Cultural Explosion!
We enjoyed a week of cultural exposure. We saw different costumes and traditional dress, tasted exotic foods from far away lands and learned about traditions. We also had new students place pins in our world map located on the first floor as people enter our building. This map represents all the countries our students come from – over 73 countries!
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Tuck N Roll
In the month of October, Pre-K 3 and 4 students learned to walk a balance beam. We have also been learning some acrobatics. They did the banana roll, tumbles, and the hand stand walk. That is where the students walk on their hands and the teacher holds their feet. Most of the students loved it. It was a great learning experience!
Letter Songs
We have been learning songs which match the letter they are learning for the week. We sing creative songs and add motions to help the children remember the words and the meaning of the words. One of their favorites is when we walk around the room and dance, standing high and stooping low.
Miss Farrell
Fall into Fall
Lower elementary has been practicing and reviewing their simple shapes and celebrating the Fall season with Autumn-themed projects. Thanks for helping Miss Kleinschuster decorate her door!
Circus time
So far this month, Pre-K students have been able to enjoy Literacy Day and the circus. They enjoyed the circus so much that they came back very excited. They were able to watch us teachers balance a peacock feather on our noses.
Mrs. Colon
Learning our ABC’s
October has been a very informative month. The class has learned their letters from A – F. Our children have enjoyed playing games with our letter rugs. Each child had the chance to tell me about the letter and what it stood for, whether it was a fruit, vegetable, animal, etc. Out of 15 tiles, each child got five of his or her own. They have been a delightful bunch, and they are very willing to learn. They ask for more to do every day.
Mrs. Colon
“My whole heart follows hard after you and clings closely to you!”
We were thrilled bout our first spiritual emphasis week for the 2010-2011 school year. It was held September 20-24.
The theme for Elementary School was “Spirit of the Seas.” Each day during bible time, students focused on a bible story which all centered in on obedience. The stories covered during this week were: Jesus Calming the Storm, Noah and the Ark, Jonah, The Disciples Casting Their Nets & Peter Walking on the Water. Each day students were able to have worship time, a bible lesson, memory verse and complete a craft. The week concluded with an interactive bible story, including a large boat and someone “walking on water,” during chapel. It was a great week and students received a certificate and snack for their completion of our Spiritual Emphasis Week.
Pastor Tom Mahairas (founder of Manhattan Bible Church) came in to speak to our Middle and High Schoolers. He graciously shared his testimony with them and spoke about how God rescued him from a life of drug addiction. Pastor Mahairas also shared that there are 3 types of Believers….. The Believer, The Non-Believer, and the Make-Believer…….he challenged them as to which one they were. At the end he asked all those that would like to rededicate their lives to Christ to come forward. On Friday he shared with them that they are special and that God loves them very much. Seven students came forward to receive Jesus as their personal Saviour. He also asked student to pray for one another.
We praise God for His presence and for moving amongst our students. We are excited to see what He has in store for us this school year!
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Gymnastics
Students also ran relay races and obstacle courses. They ran with the hula hoop, jumped hurdles and slid under things. Last but not least, the students enjoyed gymnastics. Some students were a little scared, but I was surprise that some of the student were very flexible. We did push ups to make our arms strong and they learned to do bridges, toe to their head, banana rolls, cartwheel handstand, headstands, tug a war and tumbles. The students are talented they were eager to learn and practice.
Mrs. Rosario
Let’s Play Games
The students love playing all kinds of games in gym class. Steal the Bacon and Cat and Mouse were two of their favorites. In Cat and Mouse, the cat has to chase the mouse while the mouse wears a sock on the back of their sweat pants. The cat pulls the sock off and the mouse becomes a cat and chases until everyone gets caught. Another favorite game is Red Light Green Light 123 – Scooter Race. The students get on the scooter on their stomach or their knees and go backward and forward.
Mrs. Rosario
Fun in Gym
We also did fun games with the parachute. We use the jumping frogs and the beach ball and tried to keep them in the parachute. We also took turns going under the parachute.
Mrs. Rosario