my favorite

performances was the

tap dancing. The tap

dances were performed

by some highly skilled

elderly women.

They also teach

the next generation to

tap dance, which I

thought was really cool.

I might even take tap

dancing lessons myself.

Another perfor-

mance that I really en-

joyed was the steel

drums. There were

many people dancing to

the beat of the drums.

My favorite part

was dancing with all my

friends during this per-

formance. I'm surprised

I was even brave enough

to do that. It was abso-

lutely the highlight of

my day because I love

dancing.

Kristal also said

that her favorite part

was the steel drums per-

formance, as well as the

artist painting on water.

She thought it was very

interesting to see differ-

ent forms of fine arts. The last part we

checked out was really

cool. There were tables

covered with different

crafts people have made.

There was even an artist

who would write your

name in Turkish callig-

raphy.

You could also

make drawings or paint.

One lady had all

of these handmade

soaps that were unique

and really pretty. “It was really

fun and I liked seeing all

kinds of different people

from different places,”

stated Gabbana. I definitely en-

joyed myself! If you

like trying new things

and getting the feel of

different cultures, then

Tucson Meet Yourself is

the place for you.

friends, walking around,

seeing all the booths and

tents.

My favorite part

was all the different

types of cultural music,

such as the bluegrass.

I also liked the

Tohono O'odham and

Yaqui artists. I learned

that there were fifty-six

authentic cultural food

vendors, seventy-five

community groups and

exhibitors.

There were also

557 folk artists, musi-

cians, dancers, and tra-

dition bearers.

The last thing

that I learned was that

there was forty-five dif-

ferent cultural groups,

ethnicities, and national-

ities represented, in just

three days, on two

blocks, in the middle of

Tucson.

Miss Jessica, the

Journalism teacher who

came up with the idea of

taking our Journalism

class, says this: “I like

Tucson Meet Yourself

because I feel that it is a

good cultural event that

everyone should experi-

ence at least once. I feel

that everybody can gain

a lot from the perfor-

mances as well as the

booths, but my favorite

part is the performances.

I've never seen the tap

dancing before. I

thought it was cool be-

cause they were all real-

ly fit.”

She also says

that she’s been going

every year since 2012 or

2013 and tries to go

once or twice a year.

She thinks she will take

her Journalism class

next year if they are in-

terested.

Tucson Meet

Yourself was utterly

amazing and fun, and I

personally thank Miss

Jessica for taking us go

again, next year, hope-

fully with my friends

and classmates. That

day I learned a lot that I

will never forget. I

strongly encourage eve-

ryone who is reading

this to go next year,

learn a lot, and have a

blast!

Experience Culture (continued)

For more information about this event,

visit www.tucsonmeetyourself.org/

OPINION

My experience

at Illuminate was abso-

lutely amazing. Illumi-

nate is a conference for

youth who want to

know more about God.

The guest speaker was

T.J. Lewis. I thought it

was fabulous how he

walked us through

James in three lessons.

I learned that

everyone has broken at

least one of the rules

God’s given us in

James. The first mes-

sage was on James 1:1.

The Aaron Petri

Band was absolutely

awesome. They are a

Christian band that

plays upbeat songs.

Their performance was

one of my favorite parts

of the event.

On the first night

we played Hunger

Games and we all en-

joyed ourselves. The

way you play is by tap-

ing ribbons to your

shoulders and trying to

pull off your opponents’

before they get yours.

We teamed up with oth-

er churches and got 2nd

place and 1st place dur-

ing the two rounds.

The next day, in

my first breakout ses-

sion, I learned that so-

cial media is the main

cause of divorce and

suicide. I also learned

that even though girls

attempt suicide more

often, boys' suicide at-

tempts are more likely

to succeed because they

usually go towards more

dangerous methods.

My second

breakout session was on

leadership. I thought

this was interesting be-

cause the teacher com-

pared leadership to a

meal. He used common

eating phrases to explain

how to be a good leader.

He said that his reason

for this was because

food was an easy topic

for everyone to under-

stand. He gave the ex-

ample of enjoying the

people put under your

leadership, just as you

would enjoy your com-

pany during a meal.

Out of every-

thing we did during the

weekend, I think the

closing ceremony will

be the most memorable.

I feel that everyone who

came on this trip learned

information that will

stay with them forever. I

can’t wait to go next

year with more of my

friends.

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Illuminate! By Kristal Starr Ried

Gabanna (left) and Tori (right) pose as Tori’s mom takes a

picture to commemorate the day (Photo by Tami Hammond)

The One Where I Almost

Melted At The Pumpkin Patch

By Victoria Hammond

During Fall

Break, for my mom’s

birthday, my best friend

Gabbana, my mom, and

I went to Buckelew

Farm.

