April 3rd - 7th

    Upcoming Events: 

4/7 No School on Friday 

4/10 NO school on Monday 

Our virtue of the month is Humility

Letter from The Headmaster: 

Dear Spartan Families,   Last week we were excited and proud to host so many of you on campus to observe and sit in your scholar's classrooms. An open house is a unique opportunity for parents to get a meaningful glimpse into the classroom and experience what occurs daily at school. This is something that we will continue to do around February of each school year.  We are so appreciative to all who could take advantage of this opportunity. Not only is this a unique experience for you as a parent, but your presence on campus supporting your scholar and their education is so important. We hope that this was an enjoyable time for all and hope to see those of you that missed it this year in the future.  Looking ahead, we have many exciting events on campus to look forward to. This spring, students will focus on the virtue of friendship on Great Hearts Day; we will gather together at our Spartan Fiesta and Car Show, will welcome new families at new family orientation, and celebrate our kindergartners and fifth graders at their promotion ceremonies, and students will participate in the last of their curricular celebrations for the year.    Kyla Absher Headmaster | Lower School

Quarterly Poem: 

" April Rain Song" By Langston Hughes

Let the rain kiss you. 

Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.

Let the rain sing you a lullaby. 

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk. 

The rain makes running pools in the gutter. 

The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night-

And I love the rain. 

Weekly Poem:

" I do not mind you Winter Wind" by Jack P.

The week ahead: 

SPALDING: . Scholars will review the phonograms learned in the weeks prior:  a-z, sh, ee, th, ow, ou, oo, ch, ar, ay, oy, ai, oi, er ,ir, ur, wor, ear, ng, ea, ar, aw, au, or, ck, wh, ed, ew, ui, oa, gu, ph, ough, oe, ey, igh, kn, gn, wr, ie, dge, ei, eigh, ti, si, ci. We are now finished learning all 70 phonograms for Kindergarten level, and review continues. Scholars will be assessed in written form of 10 phonograms on Friday. Please review their pre-assessment on Wednesday to assess where your scholar needs extra support. Scholars will learn and review 10 words a week and be assessed on them on Friday. The words for this week are: see, bird, cool, earth, feed, fur, green, oil, paint, pool. Scholars will continue to bring home their book bag.  It is important that they read it daily to an adult. Scholars are being graded on homework with a focus on correct completion, penmanship, and overall neatness. 

Math: This week we will dive right into subtractions and how to take apart numbers. We will learn more about how to tell subtraction stories, and the meaning of the word minus. The scholars will be able to engage in a craft that will give them a better understanding of how to take apart numbers.

Science/History:  Scholars will continue our Magnetism unit and will learn what materials magnets attract, magnetic poles and the magnetic rule.  In History, scholars will continue our unit on Symbols and Figures and will specifically learn about both Mount Rushmore and the White House’s, their meaning and purpose.

Literature:  Father Bear Comes Home is the next book in our Little Bear series that we will be reading this week.  Just like our kindergarteners, Little Bear has a very wild imagination, and also loves going on adventures with his friends. In our book this week, we will focus on identifying adjective in a noun, continue to practice recalling story in a specific order of events.