Fourth graders spent Wednesday and Thursday at Pine Cove’s Institute of Wilderness Studies. They rode horses, saw critters and flew down the zip line all while learning spiritual and education applications.
The AP Environmental Science class learned about different leaf shapes, arrangements, margins and venation in class. In order to put that knowledge to the test, they went outside to collect leaves that meet the specifications of each category. The students collected examples of three different types of compound leaves, seven leaf shapes, three leaf arrangements […]
If you ever wanted to know how to make a comet, just ask a 91猫先生 sixth grader in Jenny Wallace鈥檚 science class. Students have been studying about objects in space and today watched as their teacher made a comet. After making the comet, students did a lab to learn more about dry ice, one […]
Lower School students are wearing crazy hats to kick off our Scholastic Book Fair! The book fair runs through April 6. Hours are 8-4 p.m. each day. All proceeds benefit the Lower School Library.
Pre-K has enjoyed learning about the butterfly life cycle this week. They also made butterfly hats and pretended to be butterflies and drank from a flower with their 鈥減roboscis鈥� (a straw). They learned how butterflies get pollen on their feet when they land on a flower and transfer it to other flowers. They are also […]
Students in Mrs. Bell鈥檚 Pre-K enjoyed reading their sight word books outside on The Fortress as they enjoyed the first week of spring. They completed a sight word sheet and wrote the word 鈥渟ee鈥� as they discussed things to see outside.
Pre-K studied insects last week and enjoyed hunting for insects and bringing them into the class to examine and observe. They learned all the body parts of an insect. They also made caterpillars with green grapes.
Science lab was such a great experience for our kindergarteners. They have been learning about weather and they made their own tornado. Mrs. Brindley gave our third聽graders a hands-on-project in science lab. Their assignment was to create a model of our solar system that included all of the planets. It also needed to include the […]
Second grade library LEGO club students built models of cars with single and double axles. Then these pint-sized engineers tested the models to determine which type of axle allowed for the easiest steering.
These students received technology awards for completing their “Hour of Code” assignment. Camden Wilson, Braxton Durrett, Dylan Outz, Landon Reynolds, and Kenadi Carmichael. In addition, Kenadi also received an award for third place in the Math Olympics reasoning category. Congratulations to these students.
Seventh graders in Coach Collin’s class聽continued their genetics study and looked at how DNA is passed on. They ventured down to the American Freedom Museum and looked at the presidents and first ladies and predicted what traits their kids would inherit.
After reviewing the basics of photo composition, the 鈥淪ee It, Snap It, Improve It鈥� SPARC students were giving full access to the American Freedom Museum for an in-depth photo shoot. The group, led by David Dickerson and Kenna Kempton, consisted of Sophomores Ruby Timmons and Natalie Kirkpatrick and Freshmen Natalie Travis and Raylyn Clark.