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BRADFORD BULLETIN

VOLUME XV, ISSUE 26

Mar 3, 2023

 

FROM THE OFFICE

Please pray for our Seniors as they head to England for their trip! 

UPCOMING

  • Mon, 3/6 – Wed, 3/15:  Senior trip to England
  • Tues, 3/7:  Christian College Fair (10th – 11th grades)
  • Thurs, 3/9: Varsity Girls Soccer AWAY game at Grace Christian Sanford (3:45)
  • Fri, 3/10: Varsity Girls Soccer HOME game vs. Alamance Christian School (3:30)

 

IN THE NEAR FUTURE:

  • Mon, 3/13:  USED UNIFORM SALE – see SignUp Genius link to schedule your appointment.
  • 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)

The highlight of our week in TK was Dr. Seuss Day! We had a great day full of Dr. Seuss character costumes, Dr. Seuss themed snack and plenty of games and activities. We are so thankful for the parents who provided supplies and volunteered to help make this day a success!  TK students also had 2 new letters of the week: X and Y. Next week we will finish up letters of the week with Z. We will then move to lowercase letters. In math, students were challenged to order numbers 0-20 and find these numbers on a number line. We also played Dr. Seuss themed games to go along with concepts we are already learning and learned what action verbs are. Students had fun acting out various action verbs. We read this week about the parable Jesus told about the prodigal son in the Bible. 

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. Some classes even got to play a fun version of tag called, “Mr. Wolf”. 

Lower School Music (Mrs. Bennington)

K-2nd  
  • Kindergarten, First and Second grade students worked on the first,  second, and third  verses 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”. We also started working on the song, “I Love the Mountains”. 
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,  second, and third  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, second, and third  verses 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 we continued working on a Monet-inspired mix media artwork.  We talked about perspective and how to create depth.  Students used oil pastels this week to add various details and definition to their work. 
4th
  • This week we continued working on a Monet-inspired mix media artwork.  We talked about perspective and how to create depth.  Students used oil pastels this week to add various details and definition to their work. 
5th
  • Students practiced with grayscale and blending this week.  They are focusing on obtaining value from highlights to shadows and each gray in between. 

Kindergarten (Miss Burdeshaw and Mrs. Rivera)

This Week: In math, our students learned sums of ten addition facts, congruent shapes and designs, and measuring and drawing line segments to the nearest inch. In spelling and phonics, we introduced a few new phonograms (ck, oe, oa) and started a new word list. In history, we continued on the feudal system and the students watched a short  video about the life of  Joan of Arc. In art, we finished up our mammal lapbooks and in science, we went on a scavenger hunt to find the characteristics and interesting facts about mammals. 

Memory Work: 1 Corinthians 14:40 and review

 

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

This Week

In math the students have been subtracting two digit numbers using dimes and pennies, subtracting 6 facts, using guess and check to problem solve, and working with tangrams. In spelling, writing and reading we have been working on list J-2, writing sentences and short stories, and reading The Queen of the Sea about the battle between England and the Spanish armada. The students have enjoyed acting out the story “Queen of the Sea”.  In grammar, the students have enjoyed the poem “Mr. Nobody”. Be sure to ask them about it! We continue to read The Matchlock Gun in history and are getting to the exciting part. The students have had an opportunity to practice more watercolor techniques in art. In science we have a fun experiment involving jello to better understand the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas).

 Memory Work:  
This week: Review all verses. 
Upcoming:

Charlotte’s Web Movie Day Friday, March 10

Reading Day / Dr. Seuss Day   Friday, March 17  

 

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

This Week

Although it felt like spring for much of this week, the second graders had no signs of Spring Fever. They worked hard each day, and we were able to make good progress in many subjects. We are continuing to strive for automaticity in addition and subtraction facts, but we are also working hard to memorize multiplication facts. The students have certainly noticed that the more accurate and automatic they are in recalling their sums and differences, the less they struggle with math in general. Please encourage daily review at home.  In science, we enjoyed a geology lab, where we identified different types of rocks and broke open geodes. Our history study this week, The Ten Plagues, has reminded us that God works His will for His people and is sovereign over all of His creation to fulfill His purposes. We were also reminded that when God’s people are oppressed and in bondage to sin, He will rescue them. In grammar, we learned about pronouns and capitalization rules. In literature, our second graders are doing a wonderful job reading their assigned chapters from Stuart Little, and we have enjoyed seeing the creative projects each student made for our museum.

