BB 08-30-24

 BRADFORD BULLETIN

VOLUME XVII, ISSUE 9

Aug 30, 2024

 

FROM THE OFFICE

LOWER SCHOOL CAR LINE – IMPORTANT NOTES

It has been great to see students adjusting to Bradford routines and to see the rhythms of our days falling into place.  Now that we’re three weeks into the school year, we want to encourage the following procedures for the safety of each student and efficiency of the car line.

  • Please utilize the car line for dropping off and picking up your student instead of parking to walk up.  (Exception:  families who live within walking distance of school or parents joining the Archer Prayer Group on Thursdays)
  • Please display the yellow car tag during dismissal until your child is in the car.  
UNIFORMS:
  • NEW Performance Shorts for girls:  We added performance shorts for boys this year and have received positive feedback about them.  French Toast just started offering them as a trial run for girls in youth sizes only.  We have added them as an option for right now.  If you try them and like them, please let me know!  I will pass that feedback on to our representative.  
PARENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
  • Every Wednesday and Friday at Lower School – Assist with clearing cones and stanchions from the parking lot at dismissal.  This is a great “dad” job!
  • Events at Lower School (Mark your calendars!  And watch for a special email coming soon with sign up links.)
    • Wed, 9/25  – 1st – 4th – House Soccer Tournament at MACC
    • Fri, 9/27 – field trips for 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th
    • Fri, 10/25 – K – 4th – Greek Olympics
PARENT DIRECTORY:  
  • We receive many requests throughout the year for parent contact information.  We will not give out contact information without securing permission.  This can take a lot of time with back and forth communication. 
  • The Directory on EDUCATE provides contact information for parents and students in the school.  This is where we will point you when you are wanting to set up a playdate or send birthday party invitations.  
  • However, it only lists parents who have granted permission for their contact information to be shared.  You may share as much or as little information as you would like.
  • To grant permission:
    • Sign in to EDUCATE.
    • Click your initials in the top right hand corner.
    • Choose Account.
    • Select Household and check the box beside “Edit.”
    • Scroll to the bottom and check the boxes under “School Directory Sharing Preferences.”
  • To view the Directory:
    • Sign in to EDUCATE.
    • Select School from left menu.
    • Choose Directory from the drop down menu.
    • Filter families in your child’s class:  Select the grade and teacher from “Class” drop down menu (i.e. 1st – Smith).  Click go.
HOT LUNCH on Thursdays: 
  • The weekly menu locks at midnight on Sunday night – so be sure to place your orders and check out in time. Once your account is set up, it should be easy for the rest of the year! This Thursday we are looking forward to food from Sake Japanese House. ORDER HERE  
RED ENVELOPES COMING HOME NEXT WEEK:  
  • Check black folders and planners at both campuses next week for the envelopes and notes inside explaining this unique way we take care of and encourage our teachers.
FROM MRS. MITCHELL:  
  • Direct instruction makes up a large percentage of grammar level learning.  Students who obey “all the way, right away and with a happy heart” (or willing attitude) add minutes to every part of the day.  Those who delay necessarily cause the loss of learning time.  Teachers are starting to move clips.   A clip moved from green due to noncompliance is our communication tool both to students and parents in order to correct either delayed obedience or willful disobedience.  Students living in community show love to their classmates and teachers by growing in the skill of listening and following multi-step, clear instructions. Learning is delightful when everyone is engaged.  We see it every day! 

