BB 02-24-2023

BRADFORD BULLETIN

VOLUME XV, ISSUE 25

Feb 24, 2023

FROM THE OFFICE

Drivers Eligibility Certificates: Students in 9th – 10th grades who have completed driver’s ed will need to request a DEC from the school office prior to getting their permit. Please submit your request 2 weeks before the student intends to go to the DMV.
Immunizations: Students going into K, 7th, and 12th grades next school year are required by the NC Dept of Education to receive specific immunizations and submit an updated record to the school office prior to the first day of school. (Alternately, parents may choose to submit a letter stating medical or religious exemption. This also needs to be submitted prior to the first day of school.)

UPCOMING

NEXT WEEK:

Mon, 2/27:
- Tennis practice
- Girls soccer practice
Tues, 2/28:
- Running Club (2nd-4th)
- Girls soccer practice
Thurs, 3/2:
- Dr. Seuss day in TK
- Running Club (2nd-4th)
- Girls soccer practice
Fri, 3/3:
- 11th SAT Prep
- Tennis practice

IN THE NEAR FUTURE:

Mon, 3/6 – Wed, 3/15: Senior trip to England
Tues, 3/7: Christian College Fair (10th – 11th grades)
Tues, 3/14: Pi day
Fri, 3/17:
- Reading Day (lower school)
- End of 3rd Q
- Report cards released on EDUCATE
3/20 – 3/24: SPRING BREAK
Fri, 3/31: Visit with and lectures by Dr. Andy McIntosh – upper school
Tues, 4/4: Practice PSAT for 10th graders
4/7-4/10: Easter break, no school
Tues, 4/18: CLT10 testing for 9th and 10th graders
Wed, 4/26: CLT testing for 11th and 12th graders
Fri, 4/28: 6th grade field trip to Appomattox
Week of May 1st: Standardized testing for 1st – 7th graders
Tues, 5/9: CLT8 testing for 8th graders, Sports Banquet (pm)
Thurs, 5/11: Bradford games (upper school)
Fri, 5/12: Teacher workday, no school
Thurs, 5/18: 9th grade field trip to NC Museum of Art
Week of 5/15 and 5/22: Senior Thesis presentations
Tues, 5/23: Spring Concert and Art display(upper school)
Thurs, 5/25: Last day of TK; Patriotic Program (3rd – 5th grades)
Mon, 5/29: Memorial Day, no school
Wed, 5/31: Verse Bee (lower school), Jr/Sr Gala (evening)
Fri, 6/2: Last day of school, Graduation (pm)

FROM THE TEACHER’S DESK

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Transitional Kindergarten (Mrs. Rich and Mrs. Grubb)

TK enjoyed the beautiful weather this week and spent some time outside playing, walking in the woods, and reading outside. It was a great week! We focused on the letters V and W this week. We have 3 letters left before we finish the alphabet. TK spent time reading Dr. Seuss books to prepare for our Dr. Seuss Day next week. We also made tongue twisters by coming up with words that all have the same beginning sound and putting them into a sentence, then repeating them over and over. In math, we weighed items using our balance and then determined the number of teddy bears it took to make each item balance. We were then able to order our items from lightest to heaviest. We also used our dot cubes to compare numbers and determine fewest and greatest. TK also spent time focusing on dental health as February is dental health month. We learned how to best take care of our teeth to keep them healthy and even practiced brushing and flossing in a fun book. We were introduced to Zaccheus in the Bible this week and learned that Jesus cares for each of us and wants us to trust in Him and turn away from our sin. Next week we will read the story of the prodigal son.

Lower School P.E. (Mrs. Bennington)

K – 5th

This week, students played Kickball and completed some run/walk intervals in preparation to run the mile.

Lower School Music (Mrs. Bennington)

K-2nd

Kindergarten, First and Second grade students worked on the first and second verse of Jesus Paid It All”. We even added in motions.. We also continued our discussion on what a round is and applied that concept to the songs “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” and “God Our Father”.

3rd

Third grade worked on pages 8 and 9 in their recorder books. Students did a great job counting and playing the exercises on these pages. We also worked on the first and second verses of “Jesus Paid It All”. We even added in motions. Students also started working on the round, “All Praise to Thee”.

