As overseer of Chapel, it has been my desire to see the hearts of our students be drawn closer to our Lord and Savior. The Lord has been faithful to hear my heart’s cry. There has been such a growth and hunger in our students to worship God and carry out His purpose for their lives. From Elementary to High School, there has been steady growth and our Spiritual Focus for the year has truly been our anthem:
Philippians 3:13 NIV
“I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Please continue to pray for our chapel services. We need to continue to ask God to open our children’s hearts and minds, we need the Lord to anoint our worship teams and we need God to empower every speaker who shares.
Mrs. Torres
8th Grade Math Class is working on the increase and decrease of percentages. Along with this they will be learning about Pascal’s Triangle and then complete a project involving what they have learned.
Mrs. Christian
In English classes, we have been going through the writing process for an Autobiographical Narrative. We have done brainstorming, prewriting, drafting, and revising so far. Students have done peer editing and revising using color to locate and add adjectives, adverbs, and similes. The goal of revision has been to add imagery and descriptiveness.
Mrs. Foster
We have started a book of short stories and poems this week. We read the story of the Good Samaritan, from Luke 10:29-33. We discussed how our responses to those around use reflect our relationship with the Lord. The unit title is “In the Neighborhood”. The students, through reading, will learn Godly characteristics and will also learn how to demonstrate those in their everyday lives.
Mrs. Bienemann
Middle School is learning about the works of Leonardo Da Vinci. They will understand why some of his works are so famous (such as Mona Lisa and the Last Supper). Students will then make a self-portrait, using chalk just like Da Vinci did in the only picture we have of him.
Miss Arnau
March is the month that tests many things especially discipline and heart. Winter is waning and the end of school getting closer. Students must get recharged out of the winter blues, be persevering at staying on task with schoolwork as well as deal with the usual winter illnesses. March is also an exciting month because of the Academic Fair, March 19th. This is a great time for students to shine who are not always the top of the class academically. It allows creativity and performance skills to blossom. It even benefits those students the most who are willing to work as a team with parent and teachers to study, write about, and present their topic and project of interest. We can all benefit from remembering: Galatians 6:9,”Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” and Ecclesiastes 9:10,”Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.”
Mrs. Vikki Kemp
Students have been working hard on their Academic Fair projects and we started the first quarter by reviewing what goes into a quality research report. This brings us to an exciting new unit on writing an autobiographical narrative. Students will work through a writing packet, brainstorming ideas as they recall childhood or recent memories. Those memories can be funny, exciting, or sad. We’ve had a great time sharing those memories aloud in class as we work on the prewriting stage! We will be writing the rough draft and the 8th graders will be expected to incorporate dialogue into their narrative.
Mrs. Candelier and Mrs. Foster
Middle School Reading has been reading using SRA Reading Laboratory kits. These kits provide individualized skills instruction, permit independent work, promote students’ sense of responsibility, and let each student move at his or her own pace, according to individual ability.The practice selections in an SRA Reading Laboratory kit are by no means just sterile skills exercises. They are short stories and articles that students actually enjoy reading, and they are sources of a great deal of incidental learning as well-about plants, animals, history, science, technology, discovery, fine arts, social institutions, sports, and our cultural heritage. Importantly, they range over past, present, and future perspectives.
Children don’t just learn to “read better” by using the program; they discover what it means to become readers. They gain pleasure, information, and-if the ultimate goal succeeds-a lifelong love of reading in all kinds of subject areas. They learn to read for a variety of purposes, and they discover what it is to read in a wide range of content areas.
Mrs. Candelier and Mrs. Foster
After finishing volcanoes and watching live footage of volcanic eruptions, we have settled back down to the Earth. We are now taking a closer look at weathering and soil erosion. Now that the students have a great understanding of how our Earth’s surface can be destroyed, and we are digging deeper to see exactly what is happening to the soil when destruction occurs.
Miss Lawrence
Middle School is getting creative. We are using our writing skills to compose songs. Through writing, composing and arranging our song, we are learning about song structure and how to understand music when we listen to it.
Mr. Agosto