During the SPARC 2014 Community Service course, the students experienced the joys of working with their hands in order to touch the hearts of others. Each day the group was able to participate in a different service project at a new location. On the first day, we sorted clothing and cooked meals at the East […]
During SPARC week students learned how to use their digital cameras. Students explored the various ways their cameras can manipulate and control light and how to get the right settings for various kinds of environments and situations. But students did more that take photos. They learned to tell stories, the fundamentals of journalism, and how […]
The 2014 SPARC Great American Cities Tour took us to Chicago, Illinois, which for good reason is called 鈥渢he Windy City.鈥� Our first outing was to Millennium Park where we saw the world famous 鈥淐loud Gate,鈥� also known as 鈥渢he bean.鈥� We also saw the world鈥檚 largest Tiffany dome in the Chicago Cultural Center. […]
This SPARC group focused on finding our identity in Christ instead of what the world says we should do or how we should look. Each day had a different focus. Monday鈥檚 was poise, fashion, make-up, hair, etc鈥uest speaker, Doug Conn, has spent his career in the modeling and pageant business, training young girls to be […]
The Behind the Scenes SPARC group learned all about the many different avenues possible in the athletic/sporting industry after a player is done competing. After all, every athletic career comes to an end, so what is there for those who are passionate about athletics and the sporting industry when competing on the field […]
For the Fundamentals of Coaching SPARC we traveled to three colleges and got to meet with the respective coaches from each. First, we toured the facilities at Tyler Junior College and got to see some of the best Junior College athletic facilities in the country while also getting to visit with TJC women鈥檚 soccer […]
During SPARC 2014 a group of 91猫先生 8th grade students had the opportunity to see firsthand that America is a Christian nation founded on Biblical principles. The 17 students and 6 sponsors and chaperones were privileged to visit such places as Mt. Vernon, the Holocaust museum, and Ford鈥檚 Theater.聽 Although they had to view […]
Hill Country Hiking began with a trip to the Waco Mammoth Site outside of Waco.聽 Students were given a tour and taught about what scientists believe happened to the Columbian Mammoths whose fossil remains were found in that area.聽 Afterward, students were given a chance to look for fossils in a bucket of […]
This week 91猫先生 students expanded their horizons across East Texas, our nation, and the world. But our students didn’t just travel to new places, they gained new experiences. Students saw new things and learned new skills. They went hiking, fishing, and聽sightseeing, but they also created books, wrote stories, and captured memories – all the […]
Did you know that we have a Fine Arts rotation for our 6th graders so that they can get a good overview of all the ways they can be involved in the arts at 91猫先生? It is just one way we try to help them discover their gifts and talents so that they can […]
What do Fire Codes and Wind Chills have in common? INTEGERS of course! In math class on Thursday Mrs. Mize鈥檚 students learned two real life applications for positive and negative numbers. After completing the unit on Integer operations, each class went over examples of integers in real life. First, the class discussed fire code and […]
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: The second in our series is one that takes a broad look at the many approaches to helping your teen navigate grief. Grief over any sundry of topics can lead teens to self-harm or self-loathing behaviors. This podcast goes into great detail for parents as to […]