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BRADFORD BULLETIN

VOLUME XVI, ISSUE 39

MAY 24, 2024

FROM THE OFFICE

IMPORTANT NOTES:

SUMMER PLANS and OPPORTUNITIES:

Bradford Library hours: Tues – Thurs, 9:00 – 12pm (*except as stated below)
Mark your calendars! July 4th: Our students will have the opportunity to participate in the July 4th festival downtown. More details to come.
Office & Library will be closed: *July 4th, and July 8 – 19th

SUMMER CAMPS:

Soccer Camp: June 24-28th. Details and registration HERE.
Art Camp: July 8 – 12th, 1:30 – 5:00, rising 3rd – 7th grade – Register here.
Farm-to-Table Cooking Camp: July 8 – 12th, 8:00 – 12:00, rising 8th – 12th student – Register here.

UPCOMING

Mon, 5/27: Memorial Day (no school)
Tues, 5/28: No special events. Normal day of school
Wed, 5/29:
- Verse Bee (lower school) – Parents welcome!
  - K – 1st grades: 9:00
  - 2 – 3rd grades: 10:00
  - 4 & 4th grades: 11:00
- Junior/Senior Gala – group picture at 4:45. Gala begins at 5p. (11p is the end time.)
Thurs, 5/30: 10:00 – Baccalaureate – upper school
Fri, 5/31:
- Last Day of school: (*approximate times)
  - 7:00 – Seniors – Breakfast with the Headmaster
  - 7:30 – 7:55 ALL K – 11th students : Drop off at lower campus
  - 8:00 – Kindergarten promotion ceremony in the auditorium – (parents welcome!)
  - *8:30 – 11:30 – Games and activities!
  - *11:30 – House cup winner announced, Senior run, countdown to summer
  - 12:00 – DISMISSAL FOR ALL STUDENTS **No afterschool care!**
- 7pm – Graduation

IN THE NEAR FUTURE:

June 24-28th: Soccer camp
July 4th: Downtown Mebane event for Bradford students. More details to come.
July 8th – 12th:
- Farm-to-Table camp: 8th – 12th grade students
- Art Camp: 3rd – 7th
July 8th – 19th: OFFICE CLOSED

FROM THE TEACHER’S DESK

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Transitional Kindergarten (Mrs. Grubb and Mrs. Weber)

This Week

This week TK students wrapped up a wonderful year! Students enjoyed the week with lots of rehearsal time, a movie day, and clean up day. It was a great way to finish up the year. Thank you for joining us yesterday for our performance. The students were excited to show all that they have learned throughout the year. They did a wonderful job and it was a lovely time of fellowship after the performance. We pray you have a wonderful summer break!

Lower School P.E. (Mrs. Bennington)

K – 4th

Students did a great job in P.E. this week preparing for Field and/or playing a game of their choice from P.E. this year.

Lower School Music (Mrs. Bennington)

K-3rd

Students did a great job reviewing songs that we have learned this year!

4th

Students did a great job reviewing songs that we have learned this year! Students also had an opportunity to showcase any of their other musical achievements outside of school. Several students performed songs for their classmates that they had learned on the piano. I was very impressed with all of the students that played in front of their peers.

Lower School Art (Mrs. Palmer)

3rd

We wrapped up our artist of the quarter, Vincent van Gogh, this week. Students also gave feedback on this year and had time to work on a creative project.

4th

We wrapped up our artist of the quarter, Vincent van Gogh, this week. Students also gave feedback on this year and had time to work on a creative project.

Kindergarten (Mrs. Rivera and Miss Burdeshaw)

This Week:

Our kindergarteners have completed their last academic week here at Bradford! By next Friday, they will officially be considered first grade students. In math, we learned how to represent numbers to 500, how to write addition and subtraction fact families, how to estimate and weigh objects using nonstandard units, and we also reviewed several concepts from the fourth quarter. In phonics, we introduced a new and final spelling word list, and worked on reading and comprehending an “I Can Read” book. In history, we discussed the present day and learned some historical facts about the town of Mebane. In art and science, we finished up our section on the human body and completed our human body projects.

Memory Work:

Review all verses for the Bible Bee!

