Blog Posts by: Mindy
Open House! Come, Let us introduce our family to yours!
Posted December 15th, 2011 by MindyJanuary 25, 2012 is our next open house. There will be tours and light refreshments. Friends, family, and prospective parents are invited.
Flying Airplanes and Singing Georgia Songs
Posted April 6th, 2009 by MindyThe first and second grade class has been off on another adventure! We took our first overnight trip of the school year. Monday morning we drove down south to Robins A.F.B. to visit the Museum of Aviation. Students were able to see airplanes dating back to the early 1900′s through today. They were also able [...]
The African Dance Connection at Spivey Hall
Posted October 31st, 2008 by MindyThe 1st/2nd grade class went to Spivey Hall this past Tuesday. We saw the African Dance Connection. Here are two excerpts from two of our students’ journals. “This is the African Dance Connection. They are doing a rythme. We do it too. It is fuuuuuuuun!!!!! We saw a goose in a pond also.” MB “This [...]
Elachee Nature Center
Posted October 31st, 2008 by MindyHello all, On Monday, October 27th the Middle School and Junior High students along with Mindy, Stu, and Corrie, took a fabulous field trip to the beautiful Chicopee woods at the Elachee Nature Center in Gainsville. We had been studying land navigation, or orienteering, in science and we took our aquired skills to Gainsville to try [...]
Phonk! Don’t miss it!!!
Posted October 28th, 2008 by MindyDear Parents, Don’t forget: this Saturday, Nov.1 (8:00pm) at the Rialto Center for the Arts, ScrapArts Music — Phonk! (high voltage percussion) will be performing. We think this would be a great musical event for TAS kids — especially the 1/2 class with its tools/machines/inventions focus this year. We are inviting all school families [...]
Working Away!
Posted October 28th, 2008 by MindyThe 1/2 is keeping busy! Last week we went to Seven Stages to see “The Little Prince.” The children’s drawings in their sketchbooks are amazing. Stop by the classroom to take a look. The performace made a big impact on the chilren visually which is reflected in their drawings. Also the train sketches from Norfolk [...]
New Adventures For The 1/2 Class
Posted January 29th, 2008 by MindyJanuary is a busy month for the 1/2 class. We will continue to study Native Americans in North America, take a few field trips, and continue learning Spanish. This month we will take a look at North American Native Americans after European contact. We will cover them by region beginning with Georgia and South East. [...]
Welcome Back First and Second Graders!
Posted August 27th, 2007 by MindyHow big was a woolly mammoth? What are stabbing cats, horned rodents, and giant ground sloths? Starting on Wednesday we are going to find out more about Pleistocene animals and what North America was like before the First People came. We hope you are excited and ready to go! Students, please bring a water bottle [...]