From the desk of Sandra Fritcher, Lower School Principal: In my Bible, I have the verse I Corinthians 15:58 highlighted.聽 It says,聽 鈥淭herefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.鈥澛� I have referred to this […]
It is Pet Week in Pre-K and our students have participated in all kinds of activities involving pets! We enjoyed “dog food” (cocoa puffs and Scooby Doo graham crackers) as well as “puppy chow” for snacks. Our students brought pictures of their pets to share with the class, and we even graphed our pets on […]
First Graders in Mrs. Dahn鈥檚 class celebrated reading by bringing special guests to our Classroom Library Grand Opening! Our stuffed animal friends joined us for calendar time, reading stories and the ribbon cutting ceremony.聽 Lilly Kummerfeld and Corr Terry had the honor of opening up the library while we all cheered.聽 We selected books to […]
This week Pre-K conducted two different Gilbert Gas experiments while studying the letter G! We also enjoyed Glistening Glitter Grapes for our Friday Snack!
Mrs. Smiths 1st grade class started a brown bag book club this week. Students have been studying main characters and their traits, and today they paired up with a partner to discuss their story as they ate popcorn. The story this week was Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.
Mrs. Newsom’s 3rd grade class enjoyed learning about God’s word through a couple of skits this week. First, on a fishing trip, a little boy realizes that if he memorizes scripture he can always have it in his mind no matter what he is doing. In another skit a grandfather explains the Trinity as he […]
Mrs. Bickerstaff鈥檚 5th grade class was honored to have Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, father to our Caley, as a teacher guest this week. Mr. Fitzgerald is a pilot for the Wheels Up Company. Since our class learned about how to use latitude and longitude to find places on the Earth, we thought it would be cool […]
Kindergarten students have been busy over the last two weeks studying the letter “P”. Students plotted out their favorite kinds of pickles, used their senses to observe and study pop rocks, and even debated their favorite kind of popcorn. 聽 聽
Mrs. Newsom’s and Mrs. Brown鈥檚 3rd grade classes visited the American Freedom Museum on Wednesday and did the unthinkable鈥hey touched stuff!! Don鈥檛 worry! They had permission and a good time! As a way to introduce their year in U.S. History, our 91猫先生 3rd graders came for the 鈥淐an I Touch That?鈥� tour. They found […]
Our Lower School Cheerleaders are continuing to practice with our Varsity Cheerleaders! These girls are learning how to cheer The Guard on to victory!
Our Lower School teachers did a wonderful skit for our students at chapel this week. In “If I Weren’t a Teacher”, our teachers imagined what they might be if they weren’t a teacher – a rock star, trombone player, baseball player, ballerina, taxi driver, princess, or even a cheerleader. In the end though, our teachers […]
Our Pre-K classes their 5 senses to explore an octopus for the letter “O” this week. Students used words like slimy, smelly and even squishy to describe the octopus. Students also engaged in other activities like graphing their favorite flavor of popcorn like they did last week for cookies. Students utilized the promethium board in […]