Keeping you plugged into the exciting things happening at the Lower School

Published April 17, 2022

Volume 125

The Principal’s Piece: A Note From Mrs. Randolph

I hope each of you enjoyed Easter weekend with your families. Hallelujah! HE IS RISEN!

Our students enjoyed learning about our risen Savior throughout this past week and celebrating with Easter parties and egg hunts.

Last Week in Chapel

Pastor Kami continued our series called “I Know It Sounds Crazy, But It’s True”. She taught about how Gideon obeyed God even when it didn’t make sense, and that there may be times in our lives when God asks us to do something that we don’t understand. Because we know God and trust Him, we can still choose to obey. 

Our Scripture verse: “If you love Me, obey My commandments.” John 14:15 - *Ask your 1st-3rd grader who our special guest was that taught us this verse.

Key Point: “I don’t get it! That’s OK! I’m gonna obey anyway!”

Important Upcoming Date

*Please note that the 3rd grade field trip has been added to the list of dates in May.*

April 

• 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

• 12th: 3rd Grade Field Trip to Junction Lanes

• 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.