4th-5th

Students did a great job learning the first phrase of, “My Country Tis of Thee” on their recorders. Please continue to practice three times a week before our next music class. Students also did a great job singing the first and second verse of “Jesus Paid It All”. We even added in motions. Students also started working on the round, “All Praise to Thee”.

Lower School Art (Mrs. Palmer)

3rd

This week students began a new Monet inspired project. This will be a mixed media project focusing on watercolor, oil pastel and colored pencil. We will be using Monet’s The Bridge painting as our inspiration. We talked about wet on wet and wet on dry techniques. Ask your student to see if they can tell you a bit about watercolor!

4th

Students worked on a sphere drawing focusing on grayscale. We talked about using the full range of values (white – light gray – medium gray – dark gray – black) in our drawings. Highlights, shadows and contrast were also focused on this week.

5th

Students worked on a sphere drawing focusing on grayscale. We talked about using the full range of values (white – light gray – medium gray – dark gray – black) in our drawings. Highlights, shadows and contrast were also focused on this week.

Kindergarten (Miss Burdeshaw and Mrs. Rivera)

This Week:

It was great to be back in the classroom after a long weekend away from school! Our kindergarteners learned new concepts in math which were adding ten to a number, comparing and ordering numbers to 100, and counting by 100s. In spelling and phonics, we did a review of last week’s word list and started a new reader “Dan of the Den.” The students are continuing our unit on mammals by constructing a lap book in art and finishing up their mammal fact book in science. Next week, our students will be competing in our second annual handwriting olympics which will be judged by a fellow staff member. They will be competing for a gold, silver, and bronze medal which will be awarded to them in forum the following Friday. On top of this event, our students will also be starting a kindness project to bless their parents, siblings, and neighbors/community.

Memory Work:

Proverbs 14:34 and review

1st Grade (Mrs. Morgan & Mrs. Smith)

This Week

The weather has been exceptional during this short week, giving us the opportunity to take our class outside in God’s beauty. Outside under the shade of the trees, we read and acted out our primer “The Tail of Sir Galahad”. In history, we enjoyed the riveting true story of a pioneer family during the French and Indian War along with the challenges they faced in The Matchlock Gun. Young Edward, like Sarah Noble, endeavored to “keep up his courage” and through it, saved the life of his mother during an Indian attack. We added pictures and sentences about The Matchlock Gun to our history notebooks. In grammar, we are taking a closer look at all the rules needed to make a sentence complete, like always capitalizing the word “I”. In math we reviewed basic concepts and had the opportunity to work with tangrams. A tangram is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat polygons, called tans, that are put together to form shapes. The students enjoyed working in groups to put these puzzles together.

Memory Work:

This week Review all verses.
Next week Review all verses.

2nd Grade (Mrs. Hedgecock & Mrs. Eng)

This Week

It was a wonderful, “blustery,” Winnie-the-Pooh kind of week in second grade as we enjoyed plenty of windy outside time! Although we were sad to say goodbye to Pooh and his friends as our book came to an end, we had a wonderful time in our very own Hundred Acre Wood pinning Eeyore’s tail back on, jumping like Kanga, playing with balloons, and going on an Expedition. Thank you to the parents who helped make our “Pooh Party” a success! Our next book is Stuart Little, and you should have received a project sheet for it. In art and science, we put the finishing touches on our pet rocks and are reviewing everything we have learned during our earth science unit. Fractions are back in math, and we used fraction strips to compare, add, and find equivalent fractions. Students are also quite pleased with their ability to master their first sets of division facts: twos, fives, and sevens. After rejoicing in God’s power and sovereignty to protect Moses, we look forward to our next history card when we learn how His sovereign, powerful will rescued the Israelites from Egyptian slavery as we study the Ten Plagues.