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

This Week:

We have been reviewing all the math concepts we learned this year: time, addition, subtraction, place value, coins, measuring, fractions, etc. We have played games to practice our final spelling words of the year. We have been working hard on the George Washington report and finishing up our history journals. In grammar we have been assessing and practicing sentence writing, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and addressing an envelope. We read our final (and funniest) Frog and Toad story this week and worked on a packet full of learning and fun. We had the opportunity to see TK practice their end of the year performance. The students got to read to the TK kids and be the “big kids” with their reading buddies. In art we colored the Butterfly life cycle. In science the kids learned about rainbows.

Memory Work:

All memory verses. Bible Bee Wednesday the 29th.

Upcoming:

May 27, Monday – Memorial Day – No School
May 31st, Friday – Last day of school, field day, half day

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

This Week:

Second grade has enjoyed a busy week reviewing facts and concepts that we have learned over the past year. Our study of Ancient Egypt has ended as Egypt Falls to Rome. What an exciting story of Cleopatra. Our final project for Latin is to draw pictures trying to include all 100+ words that we learned this year. It is a delight to see the student’s creativity. Our last book to read this year is Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat. It is fun to follow the adventures of Billy and Bruce and their many pets, including two owls. The story takes place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada so we have spent a little time learning about our neighbor to the north. In math we reviewed the key concepts and all the facts we have learned and had our final math assessments on Friday. The students continue to work diligently and desire to have a good finish to second grade.

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

This Week

We have finished up the curriculum course work for each discipline. Students reviewed the events in history leading up to the birth of Christ and the spread of Christianity to see how our God weaves together all things for His glory! We speculated, along with countless historians, as to why the Western Roman Empire finally came to an end after a thousand years. Ultimately, we know, as Job 12:23 declares, “He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them.” And Proverbs 14:34 reminds us that, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” It is only by His sovereign will that a nation rise and fall. We completed our Latin study with a review of the last 4 chapters and plan to celebrate next week with the ultimate game of trasketball! Students also finished up summarizing from multiple sources and turned in their final drafts. In math, we studied triangles, solved complex equations, and learned that numbers can be irrational. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time with your students and look forward to finishing this year celebrating all they have accomplished! Enjoy the long weekend honoring those who served our country well.

Memory Work:

All memory verses. Bible Bee Wednesday the 29th.

Upcoming:

May 27- Monday – Memorial Day – No School
May 29- Bible Bee May 29th
May 31- Friday – Last day of school, field day, half day

4th Grade (Mrs. Burtram and Miss Abrahamsen)

This Week

Wow! What a fun week we have had in 4th grade. We have enjoyed finishing our Math Curriculum and completed adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators using the LCM. We loved learning about many Science wonders all over the world and shared a lot of our learning time outdoors. We enjoyed learning about fusing multiple resources together to create a well written informational paragraph in IEW. We ended our week with assembling our book reports and History folder projects.

Upcoming:

Bible Bee May 29th
Field Day May 31st (Dismiss at 11:45)

LOGIC SCHOOL

Mrs. Bennington

5th-6th Band

Students did a great job this week at all of the concert dress rehearsals. All of their hardwood paid off at the concert last night! I could not have been prouder of these students and the growth that they have shown this school year. I am so excited about what next year will musically bring.

7th-8th Band

Students did a great job this week at all of the concert dress rehearsals. All of their hardwood paid off at the concert last night! I could not have been prouder of these students and the growth that they have shown this school year. I am so excited about what next year will musically bring.

Miss Stevenson

5th-8th Girls’ PE

This week the MS girls played street hockey and kickball.

5th Grade (Mrs. Owens)

This Week

We have been wrapping up quite a few subjects this week. Students studied the War of 1812 and learned about when our national anthem was written. They also wrote their own poem in tribute to our nation. We reviewed a few concepts in math and grammar and students took their final math test. I am so proud of the hard work and perseverance the students have shown this last week.

Mrs. Palmer

5th Art

Students wrapped up their watercolor sunflowers this week. We reviewed artists of the quarter from the year and students gave feedback on art.

Mrs. Kromhout

5th Latin

Fifth graders are preparing for our final competition next week, and also are learning about first and second personal pronouns. They will have a short quiz over the personal pronouns as their final assessment of the year.

6th Grade (Miss Stevenson)

6th Reading and Literature

We are continuing to make our way through Around the World in Eighty Days.

6th Grammar and Writing

Since we have finished all of the essays for this year, we have been spending our extra Grammar/Writing time on miscellaneous punctuation rules (hyphens, colons, semicolons, etc)

6th Bible

We are hoping to finish the Revelation by the end of the year.

