Sound Christian Academy is pleased to announce Cheri Beavers as the new Parent Volunteer Network President. Cheri currently serves as the Project Manager for the Pierce County Early Childhood Network’s Children’s Voice Capacity Initiative and as a Program Director for Child Care Voice with First 5 Fundamentals. Cheri replaces Sarah Major, who served for the 2021-22 school year. The Beavers have been a part of the SCA community for six years. She has three students at SCA including Nathaniel (10th grade), Lillyana (9th grade) and Silas (5th grade). Her husband, Dwayne, is SCA’s Athletic Director. She has worked in the Pierce County community for the last decade overseeing anti-human trafficking, addiction recovery, homeless re-establishment, veteran’s benefits, crisis intervention, and other social work projects for local non-profits and the county. She has overseen volunteer groups from the community for several years including groups serving at the local mission, veterans affairs, food banks, pregnancy centers, Youth for Christ, and homeless camps. Cheri is looking forward to using her network of connections to create opportunities for students to engage and serve in the wider community and for parents, caregivers, and family members to join in serving our students programs at SCA.
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Welcome Jessica White
Please welcome new Finance & Business Manager Jessica White. Jessica joined the Sound Christian Academy staff June 1 and is already hard at work helping in our finance office. She worked the last nine years as a fiscal specialist in student financials for Pierce College in Lakewood. Previously, she was the manager at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Tacoma. A University of Washington graduate, Jessica has a child in the SCA elementary school. You can reach Jessica at 253-475-7226 ext. 131 or by email at [email protected].
Register for the SCA Golf Classic today!
The weather doesn’t really feel like golf weather, but hopefully that will change by mid-August when we host our second annual Sound Christian Academy Golf Classic.
The event this year will be on Friday, Aug. 12 at Oakbrook Golf Club in Lakewood.
Sponsorship opportunities and registration is now open and can be accessed here.
Four Lions earn all-conference baseball honors
Baseball all-star teams announced
The Lions were well represented on the Sea-Tac Class 1B League Baseball All-Stars, which were released earlier this week.
Two Sound Christian athletes made the first team and two made the second team.
Congratulations to all four athletes on a great season!
Sea-Tac B League Baseball All-Stars 2022
1st Team All-Star Honors
- Brayden Anderson, senior, shortstop
- Josh Moore, sophomore, pitcher/shortstop
2nd team All-Star Honors
- Lucas Tess, senior, third base
- Kellen Weedon, freshman, pitcher
Boys mile relay places second in state
Ben Braun, left, anchored the SCA 4×400-meter relay team to a second-place finish at the Class 1B State Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Eastern Washington University in Cheney.
Micah Pitts, Forest Gray and Zach McKnight made up the rest of the team that finished in 3 minutes, 39.98 seconds.
Braun placed fourth in the 400 and sixth in the 200. As a team, the Lions tied for 14th with 16 points.
Josiah Mesler was ninth in the triple jump and 11th in the high jump, while Gray was 10th in the high and 14th in the triple.
Anderson, Kessel lead SCA boys golf at state
Senior Brayden Anderson, left, and sophomore Michael Kessel put together strong performances last week at the Class 1B/2B Boys State Golf Championships in the Spokane area.
Anderson shot a two-round total of 179 to finish 25th, while Kessel was 29th at 184 strokes. Kellon Weedon also competed, shooting a 99 in the first round.
As a team, the Lions placed ninth overall in the first year of existence for the program.