BB 09-18-26

BRADFORD BULLETIN

VOLUME XIX, ISSUE 12

SEP 18,  2026

 

FROM THE OFFICE

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

  • Sweaters are required with dress uniform in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, so now is the time to order them if you haven’t done so already.
  • Mark your calendars!  October is a busy month.  Please look over the list (below) and mark your calendars for House socials, school pictures, and Parent-Teacher conferences.  

LOWER SCHOOL IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • FROM MRS. MITCHELL:  Safety week was successful in that students obeyed clear instructions on what to do in case of a fire, tornado or imminent danger inside/ outside the building.  Far more important are the undergirding skills that led to this success.  From TK onward, at the Lower School, teachers train for first-time obedience.  It’s not easy; but the moment when Mr. Johnston asked students to duck and cover was a thing of beauty.  In unison and in complete quiet, they assumed a safe position in the hallway.  160 students obeyed all the way, right away and with a happy heart. This was the fruit of much faithful labor.  May the Lord continue to add the blessings that come from quick and happy obedience to these young souls, so that they might bless God and be a blessing to others. 

 

UPPER SCHOOL IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • Athletics Update: as Fall season sports continue to progress, it’s important to note that we’re quickly approaching the start of our Winter sports season. Bradford Academy intends to offer four basketball teams this Winter: Varsity Boys and Girls Basketball (2 separate teams, players in 7-12 grades are able to tryout) and Middle School Boys and Girls Basketball (2 separate teams, players in 5-8 grades are able to tryout).
    • We are looking for a head coach to lead our MS Boys Basketball team. We would also welcome additional assistant coaches. If anyone is at all interested or available, or could recommend someone from their community, please contact Coach Johnston (nathanieljohnston@bradfordacademy.org).
    • First practices/tryouts will be held during the week of November 2-6.
    • The season will run from the beginning of November through the beginning/middle of February.

 

UPCOMING

NEXT WEEK:

  • MON 9/21:
    • 4:00PM – Varsity Girls Volleyball – HOME
    • 5:00PM – Varsity Boys Soccer – AWAY
  • TUES 9/22:
    • 4:00PM – MS Boys Soccer – AWAY
  • THURS 9/24:
    • 3:30PM – Varsity Boys Soccer – HOME
    • 5:00PM – Varsity Cross Country – AWAY
  • FRI 09/25:  Bradford Chorale to perform at Mebane Fire Department

IN THE NEAR FUTURE:

  • WEEK OF 9/28:  Finals for upper school students
  • TUES 09/29:  ACC College Fair (10th – 12th grades)
  • WEDS 09/30:  Field Trip:  NC Botanical Garden – 4th grade
  • THURS 10/01:  Field Trip:  Alamance Battleground – 1st and 5th grades
  • FRI 10/02:  Field Trip:  Greensboro Science Center – 3rd grade
  • FRI 10/02:  End of Q1.
  • 10/5 – 10/9:  FALL BREAK – no school
  • Week of 10/12:  Intensive Short Term (9th – 12th grades)
  • FRI 10/16:  Plymouth House Social (5:30 – 7:30PM)
  • SAT 10/17:  Leiden House Social (5:30 – 7:30PM)
  • WED 10/21:  Parent-Teacher Conferences (sign ups to come)
  • FRI 10/23:  Austerfield House Social (5:30 – 7:30PM)
  • SAT 10/24:  Scrooby House Social (5:30 – 7:30PM)
  • WED 10/28:  Upper School and Fall Sports Team Picture Day 
  • THURS 10/29:  Lower School Picture Day
  • FRI 10/30:  K – 4th Greek Olympics
  • THURS 11/5 – FRI 11/6:  Upper School – Parents Days (more info to come!)
  • MON 11/9 – TUES 11/10:  9th grade – Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg
  • MON 11/9 – WED 11/11:  10th and 11th grades – Washington DC trip
  • WED 11/11:  Veterans Day – no school
  • FRI 11/13: Hobbit Day (5th grade)
  • THURS 11/19: Bradford Night (3rd and 4th grades)
  • TUES 11/24: Thanksgiving Feast and Celebration
  • 11/25-11/27: Thanksgiving Break: no school

