God Can Use You by Bri Reitzner It is the vision of Gloria Deo Academy to educate the whole student in order to graduate young men and women who will use their God-given strengths and talents to live lives of significance for the glory of God. The collaborative model at GDA recognizes parent [...]
Upper School student, Malak Dove, spoke about his experience as a GDA Lion at the GDA Together Again Banquet. At the 2021 Together Again Banquet, Gloria Deo Academy Upper School student Malak Dove spoke about the athletic opportunities GDA offers and how his experiences as a GDA Lion have shaped him to [...]
Click here to learn more about Fine Arts opportunities at Gloria Deo Academy. On January 20-22, Mrs. Davis and I took six of our GDA Upper School Drama students to the Missouri State Thespian Conference. The conference is an opportunity for theatre students to attend technical theatre and performance workshops lead by professionals and [...]
Is there a way to keep the “wonder years” alive? Juli Engel writes about cultivating worship and wonder in Christian classical education. If raising children was a scary movie, some might suggest the villain would be the “terrible twos.” Anyone who has lived through this season might think they were out of the woods [...]
Mrs. Strain led Gloria Deo Academy students in an Opening Ceremonies devotional on Veterans Day. Mrs. Strain talked about how the widow gave all that she had when she gave her two coins, like many military personnel have given all for our freedom during Opening Ceremonies on Veterans Day. The following blog is an example [...]
The following speech was presented at Gloria Deo Academy's Banquet benefiting the All In His Time Campaign. My name is Lindsey King, and this is my husband, Brad. All four of our children attend Gloria Deo Academy. We have twin sons in eighth grade, a daughter in fourth grade, and our baby girl [...]
My name is Katelyn (Reynolds) Rodabaugh and I am a proud alumna of Gloria Deo Academy and a part of the first GDA’s graduating class in 2012. I graduated from Missouri State University in 2016 and I currently work for BKD CPAs and Advisors as the Campus Recruiter for our Southern Missouri offices. I [...]
Cross Country at GDA! It is a grossly understated reality, especially in our postmodern world, that suffering has the unique ability to produce character and strength. Secular philosophies such as Stoicism preach an embrace of suffering as a means to manifesting virtue and achieving maximal resilience. The Holy Scriptures contain numerous stories of struggle, [...]
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you [...]
A number of months back Carrie Jacques (River Stone Principal) was telling me that the last time they had the school's accreditation team come the one thing they said was that they had never seen students in such a rigorous academic program also seem so happy as the kids are at GDA. [...]