Memory Work: 
  • Hebrews 11: 17-19 (this week)
  • Hebrews 11: 17-22 (next week)

 

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

This Week
  • This week students learned about the culture in which Christ lived while he walked this earth.  In math, students explored liquid capacity and discussed the importance of having a standard unit of measuring liquid substances. They continue to  work with decimal and fractions, adding and subtracting these numbers. Students completed the final drafts of their persuasive essays, working hard as they began to understand the importance of paying attention to the details in their writing. We spent an afternoon exploring the properties of substances to demonstrate some of the characteristics of mixtures. We reviewed the last four chapters of vocabulary words and chants in Latin this week. 
Memory Work: 
  • Review Psalm 19: 1-14; Review Quarter 1 verses

 

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

This Week
  •  We enjoyed learning about Gutenberg and the Printing Press.  The students studied in depth his youth, desire and determination to make printed words accessible to all people.  With much sacrifice, time, and devotion he was able to print the Bible in Latin in two volumes.  We studied friendly letters in English and enjoyed writing letters and creating an envelope.  Math was challenging this week as we converted fractions to decimals and percents.  We worked through many story problems with our written practice and narrated how we can solve each multi step problem using math vocabulary.  We will continue working on these skills next week.  We ended the week writing our own fairy tales and illustrating our work.
  • Memory Work: Review Quarter 4 verses

 

5th Grade (Mrs. Owens) 

This Week

This week we finally came to the end of the Revolutionary war in History.  The students studied the surrender at Yorktown and how the French and the Americans planned to surround the British on both the land and sea.  We are also continuing to make our way through Johnny Tremain.  The students have been engaged in the story as it takes place the same time period we are studying.  In Grammar, we studied the components of a friendly letter and each student was able to write a letter to another student.    We continued to practice finding the perimeter and area of different shapes in Math while also learning about order of operations with exponents..  Each week the students are adding to their Latin vocabulary and they have been practicing translating sentences from Latin to English.  

Memory Work:

Philippians 2:12-13 (this week)

Review verses (next week)

Upcoming:
  • Select person for the poster contest – March 3rd
  • Pi Day – March 14th
  • Reading Day March 17th
  • Poster Contest of a person or people of the Revolutionary War – 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. 

Mrs. Sarah Johnston

6th-8th Choir

We have really had fun reading through our music this week, and it has been so exciting to hear pieces start to come together! Moving past notes and rhythms has allowed us to start discussing and working on articulations and expression. The challenge this weekend is to think about what your facial expressions look like when you are singing, and how that impacts your sound and pronunciations.

 

REMINDER: All choirs rehearsal THIS Saturday for Baba Yetu! Everyone else, mark your calendars for the May 23rd Spring Concert!

Miss Stevenson

6th-8th Girls’ PE
  • This week we started learning how to play volleyball! We are starting with the basics, so this week we practiced correct passing technique. Next week we will work on setting/overhand passing.  
6th Reading and Literature
  • We are continuing to work our way through The Hiding Place.
6th Grammar and Writing
  • We are continuing to work on comma rules. Next week we will learn the last two and then move on to proper apostrophe usage.
6th Bible
  • We finished up reading the book of Acts and started reading Romans.
6th History
  • This week we got to learn a bit more about the Wright brothers and the process they went through while inventing the first airplane.
6th Science
  • We took a quiz on the five Kingdoms and cell organelle vocabulary. Just a reminder, the cell project is due on Tuesday, March 14. If you have any questions about this, please email me.
6th Logic
  • This week we reviewed the statistical fallacies that we have learned so far. 

Miss Windes

6th Grade Latin
  • We continue to review for the National Latin Exam, brushing up on our history, mythology, geography, Latin mottoes and sayings, as well as practicing the grammar and translations! Students can do some extra practice on Google Classroom with quizlet flashcards and/or watching Magister Craft videos in Latin about Roman culture and mythology.

Mrs. Frueh

6th Grade Math
  • The students did a great job this week working through the tricky concept of transformations. They were able to plot a shape on a cartesian coordinate plane and then follow directions to reflect, translate, rotate or dilate the shape. They also took a power-up test to review adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing positive and negative integers.
  • All of the students are looking forward to Pi Day! They are working hard to memorize many digits of pi and are excited to plan for our Pi Day feast!

Mrs. Palmer 

6th Art
  • Students worked on adding detail to their still life drawings.  We have been drawing various objects directly from what we see in front of us.  This is a challenging skill but a much needed and helpful art skill. They have put forth much effort in looking for and creating various values of the grayscale in this project as well.

 

Mrs. Crotts

7th Grammar and Writing
  • Students were challenged to write 3 sentences in iambic pentameter in light of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar play; they were astonished at how difficult a task and how talented the author was to write in such a fashion in numerous works.  The class also viewed “Opie’s Newspaper” (Andy Griffith Show) as a reminder to keep their class newspaper perky and free of sensationalism and gossip.
7th Grade Omnibus
  • The class took a walk through the history of Julius Caesar’s day by listening to readings of Genevieve Foster’s Augustus Caesar’s World.  They also continued reading the New Testament Bible books of I Corinthians through Jude (to be completed by March 3).  Finally, students presented the Julius Caesar scene rewrites.

