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. […]
Twenty students and parents, along two BH faculty members, saw the major sights of Paris, France, in a whirl-wind eight-day tour of the city.聽 We rose to the top of the Eiffel Tower, toured major historical sites by bus and on foot, including Notre Dame Cathedral, Montmartre, Versailles, and the castle of Henry IV; took […]
Students who participated in parent/student led mission trips, internships, and college trips concluded SPARC week last night in the Lecture Hall with cookies, soft drinks, and presentations. When we turned out the light and walked out the door we felt like we had been a doctor, a lawyer, a veterinarian, a reporter, a journalist, a […]
AP Biology students made bacteria glow in the dark this week!聽 Using a transformation process, the AP Biology students caused bacteria to take in the genes needed to produce the fluorescent protein found in some jellyfish.聽 The most frequent comment from students when they looked at the glowing bacteria was 鈥淭hat is soooo cool鈥�.
From the desk of Dr. Ward, Director of Campus Life & Ministry: One of our annual traditions is a spiritual emphasis week for MS and US students the week before Easter. Last year we changed the name from OASIS Week to Resurrection Week to remind us about what Easter celebrates. 聽Here is a preview of […]
This week AP Chemistry students synthesized a coordination compound to apply and test their lab skills. Mr. Bunger described the lab as follows: “Today we were synthesizing a coordination compound. In plain language we were making a colorful, complex chemical. The lab procedure is fairly intricate with a number of different steps involved to […]
3rd grade students did an exploration lab of the different forms of energy.聽 They encountered electrical, light, heat, mechanical, chemical, sound and solar forms of energy.聽 While exploring, each student was expected to identify the specific form of energy demonstrated.
5th graders used pinhole cameras in science class this week to study how light works! To help the students understand how light travels, students made a pinhole camera and were surprised to see an upside down light bulb on the wax paper.聽 Spectrum viewers were also made which show how light bends and breaks into […]
From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Sang Jun (Justin) Lee, ’07, was recently accepted into the graduate program for Economics at Duke and had to share the news with his 91猫先生 family.聽 Upon reading his message, I felt compelled to share parts of it with you as a […]
From the Desk of Dr. Ward: As part of our middle and high school Resurrection Week (the week before Easter), we set aside one day for community service. Because we love acronyms, we call it OASIS Day (when Others Are Served Instead of Self).聽 On OASIS Day, our advisory groups go into the local community […]
Fifth Grade Students along with Mrs. Savage, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Fritcher, and chaperones, visited the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. Students explored and experienced many facets of聽 NASA聽and related space projects. Favorite activities included “Operation Blast Off”–a presentation about the Mars Rover, “Vacuums in Space”–experimenting with marshmallows聽using an air extractor, tour of the […]
Dr. Stan Ward, master storyteller and ukulele player, brought the chapel message to the students by way of a folktale about a big green granddaddy frog who thought he was so big and so green that he did not need anyone in his life until he met a big black granddaddy water snake.聽 Hebrews 10: […]