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Church activities/hobbies/interests:
Danielle’s church activities include
corralling children, performing special
music, assisting with the technical
needs of Winter Family Weekend and
church services, participating in local
and Feast choirs and serving on camp
staff. Her hobbies include playing
piano, constantly singing, photography,
writing and boating.
Plans after graduation:
Danielle plans
to major in communications with a
minor in English at Hanover College.
Afterward, she hopes to have a career
in broadcast or print journalism. She
would additionally like to be baptized,
get married and raise three respectful
munchkins.
Alexia Rickard
Parents’ names:
Tim and Michelle
Rickard
Congregation:
Fort Worth, Texas
High school accomplishments:
Alexia
graduated early from homeschool in
December 2012. She is on track to fin-
ish her associate’s degree in May 2014,
currently holding a 4.0 GPA.
Church activities/hobbies/interests:
Alexia’s parents recalled that she was
“born in January, and it snowed the
next day; but she’s been a fireball ever
since!” She is determined to do her best,
excelling in sports, music, school and
her work. Her main passion is bas-
ketball, playing 11 seasons in church,
homeschool and community leagues.
She has played in the homeschool state
and national basketball tournaments
for the last three years and was recog-
nized as a key player for her team.
Plans after graduation:
She hopes to
study physical therapy or kinesiology;
but most of all, she wants to be suc-
cessful in whatever she does.
Eh Moo Dah Sein
Parents’ names:
Tha Sein and Mu Mu
Congregation:
Raleigh, North Carolina
High school accomplishments:
Eh
Moo Dah was born on Jan. 1, 1993,
in Karen State of Burma. He is the
second child of Tha Sein and Mu Mu.
Eh Moo Dah has one older sister,
Isabella, and two younger brothers,
Doh Htoo and Doh Say. Eh Moo Dah
and his family fled the genocide from
military dictatorship in Burma. Before
they came to the United States, he and
his family fled Burma and were settled
in Beh Klaw, a Mae Lah refugee camp
in Thailand near the border of Burma.
Finally in 2008, Eh Moo Dah and his
family resettled in the United States.
With no English language skills, he
studied hard and finally officially
graduated from high school this year.
Church activities/hobbies/interests:
Eh Moo Dah likes to play guitar and
basketball. At church, he loves to come
early and help with setting up the sound
system equipment for Sabbath services.
Plans after graduation:
He is planning
to continue his education at Durham
Technical Community College and
study carpentry. He is hoping to be-
come a certified carpenter.
Favorite scripture:
Genesis through
Deuteronomy.
Jacob Logan Sims
Parents’ names:
Bill and Gena Sims
Congregation:
Van Buren, Arkansas
Plans after graduation:
Jacob plans
to attend Carl Albert State College in
Poteau, Oklahoma.
Mitchel Sinon
Parents’ names:
Chuck and Deneen
Sinon
Congregation:
St. Petersburg, Florida
High school accomplishments:
Mitchel
graduated from Northside Christian
School in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Mitchel was on the President’s List all
four years of his high school career,
maintaining a 4.0+ GPA. He was in-
ducted into the National Honor Society
and was awarded membership in the
1200 Club for outstanding achievement
on the SAT or ACT equivalent. In his
junior year, he was among those chosen
by the American Legion to participate
Alexia Rickard
Eh Moo Dah Sein
Mitchel Sinon
Jacob Sims