Tuesday, April 15, 10 am - Lower Elementary Field Trip

                                 Tampa International Airport

                                  Drivers Needed

 

Friday, April 18 - Parent Teacher Conferences

                             School Closed

                             Please call or email for an appointment

 

Tuesday, April 22, 10 am - Middle School Field Trip

                                             Tampa International Airport   

 

Wednesday, April 23, 10 am - Upper Elem. Field Trip

                                                  Tampa International Airport

                                                   Drivers Needed

 

Friday - Saturday, April 25-26 - Third Grade Trip to

                                                      St. Augustine

 

Tuesday, April 29 - Third Grade Field Trip, AgVenture at the

                                  Florida State Fairgrounds

 

Sunday, May 4, 1- 3 pm - Annual Art Show

                                           Volunteers Needed

 

Monday, May 12, 8 am - Mother's Day Breakfast

 

Giselle enjoys painting her continent map

 

Avalyn concentrating on math

WOW!  What a beautiful auction we had on Saturday evening.  We wish to thank all of you who helped make it so fabulous.  We love our BPS families.

 

This week we delved right into our study of Ancient Greece.  The children discovered that Ancient Greece was a very important civilization.  Many of their customs and ideas have carried over into modern society.  The first Olympics were in Greece.  Greek -style columns are sill seen on buildings today.  The ancient Greeks also gave us many ideas about Government and how to run it.

 

We have lots of exciting field trips coming up.  On April 15th we will be heading out to the Tampa Airport for a behind the scenes tour.  We still need drivers and chaperones.  On April 25th, the 3rd graders will meet in St. Augustine for their first overnight.  Then on April 29th, 3rd grade will head over to the Florida State Fairgrounds for Ag Venture.  This is an awesome introduction for the students to the agricultural side of Florida.  We need drivers and chaperones for this as well.

Another busy week has passed. Students had new lessons in Math, Geometry and Language Arts this week. Students continued to read the book of Greek myths. On Friday we had a lesson on comparing and contrasting two characters. We used two hula hoops to create a Venn diagram, and then students contributed facts and placing them in the correct place on the diagram. Next week, they will choose two characters from Greek mythology, create their own Venn diagram, and then use that information to write an essay.

 

Our students, along with the third grade are busy practicing recorder for a concert on May 9th.  They practice in groups of three students. (See photo of Trez, Gabe and Elena above. )The concert will be at the Performing Arts Center along with many students from other schools.

 

In Art, students have been working on a Monster of their own design using clay. First, they created a pinch pot and then turned that into the mouth of a Monster. They added details. After a first firing, students glazed their pottery. We'll see next Monday how things turned out! At the Art show on May 5th, students will display a piece of their pottery, a painting and another piece of art of their choice. It is an event you do not want to miss!

This week Middle School is happy that we finished all of our art projects for the auction.  We appreciate all the parents attending the auction and bidding on our projects.

 

We are back to our regular routine. We have been having frequent yearbook meetings in order to finish it up for May. Monday we did not have our Spanish lesson but we did spend our usual Hubert Park and Art Studio visit. Tuesday we returned to our Physical Science class and we learned all about the history of how television came to be. Wednesday we had our yearbook meeting and a Greek Vocabulary test and Friday we will had a Worldly Wise test on our new 8th and 9th grade words. We would also like to inform you that the 7th graders have finished their Pre-Algebra textbooks and are having their finals next week.

 

Berkeley Kittredge & Maya Gonzalez

Se�ora Felisa in Middle School Spanish

LOWER ELEMENTARY: It was a fun week with an interesting reading about a child describing his Latino "barrio" with an A to Z vocabulary.

 

Some of the words he used were graffiti for the letter "G", murals for the letter "M", lilacs for the letter "L", domino for the letter "D", bottles for "B" and so on.  The result was a colorful and realistic representation of his own "barrio".  We also reviewed the Spanish alphabet and added some words to our rhyming repertoire.

A worksheet was completed on beginning sounds in Spanish.

 

UPPER ELEMENTARY:  We read another passage of our chapter book. This time, we introduced "Manare"; the first human, of unknown origin, but probably born from the mystery of the night. We followed Manare's lifecycle as he covers his basic needs of shelter, food, defense, companionship and emerges as a real survivor.  We also illustrated Manare's  accomplishments as we read the chapter. This was a new way to capture the essence of a story.  We also continue practicing conversational Spanish

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL:  We pursue the quest of conjugating verbs; this week our efforts are dedicated to the "ER" verbs in the principal tenses of present, past and future.  Numerous written and oral exercises, homework, and class assignments were used to implement this crucial part of the Spanish grammar.

 

TRIVIA FACTS:  1.) Nicaragua is home to the only "Dual Volcano" in the world.  The volcano is in a small mountain range and is fed underground by two separate magma flows.  2.) Ruins of Leon Viejo, also in Nicaragua make part of the oldest city in all of Central America that is still in use as it was 1500 years ago!