UPCOMING

NEXT WEEK:
  • Mon, 9/2:  Labor day, NO SCHOOL
  • Thurs, 9/5 
    • 7:45  Archer Prayer Group (lower school)
    • 8:00  Coffee & Discussion:  Mr. Johnston will meet parents the first Thursday of each month for a casual discussion of a specific topic regarding education.  Traveling Addiction, 401 E Center St, Mebane.  All parents welcome!
    • Varsity Boys Soccer AWAY game vs Grace Christian Academy (4pm)
  • Fri, 9/6 Varsity AWAY games vs. Cape Fear Christian Academy
    • Varsity Girls Volleyball (5pm)
    • Varsity Boys Soccer (5pm)
IN THE NEAR FUTURE:
  • Mon, 9/9: Middle School & Varsity Cross Country meet at Lee Christian School
    • MS Girls (4pm)
    • MS Boys (4:30pm)
    • Varsity Girls (5pm)
    • Varsity Boys (5:45pm)
  • Tues, 9/10: Varsity HOME games vs. Cresset Christian at the MACC
    • Varsity Girls Volleyball (3:30pm)
    • Varsity Boys Soccer (3:30pm)
  • Wed, 9/11 Varsity Girls Tennis HOME match vs Cape Fear Christian (4pm)
  • Thurs, 9/12:
    • 8:00 am – TK Scarf Ceremony:  TK students will find out which house they are in!  Parents welcome!
    • Middle School & Varsity Cross Country meet at Crossroads Christian
      • MS Girls (4pm)
      • MS Boys (4:30pm)
      • Varsity Girls (5pm)
      • Varsity Boys (5:45pm)
  • Fri, 9/13: Varsity Games in the afternoon
    • Varsity Boys Soccer hosts Cape Fear Christian at MACC (3:30pm)
    • Varsity Girls Tennis AWAY at Kerr Vance Academy (4pm)
  • Thurs , 9/19:  SCHOOL PICTURES:  Lower school
  • Fri, 9/20:  SCHOOL PICTURES:  Upper school
  • Mon, 9/23:  College Fair at ACC (10th – 12th grades)
  • Wed, 9/25:  House Soccer Tournament (1st – 4th grades)
  • Fri, 9/27:  
    • Field trips:  1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades – more info to come!
    • END of 1st QUARTER
  • Mon, 9/30 – Fri, 10/4:  FALL BREAK
  • Week of 10/7:  IST (Intensive Short Term) for 9th – 12th grades
    • 9th:  Technology
    • 10th / 11th:  Civics
    • 12th:  Senior Thesis

 

FROM THE TEACHER’S DESK

 

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

 

Transitional Kindergarten (Mrs. Grubb and Mrs. Weber)

This Week
  • TK students enjoyed a great week. We continued practicing being good students in the classroom. This week we began talking about the story of Creation. We learned that God created everything and began learning a song to help us remember how everything was created. Students also began making Creation books that they will bring home next week. In math we reviewed skywriting numbers 1-8 and learned 9 and 10. Students used linking cubes to make AB patterns, practiced positional phrases and graphed our favorite color teddy bear. We began centers this week which was an exciting time! A few of our centers included working on Creation books, exploring seeds, planting seeds in a jar, reading a gardening book, alphabet puzzles, and making letters using Play Doh. This week we also identified each student’s special letter, the first letter of their name. Ask your child what their special letter is! Students also learned about the five senses this week and went for a walk in the forest while we used our senses to hear, smell, see, and touch things.

Lower School P.E. (Mrs. Bennington)

K – 4th
  • Students did a great job in PE this week! They competed in several relay races,  completed several soccer drills, and did some strength training exercises.  Some classes even had a chance to put all of their practice into play with a soccer scrimmage. I was very impressed with how kind students were to one another and how well they are starting to work together in various settings!

Lower School Music (Mrs. Bennington)

K-3rd
  • Students did a great job in music this week demonstrating that they can follow music room rules and procedures. Students worked on the first and second verses of “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.” Students in First, Second, and Third Grade also received yellow music folders to keep their music in for the year. 
4th 
  • Students did a great job in music this week demonstrating that they can follow music room rules and procedures. Students worked on the first and second verses of “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.” Students also received yellow music folders to keep their music in for the year. Just a reminder students will need to bring their recorder to school for Music on Friday, September 6, 2024. Students will need to purchase the following recorder mentioned in the Bradford Supply List if they have not done so already:  Yamaha YRS-24B Soprano Recorder . 