 

FROM THE TEACHER’S DESK

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Transitional Kindergarten (Mrs. Grubb and Mrs. Weber)

  • TK students spent time in the kitchen this week making apple pies. On Tuesday, students worked to peel and cut apples to make our apple pie filling. We discussed the ingredients used to make the filling and smelled cinnamon and nutmeg. On Wednesday, each student made 2 mini apple pies and decorated the top. The highlight was the apple pie feast on Thursday! We are so thankful that so many of you and your family members were able to join us. Thank you for providing supplies and volunteering your time to help this week. A few of our centers this week included: building and drawing Mat Man, identifying special letters in names, identifying the parts of a book, sequencing, an introduction to rhyming words, finding letters using alphabet pasta, making numbers using play doh, and practicing writing numbers using writing tablets. We did not introduce new math concepts this week, but we did review skywriting numbers 1-10 and look forward to introducing new math lessons next week. Students continued working on pre-writing in green writing books as we practiced the proper crayon grip. We continued in the Bible and learned about Adam & Eve and the fall this week. We were able to discuss sin and the importance of obedience.  

Lower School Art (Mrs. Knight)

3rd & 4th
  • Third and fourth grade art students continued practicing our Fundamental Laws of Drawing song. We learned about the early life of Leonardo da Vinci and began a grid sketch of the Mona Lisa. We were encouraged to see that the magnificent Mona Lisa is simply sketched by using the Elements of Shape: straight and curved lines, dots, circles, and angles. We had to observe carefully (this was da Vinci’s secret to being an incredible artist) and sketch what we saw. 

Lower School PE (Mrs. Bennington)

  • Students worked hard in  PE this week with following directions, practicing procedures, and playing various directional games. Students in 1st-4th grade spent time on various team building games so that students could work on  developing better sportsmanship skills.  

Lower School Music (Mrs. Bennington)

  • Students did a great job in music this week following directions and practicing procedures.  Second, third, and fourth graders continued working on singing two part harmony in “Non Nobis”.   The same students also started learning about what the terms rhythm and beat are in music and how they work together. All students  worked on the  first, second, and third  verse of “Holy, Holy, Holy”.  Third and Fourth grade students also continued working on their first two notes with recorder. 

Kindergarten (Mrs. Rivera and Miss Burdeshaw)

This Week: 

Our kindergarten scholars are only two weeks away from the end of the first quarter! We are so proud of how hard the students have been working. In math, we learned how to identify “how many” and reviewed how to order our numbers 0-10. In phonics, we spent more time reviewing our loop letters as well as their respective sounds. The students had their first ever phonics test on the clock face letters: a, c, d, g, o, and qu. Next week, we will learn the hump letters. In history, we discussed Noah’s ark and the Flood. Noah was a righteous man who had an unwavering faith in the Lord. Even when it was hard, he obeyed God’s command to build the ark and fill it with animals. After 40 days and nights  aboard the ark, the flood waters finally ceased and a rainbow was seen in the sky. The rainbow was a sign of God’s promise to never flood the entire earth again. In art, we used our knowledge of lines and drew a mouse. In science, we continued our unit on the five senses. This week we discussed the sense of taste. The students had the opportunity to do a taste test of good and bad tasting jelly beans. It was a lot of fun to see their reactions!

