From the desk of Brian Nelson, Dean of Academics: On the heels of College Emphasis Week, I have engaged in many conversations regarding the price tag and value of college.聽 With tuition prices soaring and many recent college grads facing unemployment, many are questioning whether college is the answer.聽 Should we pay for our children […]
After much testing, we selected our TAPPS Academic team this week and invited our students to a special lunch in their honor. Pizza was served, and students were given the opportunity to meet their coaches and learn more about the academic areas they will compete on behalf of our school in! Congratulate this awesome group […]
Our Pre-K students came to their Thanksgiving feast today with beautiful songs and adorable outfits. Students sang for their parents dressed as pilgrims and Native Americans, and then enjoyed an enormous feast with their friends and family. Students have been learning about the reason we celebrate Thanksgiving, especially about how we should give thanks to […]
We had a very special day at the Lower School this Friday as our grandparents joined us for a morning of entertainment and fun. The day began with a series of performances from every grade at our Lower School, all giving thanks to God for his blessings to us! Our Cadette Singers also paid tribute […]
Fourth grade students helped PreK Spanish students draw pictures of themselves to be used with the Spanish lesson about feelings.聽 Many were feliz (happy), but some were triste (sad), enfermo (sick), or enojado (mad). When chapel ran over a bit, Mrs. Ponce鈥檚 4th graders noticed that Mr. Gonzales was having to pick up the chairs […]
Born in Virginia, Sam Houston became a lawyer, congressman and senator in Tennessee. After moving to Texas in 1832, he joined the growing conflict between U.S. settlers and the Mexican government and became commander of the local army. On April 21, 1836, Houston and his men defeated Mexican General Antonio L贸pez de Santa Anna at […]
On Wednesday, after school, Middle School students competed in our annual Spelling Bee! The top five finishers in the Spelling Bee were: Ruby Timmons(5th place), Alexandra Koenig (4th) Rachel Berkeley (3rd), Riley Hill (2nd), Katelynn Henics (1st). Congratulate these students for their skill in spelling!
1st grade students celebrated Fall on Thursday afternoon with a variety of activities. Students sang and performed skits for their parents and then made all kinds of Fall crafts like Thanksgiving pumpkins, woven placemats, and hand-drawn turkeys! Parents enjoyed activities with their child, and students enjoyed doing so many interactive activities with one another.
In 1781, Robert Morris, the Financier of the Revolution, gave General Washington $50,000 to pay his soldiers at Valley Forge. What do you think is the equivalent today? Would you be surprised to know that it would be $1,130,000.00 in today鈥檚 dollars? Mr. Roark鈥檚 12th grade Economics classes visited the Museum last week for our […]
On Wednesday morning,聽we inducted 14 new students into the National Honor Society! Congratulate (Back, Left to Right) Markus Ma, Kyle Webb, Alec Kitt, Jacob Yeager, Alex Ellis, Yiling Cao, Julia Troxell; (Front, Left to Right) Monica Liang, Zeyu Li, Alexandra Ferris, Elim Oluwole, Favour Diokpo, Cynthia Cherng; Raegan Hayes not pictured. What an amazing accomplishment […]
Over the聽past week, kindergarten students have learned about Thanksgiving and why we celebrate the holiday. Part of our curriculum includes an opportunity for our students to eat a thanksgiving meal with their parents and classmates! We had the privilege of doing just that on Monday and Tuesday! Mrs. Newman recorded some of her students responses […]
Plate tectonics is easier to understand if you build cities on top of Playdoh and place it on wooden boards. When students do this, they can observe the different kinds of plate movements and record the damage. After studying about divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries, 6th graders did just that in science lab. Most […]