Kindergarten (Mrs. Rivera and Miss Burdeshaw)

This Week: 
  • Our kindergarten scholars have had another exciting week at school! In math, we learned how to identify the number of sides and angles of a square, how to graph a picture on a pictograph, the difference between most and fewest, and how to distinguish the right from the left. In phonics, we continued to sound out the phonograms (also known as the clock face letters), “a, c, d, g, o, and qu,” and we also practiced writing them on our whiteboards. In history, art, and science, we continued to assemble our ‘days of creation’ magnets and talked more in depth about how the world was made and formed by God. 
  • 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a and review  Proverbs 1:7

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

This Week: 

During forum, the children are learning how to look up our memory verse in the Bible, singing the Books of the Bible song while looking at the table of contents in the Bible, and about what our hymns are saying. It is so fun to see the “light bulb “ come on and connections be made. In math, our students learned how to identify ordinal position to 6th, create & read a repeating pattern, act out some / some more, compare numbers, and compare and order objects by size. We are still practicing and reviewing lower case letters in cursive, but also casually introducing uppercase as needed. We practiced spelling words playing “sparkle”, fill in the blank, and with magnets. We started putting the words into our spelling logbooks and discussing consonants and vowels. Grammar has the students learning about story narration, family names, and writing proper names. Students are enjoying learning about jazz and bebop while reading Ella Sings Jazz. They have gotten to hear a few of her songs as well. They learned how to blend colors in art and drew beautiful flowers. In science we finished the second part of our days of creation project. In history we are still reading Leif The Lucky, talking about self control, and coloring pictures to glue into our history journal. 

Memory Work:   
  • Proverbs 12:15

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

This Week: 
  • The adventures continue in second grade.  We continued with our Bible story in Genesis.  This week we learned about Cain and Abel and how we need to be sure our actions are right and that our hearts are in the right place.  We started a new book, Tornado.  The author, Betsy Byars, was born in Charlotte, NC and wrote over 60 books.  Our science unit this quarter is Marvelous Me.  We have studied cells, the brain and this week we started on the five senses.  We learned about eyes and sight.  It truly is amazing the way God created our body.  While learning about God’s amazing creation the students are also learning how to make a science journal, which they will show you on Bradford Night.  We enjoyed studying our poet of the quarter, Anne Bradstreet.  We used her poem “In Reference to her Children” as copy work and drew a picture to represent the eight birds, which represented her eight children.  Please let us know if you have any concerns regarding your child’s studies.
Memory Work: 
  • Hebrews 11:4-5

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

This Week
  • Before we began Homer’s The Iliad, students discussed the idea of virtue or areté in Greek. Aristotle defined virtue as, “the excellence at being human.”  While the Greeks did not have the Bible or a relationship with the one, true God, they identified virtues, or moral habits, that they believed enabled man to achieve his telos or end purpose in life. Students learned that the Greeks valued virtues such as wisdom, fortitude, and justice. Third grade has been full of big words, and we have set out to discover their meanings. As we read, we are taking a look at the little ‘g’ gods from Greek myths that shaped and defined ancient Greece and comparing them to the one, true God. It will not take your child long to see the vengeful, petty, self-serving nature of these gods, who had more vices (and more power) than most of the human characters from these myths. As we compare them to a generous, merciful God, who loves us with a self-sacrificial love, your child will quickly see that the gods of ancient Greece do not compare. In math, students  rounded to the nearest tens and hundreds and learned the difference between the Commutative, Associative, and Identity Properties of Addition. We studied the Trojan War, memorized a new set of Latin chants and vocabulary, began our biome projects, and constructed our own Trojan horses! 
Upcoming Memory Work:
  • Proverbs: 23:22-23

Mrs. Fairchild

3rd Grade Art
  • We wrapped up our study of Michelangelo this week. The students were especially amazed at the skill of Michelangelo when he painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.  They also learned about the significance of his broken nose and what his secret message was in one of his last sculptures of Nicodemus.  Be sure to ask them about it!