Memory Work: 

1 John 1:5 and review

1st Grade (Ms. Griffin & Mrs. Smith)

This Week: 
  • The first graders did a great job at all the safety drills this week. Most of the kids thought it was fun and even said it was their favorite activity of the day! They have learned there are three things to do in an emergency 1. Eyes on me (or parent / trusted adult) 2. Listen/Be silent 3. Stay calm. Be sure your child knows what to do in case of an emergency at home. Run through some drills. Remind them to “Be prepared, not scared!” We wrapped up chapter 2 in math in which the kids learned about various strategies for adding within 10. The kids have been practicing hard at writing sentences in grammar and learning about common and proper nouns of places. The students learned about the planets and started learning about the four layers of the earth in science. We combined reading and art again this week. The kids read The Grand Cat about a black cat (Wim) in Holland who showed unexpected courage to help a friend. Then, in art, the students drew a sleeping black cat. Possibly it was Wim after her hard work. We continued our study of Columbus in history. See if your student can explain where Columbus thought he landed when he came ashore in America and why.
Memory Work:  
  • John 1:12-13
Upcoming:      
  • Thursday October 1, 2026 – Field Trip to Alamance Battleground
  • Friday October 2, 2026 – Last Day of quarter 1 
  • Oct 5 – Oct 9 = Fall Break, No School

2nd Grade (Miss Verroi & Mrs. Fredrick)

This Week: 
  • We have enjoyed a week full of learning.  I’m sure the ‘discipuli’ are excited to share with their ‘pater’ and ‘mater’ all that they have learned!  In history we have begun our study of ancient Egypt.  Our history card this week is the Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt by Pharaoh Menes. We will learn so much about Ancient Egypt in the coming weeks.  The Bears on Hemlock Mountain contains many examples of onomatopoeia including drip, drip, drip and crunch, crunch, crunch.  The students used their creativity and illustrated onomatopoeias of their own – you can see these in their sketchbooks on Bradford Night. 
Table Talk:
  • Ask your child to tell you about where Upper and Lower Egypt are located.
  • Ask your child about the other onomatopoeias we discussed this week.
Memory Work:
  • Matt. 6:19-21

3rd Grade (Mrs. Clark & Mrs. Martin)

This Week 
In math, we learned about three-digit subtraction. We also reviewed estimation and rounding to the nearest ten and hundred. In history, we discussed the division of Israel into two kingdoms: Judah and Israel. Solomon turned away from God and built altars to honor pagan gods for his wives. God promised Solomon that he would not tear the kingdom away from him during his lifetime for the sake of his father, David, but rather from the hands of his son, Rehoboam. In science, students began adding their research to their posters. Each group is excited to share what they have learned about their biome’s habitat, location, food chain, and climate. We are also looking forward to the field trip to the Greensboro Science Center in two weeks!
Upcoming Memory Work: 

1 Peter 3:8-9

Upcoming:
  • Biome Projects due on September 30th (in class project)
  • Greensboro Science Center field trip Oct 2, 2026

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

Week 6 St. Benedict and Monasticism

Using his experience from previous monasteries, a monk named St. Benedict wrote a document called the Rule of St. Benedict which became the handbook for how monasteries should be governed. Eight hours of work, eight hours of prayer, and eight hours of sleep divided up their time. Students learned how monks preserved and passed on many of the Great Books of the Western World, copying these works by hand. On Friday, students embodied this meaningful work by becoming monks in our own Bradford Scriptorium where they created beautiful illuminated letters of their own. We dressed in robes, worked by candlelight, played Gregorian chants, and prayed throughout the day. It was a memorable lesson in history! 

In other studies, we saw that our fourth-graders are strong in their subtraction and regrouping skills, and we applied this knowledge to greater numbers. Students reviewed Latin and learned about pollinators, and the beautiful balance and dependence God created between flowers and insects and animals.

Ora et Labora! Ask them to translate!

