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7th Grade College Trip

April 15, 2015

The seventh grade traveled to Marshall, TX to tour East Texas Baptist University this week seeing the campus, having lunch, touring the Athletic Center, seeing the newest dorm on campus, and having conversation with current students. A real treat was having an ETBU alumni with us鈥攐ur very own Mr. Ben Rogers! These college trips are […]

Mousetrap Cars

April 15, 2015

8th grade Physical Science class built mousetrap cars in class for their spring project.  Students were instructed to build a mousetrap car that could travel a distance of 5 meters.  The only power used for their car was the mousetrap itself.  Using their understanding of simple machines, students created their inventions, trying to travel the fastest […]

Studying Renaissance Personalities in Humanities

April 14, 2015

Sophomore Humanities students have been researching Renaissance personalities and presenting them to their peers via ThingLink (a virtual poster board) to prepare for our Renaissance study people who have shaped western society. The students did an awesome job and this study will most certainly be a project that we revisit in the future! 

6th Grade College Trip

April 14, 2015

The 6th graders traveled to The University of Texas at Tyler for a 鈥淟ife in the Day of a College Student鈥 presentation and a tour of the campus. It was a morning filled with questions and answers, nice temperatures, and no rain. Touring the Nursing School鈥檚 Lab was an added bonus for us with one […]

Upper School History Projects

April 13, 2015

Students in the upper school History classes recently completed their semester projects.  The five best projects selected by their peers include (l to r) Haleigh Smith (Battle of Little Bighorn), Claire Dixon (the White House), Keren Wallace (1861 Parrott Rifled Cannon), Tanner Smith (Boston Tea Party), and Anna Lee (Washington crossing the Delaware).  Students chose […]

Learning Persuasive Speech at the American Freedom Museum

April 13, 2015

This week, upper school speech students visited the American Freedom Museum for a lesson in persuasive speaking! Students studied famous speeches from our history and learned how to incorporate similar tactics into their own speeches.      

Learning About Spanish Cultures

April 13, 2015

La Se帽ora Wallace came to the Lower Campus Spanish classes on Friday and talked to students about the Dominican Republic. Students learned about its location, environment, crops, tourism, etc. With the information given by Mrs. Wallace they also compared and contrasted school here in the United States with school in the Dominican Republic.聽 Once again […]

First Grade Spanish

April 13, 2015

First grade students recently participated in their annual Amazing Animal Display. They researched an animal, made story boards about their animal, and presented their information to students, teachers, and parents in the gym. To coordinate their study with Spanish, the students looked up their animal in books during Spanish class and found out how to […]

THE ROAD TO GRADUATION

April 10, 2015

From the desk of Michelle Rozell, High School Principal: With April arriving, the anticipation of graduation is growing.聽 This week the seniors picked up their caps and gowns marking another huge step toward the big day.聽 I am so proud of what this year鈥檚 senior class has already accomplished.聽 As of today they have been […]

6th Grade Rocket Launch

April 10, 2015

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 […]

Re-Discovering the English Bible

April 10, 2015

We had some special guests speak to our middle school about the English Bible. Students learned about the first translations of the Bible into English, as well as the great sacrifice and efforts people like Wycliffe and Tyndale put into making God’s word available to the common person. We have so much to be grateful […]

Discovering Dinosaurs in 2nd Grade Science

April 10, 2015

Second grader students are studying prehistoric dinosaurs in science. During science lab, students rotated to four different science stations where they measured dinosaurs, discussed vocabulary relating to dinosaurs such as herbivores and carnivores, and examined various dinosaur models. At the last station we made salt dough imprints of prehistoric creatures to take home!          […]