BB 2019 – 05 – 31

BRADFORD BULLETIN

VOLUME XI, ISSUE 34

MAY 31st, 2019

 

FROM THE OFFICE

Congratulations to Will Jones for a job very well done at the Scripps’ National Spelling Bee!  We are proud of you and so happy to have had you represent our school and county.

And now we are heading into the very last week of school!  

UPCOMING

NEXT WEEK:

  • Monday, 6/3/19:  
    • USED UNIFORM SALE:  5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
      • Doors will not open before 5:30.
      • Most items $3 or less.
      • Cash, check or credit card accepted.
  • Tuesday, 6/4/19:
    • USED UNIFORM SALE:  7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
      • Doors will not open before 7:45 a.m.
  • Thursday, 6/6/19:
    • BIBLE BEE:  K – 5th grades  **Parents are welcome to come and watch!  
      • 9:30 – 10:30:  K – 2nd grades
      • 11:00 – 12:00:  3rd – 5th grades
    • Last day for upper school to be at the DTC.  They will be on main campus Friday.
  • Friday, 6/7/19:  ALL SCHOOL (K – 11th) AT MAIN CAMPUS  
    • 8:00 – All school forum
    • 8:30
      • K – 6th dismiss for FIELD DAY  (Parents welcome to come and watch!)
      • 7th – 11th remain for Bradford’s 1st annual Baccalaureate
    • 9:00 (approx)
      • 7th – 11th to disburse for various support duties 🙂
    • 11:30 – All school to pavilion
      • Kindergarten certificates will be handed out  (Parents, please come!)
      • House cup winner will be announced!
      • Countdown to SUMMER!!
      • Students dismissed at noon.

IN THE NEAR FUTURE:

  • July 4th:  Bradford students have been invited to participate in the July 4th festivities downtown again.  Please complete this form to indicate if your child can join us!

 

FROM THE TEACHER’s DESK

 

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

 

Kindergarten (Mrs. Rivera & Mrs. McDorman)

Language Arts
  • Our students read Runs From Guns and reviewed the vocabulary words and expressions used in the book. We reviewed all of our letter sounds and the proper strokes for making the upper and lower case letters. Please look for the summer reading journals in their red folders. Barnes & Noble and the Burlington Royals both give our young scholars an opportunity to be rewarded for their summer reading. The Alamance County Public Libraries will also have a summer reading program, which runs from June 16th to August 17th.  Their reading incentives include a color changing cup, free books, personal flashlight, and a free T-Shirt. When you read more than 15 hours, you will receive additional entries for their raffle prizes!
Math
  • Written assessment 26; estimating and weighing objects using nonstandard units; exploring standard units of mass; fact assessment 21.
History

Alamance County EMS sent a team to explain the importance of their job in the community. Students were then able to view the inside of an ambulance. Afterwards Sam and Peggy White kindly spoke to the K-3rd grade students about the history of Mebane. Sam’s great grandfather owned the White Furniture Factory, which supplied furniture for the men working on “Uncle Sam’s ditch” down in Panama.

 

Science
  • We have completed our bodies and displayed them at the Patriotic Program!
  • We began our study of plants. Ask your students what two things seeds need to sprout. After discussing the parts of a plant, students planted radish seeds and have already seen them sprout up! How do plants know which way is up?
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and had a video lesson with the title, “Children Making Music.” We used the rest of class-time warming up our voices and practicing singing our music for the Patriotic Program. The students were able to take their coloring sheets home to enjoy working on them.
Art
  • The fourth grade students discussed and demonstrated machines from the middle ages. These simple machines relied on tension to hurl objects through the air. Kindergarteners  were able to “fire” a trebuchet, a catapult, and a crossbow.
P.E.
  • We are finishing preparations for field day! Students practiced shooting soccer goals.
Memory Work:
  • Continue to review all verses. Bible Bee is next week!

