Saturday, March 26, 2011

What a great week!

I began this week in Memphis, Tennessee! Becky Faulkner, our lower school technology director, and I had the opportunity to visit two schools in the Memphis area on Monday and Tuesday of this past week. I love visiting other schools, and it is a must for a school that is growing and changing daily, however, I love coming home to Trinity! I miss our students and faculty/staff every time I am off campus and am reminded to be so thankful for our learning community. Thank you for your encouragement and support as we strive to be the best we can be for our students.

I returned to so many wonderful learning experiences taking place on our campus. Third grade shared with me their iMovies that they are working on at this time. I was blessed to be able to sub a bit for my first grade friends! I certainly enjoyed seeing the growth that occurs in first grade! Our second graders kicked off the theme, "Talent Show", in their reading program and decided to actually have classroom talent shows on Friday! Our second graders have been working on good questioning skills and they asked wonderful questions of each participant concerning their talent. I heard the following questions asked:

*How did you choose this talent?
*How long did it take you to learn this talent?
*How did you become so good at this?

What a great way to end our week. Please enjoy the following pictures from second grade.











Third Grader, Emma Pittman, Places in Essay Contest!

Some of our third graders recently entered a Weekly Reader "eyewitness to history" essay contest in which they interviewed a person who lived through a historic event. Third grader, Emma Pittman, placed runner up in this contest and won a cash prize of $50. We are so proud of her interview and essay written about her great-grandmother who was an eyewitness to history. Congratulations, Emma!





Upcoming Events in Lower School:

*Class Group Pictures will be Thursday, March 31st, 8-10:45 a.m. (approx.)
*April 4-8 Standardized Testing and early dismissal on Friday, April 8th, 11:30 a.m.