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Fall Colors
Prek-3 has been enjoying the Harvest Season. We have been focusing on the beautiful season of fall. We created beautiful tissue paper leaves, handprint fall turkey frames, and a precious Indian Cross. My students were able to learn what each color of fall represents. Brown is for the beauty of fall. Red is God’s love for us all. Yellow is for the golden sun. Orange tells us to give God praise and keep him with us everyday.
Mrs. Rivera
Jan Brett
2B has been borrowing books on a weekly basis. We do quiet reading for a short while and after that we have a short story time as a class.
We have read Jan Brett books. Her language and illustrations are so unique that our students have really enjoyed them. We have read “Honey, Honey, Lion,” and “ The Umbrella.” The Umbrella is especially good because of the rich pictures and different language. It talks about jungle animals that are found in the jungles of Costa Rica. We have enjoyed this great time together.
Mrs. Ruiz
Families
1C has been continuing to enjoy the opportunity to borrow books from the library. We have also been reading as a class. We read “Fluffy Bunny,” A wonderful story about a little bunny that is looking for a family to fit into until he finally finds his own family of bunnies. It is a touching story that teaches our children to be thankful for their family. It also shows how all families are unique and God has put us all in the perfect family, which fits us properly.
Mrs. Ruiz
Library Fun
Kindergarten is enjoying time at the library. They are creating their own Jan Brett books. We have been working on coloring and putting together a mini “The Mitten,” book wonderfully colored by our own Kindergarteners. Of course we have also read the books, “The Mitten,” “The Hat,” and “Gingerbread Friends.”
Mrs. Ruiz
Library Time
Both pre-k classes have been enjoying books by Jan Brett. The students have enjoyed her rich language and wonderful illustrations. We have read “The Mitten,” “Gingerbread Friend,” and “The Hat,” and they have also gotten a chance to color coloring pages of the illustrations from the books.
Mrs. Ruiz
Middle School Electives
Dance
This course instructs students in the fundamental skills and techniques of dance. Students will learn ballet, modern hip-hop.
Drama/Theater Arts
These courses instruct students in the fundamentals of theater arts. Course I is designed to teach students the art of pantomime, improvisation and human video. Students in course II learn the basic skills of acting and develop short skits that present contemporary dialogue.
Cooking Elective
This course covers theories and methods of cooking, Students are taught to set up a proper workstation. In addition, students are taught a series of knife cuts using the proper safe knife handling methods, accomplish and season a variety of foundation dishes, define, utilize, and convert standard American weights and measurements.
Worship Team
This course is designed for vocalists and instrumentalist who have a desire to worship the Lord. Students are taught basic pitch and rhythmic notation as well as harmonization. The course also provides a practical study of various styles of worship.
Art
Students are learning to use different mediums. They are learning the basics of drawing and painting.
Photography
This course covers types of photography, digital camera basics, and creating still and moving pictures.
The Art of Math
Students connect Math to Architecture in this very exciting elective.
Union or Confederacy
Continuing to gear up for the Civil War, we studied the election of 1860, and the beginnings of the war at Fort Sumter. We have begun asking what does it mean to be a Union? Looking at the differences between a Union, which cannot be divided, and a Confederacy, which can be divided at will. We will begin asking when should a country break away from another country?
Miss Jensen
Colonial Growth
Continuing to study America’s colonial growth, we drew maps, charting out which European countries laid claim to which regions of the U.S. After concentrating on New England, we began to explore New France and New Spain. We looked at how Europeans brought their political and religious differences with them from the old world to the new.
Miss Jensen
Korea
We have continued studying China and other countries in East Asia. We learned about Chiang Kai Shek and Mao Zedong as they struggled for control after WWII, and how Kai Shek had to flee to Taiwan after Communism gained control of mainland China. We also studied Korea, and how it split into North and South. A student brought in a coat he had found from the Korean War, and shared what he knew about the war with the class.
Miss Jensen