Back to School on Friday!
Gratefully, we will be returning to school tomorrow. Please pray for the thousands on the coast who lost their homes last night and for those who are still displaced.
Gratefully, we will be returning to school tomorrow. Please pray for the thousands on the coast who lost their homes last night and for those who are still displaced.
Dear Regents Community,
With adverse hurricane conditions not due to arrive until this evening, classes today will continue like normal. However, since the storm is unpredictable and could produce life-threatening winds and heavy rains, we are cancelling school tomorrow (Thursday, August 27). The outcome on Thursday will determine whether we will have school on Friday.
Of course, families who feel the need to evacuate the area are free to pick up their child early from school (or not bring him/her at all). Simply notify the school’s office if you plan for an early pick-up so that we know to expect you and can bring your child out to you.
Please keep the whole Regents family and East Texas community in your prayers!
Regents Academy is very glad to announce the academic honors for the Class of 2020. Of course, for most years these honors are announced at the graduation ceremony — which is still to come in this year of pandemic. We are so proud of the excellent character and outstanding accomplishments of the nine students in the Class of ’20. It has been such an honor to walk with them and their families through their journey toward graduation and beyond.
The Valedictorian of the Class of 2020 is Conner Young, who graduates with Summa Cum Laude honors. Conner is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Tim and Kelly Young. Along with his brothers Will and Wesley, Conner is the third child in the Young family to graduate from Regents Academy.
The Salutatorian of the Class of 2020 is Ethan Fairley, who graduates with Summa Cum Laude honors. Ethan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kerr and Ellen Fairley. Along with his brother Knox, Ethan is the first in his family to graduate from Regents Academy.
Other students who achieved graduation honors include the following:
Abigail Powers, Magna Cum Laude
James Vermillion, Magna Cum Laude
Sydney Bryant, Cum Laude
Knox Fairley, Cum Laude
Congratulations, students! Only the Lord knows the commitment and diligence that has brought you these honors. May the Lord God bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you.
A message from Regents Academy Athletic Director Emma Terrell:
Congratulations on finishing this weird and difficult school year! I am disappointed that we won’t be able to have our first ever Athletic Banquet this year, but we still wanted to recognize our sports teams, coaches, and athletes. We decided to create our own virtual awards ceremony, so we compiled a video of all of our coaches giving their awards from home just like they would have at the banquet. Below you will find a list of those athletes who received an award.
Junior High Soccer
Outstanding Goalkeeper – Jonah Shipp
Most Valuable Player – Bryce Terrell
Most Improved Player – Gracie Lyn Harman
High School Girls Basketball
All-District Honors
First Team – Trinity Tyre
Second Team – Anna Claire Powers, Leah Vermillion
All-State Honors
Second Team – Trinity Tyre
High School Soccer
All-District Honors
First Team –
James Vermillion – Offense
Ethan Fairley – Offense
Owen Fairley – Midfield
Clayton Terrell – Midfield
Knox Fairley – Defense (District MVP)
Conner Young – Defense
Second Team –
Seth Landrum – Midfield
Zane Anderson – Defense
Will Furniss – Keeper
Honorable Mention –
Leah Vermillion – Offense
Elijah Alexander – Midfield
Kelso McEntire – Defense
All-State Honors
First Team –
Owen Fairley – Midfield
Knox Fairley – Defense
Second Team –
James Vermillion – Offense
Honorable Mention –
Ethan Fairley – Offense
Junior High Girls Basketball
Offensive MVP – Ella Furniss
Defensive MVP – Rachel Cunyus
High School Boys Basketball
All-District Honors
First Team –
Will Furniss
Ethan Fairley
Owen Fairley
Clayton Terrell
Second Team –
James Vermillion
Knox Fairley
Zane Anderson
Most Valuable Player – Ethan Fairley
Most Improved Player – Owen Fairley
Sportsman of the Year – Clayton Terrell
Cross Country
New Runner of the Year – Emma DeKerlegand
Top Time – Sydney Cunyus
Academic All-State Honors
First or Second Team All-District and a cumulative GPA of 90 or higher (for juniors and seniors)
Basketball
Ethan Fairley
Knox Fairley
James Vermillion
Leah Vermillion
Soccer
James Vermillion
Ethan Fairley
Knox Fairley
Conner Young
Students and parents are allowed to come on campus to bring in school books/materials and pick up student supplies on May 19-20. Teachers will be at the school to help organize classrooms. However, the governor’s guidelines allow no more than 5 persons at a time within a confined interior space. We must maintain social distancing on campus. Therefore, we are staggering the days and times for students to come on campus, and, once 5 people are in a room, you will need to wait until someone leaves before we let someone else in. Here are the specifics.
Tuesday, May 19 — Grammar School Drop Off/Pick Up — KPrep-6th
9:00 a.m. – noon: Families whose last name begins with A-H
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.: Families whose last name begins with I-Z
Wednesday, May 20 — Logic/Rhetoric School Drop Off/Pick Up — 7th-12th
9:00 a.m. – noon: Families whose last name begins with A-H
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.: Families whose last name begins with I-Z
Please enter through the front doors and exit through the rear doors. This flow will minimize traffic through the school office/foyer and help maintain social distancing.
Parents may visit the office if needed, but the school office/foyer will be considered an enclosed space, and the 5-person maximum will apply.
If you have a child in both Grammar School and L/R School, please plan to come on campus both days.
A few more details:
Thank you for working with us on this staggered schedule and with these guidelines. Even though we won’t be able to be together as a whole school, it will still be good to see one another in this limited way. If you have questions, please email the school office at office@regentsacademy.com.
Regents Academy has been blessed with excellent math instruction for many years now. Mrs. Melissa Rotramel has served Regents families for two years with excellence, teaching Algebra, Geometry, and Biology during her time on the faculty. We will miss her devotion to her students and her creativity in the classroom as she moves on to new ventures.
But, as always, God provides the right teachers at the right time.
Regents Academy is glad to welcome Mrs. Rebecca Beauregard to its faculty for the 2020-21 school year. Mrs. Beauregard will teach Prealgebra, Algebra 1, and Geometry to Logic and Rhetoric School students. While Mrs. Beauregard spent the last several years at home with her children, for a number of years she taught middle and high school math in Arizona. Now, working alongside her husband Matthew, who teaches Calculus at Regents, Mrs. Beauregard will bring her skill and talent to the Regents classroom. Matthew and Rebecca are the parents of four children, two of whom are students at Regents Academy.
Welcome, Mrs. Beauregard!
Near the end of the school year, our students, teachers, and many parents gather for Senior Day and celebrate our seniors. It’s too bad that the 2020 senior class won’t be able to enjoy this joyful milestone. However, we can still celebrate with our seniors and help make this a special time for them and their families. At Senior Day each year we get to celebrate each senior’s life through their Senior Slideshow.
I’m happy to report that this year’s Senior Slideshows are now available for us to enjoy on YouTube.
(Here is the link to the Senior Slideshows in case the YouTube player above doesn’t work.)
So let me urge you to join in on the senior celebration by doing these things:
We want to give a huge shout-out to Pastor Randy Booth who created and uploaded the slideshows — thank you, Pastor Booth!
Once again, here is the link to the Senior Slideshows. Please enjoy them and give thanks to God for our awesome seniors of 2020.