SENIOR SPOTLIGHT – ALLISON SMITH
Allison Smith, a senior on the Lady Cardinal Volleyball team, has been a Red Bird Cardinal all her academic life-from kindergarten to the present. After graduation Allison plans to attend Somerset Community College. Allison's goal is to first become a pharmacy tech, and then possibly go on to become a pharmacist. Allison is an example [...]
EXTRA PRACTICE AND CONDITIONING BRINGS IMPROVEMENT FOR RBCS GIRLS’ ATHLETIC TEAMS
Hard work over the summer is paying off for teams this school year. Coaches for the Girls High School Basketball, High School Volleyball, and Elementary Girls and Boys Basketball teams all started conditioning before school began. Players are getting fit with longer stamina which in turn is translating into better scores on the court. A [...]
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT CLIMBING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS
School enrollment continues to climb at Red Bird Christian School. The excitement of welcoming old and new faces alike for the start of school this week continues to build for teachers and staff. Just a couple of years ago the school enrollment was 152 Kindergarten through 12th grade. Registrations indicate that well over 200 “Cardinals” [...]
2015 GRADUATING CLASS MOVES FORWARD WITH FOCUS & INSPIRATION
Graduates of the Red Bird Christian School 2015 Class tossed their mortars into the air on May 23rd in celebration of the completion of 13 years of education, but all are focused on the next step of preparation to take on the world. All have plans to continue their education this fall, but one will [...]
RBCS STUDENTS EXAMINE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE
Everything from how to build a solar cell to forensic science was on the itinerary for a great group of Red Bird Christian School students attending the STEM-H (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics - Health) Expo held at Eastern Kentucky University May 8th. The 15 students left after breakfast Friday to ride up to the Richmond, [...]
35 MILES SHY OF 2000
Mr. Mark Smallwood, Music Director of Red Bird Christian School led the annual Cardinal Singers Choir Tour on a journey of almost 2,000 miles with performances in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The tour included hour-long programs at four churches; a chapel program at College Heights Christian School in Joplin, Missouri; worship music for [...]
A CALL TO RED BIRD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
After retiring I felt God was calling me to return to my first love, teaching. As a United Methodist, I decided to look for opportunities with the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries Individual Volunteer program. I found that Red Bird Christian School wanted a volunteer to teach high school mathematics. After going through [...]
A TRIBUTE TO OUR LEADER
On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Olen Taylor Collins Ed.D., remarkable leader, educator, and friend died at the age of 66. He was born on February 27, 1948 to Della Collins Napier and John Collins at the Red Bird Hospital in Beverly, Kentucky. As a young boy he attended a one room school house where he [...]
JUST GO FOR IT – TEEN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Finding Your Inner Paradise Students from Red Bird Christian School headed to Corbin (10-12 grades) and Litchfield (6-9 grades) over the long, three-day Martin Luther King (MLK) holiday weekend. Each group was to take the weekend to explore leadership styles, what gives them inner strength, and the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Students [...]