Lower school teachers recently enjoyed an afternoon of professional development with a devotion led by Chaplain, Nate Muse, and an INNOVATIONS STEM Lab lesson taught by teacher, Rob McGrath. In the STEM lesson, called Operation Red Turkey, the teachers were divided into groups and tasked with creating a landing craft to help them leave the planet of Mars, which was covered in ooblek (Dr. Seuss' gooey, green substance) rain to get home for Thanksgiving!

KT students Carter Estepp and Clara Blaine Blakemore concentrate on the construction of their Native American villages.  Clara Blaine is making a pueblo and Carter is making a long house. Students also built igloos, teepees, made costumes, wrote stories using symbols during Debbie Patterson's Native American unit.

Shannon Forest is pleased to announce that Karis King, Elizabeth Anne McGill and Caroline Porterfield have been selected to participate in the 2016 South Carolina Elementary Honors Choir! The Honors Choir will perform under the direction of Mr. Ken Berg, director of the Alabama Boys Choir at the South Carolina Music Educator Conference on February 5 - 7, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, South Carolina.

Bonnie Heiser's piano students Conner Breazeale, Ben Garrison, Faith Gilmore and Thomas Dotson attended the Greenville Music Teachers Association (GMTA) Piano Skills Festival on Saturday, October 24.  Students entered five events (Technique, Harmonization, Transposition, Sight Reading and Performance) and received a skill score in each event.  Skill rating possibilities were Developing, Progressing, Advancing, Outstanding, Mastery.  The students came home with 16 Mastery, 3 Outstanding and 1 Advancing award. Congratulations to Conner Breazeale, Ben Garrison, Faith Gilmore for receiving an overall Mastery at their level!