I’ll blame it on senior brain…not older-person brain…the brain of a momma with a senior about ready to launch into college: I have writer’s block. Ok, actually I just have full out brain-block. So many emotions and commotions soaking in the last year with my girl that my brain is a bit of a mess at the moment. (Any other Senior moms out there that can relate?) Thankfully I have some little co-writers who love to tell you how it is. Hope you enjoy a few highlights of our first quarter written by a few of our elementary students.
Our Class
This year I have a new teacher. Her name is Ms. Marcy. She is fun, because she has lots of fun things like she makes Math fun. It was cool when she taught us to multiply 536 times 5 using the turtle method. It equals 2,680. There is also this thing called S.O.A.P. It stands for Scripture, Observe, Apply and Pray. We use it in Bible class. I have learned from it that Jesus has healed tons of people. He is so amazing, because he made you and made the whole Earth. Everything in it is so beautiful like the trees and how God healed a dead man. Once we observe what Jesus is doing, we apply it to our life so we can be like Jesus. Ms. Marcy is so fun and silly. She has a great dog that comes to class with her and she takes care of us. She helps us when we need it. Fourth grade can sometimes be hard but even if I don’t know it yet, if I keep trying, I will learn it.
-A.T.
Character Class
This year we’ve been learning a lot in Friendzy. I really like it! Friendzy has catch-phrases like “We Need Each Other,” “A Friend Loves At All Times,” and “You First.” I really like these catch-phrases. They teach me a lot. “We Need Each Other” taught me that we are better together. “A Friend Loves At All Times” reminds me to show my love with my words and actions–don’t just love your neighbors when its nice and easy. You should love them always even when they are mad at you. “You First” teaches you don’t always have to be first. We should look out for others. We memorize verses, play games and color. I really like Friendzy and I am glad we are doing it.
-K.E.
~The Middle Schoolers hosted the Elementary for a picnic lunch as part of our Friendzy Character program.
Special Events
I enjoy this year, but I enjoy most the special events. For example, our Student Council decided to host a event called Teddy Bear Day. Everyone brought to school a bear. I brought my Teddy Bear named Raspberry. StuCo also planned Talk Like a Pirate Day. We dressed up as pirates and the teachers served a lunch of chips, fruit and hot dogs that looked like pirate ships. We also had Hero Day. I dressed up as my mom. Our biggest event was Fall Festival. The parents set up stalls and the kids went around and gave tickets to play. We don’t get to enjoy Fall in the jungle so I really enjoyed Fall Festival. I can’t wait for the next event!
-K.B.
English Week
This year all the elementary for the first time went to Hosanna. (Usually just the high schoolers go.) Hosanna is a Peruvian school and it was English Week. We went to the First Grade classes. We first started by telling the class our names. Then we walked around asking them questions about themselves to get to know them better. After that we sang a song to them about the Days of the Week. They did the same to us by singing a song about obeying God. It felt like we were friends for a long time. We went there to teach them English but most importantly we made friends with them. I hope we go there again!
-S.C.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t add in a pic of our new, lovely bathrooms. The efforts of many allowed us to get these up and running, and moving the bathrooms from the old dorm buildings opens the way for us to remodel some much needed teacher and staff housing. Very thankful for the work being put in to make this happen!
Thank you for your prayers–we have felt them in the peacefulness of the first quarter!
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