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7th Grade College Trip

April 15, 2015

The seventh grade traveled to Marshall, TX to tour East Texas Baptist University this week seeing the campus, having lunch, touring the Athletic Center, seeing the newest dorm on campus, and having conversation with current students. A real treat was having an ETBU alumni with us—our very own Mr. Ben Rogers! These college trips are […]

Middle School Softball Secures TAPPSAC Championship

April 15, 2015

Congratulate our Middle School TAPPSAC Softball Champions! Last weekend our middle school softball team competed with area private schools in the TAPPSAC Championship Tournament. Our Lady Guard fought their way to the top to bring home the win! We’re proud of these girls and the hard work they’ve put into their sport this year! Go […]

Guard Chorale Sings with UT Tyler Patriot Singers

April 15, 2015

This past weekend our Guard Chorale sang with the UT Tyler Patriot Singers at First Presbyterian Church in Tyler! It was a beautiful concert filled with sacred music. It was also a joy to sing with some of our alumni who are a part of the Patriot Singers!         

Mousetrap Cars

April 15, 2015

8th grade Physical Science class built mousetrap cars in class for their spring project.  Students were instructed to build a mousetrap car that could travel a distance of 5 meters.  The only power used for their car was the mousetrap itself.  Using their understanding of simple machines, students created their inventions, trying to travel the fastest […]

Drumline Serves at Race for Autism

April 14, 2015

This last Saturday our drumline used their gift of music to pump up runners during the Race for Autism! What a great way to serve others and enjoy some good beats!   

Studying Renaissance Personalities in Humanities

April 14, 2015

Sophomore Humanities students have been researching Renaissance personalities and presenting them to their peers via ThingLink (a virtual poster board) to prepare for our Renaissance study people who have shaped western society. The students did an awesome job and this study will most certainly be a project that we revisit in the future! 

6th Grade College Trip

April 14, 2015

The 6th graders traveled to The University of Texas at Tyler for a “Life in the Day of a College Student” presentation and a tour of the campus. It was a morning filled with questions and answers, nice temperatures, and no rain. Touring the Nursing School’s Lab was an added bonus for us with one […]

Prayer – Praise!

April 13, 2015

From the desk of Ginger Bell, Director of Family and Alumni Relations: Our Ashlee Regester is back!!!! We were so proud to welcome Miss Ashlee back this week.  Her rehab is going so well, the doctors and all agreed she could return to school.  Though she still has a ways to go for full rehabilitation, […]

Upper School History Projects

April 13, 2015

Students in the upper school History classes recently completed their semester projects.  The five best projects selected by their peers include (l to r) Haleigh Smith (Battle of Little Bighorn), Claire Dixon (the White House), Keren Wallace (1861 Parrott Rifled Cannon), Tanner Smith (Boston Tea Party), and Anna Lee (Washington crossing the Delaware).  Students chose […]

Learning Persuasive Speech at the American Freedom Museum

April 13, 2015

This week, upper school speech students visited the American Freedom Museum for a lesson in persuasive speaking! Students studied famous speeches from our history and learned how to incorporate similar tactics into their own speeches.      

Learning About Spanish Cultures

April 13, 2015

La Señora Wallace came to the Lower Campus Spanish classes on Friday and talked to students about the Dominican Republic. Students learned about its location, environment, crops, tourism, etc. With the information given by Mrs. Wallace they also compared and contrasted school here in the United States with school in the Dominican Republic.  Once again […]

First Grade Spanish

April 13, 2015

First grade students recently participated in their annual Amazing Animal Display. They researched an animal, made story boards about their animal, and presented their information to students, teachers, and parents in the gym. To coordinate their study with Spanish, the students looked up their animal in books during Spanish class and found out how to […]