Friends, family and students of Cornerstone Academy of the Ozarks gathered at the Warsaw Community Building on February 17 to enjoy an evening of entertainment, food and fellowship.
The annual Cornerstone Academy fundraiser featured a Fashion Extravaganza at this year’s event Cornerstone teacher Janet Adams wrote and directed a show for the evening’s entertainment. Students dressed up in unique fashions to the delight of the audience as they presented delicious desserts which were auctioned off to the audience.
Participants of the event were treated to a dinner prepared by Mary, Willard and Hannah Schrock. Entertainment included the students as well as local gospel performer Christy Hoagland.
According to Dr. Rebecka Spencer, director and founder of Cornerstone Academy, the event raised $28,000. The funds will go toward purchasing curriculum, supplies and everything that tuition doesn’t cover.
Cornerstone Academy is located inside the Warsaw Bible Church at 16155 Waggoner Road, Warsaw, MO, and welcomes students on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Presently Cornerstone Academy serves 32 students in grades preschool through seniors in high school. Students work in partnership with the home and local church. The mission of Cornerstone Academy of the Ozarks is to equip and encourage students to be life-long learners who embrace a Biblical worldview and a lifestyle of love and service modeled after Jesus Christ.
The vision of Cornerstone Academy is to help every student develop toward full maturity in Christ by teaching and enabling them:
-To be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ, development of character.
-To know they are filled with spiritual understanding and increasing in the knowledge of God and truth, development of wisdom.
-To do the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God by being fruitful in every good work and living a lifestyle of service while not growing weary in well doing, development of service.
In addition to her work at Cornerstone Academy, Spencer is working with students diagnosed with dyslexia.
“We are facing a literacy crisis,” said Spencer. “One in five people in the world is dyslexic and needs to be taught how to deal with it. My goal is to not only help students suffering from dyslexia but also to train teachers how to help students who are dyslexic.”
Spencer, who has twenty-two years of experience in education, hopes to reach out to students and teachers all over the country.
For more information on Cornerstone Academy contact Dr. Spencer at (660) 723-3313 or cornerstoneacademyoftheo zarks@gmail.com.