6th History

This week we discussed “Modern America.” We watched a documentary on Y2K as well as footage of the events of 9/11. On Friday Coach Johnston talked to us about the wars on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.

6th Science

We finished up our unit on genetics this week. The final for that topic is Tuesday, May 28.

6th Logic

Students completed their final Logic test this week! They can now look forward to participating in Mr. Johnston’s paideias next year.

Mr. Hunter

6th Latin

This week the students took their final exam!

Mrs. Frueh

6th Math

Lessons this week included practical applications of the Pythagorean Theorem, solving equations that contain squared variables, and solving simple and compound interest problems. The students learned the 3-4-5 builder’s formula used since ancient times to ensure square corners. They also learned what a large difference simple versus compound interest makes in the balance of a savings account over the course of decades. This included a great discussion about saving versus going into debt. I would encourage you to talk to your children about financial stewardship and how we can glorify God in our finances.

Mrs. Palmer

6th Art

Students wrapped up their watercolor sunflowers this week. We reviewed artists of the quarter from the year and students gave feedback on art.

Mrs. Crotts

7th Grammar and Writing

We concluded the review of lesson 9 of The Lost Tools of Learning.

7th Omnibus

Literature: Students learned about basic foundational concepts that classify a novel as historical fiction. They discussed favorite examples read in the past. After determining their favorite time period in history the students spent time working with a circle model of planning: time period, goal, characters, audience, etc. They also added sketches of possible front covers and any other information that would add to the novel such as maps, languages, etc.
History/Bible: The class viewed Hillsdale College’s Ancient Christianity and discussed the Greek and Roman culture’s impact on Christianity.

Mrs. Frueh

7th Science

We did a quick mini-unit this week on seasons and time zones. We practiced figuring out what time it would be in various time zones across the globe and how this impacts communications in business and in missions. We also learned about the seasonal solstices and equinoxes and how the seasons vary across the globe.

7th Pre-Algebra

What a joy it was to finish our very last pre-algebra lesson this week! The students have worked so hard this year and have learned a tremendous amount. There is a great sense of accomplishment in finishing a year-long course of study and finishing it well.

Mrs. Palmer

7th Art

Students wrapped up their watercolor sunflowers this week. We reviewed artists of the quarter from the year and students gave feedback on art.

Mr. Hunter

7th Latin

This week the students took their final exam!

Mrs. Kromhout

8th Omnibus

History: We finished our history for the year by learning about the church in the High Middle Ages and the Black Death. We also spent some time reviewing all the history from our year!
Literature: We are coming to the end of Macbeth! The students are doing a fantastic job with it, using reader’s theater and acting out each scene. Each student is also preparing a short scene to present for the class next week.

Composition: Students did short revisions on their research papers this week.

Mr. Hunter

8th Latin

This week the students took their final exam!

Mrs. Frueh

8th Science

This week we enjoyed learning about the five different classifications of chemical reactions. The students are becoming very accomplished at balancing chemical reactions and building molecular models.

8th Algebra I

What a joy it was to finish our very last Algebra I lesson this week on using the Quadratic Formula! The students have worked so hard this year and have learned a tremendous amount in their first high-school level mathematics course. There is a great sense of accomplishment in finishing a year-long course of study and finishing it well. They should be commended for a job well done!

Mrs. Palmer

8th Art

Students wrapped up their watercolor sunflowers this week. We reviewed artists of the quarter from the year and students gave feedback on art.

Mr. Crotts

8th Logic

We are reviewing fallacies learned in 6th and 7th grades.

RHETORIC SCHOOL

From the COLLEGE COUNSELING Office:

Sophomores:

If any sophomores would like to get a head start on preparing to take the PSAT in October, they can check out Khan Academy’s excellent and free SAT prep over the summer!
- Through Khan Academy, they can take practice tests, do practice modules in areas that are challenging for them, and get used to the types of questions that they will find on the test.
- https://www.khanacademy.org/digital-sat
- Let me know if you have any questions!

Juniors:

No pressure, but for any that would find it helpful – I would love to meet with any juniors and/or parents before the end of the year as I can! See my email for dates and times.

