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A new chronicle of growth at St. John's Episcopal School | June 2011 | |
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Welcome to Thrive!
This new publication is dedicated to involving you in our focus on preparing students to thrive. Here, we'll highlight within our three priority areas (see below) your support of the school, the beneficial impact it has and ways you can continue to give.
In this inaugural edition, we'll talk about learning spaces -- in particular, our Theodore & Beulah Beasley Foundation Science Wing. We think celebrating a learning space that opened last September is a perfect bookend to the school year. |
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OK, so we say we're mad about science, but what did we really do this school year? Let's be specific (it is science after all!). This school year, we:
- Cut the ribbon on 3,729 square feet of science classroom space as part of our 6,644-square-foot renovation and expansion
- Gratefully received $1,039,700 from 189 donors to help build the new space
- Welcomed $4,560 in additional contributions for lab equipment from 66 Mad about Science donors
- Graduated 43 eighth graders who each produced hydrogen gas (and then blew it up!)
- Led 43 seventh graders in 189 biological dissections
- Taught 51 sixth graders about matter, energy and electricity during hands-on labs
- Prepared 51 fifth graders, who are now ready to put on their goggles and head downstairs in the fall
- Nurtured a love of science in 312 Lower School students as they planted seeds and flowers, studied butterflies, tracked tulip growth, dissected owl pellets, and experienced their first science expo
- Guided 8 Middle School students' participation in the SAES Science Fair in San Antonio
- Honored 4 eighth grade Toshiba Exploravision award winners
- Celebrated when 1 St. John's eighth grader placed second in the Dallas Regional Science & Engineering Fair
- Cheered when 1 alumnae placed fourth in the Intel National Science Talent Search, earning herself a $40,000 college scholarship
- Used 1 Rainwater Hog to irrigate the wildscape and environmental science garden
- And posted 361 photos of our students exploring the sciences this past year to a new Flickr set>>
With these facts in mind, take a look at some additional ways students gained from what
you helped build... |
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 In sixth grade,
students ended the year with a new, 90-minute lab. All gained hands-on experience dissecting organ systems. The lab let them put into practice what they studied earlier in the year.
"I love walking around the science rooms and seeing kids actively engaged in not just studying, but actually doing science. The renovated facility allows for so much more of that to happen."
- Mark Crotty, Head of School
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 In eighth grade,
Mrs. Herrin, our eighth grade science and environmental science teacher, says that having a well appointed lab has made all the difference in what students have been able to learn and accomplish.
"I couldn't be more pleased with the layout and function of my new classroom. We were able to safely complete more experiments, which helped keep those eighth graders actively engaged!"
- Toni Herrin, Faculty
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 In seventh grade,
students explored the natural world by unraveling the mysteries of scientific terms as they dissected them into their Latin and Greek origins. Comparative anatomy labs and science modeling helped students discover the relationships between all living organisms.
"Mrs. Klammer showed me and so many other students the infinite possibilities that can be achieved when you have a healthy disregard for the impossible."
- Madeleine Ball, Class of 2007, Intel Science Talent Search College Scholarship Recipient
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A Lasting Impact for All Students
"My grandparents, Theodore and Beulah Beasley, believed strongly in Christian education and supporting their community. They would be very proud to find themselves among the many others who helped build the science wing. Parents, faculty, students, foundations -- we all came together to create something that will have a lasting impact on St. John's students."
- Bob Beasley, Co-Executive Director of the Theodore & Beulah Beasley Foundation and
St. John's parent
View the Beasley Foundation Science Wing donor list from the Spring 2011 edition of The Messenger>> |
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We need your help to sustain the incredible momentum gained over this year. Here are but a few ways for you to continue your support:
Want more information?
Please contact:
214-328-9131 x105
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