Christian High School Ends Year with Festivities
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 9:33PM
Written by Moses Bratrud
The last week of the school year was a busy one for the students and teachers and Dokime Christian Classical Academy in Baldwin. On May 15, the students presented their 3rd annual Spring Ensemble program. The program's centerpiece was a performance of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, which the audience favored with a standing ovation. The Mozart piece was accompanied by other selections such as Edelweiss from The Sound of Music, some traditional fiddle tunes, several praise and worship songs, and Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, recited in the original Middle English.
The Ensemble consists of Susan Raihala, violin; Adam Rens, Nellie Raihala, and Angela Steiner, piano; Stephen Hokanson, cello; Abraham Bratrud, guitar; and Moses Bratrud, vocals. The Ensemble is directed by Mrs. Lois Wolfe-Steiner.
After the musical program, School Board President and Bible teacher, Mr. Charlie Hokanson delivered the Commencement Address, based on a text from 1 Peter 3. He exhorted graduating senior Susan Raihala and the other students to set apart Christ as Lord of their hearts. Miss Raihala then performed her senior recital piece, Oscar Reiding's Concerto in G Major. Board member Mr. Kurt Swanson and the teachers presented Miss Raihala with her diploma. She will continue her education at Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Watertown next fall, majoring in accounting.
The following evening, the Dokime students again assembled, this time for an evening out on the town. The evening was dubbed "Protocol" and was the culmination of a month-long etiquette course taught by Mrs. Dana Swanson. The students dressed formally and drove to Minneapolis where they enjoyed a 3 course meal at Nicollet Island Inn and attended a performance of Antonin Dvorak's New World Symphony by the Minnesota Orchestra at Orchestra Hall. Before heading home, the group had dessert at Vincent. It was the end of a great year for the students.
Dokime Christian Classical Academy is merging with Baldwin Christian School next fall and will continue to offer classical Christian education to area high school students, including formal instruction in logic, rhetoric, Latin and New Testament Greek. For more information about the school, please call 715-688-9997.