 

4th Grade (Mrs. McDorman and Mrs. Rankin) 

This Week
  • In 405 AD, St. Jerome, a monk and a scholar who lived in a cave in Bethlehem, completed the second more precise Latin translation of the Bible. This translation was known as  the Vulgate, which means common  or ordinary language, since Latin was spoken by most of Europe and was the primary language by which French, Spanish, and Italian were derived. We spent time discussing the impact that that particular translation had on many great men during the Middle Ages and then attempted to translate part of the Vulgate from Latin into English. In math, we continued to work with place values, rounded numbers to estimate sums, and studied the  properties of addition. We honed our skills in writing creative paragraphs from notes and reviewed our spelling rules all in an effort to become better communicators. Finally, we finished out the week observing and recording the beauty of God’s handiwork in nature. Students watched their beans germinate and dissected a flower to understand how seeds are formed. In following Philippians 4, students spent the week meditating on the goodness of our God! 
Upcoming Memory Work:
  • I Corinthians 13:1-3;  Catechism # 87

Mrs. Fairchild

4th Grade Art
  • We wrapped up our study of Michelangelo this week. The students were especially amazed at the skill of Michelangelo when he painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.  They also learned about the significance of his broken nose and what his secret message was in one of his last sculptures of Nicodemus.  Be sure to ask them about it!

LOGIC SCHOOL

 

Mrs. Bennington

5th Band
  •  Students did a great job this week learning/practicing the rules and procedures for Band. Students were able to make better mouthpiece sounds this week, learned how to put their instruments together, and learned where to put their fingers to play their first note and second notes. Students did a great job playing the first 6 exercises in our method book. Please encourage your students to practice at home the concepts that we are working on in class.
 6th-8th Band
  • Students did a great job this week continuing with our “Back To School Playing Boot Camp”. Students are making more mature sounds and doing a better job staying on beat. Students that just joined Band or switched instruments are catching up beautifully. I really liked how all of the students are starting to do a better job listening to themselves and one another to problem shoot and correct mistakes. 
9th – 10th Band
  • Students did a great job this week working on their two octave Concert F scale and several technique exercises that reinforce this scale. Students continued to work on several book exercises to reinforce their ability to keep beat, correctly play a multitude of rhythms, correctly play dynamics, and correctly play a wide variety of articulations.  Students even had a chance to work on a piece that incorporated all of these musical elements. I am really proud of what these students are starting to accomplish musically. 

Mrs. Johnston

5th – 8th Chorus
  • 5th Chorus spent the week learning about solfeggio (do-re-mi) and how to apply it to the music. The students have shown a good understanding of how to read music, and found that applying the solfeggio made learning songs much easier.
  • 6th-8th Chorus spent the week identifying pitch relationships and solidifying parts. We worked through singing together by sections. Singing tests began this week. Students were tested by their vocal section, focusing on “singing your part” and therefore supporting one another within the section.

 

5th Grade (Mrs. LaTour and Mrs. Kromhout) 

This Week
  •  This week in 5th grade, we were introduced to new characters in our reading of The Hobbit! Students met Gollum in their reading and followed Bilbo’s adventures as he managed to escape him. We are steadily reading two chapters a week and doing well with our comprehension guides and summaries! In writing, students are studying further the explorers we learn about in history and creating their own writing about their assigned explorer! We are looking forward to hearing their presentations at the end of next week! We are diving into new material in math and going over concepts slowly and carefully as we prepare for our second test next week. In Latin, the student are reviewing all the third declension endings and practicing their new set of vocabulary. In History, we are learning about Magellan’s expedition around the world and the unfortunate events that occurred throughout the voyage, whether it be the mutiny that broke out or Magellan’s death in the Philippines. We look forward to continuing our study of the explorers when we return from our long weekend! 
Memory Work:
  • Romans 12:3-5
Upcoming:
  • Math Chapter 2 Test: Thursday, September 5th

Mrs. Palmer

5th Art
  • This week we worked on our first charcoal project.  This project is a detail oriented project in which we are learning and using the medium of charcoal to focus on blending, grayscale/value and precision. 