 

1st Grade (Mrs. Campbell)

Language Arts
  • Phonics: Review of all sounds
  • Phonics primer: Caught in Smiles – reading comprehension activity
  • Review of sentence structure; nouns, verbs, adjectives
Math
  • We continue to practice subtracting two-digit numbers and completed math assessments.
History
  • Alamance County EMS sent a team to explain the importance of their job in the community.  Students were then able to view the inside of an ambulance. They also enjoyed a presentation on the history of Mebane by Sam and Peggy White.
Science
  • We are wrapping up our study of Earth Science with a final look at types of precipitation and clouds.
Music
  • First Grade was unable to have music class this week. At 8:00am, when their class-time is regularly scheduled, all the grades were gathered together in the sanctuary to practice the Patriotic Program. The students were able to take their coloring sheets home to enjoy working on them.
Art
  • Students enjoyed a lesson in portrait drawing technique and practiced by creating a portrait of George Washington.
P.E.
  • This week, due to the Patriotic Program, we did not meet for PE.
Memory Work:  
  • Review of all verses we’ve memorized this year!

 

2nd Grade (Mrs. Jones)

Mrs. Jones was in D.C. this week as her son, Will, competed in the National Spelling Bee!

 

3rd Grade (Mrs. Mitchell)

Language Arts
  • Public Speaking: Bradford’s programs afford an excellent opportunity to practice standing straight, speaking clearly, looking pleasant and remembering what we’ve memorized. Students gain confidence by performing in front of a large audience. This week we spent many hours honing these skills.  Students learn to enjoy bringing information in a winsome way to an audience and all for the glory of God.
  • Reading:  We sleuthed out clues in a chapter of Homer Price in order to figure out how the clever Mrs. Terwilliger outsmarted her opponents in a contest.
  • Writing:  3 paragraph paper on our three favorite history cards from the year.
  • Grammar:  Test on double negatives and review of plural noun rules.
Math
  • Much of our math time was traded for Patriotic Program practice but we did have one day with a full lesson on probability.
History
  • Students are digging back through the details of our history cards to create their own Jeopardy game, which we will enjoy playing next week.
Science
  • We reviewed Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion by making and testing out balloon rockets.
Latin
  • We are translating and parsing sentences from the full book review in Chapter 32.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and the students read the weekly praise verse together. We practiced our music for the Patriotic Program first, and then learned a new song called,  “I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord Forever,” that went along with the weekly praise verse. Our music lesson was about posture, and we did some physical exercises to help the students understand how to have better posture while singing. Finally, we spent some time coloring and drawing while listening to the music of John Phillip Sousa.

 

Art
  • We’re back to drawing in 3-D with Mark Kistler.  We drew a snake in a hollow cube as well as doorways which we made into mouseholes, complete with mice noses sticking out.
P.E.
  • This week the students chose to play “Capture the Pumpkins” for our last PE activity. It has been a fun year!
Memory Work:
  • All verses are in review as preparation for the Verse Bee on Thursday morning of next week.

 

4th Grade (Mrs. Hamilton)

Language Arts
  • Reading: We completed our reading of a powerful short story by Leo Tolstoy, “The Master and the Man,” as well as discussed serious questions from the stories we read previously, Tolstoy’s “The Bet” and Hawthorne’s “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.”
  • Writing: Poetry in preparation for the Patriotic Program.
  • Grammar: introduced and practiced with concepts from the last few chapters in preparation for fifth grade.
Math
  • Students completed the Intermediate 5 curriculum with a final Investigation (Tessellations).
History
  • Students completed their study of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by playing a review game, TimeTripper. Students wrote their own questions for this excellent and fun review.
Science
  • Medieval Machines Competition!
Latin
  • After finishing the last content chapter, students began preparing and studying for a massive vocabulary review.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and the students read the weekly praise verse together. First, we practiced, “My Country ‘Tis of Thee,” on our recorders, and also practiced singing the music for the Patriotic Program. Then, we learned a new song called,  “I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord Forever,” that went along with the weekly praise verse. Our music lesson was about posture, and we did some physical exercises to help the students understand how to have better posture while singing. Finally, we spent some time coloring and drawing while listening to the music of John Phillip Sousa.

 

Art

  • Students finished their watercolor landscapes! Hope you all enjoyed some of them at the Patriotic Program.
P.E.
  • This week the students chose to play “Capture the Pumpkins” for our last PE activity. It has been a fun year!

