What is the Lord Saying for This Coming Year?
From the TDA Leadership Team: We hope this will be both an encouragement and a confirmation to our families and students. He wants to encounter us and is inviting us to look towards this year with a sense of expectation and faith. We are to become a school of...
PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR THE COMING YEAR
It has been a wonderful summer vacation time and the 2017-18 school year is nearly upon us. We interviewed a few of our teachers and admin staff to see how they are preparing; here's what they said: We started by speaking with Mark French who has a challenging job...
TDA Welcomes Dennis Aldy as our basketball coach
His Story TDA Welcomes Dennis Aldy as our basketball coach for the 2017-18 School Year!! Dennis Aldy and his family are originally from MS. After high school, he played basketball at Holmes Junior College, in Goodman, MS. In 1988 he married his wife, Dara. The...
TDA’s New Soccer Coach
The Daniel Academy is pleased to welcome Elijah Mwansanga as our 2017-2018 High School boy’s and girl’s Head Soccer Coach! Elijah began playing soccer for the Jr and Sr National teams in his home country of Zambia. In 2004, a dream came true when he was offered a...
Fall Flannel Fest 2016
What is the Fall Flannel Fest? The Daniel Academy Student Council’s Fall Flannel Fest for Junior High and High School took place on November third. It was a night where everyone from different grades could come together and just have good, clean fun. The party, funded...
Love or Hate?
The last few weeks, the decision to choose Love or Hate has been a hot topic in our community and nation. We have heard everyone's opinions regarding this topic on social media and in local news. Hearing the same...
Grade 1 Bible Class Testimony
We had quite an amazing time this past week, all of which was initiated by our 6 year old Grade 1 students, and led by the Holy Spirit. In times like these the teacher's role is often, to simply "let the children come to Jesus." While we teachers always come to Bible...
Why Daniel ? | A Biblical Model for Education
Our school is modeled after the biblical picture of the life of Daniel. One of the first questions we hear from new families is, ” Why Daniel ? ” Simply put, we desire to help students become equipped in their minds, bodies, and spirits in order to testify of the...
Consecrated Living
In order to become people of influence, leadership, and excellence, we must begin living in a consecrated way in our everyday lives. Every human being is looking for what makes them unique, and as believers, we are continually seeking how to function in our God-given...
Adoration, Prayer, and Academics
A TDA Core Value: Adoration Prayer In a world attempting to separate church and state, the Lord has created a divine link between adoring the Lord, prayer and academics that cannot be denied. In fact, this link cannot be understated in it's intrinsic...
The Knowledge of the Holy
The Knowledge of the Holy | Caeley Pittman What comes into your mind when you think about God? According to A. W. Tozer, your answer to this question is the most important thing about you. About any Christian... ...
The Daniel Lifestyle – An Introduction
1 - Prayer/Study of Scripture In Daniel Chapter 1 and 2, we immediately see that prayer is an integral part of his every day life. Communion with God was not something he merely turned to as a last resort. Instead, it was something he exercised 3x a day for over 80...
TDA Vision Casting 2016
Since its inception, The Daniel Academy’s vision has been to create a community that pursues God in prayer, fasting, excellence, and camaraderie. Because the Lord often highlights a specific focus for each school year that builds upon this foundation, we spent...