Memory Work:

Hebrews 11:15-16 (this week)
Hebrews 11:17-19 (next week)

3rd Grade (Mrs. McDorman and Mrs. Meredith)

This Week

We began our study of the Roman emperors as we learned about the life of Caesar Augustus and the Pax Romana. His rule helped usher in a time of relative peace across the Roman empire for nearly two centuries! We also discussed how God was able to use Caesar Augustus in fulfilling the seven-hundred-year-old prophecy that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Due to his decree to all peoples living in the Roman empire, Joseph and Mary had to travel to Bethlehem to be counted. In math, we used tangram pieces to form various quadrilaterals and learned to divide three digit numbers. We are taking the mystery out of Latin cases by adding the study of accusative case endings which simply indicates it is the direct object or the object of the preposition in the sentence. Having already studied this in grammar, students have been able to apply what they know to help them understand what they are learning. Students can now look for the nominative and accusative case endings to determine the job of the noun in their Latin sentences before translating them.

4th Grade (Mrs. Burtram and Mrs. Lawson)

This Week

We learned about the fall of Constantinople to the Turkish Empire in History and how this event is the final end to the Roman Empire. We spent a lot of time practicing dress ups in writing, practicing vocabulary and using our knowledge to create original fairy tales from three pictures. The students created artwork to accompany their writing. We are soon to begin reading The Lion Witch and Wardrobe. The students are very excited. We have focused on converting fractions to decimals and reading numbers to the tenth and hundredth place. We are continuing to practice division skills and ending remainders with a fraction. We had a wonderful time in science comparing and contrasting different marine animals and sharing information about our class science project.

5th Grade (Mrs. Owens)

This Week:

The students have been working diligently and we continue to press on during this third quarter. In history this week we have focused on George Washington’s winter at Valley Forge. The students have seen how a very difficult time proved to be helpful to the Continental Army. In Grammar, we are continuing to practice changing singular nouns into plural nouns, creating contractions, and deciphering between future, present, and past tense sentences. In Science, we will study the moon and its phases over the next few weeks. Each night the students will draw a picture of what the moon looks like so that we can track its current phase. In Math, we have moved from measuring the area of a figure to measuring the volume. We have also been studying the order of operations and how to use cross products to solve proportions.

Memory Work:

Philippians 2:9-11 (this week)

Philippians 2:12-13 (next week)

Upcoming:

-Poster Contest due March 31st

LOGIC SCHOOL

Mrs. Bennington

6th-8th Band

Students spent a lot of time this week learning new notes, learning how to count and play dotted rhythms, and how to apply key signatures to music. Students will have a chance to showcase their understanding of these concepts on their playing test on 3.14 this coming Tuesday 2/28.

Mrs. Sarah Johnston

6th-8th Choir

We are continuing to learn our concert pieces. It was some intense work, but students plowed through well and we are in good shape to begin fine-tuning those pieces in the upcoming weeks. I encourage everyone to “live” your music this weekend, humming it as you do odd jobs, thinking through the transitions, and even in the case of Shenandoah, thinking about how your part relates to everyone else’s.

Mr. Davis

6th -8th Boys’ PE

This week the students watched a play presented by the 11th grade.

Miss Stevenson

6th-8th Girls’ PE

This week the girls were scheduled to watch a play by the 11th graders.

6th Reading and Literature

This week we are continuing through The Hiding Place.

6th Grammar and Writing

We are taking a little break from Writing this week. I am very much enjoying reading the Compare/Contrast Essays that the students turned in last week!

6th Bible

We are still working our way through the book of Acts.

6th History

This week we discussed Immigration to America during the early 1900s.

6th Science

This week we studied for a quiz that we will be taking on Tuesday, February 28 about the 5 Kingdoms as well as vocabulary about the parts of a cell.

6th Logic

This week we continued to discuss different types of analogies.

Miss Windes

6th Grade Latin

Sixth graders reviewed for the National Latin Exam and then took a practice test on Thursday!

Mrs. Frueh

6th Grade Math

This week, the students were introduced to complex fractions. They learned two methods to simplify complex fractions: division and multiplication by a reciprocal. They also learned how to find the percent of a number (a useful skill when tipping or calculating discounts of on-sale items).

Mrs. Palmer

6th Art

We worked on finishing our grayscale still life drawings this week. Students have worked hard at honing in detail and finding the range of value in their drawings. We also began a project focusing on drawing from what we see right in front of us.

