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TAPPS Academic Team

November 21, 2014

After much testing, we selected our TAPPS Academic team this week and invited our students to a special lunch in their honor. Pizza was served, and students were given the opportunity to meet their coaches and learn more about the academic areas they will compete on behalf of our school in! Congratulate this awesome group […]

PreK Thanksgiving

November 21, 2014

Our Pre-K students came to their Thanksgiving feast today with beautiful songs and adorable outfits. Students sang for their parents dressed as pilgrims and Native Americans, and then enjoyed an enormous feast with their friends and family. Students have been learning about the reason we celebrate Thanksgiving, especially about how we should give thanks to […]

Grandparents’ Day

November 21, 2014

We had a very special day at the Lower School this Friday as our grandparents joined us for a morning of entertainment and fun. The day began with a series of performances from every grade at our Lower School, all giving thanks to God for his blessings to us! Our Cadette Singers also paid tribute […]

Serving Others

November 21, 2014

Fourth grade students helped PreK Spanish students draw pictures of themselves to be used with the Spanish lesson about feelings.  Many were feliz (happy), but some were triste (sad), enfermo (sick), or enojado (mad). When chapel ran over a bit, Mrs. Ponce’s 4th graders noticed that Mr. Gonzales was having to pick up the chairs […]

7th Humanities visits Museum

November 21, 2014

Born in Virginia, Sam Houston became a lawyer, congressman and senator in Tennessee. After moving to Texas in 1832, he joined the growing conflict between U.S. settlers and the Mexican government and became commander of the local army. On April 21, 1836, Houston and his men defeated Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna at […]

Spelling Bee

November 21, 2014

On Wednesday, after school, Middle School students competed in our annual Spelling Bee! The top five finishers in the Spelling Bee were: Ruby Timmons(5th place), Alexandra Koenig (4th) Rachel Berkeley (3rd), Riley Hill (2nd), Katelynn Henics (1st). Congratulate these students for their skill in spelling!

1st Grade Fall Festival

November 20, 2014

1st grade students celebrated Fall on Thursday afternoon with a variety of activities. Students sang and performed skits for their parents and then made all kinds of Fall crafts like Thanksgiving pumpkins, woven placemats, and hand-drawn turkeys! Parents enjoyed activities with their child, and students enjoyed doing so many interactive activities with one another.

Economics Learns About the Origins of Money in the US

November 20, 2014

In 1781, Robert Morris, the Financier of the Revolution, gave General Washington $50,000 to pay his soldiers at Valley Forge. What do you think is the equivalent today? Would you be surprised to know that it would be $1,130,000.00 in today’s dollars? Mr. Roark’s 12th grade Economics classes visited the Museum last week for our […]

National Honor Society Inducts 14 New Members

November 19, 2014

On Wednesday morning, we inducted 14 new students into the National Honor Society! Congratulate (Back, Left to Right) Markus Ma, Kyle Webb, Alec Kitt, Jacob Yeager, Alex Ellis, Yiling Cao, Julia Troxell; (Front, Left to Right) Monica Liang, Zeyu Li, Alexandra Ferris, Elim Oluwole, Favour Diokpo, Cynthia Cherng; Raegan Hayes not pictured. What an amazing accomplishment […]

A Kindergarten Thanksgiving

November 18, 2014

Over the past week, kindergarten students have learned about Thanksgiving and why we celebrate the holiday. Part of our curriculum includes an opportunity for our students to eat a thanksgiving meal with their parents and classmates! We had the privilege of doing just that on Monday and Tuesday! Mrs. Newman recorded some of her students responses […]

Studying Plate Tectonics in 6th Grade

November 18, 2014

Plate tectonics is easier to understand if you build cities on top of Playdoh and place it on wooden boards. When students do this, they can observe the different kinds of plate movements and record the damage. After studying about divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries, 6th graders did just that in science lab. Most […]

Visit the Sir Readalot’s Castle Scholastic Book Fair!

November 14, 2014

A Knight in shining armor will greet shoppers at the Scholastic Book Fair! The book fair is open for shopping from November 17-November 21. Shop Monday from 8:00-5:00, Tuesday from 8:00-6:00, Wednesday 8:00-4:00 (closed during chapel), Thursday 8:00-4:00 and Friday 8:00-12:00. Sir Readalot promises that you will find an amazing variety of exceptional literature.