Upcoming  Memory Work: 

Psalm 139:1-3

 

LOGIC SCHOOL

Mrs. Bennington

5th-6th Band
  • Students did a great job in band this week practicing procedures and expectations for class. Sixth grade did a great job reviewing the basics of playing from last year and working on several rhythm exercises. New sixth grade  students are doing a great job getting caught up and returning students are doing well making more mature sound. Students did well on their playing test this week. Fifth grade worked on counting rhythms, reading music, and how to use their lips to make a sound on their mouthpieces. Students also learned how to put their instruments together,  take them apart , and how to play their first two notes. Students did well with their test in 1.5 or 1.6.  Please encourage your child to practice what we work on in class at home. 
7th-8th Band
  • Students did a great job in band this week practicing procedures and expectations for class. Students also did a great job playing through several book exercises.. A lot of focus was put on posture, breathing,  making good sounds, range, articulation, and dynamics. Students even got a chance to apply this knowledge to a fun song. Students did well on their  test on Warm up Set 1, Option 1 this week.  Students will have a test on their full range Concert Bb scale next Tuesday. Please encourage your child to practice what we work on in class at home.
High School Band
  • Students did a great job in band this week practicing procedures and expectations for class. Students also did a great job playing through several book exercises and other pieces of music. A lot of focus was put on posture, breathing,  making good sounds, range, articulation, dynamics, style, phrasing, and interpretation. Students completed a writing exercise on the hymn, “Holy Holy, Holy” and discussed the meaning behind the hymn, the parts that stuck out most to them, and how to best convey the message behind this hymn when it is sung or played.  Students spent a lot of time on their full-range concert F and Bb scales and arpeggios. Students did well on their Concert Bb scale and arpeggio test this week. Please continue to encourage your child to practice what we work on in class at home. 

Mrs. Johnston

5th – 8th Choir – Hymn of the week: How Great Thou Art
  • 5th Choir is growing stronger in rhythm recognition as well as solfeggio labeling. We’re having fun mixing up parts with rhythms, learning to “play your position!”
  • 6th Choir this week learned to sing in rounds. We worked on singing our individual parts accurately while staggering our entry into the song.
  • 7th/8th Choir continued working in minor keys, recognizing when a note is “mi” (major) or “me” (minor). We are also continuing to learn how to recognize a major versus a minor key signature.
High School Choir/Bradford Chorale
  • High School Choir’s hymn of the week was Jesus Paid it All. We worked on learning to sing parts other than our own usual part. We also worked on rhythms in 2/4. Next week Friday (9/25) the Bradford Chorale (High School Choir and Lunchtime Chorale) will travel to the Mebane Fire Station to bless the firefighters with some Wade in the Water, Ol Man River, and Wellerman. Please pray that we are an encouragement and blessing to these heroes who put their lives on the line to protect our community.

5th Grade (Mr. Chapman & Miss Johnston) 

This Week
  • This week we continued learning about different explorers of North America. We covered John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, and Samuel de Champlain. We read about John Cabot’s journey and the students wrote and discussed his reactions, what he had hoped to discover and more details that they learned. We continued reviewing our Latin and Grammar chapters that we began last week. We are nearing the climax of Mr. Baggins’ journey through Middle Earth! Ask your child where he is currently and what creatures he’s recently encountered! 

Memory Work: 

Romans 12: 11-13

Upcoming: 

Alamance Battleground Field Trip- 10/01 

Mrs. Knight

5th Art
  • Fifth graders are finishing up our Mona Lisa grid sketch. After observing carefully the lines and angles, we sketched the Mona Lisa using a grid. Next we have been working diligently to match the colors and the sfumato effects in the original painting. What is sfumato? Ask a fifth grader! We will have a quiz on Leonardo da Vinci soon. 