Mrs. Crotts

7th Grammar and Writing

Students completed the rough draft of the class newspaper. Now, let the editing begin!

7th Grade Omnibus

We finished reading Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Each student now picks a scene to either rewrite in modern day or a soliloquy to memorize and recite.

7th Logic

We spent class reviewing Chapter 5 and prepared for a vocabulary quiz.

Mrs. Frueh

7th Grade Science

We spent more time this week discussing the structure of our solar system. We explored the Asteroid Belt, the Kuiper Belt, and the Oort Cloud. We talked about some of the most recent discoveries of dwarf planets that have been made by the New Horizons probe as it travels through the Kuiper Belt.

7th Grade Pre-Algebra

This week the students have been laying a strong foundation for next year’s Algebra I class. We practiced graphing linear equations, translating linguistic statements into algebraic expressions, and using algebraic properties to manipulate equations.

Mrs. Palmer

7th Art

This week we began a project focusing on drawing from what we see right in front of us. This is an important task to develop as artists grow in their skill. We have talked about proportion, placement, foreshortening, detail and translating value from sight to paper.

Miss Windes

7th Grade Latin

Seventh graders reviewed for the National Latin Exam and then took a practice test on Thursday!

Miss Windes

8th Grade Omnibus

History: We have enjoyed hearing each other’s presentations on the medieval times! We also learned this week about the rise of universities and the architecture and building of castles.
Literature: We are nearing the end of Return of the King. The students have been presenting their projects (so many excellent maps, 3D models, and presentations!), and we have had some excellent discussions about what it means to be a hero, a leader, and the strange ending of the trilogy.
Composition: Students continue working on their research papers! Their thesis statement and outline will be due next Wednesday!

8th Grade Latin

Eighth graders reviewed for the National Latin Exam and then took a practice test on Thursday! On Friday we went over the questions and continued learning about comparative and superlative adjectives.

Mrs. Frueh

8th Grade Science

The students practiced reading atomic symbols this week in order to determine the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in a particular atom or ion. We also started talking about the development of atomic models over the last two centuries. We are approaching this study of atoms with humility knowing that there is still much man does not know or understand about atoms.

8th Grade Algebra I

We deepened our understanding of functions this week by tying it to our current understanding of Domain, Range, and linear equations. We also practiced turning large data sets into stem-and-leaf plots and histograms.

Mrs. Palmer

8th Art

This week we began a project focusing on drawing from what we see right in front of us. This is an important task to develop as artists grow in their skill. We have talked about proportion, placement, foreshortening, detail and translating value from sight to paper.

Mr. Davis

8th Logic

This week the students took their 10th quiz.

RHETORIC SCHOOL

From COLLEGE COUNSELING Office:

Juniors:

We had an excellent visit to NC State on Thursday! It was great to be able to tour as a class
Upcoming:
- Tuesday, March 7th from 11am-12pm will be the Christian College Fair at Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill
- Elective options for next year will be coming out soon! Start thinking and be on the lookout

Mrs. Palmer

9th Spanish

Students took a vocabulary quiz this week and we will continue to work on this vocabulary as well as review past vocabulary. We continued practicing with present progressive. We also discussed the differences between the verbs SER and ESTAR and how the verbs can change the meaning of a sentence entirely.

Mr. Crotts

9th Grade Logic

We started a new unit on using truth trees to discover if our arguments are consistent or inconsistent.

Dr. James

9th Geometry

This week we reviewed area and surface area calculations for polygons, cylinders, prisms, pyramids, cones, polyhedra, and spheres, and the students took their second test of Q3.
Next week we will begin a study of calculations for circles.

Mrs. Hicks

9th Biology

This week we started our unit of Evolution and Ecology. Please encourage your students over the next few weeks to finish the quarter strong!

Dr. Smith

9th Theology

We began this week our study of the Protestant Reformation. We will be considering its causes and results over the next few classes. Students are also memorizing Scripture verses that support why the Reformation was necessary, and why we individually and the church corporately always stand in need of reformation.

