A Parent’s Perspective | Aurelio Melendrez
Aurelio Melendrez is father to a current fourth grader and sixth grader who started attending Woodcrest Christian in 2020. Aurelio is a Riverside native who served with the Riverside Police Department for over 15 years and is currently a pastor at Sandals Church. In 2020 Woodcrest Christian parent Aurelio Melendrez came to a crossroads about where his two children would attend elementary school the following year. Previously, Aurelio’s children had attended a local elementary school where he shared that they were doing well academically and had found a good community. Once the pandemic ...
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What is “the Village” Teaching Your Child?
In an earlier post, I referenced the old proverb “it takes a village to raise a child.” While there is ...
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Break from the Busy: How to Encourage Your Kids to Spend Time with God
By Andrea Burns, WCMS Bible Teacher It was a lovely afternoon–my 7th grade students had the opportunity to have Bible ...
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How to Ace that Test
If most students were honest when asked, “Do you want to succeed in your classes?” they would answer, “Yes!” Yet ...
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How to Grow ‘Faith Muscles’
Parents who go to whatever lengths necessary to prevent their child from having to face adversity sometimes acquire the nick ...
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Influencers: What is your child learning from them?
We often hear the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child” and there is some truth to that ...
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Podcast #1 – Why did we start the new chapel electives?
March 8, 2022 Host: Matt Messner Guests: David Lytle, Rhonda Thomale, Loretta Hall In the Woodcrest Christian Podcast, we discuss ...
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Sacred Trust: A Precious Partnership between Parent and School
By Jim Sullivan, Woodcrest Christian School Superintendent Growing up, my brother and sisters used to play with the neighbor kids ...
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Hey Dad, it’s All About You…for your Daughter!
Hey Dad, it’s All About You…for your Daughter! Not long ago, I was thinking about my three daughters and their ...
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There is Freedom in Telling the Truth
“Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.” - Proverbs 21:23 The Truth is a fascinating topic ...
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Spiritual Emphasis Week: Campus Pastor Recap
This last week was "Spiritual Emphasis Week" at Woodcrest Christian. Our theme for the week was “Change", and we spent ...
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8 Tips for Guiding Kids in the Digital Age
Kids between the ages of 6 and 23 fall into a generation now getting labeled Post-Millennial or iGen. Sometimes they ...
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