“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut, author
Mixing Minerals to Form Rocks
Our second and third graders used a variety of sweet treats to mix minerals into a giant marshmallow rock this week in science.
Serving Grandparents & Special People in Our Lives
Kindergarteners through third graders invited grandparents or another special person in their lives to honor at a biscuit breakfast complete with educational BINGO. Thank you to all the grandparents and special guests who joined us!
10th Grade Chemistry Students Use Pennies to Calculate
Calculating isotope abundance gets hands-on when using pennies as models!
6th Graders Help 5th Graders with Leveled Readers
Sixth-grade students visited Mrs. Cori’s 5th-grade class to help them with leveled readers. “Learning from peers—whether it’s a faculty member learning from another faculty member or a student learning from a fellow student—is an important component of education, according to experts who gathered at the eighth annual Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) conference on September 27, 2019 at Harvard Law School.” (Harvard School of Public Health)
Friends Help Friends Pack Up at Lunch
We “caught” some friends in 7th grade helping each other pack up the cornhole game at lunch this week. Way to go, 7th graders!
7th Grade Buddies Work with Kindergarten and First Grade
The Buddies program is back! This week, our seventh graders worked on reading skills with their buddies in kindergarten and first grade.
4th & 5th Grade Discipleship Meets ELA Skills Practice
Ms. Jessica’s 4th graders and Mrs. Cori’s 5th graders practiced teamwork, critical thinking, inference, and character traits assessment skills as they solved “The Case of the Missing Muffins.” Afterward, they recognized that while we have to use all these skills to draw conclusions about things that happen, God is omniscient and knows all things.
Making the Earth’s Layers
The second through fifth-grade students made the Earth’s layers from edible ingredients.
Metaphors & Complexities
Our eighth-grade Life Skills students brainstormed to develop metaphors, illustrating that metaphors can help us understand more complex concepts.
