This week in Bible 7 students spent time learning about the LORD鈥檚 seminal act of salvation in the Old Testament, the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. After spending time learning about the character of Moses and the first 9 plagues God sent to persuade the Pharaoh to release Israel, we took time to contemplate the meaning […]
Each year the Rotary Club of Tyler recognizes outstanding high school senior students from area schools for our Outstanding High School Senior Students Program. This year, Chipper Adams and Morgan Moss were selected for this high honor!聽The selection of these outstanding high school senior students is based on their achievements through academics, leadership, and athletics. […]
4th graders presented their annual commercials in preparation for this year’s juice contest which will take place Monday and Tuesday during 3rd-5th grade lunch.
Ms. Spradlin鈥檚 Kindergarten class studied the letter 鈥渄鈥� this week and on Friday we made home-made donuts.聽We also studied Noah’s Arc and made a聽sign of the story.聽 Ms. Spradlin also shared an olive branch that was from the Garden of Gethsemane like the one the dove brought back to Noah.聽
7th graders had to work together to find the answers in humanities class this week. Students divided up into groups to become experts in an area. Then, students joined another group and taught their peers what they had learned!
3rd grade students聽created a NEW cereal with NEW name and slogan in class this week. To sharpen their creativity and writing skills, students also wrote 4 different kinds of sentences about their cereal to help convince classmates that their cereal would be the most delicious. We also turned it into a competition to help motivate […]
Living and Non-Living Worms In second grade, students have been learning about living and non-living things. Last week students in Mrs. Culpepper and Mrs. Brashier’s class observed living earthworms and non-living gummy worms. Students noticed similarities and differences of the two types of worms. As students noticed characteristics, they took notes and collaborated as a […]
From the desk of Brian Nelson: The Academic Department has taken an intentional step toward increasing our participation and success in academic competitions.聽 This year, Robin Bynum has joined the academic team as our Academic Competition Coordinator.聽 I am excited about her vision for the program and the impact that this will have on our […]
From the desk of Sandra Fritcher, Lower School Principal: Homework is an important component of your child鈥檚 educational progress at the Lower School.聽 Homework is a reality at every grade level.聽 When approached correctly, it provides a great deal of benefit to the students in a college preparatory school.聽 Not only does homework help students […]
In physics聽lab, students are learning how to read graphs of position versus time and velocity versus time. Our computer software randomly generates a graph of position versus time and each lab group has to discuss how to direct their lab partner to walk in order to recreate the graph. After coming up with their instructions, […]
Mrs. Bell’s Prekindergarten students drew pigs as a response to the story, If you 91猫先生 a Pig a Pancake, by Laura Numeroff. We also learned about the ingredients in pancakes and where some of the ingredients really originate such as: eggs, milk, butter, and maple syrup.
Did you ever do the volcano science fair project? Chemistry students recently did a mild variation of that experiment to study the law of conservation of mass. They did two trials of the baking soda and vinegar concoction, weighing the products and 聽reactants each time. In the first trial, the聽apparatus was open, allowing the gaseous […]