Genesis CHS Newspaper

My favorite thing about our school is its faithfulness to scripture. Scripture is authoritative, and believers should follow what the Bible teaches. It’s really easy to see what happens when people begin to drift away from the Bible and its teachings.

Welcome to Lip Sync 2023! This year’s lip sync competition theme was “Childhood Channels.” Each class performed songs from kids’ channels they grew up watching: the freshmen represented Cartoon Network, the sophomores showcased PBS Kids, the juniors highlighted Nickelodeon and Nick Jr., while the seniors chose Disney. Notably, senior boys and senior girls competed against one another. In addition to the class lip syncs, our CHS teachers, the cheer team, and the trio “Kingdom Come” also gave performances.

For 9/11, Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) displayed 2,977 flags as part of their Never Forget Project. This gesture honored those who were murdered by the terrorists that day. YAF is a conservative activist group with chapters throughout the country in high schools and on college campuses. They aim to promote ideals such as individual freedom, limited government, strong national defense, the free market, and traditional values that have shaped the United States.

This March, Christian Unified’s concert choir got to go on two very unique tours where they gained new experiences and learned many new things about singing and performing. The first was the Disneyland trip where the choir first performed at California Adventure and then in a live Disney recording studio where they recorded Disney classics and saw them overlayed into actual Disney movies. This was particularly special to those choir members with an interest in a singing career, who now have the experience of what it is like in a professional recording studio setting. The choir recorded “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana and “Take You There” from Princess and the Frog.

This year, Christian Unified’s drama program put on the ambitious production of Newsies, and pulled it off phenomenally! Many students who aren’t part of Christian Unified’s fine arts program had the opportunity to participate in this dance extravaganza. This musical surrounds the story of Jack Kelly (played by Josh Hitchcock), who leads a group of poor boys who sell newspapers in New York for little money in a strike against the ruthless and exploiting business of the paper. While onstage, the students displayed their jaw-dropping talent, while also keeping in mind that they were representing God. Sophomore Romy Aguilar, who played Newsie “Specs” in the production, mentioned how she represents God onstage, saying “One way I represent God onstage is by giving it my all! Whether it was dancing or acting, I made sure that I was doing it to represent the talents that God has gifted me with.”

Over the years, mission trips have had an impactful influence on CHS students. Students have been given the chance to serve God by spreading the Gospel from Puerto Rico to Washington D.C., and many places in between. Until recently, each school year was limited to one or two mission trips due to limited resources – last year the only mission trip took students to Salt Lake City, Utah. But this is changing thanks to US History teacher, Mr. Ryan Molumby, and Shadow Mountain Community Church.