 

6th Grade (Miss Stevenson)

6th Reading and Literature
  • We are continuing to work our way through Sign of the Beaver. 
6th Grammar and Writing
  • Students submitted their final draft of the Narrative Essay this week. 
6th Bible
  • We are continuing to work our way through the gospel of Matthew.
6th History
  • This week we learned about how the cotton gin established the South. 
6th Science
  • I introduced our first big Science project this week! Topic proposals for the Scientific Method Project were due on Friday. The projects and their presentations (reports) are due Tuesday, September 17. I am looking forward to seeing what this years’ 6th graders come up with!
6th Logic
  • This week we looked at the special pleading fallacy. 
6th Latin
  • Students took a quiz on the Latin consonants on Tuesday. We also began looking at the consonant blends.

Mrs. Crotts

6th Math
  • Math students ventured into chapter 2 this week.

Mrs. Palmer 

6th Art
  • This week we worked on our first charcoal project.  This project is a detail oriented project in which we are learning and using the medium of charcoal to focus on blending, grayscale/value and precision. 

Dr. Wright

7th Composition 
  • Final drafts of Gilgamesh compare and contrast essays are due Friday 9/30.  
7th Omnibus – Literature, History, Bible
  • Students are choosing speeches for Declamation, and must email me two options for speeches by Tuesday 9/3.  Students have returned Hammurabi books, submitted reflection questions, and begun reflection questions on corresponding Bible readings (due Friday 9/30).  It is likely that Homer’s Odyssey will be distributed to students next week.
7th Logic
  • We are working through our workbooks.  

Mrs. Frueh

7th Science
  • It was an exciting week in science class! Last week, the students worked in their lab groups to develop an experimental design that would answer the question: “Which type of soil will help bean plants to grow the tallest?” Each group designed one control group and three experimental groups and then planted their bean seeds. This week, the beans have sprouted and are growing beautifully. They are all excited to watch their bean seeds grow in the coming weeks and record data on their plant heights.
7th Pre-Algebra
  • This week’s lessons included expanding and reducing fractions, using prime factorization to find the Greatest Common Factor of a set of numbers, and turning fractions into decimals. We will take our second cumulative test next Wednesday. 

Mrs. Palmer 

7th Art
  • Students continued to work on their comic strip rough draft this week.  We are focusing on the use of line, line quality and simple color.

Miss Johnston

7th Latin
  • The students started chapter three this week! They learned about the future and imperfect tense. We studied the new charts, worked on translation and practiced our new vocab. 

Dr. Wright

8th Omnibus 
  • History:  We are focused on the era of the Council of Nicaea to the Fall of Rome.  This week we examined events of Athanasius’s life, including his age (14) when Christianity was legalized in the Roman Empire.  Resubmission of essays from last week’s history test, for higher grades, is possible if done by Friday 8/30. 
  • Literature: On the Incarnation reading can be challenging; thus, reading assignments are much shorter, and students are encouraged to reread as much as necessary to grasp the argument and its progression. 
  • Composition:  We will continue to use handouts and exercises from Shrunk and White; students will not have materials otherwise. 

Miss Johnston

8th Latin
  • The students continued working hard on review for the first half of the week. However, by the end of the week we had started chapter nine, working through the lesson video, practicing the new vocabulary and learning about the ablative case. They worked hard and they all did very well on the vocab pop quiz this week!

Mrs. Frueh

8th Science
  • Our focus this week was on the importance of math in the field of science. We learned how to use the density formula to compare the densities of various objects. We also explored the topic of significant figures. While this is a difficult concept to both understand and master, it is an important one for maintaining honesty and integrity in scientific research. Ask your student if they can explain the importance of significant figures in data analysis and what rules help us to determine the number of significant figures that are allowed when data is reported.
8th Algebra I
  • This week we practiced combining like terms. The students were reminded of Mrs. Frueh’s favorite math rule: “To compare or combine they must be the same kind.” We also practiced using the Distributive Property to simplify algebraic expressions. The pace of Algebra is picking up quickly. The students are working hard, but are to be reminded that daily diligence in math work yields deeper understanding over time.

