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October 2009
October 30, 2009
PTA Parent Dinner
Shakespeare Festival
Student Led Conferences
Atthe end of the first quarter, parent from across the school joined their children for student led conferences. We were excited to see so many parents turn out. We hope it was a positive experience. please feel free to post comments about your experience. I have posted a photo album from one of the days . Enjoy!
October 20, 2009
National Day of Writing
Today is the National Day of Writing. What have you written today?
October 19, 2009
Life Fitness Class
Students in the Life Fitness class head out for a bike ride. The class rides and runs through the community and to the Cleveland Street YMCA.
October 14, 2009
SmartsArts
Ms. Locklear class works with artist Kelly Ward via MAC SmartArts grant.
Student Led Conferences
Middle schoolers have been preparing all week to share their work and perspective with their parents. More conferences will be held next week.
October 09, 2009
Student Led Conferencing Prep
Mrs. Foulkes works with 3rd graders to prepare for their student led parent conferences.
Four Year Old Project Day
Four Year Olds present their projects to their parents. They started out with a story time. Thank you to all the parents who came to the presentations!
September 29, 2009
Photo Stories
Eighth graders use their laptops and Microsoft Photo Story to create documentaries on Colonization. Students were all over the hallways doing voice overs.
Art on Contract
Seventh graders work on their logos for clients. The students have been meeting with teachers and staff around the school to design logos for clubs and events.
Differentiation
First graders work in centers while Ms. Hambright reads with students.
Fifth Graders in the Science Lab
Fifth grade teacher Connie Gordon demonstrates procedures before students be gum their lab on Chemical change.
September 22, 2009
The Italian Renaissance
Ms. Rima Hourani, from the Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery, teaches fifth graders about the Italian Renaissance. The students did a great job of adding insight and analysis to the discussions.
September 18, 2009
SmartArts with Marlon Hunt & Mrs. Guths class.
Visual artist Marlon Hunt works with 4th graders in Mrs. Guths class on porquoi tales via her SmartArts Grant.
So You Want to Be a Bully
The South Carolina Children's Theater presents You Want to Be a Bully. Sixth graders participated in this wonderful, audience involved program about the forms and problems of bullying.
September 16, 2009
Lunch n Learn
Ms. Foulkes hosts this weeks Lunch n Learn on reinforcing basic skills at home. After a presentation, parents got on computers and looked at Compass Learning and other online resources.
September 13, 2009
The GOFO Garden Begins
The four-year old kindergarten students and the Afterschool program plant our first seedlings in the garden. Thank you General Electric volunteers who built the garden for the Greenville Organic Foods Organization (GOFO). This is gonna be a great project!
September 10, 2009
Solutions in Solutions
Fifth graders learn about mixtures, solutions and dispersions in the science lab.
September 09, 2009
Visit to Mesopotamia
Sixth graders create cave drawings representing the differing ages of development. Students analyzed the Neolithic and Paleolithic periods.
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Current Reading
John J. Ratey: Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
A great but dense book on the power of exercise and fitness on the brain. It points ot direct coorelations between exercise and academic and emotional well-being. Thanks Dr. Murr.Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: The Story of Success
A must read! This book spends a great deal of time on IQ and the Terman studies as well as other factors of success. (*****)Thomas L. Friedman: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
A great follow-up to The World is Flat. It makes some great points and shows why the green movement isn't just a nice concept but imperative for the development of the United Sattes economy and its place as a leader in the world. (*****)Dr. Seuss: The Sneetches and Other Stories (Classic Seuss)
A Dr. Seuss classic!Sister Joan Chittister OSB: The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages (Crossroad Spiritual Legacy Series)
Very interesting perspective on leadership and communities. (****)Charles H. Townes: How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist
An amazing book! I am in awe of what Dr. Townes has contributed to the world of science and his work ethic. His perserverance and postive outlook were most impressive. The book provides real life examples of finding opportunity in the side roads life leads us upon. Dr. Townes used his gifts in every circumstance and with those around him. By doing this opportunites and discoveries multiplied. Its a great lesson for all. (*****)Timothy J. Russert: BIG RUSS AND ME: FATHER AND SON: LESSONS OF LIFE
I really enjoyed this book. It was a gift that I had put off reading. It was great. I have a deeper respect fro Tim Russert. I thinik parents would find his middle school and high school education especially relevant. The amount of work and how he handled it had a huge role in his development. (****)Leonard Sax: Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences
A wonderful book that will faciltate an number of questions as an educator and a parent. (*****)- Paul D. Slocumb: Hear Our Cry: Boys in Crisis
Dr. Slocumbs book was a great resource into the understanbding of boys and how they communicate. As a parent it was also a great resource. Dr. Slocumb not only gives a deeper understanding butalos provides strategies for dealing with a variety of issues. (****) - Carol Ann Tomlinson: Smart in the Middle Grades: Classrooms That Work for Bright Middle Schoolers
A great read. It was a quick read as well. I found it interesting to read how the stdeunts development at middle school realte to their gifts. In many cases the natural social development runs counter to their intellectual development. When students rebel and explore limits in middle school, in many cases they are rejecting the basis of their success and self-esteem. (****)
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