We went on a

Friday so there weren’t

that many people there.

The only people were

boy and girl scouts there

for Scout Day. None of

the petting zoos or

games were really set up

either. Only the pump-

kin patch, the corn

maze, and a couple of

food booths were open.

Right away we

got on a tractor that took

us to the pumpkin patch.

We spent about twenty

minutes looking for the

perfect pumpkins until

we finally found them.

It was extremely

hot being in the sun for

that long. I almost melt-

ed standing there in the

billion degree weather.

There were no

other people in the patch

because, honestly, who

wants to be in the sun in

the middle of the day

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when it feels like you're

standing in a volcano.

Our pumpkins

were so heavy that we

immediately took them

to our car.

After we put the

pumpkins in the car, we

re-entered the place and

went to take some pic-

tures.

My friend and I

didn’t want to take pic-

tures but my mom said,

“It’s my birthday, you

have to.”

We took lots and

lots of pictures until my

mom’s phone had no

memory left to take any

more. The sun was right

in our eyes, so they

were half closed in most

of the pictures.

My mom still

posted them, despite us

begging her not to.

The three of us

then walked over to get

some food and cold

drinks. I started to order

an iced pumpkin spice

cappuccino when the

lady, very rudely, said

that they don’t actually

have all the items on the

menu.

I was really dis-

appointed, so I asked for

a slice of zucchini

bread. No one could ru-

in bread, could they?

Wrong. It was dry,

crumbly, and gross.

Gabbana ordered

a watermelon slushy

that she described as

sour and sweet at the

same time.

They had some

burgers and fries at an-

other food booth, but

they looked disgusting;

so even though we were

starving, we decided to

not get anything from

any of the other food

booths.

As we were on

our way out, my mom

made me give her my

phone so that she could

take even more pictures

of us. As if we didn’t

have enough already.

Even though it

was hot and we were

hungry, it was actually

really fun to just hang

out with my family.

We kept laugh-

ing and just had a super

fun time. We still want

to go back to do the

Corn Maze at night

time.

In my family, we

really dislike Hallow-

een; so instead of going

trick or treating, we give

our neighbors some can-

dy and tell them that Je-

sus loves them. We also

give them a flier from

our church.

My sister Kristal

said that she likes it be-

cause she gets to go out

and share the word of

God, and I agree with

her.

Sometimes we

get something back, but

we really just want our

neighbors to know more

about who created the

world. We focus on how

God loves them and talk

more about that.

When we were

little kids, we would ask

our parents if we could

go trick or treating with

the other kids. They al-

ways said no, because

our family doesn’t cele-

brate Halloween.

My dad, Mr.

Ben, said, “As a Chris-

tian, I want to give

someone a gift that is

eternal.”

He came up with

this idea because he

heard that another pastor

was handing out gospel

tracts to trick or treaters

that would come to his

house.

Because we

would always ask my

dad to go trick-or-

treating, he decided to

take gospel tracts to the

houses with us.

I like doing reverse

trick or treating because

we get to give to other

people, and it is cool to

go out and give the gos-

pel while doing some-

thing fun.

Trick-Or-Treating with the Rieds

By Noah Ried

Buckelew Farm (continued)

“And He said to them, ‘Go into all the

world and preach the gospel to every

creature.'”

— Mark 16:15 NKJV

What’s Going On?

By Myra LaRoque

What's happen-

ing in classes? This Oc-

tober, there has been

many fantastic lessons

and experiments going

on in all grades. This month the

Family & Consumer

Science class (Home

Economics) started

learning about nutrition

and how much calorie

intake teens and adults

need every day. The

class is currently learn-

ing how to make fruit

salad and will be making

their own healthy men-

us. Mrs. McKinnon will

be assigning the kids to

pick three meals from

their menus and make

them.

Miriam said, “I

like the projects and

love the way we get in

depth with it and we get

to use our hands.”

The students in

Earth Science did an ex-

periment to explain the

process of erosion using

steel wool and water.

Returning from fall

break, they found that

the steel wool had rust-

ed. Brianna said, “The

experiment was both

interesting and factual. I

like that we were in

groups this time.” Mrs. Leisa's Art

class has been drawing

different objects that

they find around the

room, using shading and

colors. They will be

starting to crochet next

month.

“[I am] teaching

them how to draw what

they see, not what they

think they see,” said

Mrs. Leisa.

“We get to color

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The theme for

Spirit Day this month

was costumes. Some of

the costumes included

Little Red Riding Hood,

Wonder Woman, Pluto,

a deer, and a pirate. The challenge

was to guess the number

of rubber bands it would

take to make a pumpkin

implode.

