Christian Citizen USA® named Newspaper of the Year

San Diego, CA- (May 9, 2001)-A Dayton, Ohio based Christian newspaper received top honors during the Christian Newspaper Association's annual newspaper awards ceremony on May 5 in San Diego, California.

Dayton Christian apologizes, explains 'omissions' Dayton Christian Schools, caught in a foreign student athlete scandal reported at length in the Dayton Daily News, admitted that it erred, but indicated an extensive independent investigation showed its part was small and largely due to errors of omission rather than commission. More

DCS institutes policy changes The following report was released April 23 by the Dayton Christian Schools Board of Trustees and administrators: Dayton Christian Schools Inc. (DCS) recognizes that God, through His Word, the Bible, is the absolute authority and basis for all truth. Under that authority, desiring to work with the local church and evangelical community, we seek to assist Christian families in their biblical responsibilities to train their children to become Christlike and fulfill God's purpose for their lives in the home, church and society. This is the Mission Statement for Dayton Christian Schools. More

A home-cooked education for 12 grads Twelve area students will be given high school diplomas by their parents at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 26 at Washington Heights Baptist Church on Far Hills Avenue. The graduates have been home-schooled and will participate in a ceremony sponsored by their families and PEACH (Parents Educating at Christian Homes), a local home school support group.

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"I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character." President George W. Bush Inaugural Address January 20, 2001 More

Classroom Ten Commandments controversy in Kentucky gains momentum The controversy regarding the posting of the Ten Command-ments began in Kentucky when the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1980 case of Stone v. Graham ruled that the Ten Commandments posted on a classroom bulletin board were unconstitutional. The court ruled that students may be induced to venerate and possibly obey the dictates of the Ten Commandments. In the majority opinion, that was ruled unconstitutional. More

Ohio push for school reform inches forward There are encouraging signs that genuine reform in Ohio's educational system is possible - if not this year, then in the next biennial budget.More