Mrs. Palmer 

8th Art
  • Students continued to work on their monochromatic Michelangelo inspired drawings.  We are using the medium of colored pencils to work on blending, value matching with color and details. 

Mr. Crotts

8th Logic
  • Students are reviewing all logic studies from grades 6 and 7 in preparation for their final two courses (introductory and intermediate logic) and their upcoming studies in rhetoric in grades 10, 11, and 12.

RHETORIC SCHOOL

 

From the COLLEGE COUNSELING Office:

9th-12th: 

  • For any students interested in NC State (9th-12th!): NC State hosts an open house each year offering the opportunity to meet with specific academic departments and over 100 sessions about various topics! This event requires pre-registration and fills up – register asap if you are interested! 
    • This would be excellent for 9th-10th graders interested in starting to see what college is like and get an idea of what colleges are out there
    • The open house is also excellent for 11th-12th graders wanting to get a closer look at NC State – this is a rare opportunity to get to meet with academic departments
  • NC State Open House: Saturday, October 19th, 9am-2pm  REGISTER HERE 

Juniors: 

  • The PSAT is coming up in October! We will be taking it at BCA, and are still waiting for an exact date This is a qualifier for the National Merit Scholarship program as well as a practice SAT. You can read more about taking the test, practicing for the test, and scholarship opportunities here: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt
    • The PSAT is a fully digital test for the second time this year
    • We will be doing a practice test here at Bradford on the afternoon of Thursday, September 5th to better understand the test and know how to prepare! 

Seniors: 

  • Senior College Night:  Thanks to all who came out for Senior College Night last night! Here is the pdf of the powerpoint if you were not able to be there or if you would like to look back at it! Let me know if any other questions come up. 
  • Thursday, September 5, 1:30-2:45pm and Friday, September 13, 12:30-1:45pm: Interviewing and Resumes with Dr. Meredith  Seniors will meet with Dr. Meredith to learn how to write a resume and how to interview effectively. Dr. Meredith is also willing to meet with seniors individually to help them edit and revise their own resumes. 
  • Individual meetings: I have begun meeting with seniors individually to help them with college applications; we will meet at least once a month over the next few months, and more often as needed. Parents, if you have questions or would like to meet, also feel free to reach out!

 

Mrs. Palmer 

9th Spanish 
  • This week we have worked on conjugating and using the verb “ser.”  We also learned how to tell time in Spanish, practiced with vocabulary and took a vocabulary quiz. 

Mrs. Frueh

9th Geometry
  • We wrapped up our first unit this week with a few lessons on measuring, adding, and classifying angles. We also learned about the importance of not making assumptions about geometric drawings, but instead looking for specific markings of angle size and congruency. We ended the week by taking our first unit test.

Mr. Crotts

9th Logic
  • Students are reviewing all logic studies from grades 6, 7, and 8 in preparation for their final course (intermediate logic) and their upcoming studies in rhetoric in grades 10, 11, and 12. We have one new student to “catch up”.

Dr. and Mrs. James

9th Biology
  • This week we are finishing our study of arthropods.  Animals continue to come in for the Catch a Herptile project. 
  • Next week the students will take their second test of Q1.

Mrs. Crotts

9th Literature
  • Students were given essay assignments: they have two topics from which to choose.  The rough draft is due 9/13 and the final draft is due 9/20.

Dr. Byrd 

9th Bible 
  • This week we are finishing up the book of Exodus.
  • There is no verse quiz next Wed, but a test next Friday on Genesis – Exodus. 

Dr. James

10th Chemistry
  • This week we completed our lessons on measurements and unit conversions.  The students took their second test of Q1. 
  • Next week we will begin our study of atomic structure.

