Up in the Air

Lakehill Hosts Kite Day Celebration
A breezy day, a kite, and a kid - a Saturday morning at its finest. This old-school pastime became a new favorite for hundreds of students from Bayles Elementary and their families during this year's annual Kite Day celebration on March 27.

The fields at Lakehill's Roger L. Perry Campus provided the perfect location with just the right amount of wind. Volunteers handed out over 300 kites while Lakehill eighth and eleventh grade students offered guidance to novice kite fliers and their families.

As the sky came alive with hundreds of colorful, dancing kites, there was a noticeable feeling of satisfaction on the ground.  And no matter how many times a kite would fall, there was always another chance to get it back in the air. True happiness. Over and over again. 

Tackling the Tough Stuff

Super Teen

Do you volunteer? Maintain a job? Have a stellar GPA or are otherwise amazing? That's what The Next Step Magazine asked high school students across the country. All Upper School students were encouraged to enter.

The magazine's annual Super Teens contest generated hundreds of applications from top students across the country. Lakehill junior Katherine Crocker was selected as one of only 20 young Texans honored as a Super Teens Winner.

Katherine says some of the qualities that help her stand out are her cheerful demeanor, dedication to her extracurricular activities, and leadership skills. A seasoned performer, she has been involved in dance for 15 years and has studied piano for 11 years. An active Girl Scout for 11 years, Katherine recently earned their highest honor, the Gold Award. While she plans to major in either nutrition or journalism in college, her love for dance and music could equate into pursuing those passions as a minor.
 
Winners of the contest were featured on the cover and inside the March edition of The Next Step Magazine. The magazine provides information on college planning, career choices, and life skills to help students plan their lives after high school.

Kindergarten Egg-citement
Lakehill's kindergarten students were eager to greet the spring weather last week with an egg-ceptional line up of activities.

The students were visited by egg-laying animals such as snakes and fish, and were surprised to learn about animals other than birds that lay eggs.
 
Students also completed a variety of egg-periments, including dissecting a hard boiled egg and identifying the parts and demonstrating how books can be stacked on top of four hard boiled eggs without the eggs cracking.

The highlight of their study was the Egg Drop, an annual event that always draws a crowd of observers. Students were instructed to create a contraption that would hold an egg. From a bird's nest to a rocket with a parachute, and everything in between,the contraptions were thrown off the roof, to the delight of the children below. Although the challenge is to keep the eggs safe, the messiest results sometimes seemed to be the most fun!

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