The students

stood in two lines, and

one person from each

line would go up and

work together to put the

rubber band on the

pumpkin. This was cool

because it split in half

perfectly. It took 231

rubber bands to make

the pumpkin implode.

“In the past we

did teamwork challeng-

es, I liked that it was out

of the ordinary from

what we usually do,”

said Kayla, who is on

the winning team.

After it imploded

everyone went up to see

what happened to the

pumpkin when it opened

and they seemed

amazed. They kept pass-

ing the two halves and

the part surrounded by

the rubber bands to each

other. Some even felt

the inside of the implod-

ed pumpkin. Sleepy Scholar

Zoo won Spirit Day

with their guess of 275

rubberbands to make the

pumpkin implode. The

Panthers won 2nd place

with the guess of 175.

Tori said, “I

thought that it was excit-

ing to see everyone's

costumes and see the

pumpkin implode.”

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How Many Rubberbands

Does It Take To Get To The

Center Of A Pumpkin?

By Kristal Starr Ried

Shelby (wonder Woman) and Noah (Pluto) put one of the last

rubber bands on the pumpkin (Photo by Mrs. Laurel)

Mrs. McKinnon lets her class sample different kinds of cheese

(Photo by Mrs. Laurel)

Knight’s tale staff

Junior Editor – Myra LaRoque

Field Reporters – Victoria Hammond, Yvonne Lara, Brianna LaRoque, Myra LaRoque, Sam Ledford, Gabbana Madrid, Armani K. Martinez, Kristina Montes, Kristal Starr Ried, and Noah Ried

Photographers – Victoria Hammond and Gab-bana Madrid

Debates Gone Wrong

By Gabbana Madrid

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This month the

government class was

going to do a debate on

the Presidential candi-

dates Donald Trump and

Hilary Clinton. They

were going to do their

debate in front of the

school. The teams were

Yvonne and Pedro for

Trump verses Matthew

and Kristina for Hilary.

The reason they

ended up not doing the

debate at FCA is be-

cause the presidential

debates have become

centered on personal

issues of the candidates,

rather than the current

issues in America.

Mrs. Lucy said,

“This general Presiden-

tial Election has unfortu-

nately focused on im-

moral and corrupt is-

sues, rather than what

matters the most to all

Americans. Just to name

a few are foreign and

domestic policy, immi-

gration, the economy,

and the most important

one of all, is the protec-

tion of every American's

constitutional rights.”

All but Pedro

said that it didn’t matter

which candidate they

argued for because they

don’t like either one.

Pedro wanted to debate

in favor of Trump.

Matthew didn’t

really mind what candi-

date he got.

He said, “I was

indifferent because I

knew I could defend ei-

ther one.”

Since Pedro was

the only one that wanted

a specific candidate, he

got Trump and everyone

else was assigned either

Hilary or Trump.

Kristina said, “I

thought it would have

been a great idea for us

to do the debate if it

would've happened be-

cause it would have

been a great opportunity

for those at our school.”

What’s Going On? (continued)

“We get to color and we

get to express our crea-

tivity,” said Shelby, who

is one if Mrs. Leisa’s art

students.

Government

class had planned to do

a debate focused on the

presidential candidates

Hillary and Trump and

what they stand for.

However, the presiden-

tial debate was more

focused on personal is-

sues rather than political

or national issues. Be-

cause of this, Mrs. Lucy

decided to cancel it.

Are you a young

lady in middle or high

school who would like

to know more about the

word of God? If so, join

us while we dig deeper

into God's wonderful

creation! Bible studies

will be held every other

Saturday at a variety of

breakfast spots around

Southwest Tucson from

9:00am to 10:30am.

Bonnie Ledford

will be leading the stud-

ies. If you don’t already

know her, she is one of

the parents of two stu-

dents that attend FCA.

Bonnie got this idea

when she was in Mexico

this summer, praying

early one morning.

She had asked

the Lord what He want-

ed her to do for Him,

and He gave her the de-

sire to pour into the lives

of young women, teach-

ing them His word and

how to live for Him.

Bonnie said, “I

remember how older

woman impacted my life

as a teenager, and I hope

God can use me a little

in that way.” At the first

meeting, we learned

about Hannah. She suf-

fered as a wife, for she

could not bear any chil-

dren and her husband's

second wife was disre-

spectful to her. When

God finally blessed her

with a child, she gave it

up to the Lord. Anya says, “I

think it's pretty awe-

some. I like to hang out

with just girls and not

have boys around all the

time.”

We hope to see

you at the next meeting

where we will learn

more about God's mar-

velous creation, woman!

The study will cover

Eve, one of the women

from the Bible.

Come Dive Into The

Word Of God By Yvonne Lara