Keeping you plugged into the exciting things happening at the Lower School
Published March 27, 2022
Volume 122
Sherry Randolph - Early Learning & Lower School Principal
Classroom Highlight - A Peek Into Our Classroom Fun
Kindergarten classes enjoyed an in-house field trip sponsored by Coweta STEM institute. Students visited 4 different classes to learn more about the day and night sky. Here’s how our Lead Kindergarten teacher, Wendy Moore, described the experience.
“In one class students learned about how the planets orbit the sun. In this class, students did an experiment where they made a sun out of yellow playdoh and had to orbit a planet (marble) around the sun in a counter-clockwise motion.
Another class was all about the moon. Students learned what the moon looks like, what is on the moon, moon phases, etc. Then students were able to make a model moon with craters to take home.
In another class, students explored constellations, stars, and learned about the sun. They investigated the effects of the sun's light and heat on the Earth. Students even got to decorate and use a telescope to take home.
In the last class, students used refractive glasses to discover that all light is separated into seven colors (rainbows). Students learned the definition of magnifying. They got to do a hands-on experiment by putting different objects into a cup of water and looking at the object while it was underwater to see how it magnified the object to look bigger.” Wendy Moore
Important Upcoming Date
Please note these very important upcoming dates. We have recently added the Kindergarten Graduation Picture Day to this list.
April
1st: Half day
4th-8th: Spring Break
12th: Kindergarten Graduation Pictures
13th: K4 (3day) Easter Egg Hunt
14th: K4 (5day) & Kindergarten Easter Egg Hunts
15th: Good Friday (No School)
20th: K4 Field Trip to Serenbe Farms
27th: 1st Grade Field Trip to the Atlanta Zoo
May
2nd & 3rd: IOWA Testing (1st-3rd grades)
4th & 5th: IOWA Testing (kindergarten)
10th: 2nd Grade Field Trip to the Biblical History Center
20th: End of Year Evening Program for Preschool & 1st-3rd Grades
23rd: Kindergarten Graduation at 7:00pm in the Stadium
23rd-26th: Half Days/ End of Year Celebrations
26th: Class Parties/Last School Day
Elementary Clubs
Our students love participating in after school clubs!
Signups will be available within the first few weeks of this semester. Please watch for communications regarding specific club dates and registration links in the Fine Arts and Athletics sections of the Inside the Pride newsletter as they become available.
If you have any questions, please email the club sponsor listed below or Lisa Railey (lisa.railey@tcslions.org) who oversees all of our elementary clubs.
Art Club - Erica Hackworth ~ erica.hackworth@tcslions.org
Chess Club - Coach Rodney Lewis of Championship Chess ~ rodneylewis33@gmail.com, r_lewis29@yahoo.com
Drama Club - Emily Litton ~ emily.litton@tcslions.org
Running Club - Coach Cassie Freeman ~ running.club@tcslions.org
Tuesdays: Art Club - 1st -5th grades
Wednesdays: Drama Club - 3rd-5th grades
Running Club - 1st-3rd grades
Thursdays: Chess Club 1st-5th
Running Club - 4th-5th grades
Blackbaud: Classroom Updates & Information
To stay informed of what’s happening in your child’s classroom, please login into Blackbaud weekly. You will be able to see information such as weekly classroom announcements, upcoming events, weekly academic focus, grades, attendance, etc. This is the key to staying informed and will replace the hardcopy newsletter sent home in the past. I encourage you to login each week. We are excited for this new format! Information will be updated each Sunday at 5pm.
Accessing your child's class information weekly:
Login to your Blackbaud account and select your child's name under "Children".
Find your child's homeroom class under the "Progress" tab by scrolling down to where classes are listed.
After selecting the homeroom class, you will see the teacher's main class page where you will locate upcoming dates, class reminders and news.
Select the "Topics" tab to see specific information for each individual subject. Within each subject folder, you will see a plan for the week and upcoming projects and test information.
The "Topics" pages update each Sunday evening at 5pm and will remain current until the following Sunday evening.