6th Grade (Mrs. McDorman & Miss Morgan)

6th Reading and Literature
  • We began reading The Call of the Wild and wrote a comparison essay examining Buck’s comfortable life with Judge Miller and the dramatic changes he experienced after being stolen.
6th Grammar and Writing
  • We continued our pursuit of mastering the English language by studying prepositions. Students also revised and finalized their personal narrative essays.
6th Bible
  • We read and discussed Matthew 6–8, continuing to trace the life and teachings of Christ. We also continued memorizing 1 John and are currently working through Chapter 2.
6th History
  • We studied the Cherokee Trail of Tears, considering the injustice of their forced removal. We also discussed how we determine whether an action is right or wrong, even when it is permitted by the government.
6th Math
  • We applied our knowledge of place value to dividing decimal numbers. We emphasized becoming mathematical thinkers who understand why a process works and not merely “computers” who follow steps.

Ms. Hutchison

6th Science
  • 6th graders this week learned about making a good graph to represent their findings pictorially.  We practiced creating neat, thorough, accurate and visually-pleasing graphs of our Alka-Seltzer Lab data. We also began thinking about our exciting new project; individual scientific investigations.  You will soon receive detailed information about this project, which will be completed at home..  This weekend,  your student should be deciding on a scientific question or problem he/she would like to investigate. Proposed questions will be submitted  to me on Tuesday, the 22nd.

Miss Morgan

6th Logic
  • This week, we learned how to identify an Appeal to Faulty Authority, as well as an Appeal to the People. Both of these fallacies avoid addressing or arguing for the main issue by appealing to non-expert authorities or the popularity of the masses to persuade your opponent. 

Mrs. Palmer 

6th Art
  • Reviewing our artist of the quarter, Leonardo Da Vinci, was a big part of our class time this week. We also continued to work on our charcoal shoe drawings focusing on using the medium correctly and getting the range in grayscale. 

Mrs. Meredith

7th Omnibus
  •  Literature: We began the week with a mock trial, trying the same case under both Mosaic Law and the Codes of Hammurabi. Through this activity, students saw firsthand how differing worldviews shape the laws, values, and societies they produce. For the remainder of the week, we read from Exodus and examined how the ten plagues of Egypt were not random, but specifically attacked and dismantled the pantheon of Egyptian gods. We also studied Passover and discussed how Jesus is our Passover Lamb.
  • History: Students began their study of Ancient Egypt, locating areas of geographical importance as well as places significant to the Bible.
  • Composition: Students turned in their comparison paper rough drafts and received feedback to help them complete their final essays.

Ms. Hutchison

7th Science
  • Our study of pedology continued this week in 7th grade.  We learned about soil nutrients and fertilizers and the beauty of the nitrogen-cycle, which God designed to keep the all-important element, nitrogen, moving between and within the spheres of our planet.  We’re learning about the importance of air and water movement through the soil and will begin our bean seed project next week in class.

Mrs. Frueh

7th Pre-Algebra
  • This week’s lessons included multiplying and dividing multiple fractions, using prime factorization to find the Least Common Multiple of a set of numbers, and finding the average of a data set. We ended the week with a weekly cumulative test.

Mrs. Palmer 

7th Art
  • Reviewing our artist of the quarter, Leonardo Da Vinci, was a big part of our class time this week. We continued to work on our original comic strips. This project can have its challenges but students are hard at work on it. Ask your student what they chose to do for their comic strip!

Miss Morgan

7th Logic
  •   This week, we spent time reviewing the Ad Fontem fallacies of Relevance (Ad Hominem Abusive, Ad Hominem Circumstancial, Tu Quoque, and Genetic Fallacy) and took the Unit Test. The students are doing great with knowing the difference between the Ad Fontem fallacies and how to identify them in everyday advertisements and conversations! 

Dr. Wright

8th Omnibus 
  • Students learned about Theodosius making Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire in 380AD, and the effects this had on churches, including the growth of early Christian monasticism.  Creative writing projects on being a Christian in Rome are ongoing.  We continue to read Athanasius’s On the Incarnation.

Ms. Hutchison

8th Science
  • Great work,  young scientists!  This week, our 8th graders executed their self-designed  experiments, testing the effect of various types of water on  the solubility of Alka-Seltzer tablets.  After completing their experiments, your students completed their first formal lab report, including data analysis and conclusions.  We also prepared and reviewed for our first unit test, which will be taken next Tuesday, the 22nd.

