Mrs. Mize鈥檚 math classes visited the computer lab on Monday to integrate and apply technology with fractions. The students just finished a unit on factors and fractions and to wrap up the chapter, students were paired with a partner and instructed to conduct a survey of 30 people and track the results then display the […]
Mrs. Dahn’s first graders聽are聽 building knowledge in a big way!聽聽Students spent time building spelling words and geometric shapes.聽 Toothpicks, jellybeans, and marshmallows became great math tools!
We are excited about our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair at the Lower School. The book fair is a reading event that brings to school the books kids want to read. The fair has a聽聽wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. Please make plans to visit our Book Fair and be involved […]
Please bring your canned food items to Mrs. Partida’s Spanish Class says Lola Derr聽and Kate and Landon Reynolds! Support聽the聽annual聽food drive sponsored by all the Spanish class students.
On Friday Mrs. Mize鈥檚 Math 7 class brought different food and drink items for a fraction food party! The students each brought an item that could be divided up then made up their own word problem to represent a fraction of the amount they brought. The class even learned how to look at the nutrition […]
A group of very motivated fifth graders聽meet weekly to eat snacks and discuss the current book club selection, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.聽 Anna Marie Ward, the originator of the club, along with her officers: Josie Travis and Mia Fair,聽named the club “Between the Pages”.聽These young ladies聽helped 聽publicize and organize the club, […]
In Mr. Bunger’s聽environmental science class we have been talking about pH and other factors that affect the animals that live in our lakes and rivers. An excellent indicator of water quality is the abundance of certain insects that spend part of their lives in the water like dragonflies and mayflies. We are blessed at Brook […]
Sixth graders used a landform model and colored water to make contour maps.聽 As they covered the landform with water in one centimeter increments, they drew a picture on the lid of the model.聽 It was then easy to see how the contour lines became closer together as the elevation increased.聽 Then, students drew their […]
As part of 8th graders studying chemical reactions, students were challenged to make their own glass cleaners, including testing them and marketing them like a real world glass cleaner company.聽 They started with three formulas which they tested and chose a winner to be their glass cleaner.聽 They gave the product a name, a slogan […]
Biology students in Mrs. Brunson’s class have been learning about Biomes (geographical/climate regions on the planet earth, often refers to communities of plants, animals and organisms that make up a major聽ecosystem in a geographical area). As part of their study students are working in groups to create a PowerPoint presentation about a specific biome where […]
From the desk of Krista Wallace, Director of Admissions: One of my favorite roles in my job as Director of Admissions is giving campus tours to visitors.聽 During September, a group of student teachers from Japan visited 91猫先生.聽 We were the first stop on their tour of public and private schools in the East […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: Next week is College Emphasis Week at 91猫先生. We will have early morning 聽informal 鈥淐offee and College鈥� meetings with 8th, 9th, and 10th grade parents, a College Kick Off evening with 11th grade students and parents, a Mini College Fair in the Library on Tuesday during […]