jstefan posted on October 05, 2010 17:30
This was a great month at Crest Lane as we picked up several new students. In the upper grades we are now joined by Skyler in fifth grade and Rachel in sixth grade. Skyler's sister, Kelsie, is now also enrolled in the lower grades classroom. All have come from the public schools and are so excited about the changes a Christian school brings.
Our eighth grade class is busy planning how to do some serious fundraising. They have set their sights on Gatlinburg, TN for their class trip in May. I had the chance to go to Gatlinburg this summer and it has a wide variety of experiences for the students to take part in. It will be fun to return to the Smoky Mountains with the kids.
We had our ITBS testing for one full week in grades 3 - 8. We will get our results back in November. We also had student and class pictures taken.
In the upper grades class we have been learning about ancient Egypt. Students actually made fruity pharaohs which have been mummified with natron, a drying agent. They saved all the internal parts of the fruit during the mummification project. Then they molded vessels out of clay to put the internal organs into, just as real mummies would have been done for them. After that they made coffins for the mummies to rest in and decorated them with hieroglyphics. Next they needed to wrap their mummies and lay them in their golden sarcophagus. It has been quite a project. Students are also picking a favorite author of theirs to write a letter to. We hope to get back several responses.
The lower grades classroom has an Alaskan theme for this month. They are reading the book Yuki An Alaskan Adventure, which is a Native American conversion story. They are being comforted by the story showing how God answers prayers. The students have been hard at work on reports of whales and Eskimo culture. Wrapping up the unit will include building a teepee, an igloo, or a long house.
Jill Smuda, Principal