Catechism Achievements

You will see this Sunday a bulletin announcement congratulating two Tenth students for reciting the Westminster Shorter Catechism. Here is most of the text from the letter sent by The American Academy instructor who wrote us.

"As an instructor in several subjects at The American Academy, one of my main duties is to supervise the children's progress in learning the Westminster Shorter Catechism. We typically devote one hour per week to this exercise, the ideal goal being complete memorization of the whole opus. In our time together over the years, several students have learned large portions of this great theological compendium. I had the pleasure last month to write to inform you of the commendable achievement of Joel Fink, son of Dr. Albert and Mrs. Shirley Fink, in being the first TAA student to complete the entire catechism. I am thrilled to let you know of the circumstances now of the second student to do so.

Tenth-grader Barbara Matej, daughter of Dr. Samuel and Mrs. Viera Matej, successfully responded to all 107 questions in one class period. Her recitation was confident, brisk, and done with an accuracy level of close to 97%... I encourage you and your congregation to take great joy and gratification from this achievement of Barbara's as evidence of the excellent foundation you are providing her and other students at Tenth, and of the partnership you have with schools like TAA.

Jonathan Rockey