      

Mrs. Frueh

7th Grade Science
  • We have started our survey of the terrestrial planets. This week, we studied Mercury. The students were able to recognize the connection between Mercury’s cratered surface, wide day-night temperature swings, and its lack of an atmosphere. They gained a greater appreciation for the fine-tuning of Earth’s atmosphere that points so perfectly to a loving Creator.
7th Grade Pre-Algebra
  • The students are doing a great job translating their own English sentences into algebraic equations and then putting all of their algebra skills to use to solve for the unknown value. We also reviewed for and took a cumulative test. Only one more math exam is left in the third quarter!
  • All of the students are looking forward to Pi Day! They are working hard to memorize many digits of pi and are excited to plan for our Pi Day feast!

Mrs. Palmer 

7th Art
  • Students wrapped up their still life drawings.  They did an excellent job trying to recreate what they saw and incorporate both grayscale and detail.  We also began a realistic animal drawing and I look forward to seeing how these take shape.

Miss Windes

7th Grade Latin
  • We continue to review for the National Latin Exam, brushing up on our history, mythology, geography, Latin mottoes and sayings, as well as practicing the grammar and translations! Students can do some extra practice on Google Classroom. We also reviewed the imperative mood and the vocative case. 

 

Miss Windes

8th Grade Omnibus
  • History: In history this week we finished our chapter, learning about the differences between Romanesque and Gothic architecture, and looking at the incredible architectural feats of the medieval times in both castles and cathedrals. If you are interested, watch the fascinating video – ‘How to Build a 13th Century Castle’ about a team in France who is currently (and for the past 25 years has been!) working to build a castle with fully medieval technology and techniques! 
  • Literature: Students reviewed for and took their final Lord of the Rings test this week! They also did their final presentations of their very creative projects – 3D models of the Shire and Rohan and maps of Middle Earth. Make sure you ask to see your student’s project if you have not seen it already! 
  • Composition: Students continue to work on their research papers; they turned in their outline, thesis statement, and introduction on Wednesday. Now they are continuing to write their first draft which is due on Thursday, March 16th – just before spring break! 
8th Grade Latin
  • Eighth graders have also been preparing for the National Latin Exam, reviewing past grammar and learning a few new concepts such as how to use the passive voice in Latin. 

 

Mrs. Frueh

8th Grade Science
  • We wrapped up our study of the atom this week by looking at some of the 20th century discoveries made in the field of chemistry and physics, including the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and Quantum Theory. The students were fascinated to learn more about the impact of chemistry research on important 20th century events, such as the Manhattan Project and the conclusion of World War II.
  • Our last test of the quarter will take place next Friday, March 10th.
8th Grade Algebra I
  • We took an exciting leap this week into solving quadratic equations. After many months of solving, manipulating, and graphing linear equations, it was fun to dip our toes into the world of parabolas. The students memorized the standard form of a quadratic equation and learned to use the factoring method to find the two possible solutions.
  • All of the students are looking forward to Pi Day! They are working hard to memorize many digits of pi and are excited to plan for our Pi Day feast!

Mrs. Palmer 

8th Art
  • Students wrapped up their still life drawings.  They did an excellent job trying to recreate what they saw and incorporate both grayscale and detail.  We also began a realistic animal drawing and I look forward to seeing how these take shape.

RHETORIC SCHOOL

From COLLEGE COUNSELING Office:

Juniors and Sophomores:

  • Tuesday, March 7th is the Christian College Fair at Trinity of Durham – students need to register and will be given an individualized schedule to talk with their best match colleges to make the most of the time! 

Juniors:

Mrs. Fairchild

9th Advanced Art

 

Our students began a deep dive into Holbein’s masterpiece, The Ambassadors..  The students are already amazed at the talented work of Holbein and the messages and symbolism that are hidden in plain sight.  Holbein was truly brilliant in his imagination and skilled in his technique. This assignment will help them to use their history knowledge and apply their critical thinking skills. It will be fun to see how this year’s class form their arguments and what evidence they will use to support their case.

Mr. Crotts

9th Logic
  • We are learning to use truth trees to discover if our arguments are consistent or inconsistent.
  • Truth trees can become complex and grow all sorts of branches!

Mrs. Palmer 

9th Spanish 
  • We have continued to work this week with vocabulary, consistency in grammar and two tenses.  Direct object nouns and pronouns were the focus of our new grammar point this week.  Students also participated in a listening assignment with the goal of helping train their ears to the target language. 

Dr. James

9th Geometry
  • This week we talked about circles, arcs, secants, and tangents. 
  • Next week we will talk about inscribed angles, sectors, and segments.

