Mrs. Bickerstaff’s class created houses based on the book, My House in the Middle of Town, by Crystal Bowman.聽聽Written in rhyme, the author tells the story of a lonely grandma who lived聽in a聽dilapidated house. 聽The kids in the town begin to clean up the yard and work on the house. The adults get involved in […]
During our Lower School chapel service, Mrs. Ponce’s fourth grade class recently performed the heartwarming musical, Donkey Tales, by Kathie Hill, and Melody Morris.聽 The story took place on a Dude Ranch where there聽were no horses—only donkeys! The guests were surprised about this but soon learned about the role donkeys played in聽the Bible. They learned聽 […]
Third graders are studying animal adaptations. To understand how a bird’s beak is adapted for what it eats, students used different utensils to try to pick up different items such as a marble, rubber band, macaroni, plastic disc, and styrofoam. The objective was to move the “food item” from one plate to another to represent […]
October 28-November 1 is 鈥淚 Just Read a Great Book Week鈥� at the 91猫先生 Lower School. Mrs. Gibson鈥檚 fifth grade class chose one of their favorite easy-readers to read to Mrs. Powell鈥檚 Pre-Kindergarten class.聽 Not only was this a very special time for the Pre-K students, but it was an especially fun time for […]
Fifth Graders recently read about Pete the Cat to preschool students during “Read a Great Book Week”. Pictured here are fifth graders with their “reading buddies”.
The Lower School students participated in many special activities and events during Great Book Week. The culmininating activity was the “Great Book Week”聽character parade. The entire student body dressed up as a story or real life character.聽The variety of characters included聽Pete the Cat, Mice and Cookies from If You 91猫先生 a Mouse a Cookie, Office […]
The 鈥渨ild things鈥� recently made an appearance at chapel service this week. Pictured below are the 鈥渨ild鈥� Lower School teachers with Mrs. Fritcher who was a bit on the wild side herself!聽 All was in fun as teachers dressed in the spirit of the story, Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak. This was […]
Pumpkins on Parade was a very successful event at the Lower School Library! We had 45 students create pumpkin characters based on a favorite story character. All 91猫先生 Lower School students then voted for their favorite pumpkin.聽The聽“Children’s Choice” award winners are pictured on the front row below. The first place winner was Wilbur from […]
5th graders dissected owl pellets this week as part of their study of different ecosystems.聽 At first it seemed gross, but they quickly adjusted and had a great time finding the bones!聽Once students dissected the pellets, they classified the skulls to determine what the owl ate. 聽After this each student classified the bones by placing […]
The Storybook Pumpkins have arrived at the Lower School Library! Come by after school until 4:15 pm on Monday and Tuesday,聽October 29th &聽30th,聽to check out all the interesting and clever disguises. Pictured below are a few of the storybook pumpkin characters.
The Lower School chapel service included the first quarter awards.聽 Students were selected based on attributes of聽the award. The awards presented were Scholarly Achievement, Godly Character, Leadership, and Servant’s Heart. Students earning these awards are pictured below. 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Scholarly Achievement 聽聽Beaux Christian, Josh Collins, Nate Dahn, Landry Graves, Marlee Gunter, Katelynn Henics, James Jordan, Max […]
Mrs. Dawkins’s fourth grade students created their own costumes and props for a reader’s theatre performance about the life of Christopher Columbus.