Mrs. Crotts

9th Grade Literature

After a brief timed writing and deep discussion on “Does God suffer?” (Tabletalk Magazine article), 9th graders continued work on Gatsby newspapers–book review, synopsis of the culture of the day (music, economy, fashion), genealogy of the writer, Fitgerald, survey of & opinions from students and teachers who have read the Great Gatsby, comics, and editorials discussing Fitzgerald’s characters’ futile lives. (They will spruce up the rough draft and turn in a final draft Wednesday.)

Coach Johnston

9th History

Students concluded their study and review of the Civil War and will take a test on Monday (2/27). On Friday, the students enjoyed several guest speakers who joined our class to discuss their experiences from living and serving during the Vietnam War.

Mrs. Byrd

10th Algebra II

This week we’ve been learning to determine the nature of quadratic solutions using the discriminant as well as to identify functions from sets of point and graphs.

Dr. Byrd

10th Bible Survey

This week we are studying the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Memory verse: Ezra 7:10

Mrs. Crotts

10th Grade Literature

Students were given 2 minutes to prepare thoughts and then discuss G. K. Chesterson’s opinion that when you say what is wrong with the world you have to say, “I am.” Then 10th graders continued work on a school newspaper sample inclusive of advertisements, investigative reporting, opinions, sports reports, comics, art, poetry…what a clever and witty bunch!

Dr. James

10th Chemistry

This week the students took their test on gases, and we began a study of solids, liquids, and solutions.
Next week we will continue our study of solids, liquids, and solutions.

Coach Johnston

10th History

Students took a cumulative test covering the Peloponnesian Wars and the Macedonian empire. On Friday, we began to study the founding of Rome.

10th PE

This week, we took advantage of some unseasonably great weather to get outside and work on soccer foot skills, movement and game play.

Miss Oldham

10th Rhetoric I

Students are exploring judicial rhetoric by reenacting the trial scene from To Kill a Mockingbird.

Mrs. Palmer

10th Spanish

Students took a vocabulary quiz this week. Since Spanish is often about review and keeping all that we have learned actively working for us, we reviewed past verb conjugations and past vocabulary. We also began the subjunctive which is a tough concept to grasp. We will be working on this for some weeks ahead.

Mrs. Byrd

11th Physics

This week we’ve investigated several properties and applications of sound including the Doppler effect, sound variation with temperature, change in sound velocity due to compressibility of medium, and uses of ultrasonic and infrasonic waves

11th Precalculus

We’ve spent the week learning to simplify trig expressions using trig identities and algebraic simplification techniques

Dr. James

11th Geography

This week we heard a guest speaker talk about Paraguay, and we continued our study of South America.
Next week we will conclude our study of South America and begin a study of Oceania.

Miss Oldham

11th Grade Literature

Students looked at King Arthur’s rule against the kings of Israel and Judah. They also are working on rough drafts for research papers and projects on Arthurian England. Medieval Feast day is on March 16th!

Dr. Smith

11th NT Greek

Students took a test on chapters 15-20 that covered some of the present and future verb forms and renewed their study of the imperfect active, middle and passive forms.

Mr. Webster

11th Grade History

This week we started our new unit covering the black plague. Next week the class will finally perform their medieval plays that they have been preparing for.

Mrs. Byrd

12th Calculus

Students reviewed our unit on differential equations and took their unit test. Next week we will be returning to our study of area and volume calculations (using integrals).

Mrs. Hicks

12th Anatomy

We started learning about The Nervous System this week. We will wrap up the system, and everything for the third quarter, next week prior to students leaving for the senior trip.

Coach Johnston

12th History

Students concluded their study of the Civil War and introduced the idea of Reconstruction. On Friday, the students enjoyed several guest speakers who joined our class to discuss their experiences from living and serving during the Vietnam War.

Miss Oldham

12th Grade Literature

Students wrapped up As I Lay Dying. We will be doing short stories for the next few classes before they jet set off to England!

12th Grade Shakespeare Elective

Students watched a Japanese film based off of Macbeth, called Throne of Blood.

12th Rhetoric II

Students began prepanels this week! The seniors were very nervous, but those who have presented did very well. We will be wrapping these up in the coming week. I have sent out calendar invites for the final defenses in May, please let me know if you have not received that invitation. I would love for you to share this with family and friends!