Mrs. Hicks

9th Biology
  • This week we focused on Ecology. Students created a creature and had to think through what the creature’s food web and adaptations would be in a set environment. It was nice to see their creativity shine through! Next week we will have a test on Evolution and Ecology!
  • Students have a ecosystem project due on March 14. They will need a shoe box to complete this assignment.

Dr. Smith

9th Theology
  • This week we continued in our study of the Protestant Reformation and have looked at the Ordo Sa;utis, or the order of salvation from a Reformed Protestant perspective, after going over the Roman Catholic penitential system. We also covered the five sola’s of the Reformation, as well.  

Mrs. Crotts

9th Grade Literature

    Students edited their group’s newspaper and then edited other group’s papers.  Then they turned in the 

    final copy. The class also viewed “Opie’s Newspaper” (Andy Griffith Show) as a reminder to keep their 

    class newspaper perky and free of sensationalism and gossip.  A quiz will be given about the Great 

    Gatsby–will it be open book?

Coach Johnston

9th History
  • This week, students took a comprehensive test on their Civil War unit material. With the remainder of the week, we surveyed a number of the major events in America and Europe occurring from the 1870s through the 1890s.

 

Mrs. Byrd

10th Algebra II
  • This week we’ve worked on solving absolute value inequalities and finding fractional distances.  Students have also reviewed and taken a test on 10 previous topics.  Next, we will learn how to manipulate a quadratic expression into graphing form.

Mrs. Crotts

10th Grade Literature
  • 10th graders have reached a new plateau in writing!  It seems that the foundational building blocks are solidified and their writing is at a new level–creative, expressive, fun, deep, imaginative!  Be excited, proud, and thankful for the Lord’s goodness in producing fruit!  As a treat for their hard work developing class newspapers, they were allowed to view “Opie’s Newspaper” (Andy Griffith Show)–a good reminder to keep their class newspaper perky and free of sensationalism and gossip. 

Dr. James

10th Chemistry
  • This week we began our lessons on properties of solids and liquids, contrasting them to gases. 
  • Next week we the students will learn about solutions.

Coach Johnston

10th History
  • Students began their study of the ancient history of Rome this week. We began with a focus on the major geography of the Roman republic, and read Plutarch’s biography of Cato the Elder.
10th PE
  • This week we completed a soccer training and game session on Tuesday and due to the rain on Thursday we played a long game of hockey in the gym.

Miss Oldham

10th Rhetoric I
  • This week we watched To Kill a Mockingbird after having walked through the trial of Tom Robinson. 

Mrs. Palmer 

10th Spanish
  • We continued to work with formal commands this week.  Students also practiced with translations and verb conjugations. We continue to pursue language through reading, writing, listening, speaking in the target language and we attempt to use these pillars of language learning each class. 

Mrs. Byrd

11th Physics
  •  Continuing in our study of waves, we’ve been looking at properties of electromagnetic waves (light!) and also considered the quantized nature of light and matter in general.  This is a small introduction into quantum physics which turns out to be a larger perspective on energy and matter than the classical physics we have been studying up to this point. 
11th Precalculus
  • We’ve spent the week verifying trig identities and learning to solve trig equations.  The second topic especially will be useful to any students taking calculus.

Dr. James

11th Geometry
  • This week we finished our studies of South America.
  • Next week we will begin our studies of Australia and Oceania, and we will hear from a missionary couple that has served in that part of the world. 

Miss Oldham

11th Grade Literature
  • Students continued through Le Morte d’Arthur and prepared for the Medieval Feast on March 16th. 

Dr. Smith

11th NT Greek
  • Students did a pop-translation quiz from John 8:47, memorized the imperfect active indicative parsing of the state of being verb ειμι, learned some more vocabulary, and got introduced to the 2nd aorist verb, which is extremely similar to the imperfect verb with respects to its endings. They all loved this! 

Mrs. Byrd

12th Calculus
  • We’re moving through some applications of integration this week – position, velocity, acceleration as well as other contexts.  After the seniors return from their trip and spring break, we will begin our final topic for the year – area and volume.

Mrs. Hicks

12th Anatomy
  • This class has worked extremely hard over the past two weeks to wrap up before their trip! We are praying for a good, educational trip and safe travels! 
  • Grades are in educate!
  • After spring break, the cow hearts should be here for us to dissect, so we will revisit the Cardiac System.

Coach Johnston

12th History
  • This week we completed a brief survey of US Reconstruction following the Civil War. The seniors took their major third quarter test on the Civil War & Reconstruction on Friday prior to their class trip.

Miss Oldham

12th Grade Literature
  • This week we read several short stories and discussed them. 
12th Grade Shakespeare Elective
  • We wrapped up Titus Androncius, we will be reading a comedy next. Either As You Like It or The Winter’s Tale. 
12th Rhetoric II
  • Students finished their prepanels this week and they did very well. Please be in prayer for them as they work on solidifying their theses and tightening up arguments and delivery.