Don't forget tomorrow's noon dismissal!  There will be no extended care.

Heritage faculty member, Elizabeth Zhao-Kanode, is offering a 15-week, after-school, Mandarin Chinese Enrichment program beginning January 24.  The program is open to all Middle and Upper School students as well as adults.  Download the flyer.

There is also a program for EC - 6th grade students beginning January 25.  Download the flyer.

Art teacher, David Boyd, held a demonstration and art talk at the Dogwood Gallery in Tyrone last week. The event correlated with his one man show, Progression, which will be up until Christmas. During the demonstration, Mr. Boyd painted a paper sack to the great pleasure of the crowd and discussed his technique, palette, and his choice of subject matter.

Heritage Seniors have 62 college acceptances so far, with 16 scholarships worth nearly $700,000! 

Show your support for all of our athletes by joining the Booster Club today!

You can vote again and again to help Heritage Senior, Julie Thames, get her single, September Rain, on the Back Yard Country radio program on 94.9 - The Bull. To cast your vote for Julie, simply go to the voting website, find Julie's listing, click the bubble next to her name, then scroll to the bottom to click the vote button.  To learn more about Julie's music, visit her website. 

The Computer Applications class also collaborated with the third graders last month to produce a video of the younger students' skit of The Spider and The Fly, a poem by Mary Howitt.  The Computer Applications students filmed the third graders reading their lines in front of a plain, green wall.  They then eliminated the color green from the film and replaced it with context-appropriate still photos.  This is the same technology used by news channels to produce the weather report. The third graders joined the Upper School students in class yesterday to view the final product. They were thrilled with the results and are excited for their parents to see their performance on the screen.  Enjoy the video!

Someone took the Heritage Hawk from the fourth graders' Christmas tree! However, the thief left behind some tell-tale evidence...a footprint, some M&M's, and a note with a fingerprint on it. The fourth grade students called on resident expert, faculty member, Gina Watkiss, to help them examine the "crime scene" and figure out how they should proceed to solve this mystery. The detectives interviewed suspects, conducting lab experiments on the evidence left at the scene, and using their understanding of the properties of matter to try to determine who took their hawk. Even though false evidence was planted to confuse our fourth grade detectives, they managed to solve the mystery! The fingerprint of art teacher, Meredith Wilson, was found on the note, but was someone trying to frame her?  The culprit was third grade teacher, Connie Avery, who left a shoe print and a handwriting sample at the scene of the "crime."

Heritage Senior, Corey Roberts, wrote a terrific article about fellow Senior, Isabel Dennis.  The article is the cover story in the December 2011 issue of Game Day Youth Sports Magazine.  Click the image at right to read the article.

Another Senior, John Wienand, was featured on the front page of the Newnan Times-Herald last week for planning an acoustic show to benefit the Food Pantry.  Read the article. 

We are proud of our talented students!