Calling all 91猫先生 Fans – would you be willing to invite a family you think would love 91猫先生 to our Lower School Look & See? Here is the info: When – February 1st from 6-8pm Where 聽– The 91猫先生 Lower School Childcare for Ages 3+ provided courtesy of 91猫先生 Come join […]
Our Middle School boys and girls took on All Saints in soccer this week. Both teams shut down All Saints, with our girls winning 4-0 and our boys winning 6-0.聽This season is especially unique because we now have separate boys and girls teams!
From the desk of Wally Dawkins, Athletic Director: I frequently hear about the difficulties in teaching鈥oaching鈥nd parenting Middle School age students. By the age of 12-13 years, it seems that in the blink of an eye that your sweet, dependent, needy youngster has all of sudden turned into a complete stranger.聽 Simultaneously, as a parent, […]
Our Kindergarten students ended the week by making their own “snowthings”. Students made snowmen, snowgirls, snowdogs, and even snowheroes. It was a fun activity to end the week and to reinforce what they have been learning about cold weather and snow!
From the desk of Rod Fletcher, Headmaster: In his letter to the Philippians, Paul proclaims his joy upon remembering the church in Philippi: “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first […]
From the desk of Shawn Rhoads, Director of Residence Life: I聽don’t know about you, but sometimes when I聽read the paper or listen to the news, it feels like聽an emotional beat down. Another ISIS attack. Another suicide bombing. Another international conflict. Another global threat. It just starts to wear a soul down. But then I walk […]
During their 6th grade year students go through our fine arts rotation. Students rotate through Drama, Choir, Orchestra, and Visual Art to explore their talents and see what they might be most interested in pursuing for their 7th grade year. This week, our 6th grade drama students have been rehearsing their one act play for […]
This week Physics students performed a lab to study frequencies and wavelengths. Each lab group used a PVC pipe and a microphone sensor along with a computer. By hitting the end of the pipe first with one finger, then with the palm, the students were able to set up two different frequencies in the pipes […]
Here is a聽little art history about the Pop Art Movement from the 1960’s: everyone knows Andy Warhol, but do you know about Claes Oldenburg? This week, our Art 1 & 2 students learned about Claes Oldenburg who was the premier sculptor of the Pop Art Movement (pop stands for popular). Pop Art was about American […]
This past week Mr. Pierce led our Lower School in fun, energetic, and worshipful praise songs. If you haven’t been to our Lower School chapel yet, it is truly an uplifting, spirit-filled service! 聽4th graders from Mrs. Dawkins’ class lead us in our pledges, prayers, and The Guard Charge. This week Mr. Pierce also had […]
7th grade Humanities students in Mrs. Figueroa鈥檚 & Mrs. Mattay’s classes continued their study of Manifest Destiny this week. After analyzing John Gast鈥檚 painting, American Progress, students discussed the causes, effects, and long-term results of westward expansion. The lesson came to life when students created an illustration that predicted聽what Manifest Destiny might look like between […]
Sixth graders have been learning about heat transfer in science class this week.聽 To further their understanding, students tested out the position of a chocolate chip relative to a heat source and predicted and then observed the melting pattern. 聽Students聽then moved their heat source and tried predicting a second time.聽 During this lab, students observed […]