Mrs. Dawkins鈥� 4th graders made their first visit to the American Freedom Museum to kick off their study of Texas History. Mrs. Bynum shared with them the rich heritage that Texas has in our country including, presidents, governors, provisions during war time, and much more. After a brief walk-through and introduction, the students were given […]
Sixth graders are learning to find the volume of irregular objects in science class. Students measured 50 ml of colored water into a graduated cylinder. Next, they dropped in the test object and recorded the ending value on the graduated cylinder. To find the volume, they had to subtract the ending amount with the beginning amount. […]
First grade was excited today!聽 Everyone brought a special stuffed animal guest to the grand opening of our classroom library.聽 We spent the day reading to our animals and measuring and comparing with them.聽 They even joined us for Bible time when we learned about how our amazing God made all the animals.聽 We are […]
Today was Mrs. Smith’s class first trip to the Science Lab!聽Students learned all聽about lab safety and how to use the science lab for their frequent visits throughout the year!
Eighth graders are learning about the design process of engineers. To introduce the unit, students were challenged to build a barge out of a piece of aluminum foil that measured 20 cm X 20 cm and four straws. Students came up with very interesting designs. The barges held anything from 8 pennies up to 133 […]
“P” was our letter of the week in Kindergarten! We did all kinds of activities like writing a pickle poem. We also read “Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse” and on Friday we made a pizza. One of the coolest activities we did was try a variety of pickles and chart our favorites as a class. What […]
Legacy is about life and living. It’s about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future. In Junior English we have been discussing the fact that each of us are currently leaving a legacy. The type of legacy we are leaving is entirely up to us as individuals. As this […]
Some awesome 91猫先生 students made it in the VMI Alumni News! Check out the story here: http://issuu.com/vmi_alumni_agencies/docs/2015-3_web/31?e=1542599/14715802
Cathy Cook came to visit PreK this week and brought cookies for the kids to graph their favorite cookies. She also brought other things that started with the letter “C” like carrot, a car, coffee cup, crayon and corn. We even got to do a magical milk experiment! We had an awesome time learning the […]
From the desk of Sandra Fritcher, Lower School Principal: Summer is over, the school year has started, and what a great start it has been!聽 On the first day, I walked up and down the halls, went in classrooms, stayed through both lunches, and I just marveled at how blessed we are at the Lower […]
Students in Mrs Newman’s class read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom this week in class and made a Chicka Chicka Tree!
Congratulations to Cole, Aiden, Blake, Emma, and Brooklynn. These students are officially smarter because they read all summer long and turned in completed聽 reading logs to Ila England, Lower School librarian. Each student received a book full of stickers with reading and drawing activities.