Mrs. Palmer 

10th Spanish
  • We spent time reviewing past vocabulary, reviewing past grammar concepts and practicing with irregular preterite verb conjugations.  Students also took a vocabulary quiz. 

Mrs. Byrd

10th Algebra II
  • This week we’ve learned basic function notation, how to evaluate a function from an equation and from a graph, how to distinguish between a function and a relation, and how to find the slope of a line (the most basic function).

Mrs. Crotts

10th Literature
  • Students were given an essay assignment: comparing and contrasting Aesop’s Fables and Proverbs.  The rough draft is due on 9/13 and the final is due 9/20.

Miss Oldham

10th Rhetoric I
  •  Students had their first vocab quiz this week and have their first invented speeches when we return on Wednesday. 

Coach Johnston

10th History
  • Students began their study of ancient history by considering the beginning of history. Students read, analyzed, compared and contrasted the Biblical account of creation along with five other origin stories. Both days this week were filled with discussion regarding observations from the texts and the lessons that we could draw from them.
10th PE
  • Students completed a “card deck” workout on Tuesday and then enjoyed the first full opportunity this year to get outside and play Thursday. Thanks to better weather, we began our ultimate frisbee unit and will continue that next week.

Dr. Smith

10th Historical Theology
  • We continue to work through what should be the controlling beliefs that determine how we think (our presuppositions) about engaging in historical theology in general and the history of Christian theology in particular. Students took a quiz on chapters one and two, and wrote out Philippians 2:5-11 from memory. We will continue next week to work through chapter three and its emphasis on the distinction between being and knowing.  

Mrs. Palmer

11th Spanish III
  • Students worked on reviewing several past grammar concepts.  We also put our conversation skills into practice and received new vocabulary. 

Mrs. Byrd

11th Precalculus
  • We’ve learned how to transform function equations and graphs with shifts, reflections, and non rigid transformations.  Our next topic will be to look at various combinations of functions including a new operation – composition.
11th Physics
  • We concluded our study of one dimensional horizontal motion and have started considering one dimensional vertical motion.  This allows us to incorporate the effects of gravity and study the effects of air resistance.

Miss Oldham

11th Literature
  • We have begun our journey with Dante and Virgil into the Inferno. 

Dr. Smith

11th NT Greek
  • Students took two quizzes this week. One was on 13 vocabulary words and the endings to the nominative and accusative cases in the masculine, feminine and neuter nouns, with both the singular and plural forms, and the other was on the first three noun rules and the form that the definite article takes in the nominative and accusative, singular and plural in the masculine, feminine and neuter forms. So far, the students are doing a good job of memorizing the things required! 

Mr. Webster

11th-12th Systematic Theology
  • This week we covered the introduction to systematic theology and chapter 2 of Grudem, which covers the nature of the word of God. 
11th History
  • This week I introduced Medieval history and gave some of the background history of where we will be picking up, which is about 310 AD. The students also took their first quiz on the nature of church history. 

Mrs. Fairchild

12th Art Portfolio
  • Our seniors have continued to work on their group project of downtown Mebane.  They are using graphite to create texture and increase contrast in their work. 

Coach Johnston

12th History
  • We have begun the year by discussing the themes of European exploration and discovery. Students took their first geography quiz on Friday and began reading about several of the significant battles of Spanish conquest in the new world.

Miss Oldham

12th Literature
  • We continued our discussion of Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost. The students have their final essay on the text next week. 
12th Rhetoric II
  • Topics have been chosen, mentors have been picked, and we are full steam ahead! Please pray for our seniors as this is often the doldrums of senior thesis time: the research stage. We will be writing our first drafts during IST week right after Fall Break, so I’m hoping the seniors have enough material to be able to write without fear. 

Mrs. Byrd

12th Calculus
  • Topics for this week include:  confirming continuity, removing discontinuities, infinite limits, and limits at infinity.  Students planning to take the AP exam in May have begun some practice sessions during the last block of the day.