Mentor Christian School

Fine Arts

The fine arts program at MCS is a hallmark of our excellence at MCS. Each year our music and speech directors, Mr. Templeton and Mrs. Wack, seek to glorify the Lord by pulling out all the stops for vocal, instrumental, and dramatic performances throughout the school year to create an incredibly successful and promising fine arts program. Our Christmas and Spring Concerts showcase the amazing abilities the Lord has granted our students. Staff and students strive for an excellence worthy of our glorious Savior.

Among the most-highly anticipated of all the major fine arts events are the state and national level competitions. Most students compete well at the state's Buckeye Christian School Association Fine Arts Competition each year in March. Categories include speech, vocal and instrumental music, art, academic and Bible quiz teams, spelling bee, and academic testing. The first-place winners of this event qualify for the American Association of Christian Schools national competition at Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC.

"The fine arts program at MCS has really prepared me for so many future situations and has helped make me a better person - better equipped for the struggles and experiences that God has in store for me."

-Thomas, 1st place, 2008 AACS Male Vocal Solo

MCS also participates in local, state and national essay and speech competitions sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In 2007-08, MCS students captured first and second places at local competitions for both junior and senior high, and one student placed fifth in the state!

2009 BCSA Competition:

SCHOOL AWARDS: 1^st place, Music Division and 3^rd place, Total Points

MUSIC

High School

1^st

Choir

Choral Group (Singers)

Large Vocal Ensemble

Sarai Dahlhausen, Female Vocal Solo

Sarai/Erika/Jon/Chris, Vocal Quartet

Jon McLean, Brass Solo

Amy Hart, Classical Piano Solo (B)

Sarai & Cheryl, Sacred Piano Duet

2^nd

Becca Dahlhausen, Female Vocal Solo

John Wiser, Male Vocal Solo

Sarai & Becca Dahlhausen, Vocal Duet

Laurel & Jon, Small Instr. Ensemble

3^rd

Lauren/Hailey/Marissa, Vocal Trio

Laurel Cline, Classical Piano Solo (A)

Amy/Marissa, tie, Classical Piano Duet

Junior High

1^st

Large Vocal Ensemble

Kaitlin/Summer/Josh, Vocal Trio

Brass Quartet: Small Instr. Ensemble

Lauren Brick, Female Vocal Solo

Janeen Hatt, Woodwind Solo

Luke Hobi, String Solo

Tanner Holke, Brass Solo

Lindsey/Ashley, Classical Piano Duet

2^nd

Kaitlin & Summer, Vocal Duet

3^rd

Lindsey & Ashley, Vocal Duet

SPEECH

High School

1^st

Reader’s Theatre

(Lauren, Becca, Laurel,

Amy, Emily, Lee)

2^nd

3^rd

Kahla Hoffman, Oral Interp. of Poetry

Chris Stathopoulos, Declamation

Erika Noble, Humorous Interp.

Junior High

1^st

Choric Speaking

Nathan Hobi, Humorous Interp.

Matt & Brock, Duet Acting

2^nd

3^rd

Ryan & Josh, Duet Acting

ART

High School

1^st

Alex Lunder, Colored Pencil Drawing

Melissa Logies, Charcoal Drawing

Marissa Vanio, Still Life Photo.

Caleb Venman, Digital Media

John Wiser, Metalworking

2^nd

Annaliese Dunn, Pastel Drawing

Hailey Holke, tie, Watercolor

Melissa Logies, Oil Painting

Cheryl Ginsburg, tie, Still Life Photo.

Hailey Holke, tie, Still Life Photo.

John Wiser, Woodworking

3^rd

Melissa Logies, Pencil Drawing

Junior High

1^st

Johnny Riley, Woodburning

Matt Fairchild, Landscape Photo.

2^nd

3^rd

ACADEMIC

High School

1^st

John Wiser, tie, Chemistry Test

Melissa Logies, Music Theory Test

Emily Westman, Expos. Writing: Essay

2^nd

Melissa Logies, Expos. Writing: Essay

Becca Dahlhausen, Home Economics

3^rd

Laurel Cline, Music Theory Test

Junior High

1^st

Johnny Riley, Science Test

2^nd

Luke Hobi, tie, English Test

3^rd

Troy Phillis, tie, Math Test