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Where Are They Now? Emma Gist, Alumnus, Class of 2009
Emma Gist is one of the unique Warrior students who belonged to what we call “The Kindergarten Club.” She completed her (lower, middle and high school) education at Little Rock Christian Academy, eventually earning the prestigious award of National Merit Scholar. I attended Walnut Valley/Little Rock Christian Academy from Kindergarten through my senior year. At LRCA I felt both comfortable and challenged. Thirteen years in the same place gave me a definite sense of belonging, and the investments my teachers made in their work created what I think is the best environment for the pursuit of learning. -Emma Gist, Alumnus 2009
she lived in St. Petersburg, Russia, studying Russian language and literature at Smolny Institute, the Liberal Arts and Sciences branch of St. Petersburg State. I was ready for something completely different so I chose a new area of the country and a secular university. This was the best decision for me, but it was only successful because of how prepared I was as an LRCA graduate.
When asked how LRCA prepared her for college and After college, Emma the world, Emma responsed: plans to get a Master of Education or My education at LRCA was twofold. In thirteen years, I Teaching degree and gained not only the academic background needed to be a sucteach high school cessful student at the University of Chicago, but also a solid English. Teaching has been her dream job since she was spiritual foundation on which I continue to build my life. in elementary school. She added that all the teachers My experience at college has been a process of comparing she had over the years at Little Rock Christian Acadewhat I’m learning about the world to what I know to be my contributed to this decision, and she hopes to emutrue from scripture, and the more I learn the more I become late the passion they have for sharing knowledge. convinced of God’s sovereignty and love. God gave us science and literature and music and math when He gave us exisI hope, when I teach, to have Mrs. Boyd’s precision, Mrs. Walktence and there is so much we can learn about Him through er’s compassion, and Mr. Wesson’s playfulness. Like Erlo, I want the study of such disciplines. to be a forever student because there is always more to learn and more to be fascinated by. Everyone knows that Mr. Erlandson is Emma is currently attending the University of Chicago incredibly smart, but his true gift is in the way he encourages stuwhich has one of the largest representations of National dents to value and strengthen their own intelligence and curiosity. Merit scholars in the country. She is pursuing a Bache- Little Rock Christian is special because of its teachers, and its lor of Arts in Comparative Literature with her primary students would be lost without their love of teaching and their love field of study in Russian Literature, and secondary field of the Gospel. I am still every day seeking truth and appreciating American Theater. From June to December of 2011, its value.
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