Thursday, March 29, 2012

Famous American Women Reports
Kendall presented her report about Condoleezza Rice
Annelise shared about the life of Sally Ride,
Austen talked about Bessie Coleman, and
Campbell reported on Amelia Earhart. 
Great job, ladies!




Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Here is a video of our mythology story with a very important lesson.  Myther Shep asked the children if they would share it with their families. 

Friday, March 16, 2012

Dressed to Dance!

 
The Eighth Age dance assembly is today!

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Catherine and Ellen presented their famous
American women reports.  Catherine was Helen Keller,
and Ellen was Georgia O'Keeffe.  Great job, ladies!





Wednesday, March 14, 2012

PI DAY!

March 14th is National Pi Day.  Our classes talked
about the use of pi and the infinite number
it represents.  We had "pie" for dessert, and all of the Eighth Age
students colored a number for pi.  Here is our picture with 72 numbers
to the right of the decimal. 
3.1415926535897932384626433832
795028841971693993751058209
74944592307816406


Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Yzabel's Dad Shares About the Philippines

Yzabel's dad visited today to share about their family
visit to the Philippines.  We learned about the
geography, history, and culture.  Several of the
girls modeled traditional filipino garb.  The
lighter clothes were made of pineapple!



Thursday, March 8, 2012

Famous American Women Reports

Today we had four excellent famous American women reports.
In 8-B, Ellie reported on Grandma Moses, a well liked artist, and Alden reported on Etta Cone, a major art collector.  In 8-A, Anna presented a report about Michelle Obama, our First Lady, and Olivia presented her report about Stacy Allison, the first woman to climb Mt. Everest.  Well done ladies!






Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Fans from the Philippines!

Yzabel shared about her visit to the Philippines with our class. 
She then gave each girl a beautiful fan as a memento!  Thanks,
Yzabel!


Here is an innovative way of telling the "Theseus battling the Minotaur" story.  The students enjoyed it very much. Myther Shep