By the end of this summer, juniors should:
- Have a clear idea of college priorities
- Have a list of 3-8 colleges they plan to apply to
- Know the application dates and deadlines both for colleges and college scholarships
- Have an idea of a major/career path they at least will start with
- Have SAT/ACT scores that match the colleges they would like to attend

Mrs. Palmer

9th Spanish

This week we spent time reviewing for our chapter test and students took their chapter test. Next week we will round out the year with plenty of past vocabulary and grammar concepts.

Coach Johnston

9th History

Students were able to get as far as the Cuban Missile Crisis in our study of the Cold War and then students took their final quiz of the quarter on Friday.

Mrs. Frueh

9th Geometry

We wrapped up our last unit on circles by learning five new theorems regarding chords, tangents, and secants. Every algebra skill was put to the test this week as we solved for unknown angles, arcs, and chord lengths. There is a great sense of accomplishment in finishing a year-long course of study and finishing it well. The students should be commended for a job well done!

Mr. Crotts

9th Logic

We completed our 40 lessons of study and final exams.

Mrs. Crotts

9th Biology

Students concluded sharing presentations of endangered animals. We also watched Answers in Genesis creation films.

Mrs. Crotts

9th Literature

We reviewed The Lost Tools of Writing vocabulary and essay outline procedures. We also brainstormed for possible historical fiction novels and edited each other’s ideas.

Dr. Byrd

9th and 10th Bible

This week we continued through the epistles as we finish the New Testament. We were able to cover Colossians through I Peter this week. So many great truths and glorious declarations about Christ and his church.
Bible Memory: Col. 2:6-7

Dr. James

10th Chemistry

This week the students took their test on acids and bases, reviewed material from the quarter, and took their final exam.
Next week they will receive their final exam and look back on a year of growth and increased knowledge of chemistry.

Mrs. Palmer

10th Spanish

We spent time this past week reviewing past vocabulary and grammar concepts.

Mrs. Byrd

10th Algebra II

We did a brief review of linear functions and learned to use a graphing calculator to fit lines and/or other functions to given data. We then used the various models to predict outcomes. The week ended with a mini unit on translating numbers into the hexadecimal numbering system and understanding why it is useful.

Mrs. Crotts

10th Literature

This class viewed Hillsdale College’s Ancient Christianity. We also discussed modern college graduation speeches and how most are blended with ancient philosophy and modern progressivism. Lastly we planned for a fun and final class–Greek and Italian food and dress like your favorite ancient author.

Miss Oldham

10th Rhetoric I

Students wrapped up Rhetoric 1 this week with our last Teeny Tiny Theses as well as a vocab quiz.

Coach Johnston

10th History

Students used this week to review for their final exam scheduled for Tuesday, 5/28. We spent the week reviewing Ancient Israel, Greece & Rome.

10th PE

Students enjoyed the good-weather opportunities on Tuesday and Thursday to play soccer and flag football.

Mrs. Byrd

11th Precalculus

This week we started a brief unit on conic sections. Students also completed a CSI Crime Style Project involving matrix algebra.

11th Physics

We wrapped up our unit on magnetism this week. This was capped off by a PHET Simulation Lab.

Miss Oldham

11th Literature

Students wrapped up their literature class with a final exam.

Mr. Hunter

11th NT Greek

This week the students took a vocabulary quiz and their final exam!

Mrs. Palmer

11th-12th Elective: Color Theory/Design

We presented our interior design projects and rounded out the year with a small design project.

Dr. Smith

11th-12th Apologetics & Philosophy

This week we concluded our reading of Carl Trueman’s Strange New World. We discussed Trueman’s thesis that because American culture teaches us that it is perfectly acceptable to identify yourself according to your inner feelings, the basis for community and governance of it is completely undermined; if followed faithfully it leads to complete chaos. But, of course, governance must take place, and so, in an ironic twist, this expressive individualism actually leads to an oppressive authoritarianism by the state. We also discussed the difference between an author’s description of present realities and his or her prescription of what should take place in light of what he or she described. Student’s take their last test today, which covers chapters 5-9.

Coach Johnston

12th History

Seniors began the week by learning some Cold War material. The middle of the week was dedicated to chorus concert rehearsals and then Friday involved a reading and discussion on how to honor and spend Memorial Day weekend.

Miss Oldham

12th Literature

Students wrapped up discussions on Night and took their final exam.

Mrs. Byrd

12th Calculus

Our class did not meet this week since we have finished our material for the year!

Mrs. James

12th Anatomy

Tuesday the students took the final test of the year on the reproductive system. Thursday we dissected pig hearts.