91猫先生 students traveled to UT Tyler, East Texas Baptist University, Stephen F. Austin State University, and visited with over 51 college representatives all in a period of three days this week! Between the Middle School College Trips and The East Texas College Fair students had many opportunities to be reminded how important grades, ACT/SAT […]
Texas A & M, The University of North Texas, and Texas Tech admissions representatives talked with students this week about the application process and programs specific to their universities. Just another way we are helping students prepare for the next step!
Our 4th graders at Lower School started our Magnetic and Electrical Unit with 鈥淎 Cash Smoothie鈥�. Yes, you read that right; MONEY IN A BLENDER! It鈥檚 true鈥� some money is magnetic. Iron is in a dollar bill and the only logical question for science enthusiast is, 鈥淗ow can I get the iron out of that […]
Our 5th graders have been learning about聽space and constellations in preparation for their NASA trip to Houston. Instead of paying for a star as some businesses are advertising these days, the 5th graders designed a constellation and made a model on black paper by punching holes. Then students聽wrote some of the coolest papers Mrs. Brindley […]
This week our college prep physics students were exploring color theory by mixing colors of light and colors of pigment. First, students created swatches of the primary and secondary additive colors in Windows Paint. When they inverted these colors, students saw that each color switched to the color exactly opposite the original on the color […]
As part of their study of space in 6th grade science, students built and launched their own rockets into the sky! This is another example of how our teachers integrate differentiated instruction and interactive activities.聽Mrs. Wallace teaches science to our Middle School students. One of the best things about her method of teaching is that […]
8th grade Physical Science class built mousetrap cars in class for their spring project. 聽Students were instructed to build a mousetrap car that could travel a distance of 5 meters.聽 The only power used for their car was the mousetrap itself. 聽Using their understanding of simple machines, students聽created their inventions, trying to travel the fastest […]
The Lower School almost had too much fun with the “Feelin’ Groovy” theme of the Scholastic Book Fair! Teachers and students dressed up as a person from the 1960’s during one of our special events. Families and students visited the book fair throughout the week and purchased great books. It was a very exciting and […]
Pre-k has been discussing measurement and using our feet to measure distances. We measured different length of tape using our feet. In other news, we had two chicks hatch from our PreK incubating project! check them out!
5th graders went to NASA this week for a field trip! Students had the opportunity to explore the facilities and learn about space travel. Students also got to “pack” for a trip to Mars, and see space shuttles and rockets while also learning about our vast universe!
91猫先生鈥檚 Lower School Third Graders went to a naturalization ceremony on Wednesday, April 6. The ceremony was held in the federal courthouse in downtown Tyler. There were 40 new citizens being honored in the ceremony. One of the new citizens was one of our own 鈥� Wentzel Bouwer whose country of origin was South […]
On Friday, April 1, 2016, the Guard Junior Scholars competed in the 2016 Private Schools International Association (PSIA) Academic District Competition. 15 schools with 500 students = 1 tough contest! 91猫先生 sent 60 4th 鈥� 6th graders to compete and they represented 91猫先生 well! Guard Junior Scholars brought home a total of 407 […]