Step Up Your Faith
January 3rd- January 7th
“Step up You Faith,” the theme for the week, encouraged students to go a step further in their walk with God. Middle School and High School students were challenged with speakers each day to take their faith to the next level. Our Elementary students looked at a different bible stories each day as well as completed crafts to encourage them to “step up their faith.” Our memory verse for the week was Luke 17:5-6
Our Hero
Who is your hero? This was the theme of the high school production. Students did a tremendous job of illustrating through song, dance, drama, music videos, spoken word, flags and worship who their hero is, Jesus Christ. They also took this theme a step further by looking at themselves and the important role they have of sharing the gospel to others by being the light of the world in the midst of darkness. These students showed what it was to be a hero to those that don’t know Christ. They displayed a lit cross to the song “Go Light Your World,” signifying the importance of who Christ is in their lives. Our Hero, Jesus Christ, is the true reason for the season.
See “Galleries” for some awesome pics!
Vocabulary
Journey with us as our Spanish vocabulary increases to greater heights. I encourage you, if possible, to continue to speak Spanish with your child(ren), as this will enable learning all throughout.
Mrs. J-P
Learning about the kitchen
This new year, we shall begin learning vocabulary words that describe areas of a kitchen. Our mouths will water as we describe and share authentic recipes from the Spanish-speaking world. Perhaps I may even bring in a typical plate or two to enhance learning by bringing the culture into the classroom. Together, we shall to travel Mexico, and Valencia in Spain.
Mrs. J-P
December has flown by!
We have traveled and learned about Argentina, as well as their passion for the sport of soccer, the art of playwriting, and the art of the flamenco dance. We have also learned about the differences between living in the country versus living in the city, and it’s interesting to observe how many would prefer living the country and vice versa.
Mrs. J-P
Lets Talk About God
In ESL we have been focusing on improving our speaking skills and because the textbook doesn’t always offer the most interesting or relevant topics, we came up with our own topic for the month of December. Remembering the true meaning of Christmas, students wrote questions they had about who God is or anything about Christianity and we picked one question in the beginning of each class. Students came up with great questions such as: Why did God allow evil to exist? Why didn’t he get rid of it all? Or I want to know how to be a real Christian, not just study in a Christian school. A lot of our thoughts and answers pointed towards Jesus and it was a great way to celebrate Christmas even through a speaking activity.
Miss Park
latitude and Longitude
Did you ever think you would need to understand and use latitude and longitude for the operation of your GPS, in your travels? Yes, latitude and longitude can be essential for that use and others. Latitude and longitude is not only needed in reading a map; defining the location of a city and explaining the movement of water – to name a few. Understanding and communicating latitude and longitude is also essential in the use of a GPS. As mentioned in class, latitude and longitude coordinates are needed when traveling to areas that a satellite cannot pick up, such as camp areas. Think of your latest trip or future trip on a plane. How catastrophic it would be for the pilot to have the wrong coordinates for his or her landing. In this lab, the students have specified the coordinates for various cities, several given points on the globe, as well as their own hometown.
Miss Farrell
Soil Lab
Which soil has the greatest permeability: fine sand; coarse sand; or soil? The permeability of three types of soils and the movement of ground water on land has been an investigation for the class. Three types of soils were presented to them: fine sand, coarse sand, and plant soil. They were given the instruction to slowly pour 50 ml of water through on the soil and calculate the time it took for the water to pass through as well as the amount of water collected from each soil type. From this experiment, each student was able to identify which soil had the greatest permeability and which had the least permeability, and was therefore able to explain the movement of ground water that we see from day to day.
Miss Farrell
Boxes of Love
During Fall Spirit Week, November15-19, MS and HS students participated in a canned food drive as part of their class competitions. Students were excited at the opportunity to win points for their class while helping needy families. In all, we collected 130 cans and were able to help feed 30 families for the holidays. We are extremely happy with the results and very proud of our students for focusing on the value of giving.
Medical Emergencies
10th grade has been occupied learning about medical emergency and are creating a small play in the classroom demonstrating their acting abilities and new forming language skills.
Ms. Purdee