Mrs. Frueh

8th Algebra I
  • We wrapped up our third unit of the year with a cumulative exam. The students have become proficient at solving for the unknown in increasingly complex equations. They have also learned to write their own equations for given situations.

Mrs. Palmer 

8th Art
  • Reviewing our artist of the quarter, Leonardo Da Vinci, was a big part of our class time this week. We continued to work on our magazine collage of famous works of art. Students are doing a great job of matching color nuance though it requires a large amount of patience!

Mr. Crotts

8th Logic
  • Our lessons have helped us understand various ways of giving definitions to terms: 1) by synonym or simply using another word that means the same, or nearly the same; 2) by example, e.g, pointing to a cow and identifying it is likely how most of us learned what is a cow; 3) by genus or difference, that is, identifying an object or term within a wider genus and then telling specifics about it that show its difference.

RHETORIC SCHOOL

From the COLLEGE AND CAREER COUNSELING Office:

9th-12th: College Spotlight

New Aberdeen College is a classical Christian college located in Harrisburg, NC, near Charlotte.  “The mission of New Aberdeen College is to form mature disciples in the traditions of classical learning and the Reformed faith.  Experience a Christ-centered, rigorously classical liberal arts education that empowers you to engage culture with wisdom, virtue, and eloquence. You’re not just choosing a college. You’re choosing who you’ll become.  

  • Expert, passionate educators  •   A curriculum rooted in timeless wisdom    
  • A community that values both faith and intellect

This is the education of great men such as Marcus Aurelius, John Calvin, Isaac Newton, Franz Joseph Haydn, and Thomas Jefferson. These men, all champions of Western culture, exhibit the type of influence that persons trained to think liberally – literally, “freely,” able to think independently – can have on culture. In this tradition, New Aberdeen College cultivates virtue and wisdom to present students mature in Christ (Col. 1:28).  admissions@newaberdeencollege.com 

 

10th-12th:

10th-12th graders will visit ACC’s College Fair on Tuesday, September 29 from 10:30-12:30.

Seniors

    • Apply for admissions to at least 3 colleges.
    • Apply for scholarships!
    • Visit colleges and communicate with admissions.
    • Take the SAT, the ACT, & the CLT!
    • Learn about colleges and degrees and careers through internships.
  • We are praying for you and your family as you make decisions and seek provision and opportunity!

Juniors

  • Take the ACT!  This is REQUIRED in order to receive the NC Opportunity Scholarship.
  • Take the SAT in the Spring; take the CLT!
  • Visit colleges and ask alumni about college and career experiences.

Coach Johnston

9th History
  • Students completed their unit material on the Reformation and the religious wars of Europe. After taking their test on Tuesday, we began unit 3. Students will be learning about the Age of Absolutism and major political developments that occur in Europe and reverberate to America.

Ms. Oldham

9th Literature
  •  Students began Macbeth and discussed the themes and characterization within the play. 

Dr. Wright

9th Rhetoric
  •  Students continue to study how enthymemes function within the rhetorical appeal of logos in persuasion.  Extended in-class discussions have probed the rhetorical appeals functioning within “Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat Bar” and many other ads.  Students worked individually and as a group on developing an argument to convince Dr. Wright to take them to Filament for a future class time.  

Mr. Crotts

9th Bible Survey
  •  We have cruised through Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua this week.

Mrs. Frueh

9th Biology
  • We have wrapped up our investigation of the evidence presented in defense of macroevolution. This week we assessed the evidence presented by structural homology, molecular biology, and the genetic code. What we can definitively conclude is that the intricacy and elegance of the genetic code speaks to the reality of an omniscient Creator who designed life with a purpose.
9th Geometry
  • We started our third unit this week on parallel and perpendicular lines. We started the unit by defining important vocabulary and identifying the types of angles formed when a transversal crosses two parallel lines. We also added several new postulates to our resource books to be used in upcoming two-column proofs.