 

5th Grade (Ms. Windes)

Language Arts
  • Reading: We finished Johnny Tremain this week! Students had good discussions about Johnny’s growth as a character, how the war affected him and his city, and what courage is.
  • Grammar:  Helping verbs, as well as past, present and future tense verbs, allowed the class to practice their writing skills and look more carefully at irregular verbs.
Math
  • In between Patriotic Program practice, we learned about writing percents as fractions and compound interest.
History
  • We learned this week about the Missouri Compromise, our final card! Next week we will review all our history from throughout the year.
Science
  • After observing wonderful demonstrations of static electricity and electromagnetism from several students, we continued watching the documentary The Battle of the Currents (Thomas Edison’s direct current vs Nikola Tesla’s alternating current).
Latin
  • We reviewed nouns and verbs this week, practiced translations, and prepared for a review competition next week!
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and the students read the weekly praise verse together. We practiced our music for the Patriotic Program first, and then learned a new song called,  “I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord Forever,” that went along with the weekly praise verse. Our music lesson was about posture, and we did some physical exercises to help the students understand how to have better posture while singing. Finally, we spent some time coloring and drawing while listening to the music of John Phillip Sousa.
Art
  • Students continued to work on their acrylic copies of the masters.
P.E.
  • This week the students chose to play “Capture the Pumpkins” for our last PE activity. It has been a fun year!

 

Memory Work:

  • Review for Bible Bee next Thursday!

 

6th Grade (Mrs. Garrett)

New Testament Survey
  • The students were unable to work on New Testament this week due to practices for the Patriotic Program. Instead, the students practiced using the concordance to look up verses surrounding light in relation to their solar light houses. They each chose their own favorite verse, and then a class verse to finish off the year.
Literature
  • The students continued to read The Hiding Place uncovering the tragic, yet heroic life of Corrie and her family. The sacrifices they made to show love to the Jews in their city, and in the camps, demonstrates the power of Jesus’ love in the heart of every believer.
Math
  • The class reviewed the formula for the area of a trapezoid. The students also practiced metric measurements as well as the area of a circle, rectangle, and triangle. Finally, the class reviewed multiplying and dividing with decimals in a complex problem involving area and trapezoids.
History
  • The students explored modern america as it moved out of the cold war into the late twentieth century.
Science

Solar Houses were a big (literallly!) hit this week as the students researched renewable energy sources. After their assessment on renewable versus non-renewable energy, the students worked on creating their own solar devices to capture the energy from the sun. The class learned how millions use this type of lighting around the world. The class was reminded of the ways that God provides, even with the power of the sun, to daily give energy to His world.

Writing/Grammar
  • The class focused on the Patriotic Program and the Living Wax Museum presentations this week, and therefore were not able to practice writing or grammar.
Latin
  • We are finishing our final chapter for this year on third declension i-stem endings. Next week, students will take a practice National Latin Exam as well as their chapter 14 test.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and the students read the weekly praise verse together. We practiced our music for the Patriotic Program first, and then learned a new song called,  “I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord Forever,” that went along with the weekly praise verse. Our music lesson was about posture, and we did some physical exercises to help the students understand how to have better posture while singing. Finally, we spent some time coloring and drawing while listening to the music of John Phillip Sousa.
Art
  • Painting on cardboard boxes can be enlightening as one paints God’s Word! The class enjoyed painting their class verse across each box, reminding them Who brought light into the world. The words cooperation, peacemaker and teamwork were incorporated as well.
Logic
  • Due to the Patriotic Program, the students were unable to use logic. Ha!
P.E.
  • This week the students chose to play “Capture the Pumpkins” for our last PE activity. It has been a fun year!
Upcoming:

History Test: Tuesday, June 4.

Clay Art project: Wednesday, June 5.

 

LOGIC & RHETORIC SCHOOL

 

Mrs. Byrd

Physics
  • Our major tests are behind us and we are finishing the year by considering magnetism and especially how we use it to generate electricity.  Next week, we will attempt to make our own simple motors.
Precalculus
  • After finishing our study of matrices and taking our cumulative test, we are looking at various conic sections.  We will use these skills to solve a CSI style crime.
Geometry
  • Our class is considering transformations and symmetry.  We are distinguishing between transformations that preserve size and ones that don’t.  After a quiz on this material next week, we will practice navigating using compasses and testing out our orienteering skills on a small course around the school.

Dr. Byrd

10th Bible Survey
  • It is hard to believe that we have come to the end of our Bible Survey class. We have seen God’s central message in the Bible – Jesus Christ. Again and again, we have seen God’s faithfulness and love for His people. Next week we will finish the epistles of John and Revelation. Praise the Lord for the Word of God and that Jesus is coming again.

