The Breakfast of Champions

"I hear—I forget, I see—I learn, I do—I understand." ~ Gennady V. Oster

I was touring a family a couple of weeks ago when I made my way to the "T" - where the 3rd grade hall ends in 4th grade's territory. Lined along both sides were cereal boxes, creatively decorated and named, adorned with facts galore about numerous - and notorious - individuals. I'll let our featured 4th graders, Anna Grace and Sutton, explain more in their videos below. Needless to say, the visiting family was terribly impressed and appreciated the way our teachers help our students learn. A practice of research and writing skills, history, art, literacy, and more all rolled up into a creative and hands-on project... and I bet the kids had a ball!

Reaching for the Stars

We were honored yesterday with a visit from Captain Barry Wilmore, pilot of NASA Space Shuttle, Atlantis. He spent all morning and afternoon treating our students to a look at space from his perspective as well as taking many questions from his multiple audiences. Out of the thousands of requests NASA receives from schools across the country to send representatives to speak with their students, we were certainly ecstatic he chose to spend time with ours. Considering all of the work our third grades do for their annual Space Day year after year, and the Monarchs in Space venture our kindergarteners undertook this school year, this was a well-deserved honor for our faculty, staff, and children.

We invite you to visit our school very soon so that you can find our students' "out-of-this-world" work as displayed in the halls and foyer. From third grade creative writing pieces to kindergarten graphings of their Monarch control group versus the experimental group on Space Shuttle Atlantis, our students never fail to reach for the stars. Come share in our excitement of loving to learn!

*To find local news coverage of yesterday's events, just cut and paste the links below.*
http://www.wsmv.com/video/22775814/index.html
http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=12103939
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12102377

Shine bright,
JDG