Mrs. Fairchild 

9th and 11th Art Foundations
  • We completed our studies of Leonardo Da Vinci and have started discussions on watercolor and oil painting. We will begin painting next week!

Dr. James

10th Chemistry
  • This week we began discussions regarding atomic structure and the particle/wave nature of matter. 
  • Next week we will discuss atomic orbital theory and its influence on reactivity.

Mrs. Palmer 

10th Spanish
  • Students took their first test this week on irregular verbs in preterite tense. We continue to work on new past verb tenses and add to our growing list. Students learned about the future tense and put it to practice. 

Mr. Zhang

10th Algebra II
  • We saw how various representations of linear functions connect with various graphical features, and discussed the advantages of each form in real-life applications. We reviewed for the Unit 2 test on Monday.

Mrs. Crotts

10th Literature
  • 10th graders read the Old Testament book of Job, and, in addition to the spiritual value, students pondered the poetic and literary values of the book.  Students read the book, listened to a new audio Bible version of specific chapters and discussed the benefit or distraction of theatrics in the characters voices.  They each wrote a poem in light of Job’s story–suffering and steadfast praise of God in the midst.  We are about to embark on a journey into Homer’s Iliad.  The time-frame for this work will span after Fall Break.

Miss Oldham

10th Rhetoric II
  •  Students illustrated Socrates’ “Allegory of the Cave.” 

Coach Johnston

10th History
  • Students took their Ancient Israel unit test. We are now covering material on the Phoenicians, Assyrians and Babylonians.

Mr. Strength

10th Historical Theology 
  • Students took their test on the Biblical framework for Creedalism, the Apostles’ Creed, and notable persecutions faced by the early Church. 

Mr. Zhang

11th Precalculus
  • We practiced methods for identifying domain, discontinuities, and extrema of functions. We also learned to graph and write piecewise functions.
11th Physics
  • We observed how vectors in 2d behave under summation and practiced switching between magnitude-and-angle representations and x-and-y-component representations.

Miss Oldham

11th Literature
  •  Students took their test on Dante’s Inferno and we will begin with Purgatorio next week. 

Mr. Webster

11th History
  •  This week the students had their debate on the unity of church and state. 

Dr. Wright

11th Apologetics
  • We are discussing existentialism this week. 

Coach Johnston

11th- 12th Advanced PE
  • Students completed a gym workout and then a functional fitness and “T”-drill workout this week. We’re continuing to build volleyball skills through drills and game play.

Mrs. Palmer 

Spanish 3
  • Students took their first test this week on tricky “P” verbs in multiple tenses. We continue to add to our growing list of verb tenses. Students also practiced with new vocabulary and learned about the future tense.  

 Coach Johnston

12th History
  • Students completed a third important person research project. We’ve focused on the development of religious liberty in Europe: right to self defense, right to educate children according to religious convictions, the removal of religious tests for public office, etc…

Miss Oldham

2th Literature
  • Students began The Red Badge of Courage and have been discussing the themes of naturalization as well as the individual vs. the collective. 
12th Rhetoric III
  • Seniors are coming to the research finish line! The end is in sight! They will begin writing during IST week when we return from Fall Break, so the work they have been doing is about to pay off. Please keep them in your prayers as they continue to navigate senior year. 

Mr. Weber

12th Systematic Theology
  • We’ve worked through two chapters of Grudem’s Systematic Theology:  The Clarity & Necessity of the Scriptures

Mrs. Byrd

12th Calculus
  • This week we worked through our definition of a derivative.  We also began learning some of the derivative shortcut rules.
12th Physics
  • We’ve started learning to add vectors graphically and algebraically.  This will help us analyze motion in the vertical and horizontal dimensions.