Mrs. Dovan

8th Omnibus
  • We are pages from the end of The Return of the King.  What triumph we experienced when the Ring was cast into the cracks of Mt. Doom! We’ve discussed the godly leadership that Aragorn displays as well as what we can anticipate in the next age of Middle Earth.  
  • The students are working diligently on their end-of-year writing project that highlights various reading selections from the year.

 

11th Elective – Intro to Drama
  • This week we used our class time for dress rehearsals.  We will perform our showcase on Monday, June 3 at 1:45 in the fellowship hall of First Baptist Church.

 

Mrs. Frueh

7th Grade Science:
  • We wrapped up our study of geology with a look at the different methods used to estimate the age of the Earth, including radioactive dating, stratigraphic superposition, and the fossil record. We talked about the importance of understanding both the uses and limitations of these methods, as well as the assumptions scientists must make regarding their findings in order to use them. Our final test on the shape and age of the Earth will be on Tuesday, June 4th.
8th Grade Science:
  • Work on self-propelled vehicles is coming along nicely!! The students are getting a taste for the trials and triumphs of the technology design process, which often involves scrapping several prototypes before hitting on a successful design, learning from mistakes along the way.  It has been a joy to watch the designs come together. Race day is Tuesday!!

 

Mr. Hamilton

7th Grammar/Comp
  • Academic papers are almost done! Students are doing a great job wrestling with complex issues.
7th History
  • Our final history classes are on the rise of the Roman Empire.
7th Literature
  • We continued this week in our final book of the year, The Screwtape Letters.
9th History
  • Cultural changes in the United States during the ‘60s and ‘70s.
9th Literature/Theology
  • We wrapped up our final papers in literature and theology this week.
11th Philosophy/Apologetics
  • This week we discussed apologetic issues related to the Old Testament and worked on our semester papers.

 

Dr. James

9th/10th Biology
  • This week we concluded our introduction to God as Creator, and the students took their third test of Q4.
  • Next week we will have a study day, and the students will take their final exam for Q4 on Wednesday, June 5.

 

Mr. Miller

7th Latin
  • We reviewed for our final Latin test of the year, which will be next Tuesday and will include translating and parsing Latin sentences that the students themselves made up.
8th Logic
  • We finished our final unit on informal fallacies this week and will have a test on it next Thursday.
10th Literature
  • We are finishing reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses and writing our final essays on it.
10th History
  • This week the guys led us through discussions of Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things and Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, which went well!
10th Rhetoric
  • The guys are putting the final touches on their final speeches which will be given next Monday.
11th Literature
  • We had a special guest come in this week to introduce us to John Donne and his poetry. We are finishing up the year reading his Holy Sonnets.
11th History
  • The students turned in their final essays of the year this week subjects relating to the theology of Martin Luther and John Calvin.
NT Greek
  • We have continued reviewing this week in preparation for our final tests next week.

 

Mrs. Palmer

7th Art
  • This week we went outside and studied nature. Students had to create a detailed graphite sketch of their item in nature (for example, a leaf, tree bark, or twig).
8th Art
  • This week students set up a small still life in front of them on their desks. They had to draw the still life in detail using graphite. This was a good lesson in patience and in studying closely for detail.
9th Spanish
  • This week we presented our cultural project finals. Students gave an overview of their Spanish-speaking culture. They presented information about their country in Spanish, as well as brought in a culturally relevant “extra” for us to enjoy (some chose food, others dressed in traditional clothing). It was eye-opening and interesting!

 

Mr. Palmer

7th Pre-Algebra
  • This week we worked on using interest rates, how to calculate “markups” and “markdowns” on prices, and how to calculate profit within a business. On Monday, we will have our final.
8th Algebra I
  • This week we worked on identifying and solving conjunctions and disjunctions in math. On Monday, we will have our final.
7th/8th P.E.
  • This week we watched Will Jones compete in the Spelling Bee on ESPN. It was fun to see our older older students cheering for him. After that, we went outside to play for a few minutes. Next week will be our last PE class. Do not forget to dress out!
9th Intermediate Logic
  • This week we looked at how to apply everything that we have learned in class, to real life situations. On Monday, we will have our final.

 

Mr. Davis

7th and 8th Grade Choir
  • There was no school on Monday.
11th Grade Introduction to Church Worship
  • This week students worked on their final exam.  Each student wrote their own hymn.