August 29 - September 2

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston started reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin" for his Sword of Freedom class.  He's also been doing a math lesson each day as well as working on his karate lessons and preparing for his upcoming belt test.  

Preston and Marissa both attended kickoff for Polar Star this week.  Preston is the historian on the Youth Council this year and gets to take pictures (which he loves) and help put together the yearbook and a video at the end of the school year.  Preston dressed up as an old fashioned photographer for an introduction skit the Youth Council put on for the other scholars.  Both kids participated in a book discussion of "Tale of Despereaux," had fun team building activities, participated in a service project at Pine View, played at the lake, had a delicious dinner and dessert, listened to an inspiring speaker talk about "seeking truth," (the theme for this year), and finished off a long day at a glow party with dancing and glow-in-the-dark 9-square.  

MARISSA

Marissa started reading "Red Scarf Girl" to prepare for her Key of Liberty class.  She has also been completing one math lesson in CTC math or Elephant Math each day.  

Marissa also attended her first day of choir and theater this week.  She is excited to participate in the ensemble for "Lion King Jr" and learn fun Christmas songs for the choir concert in December.  

CALEB

Caleb has been working on phonics with reading cards to bridge a gap in reading before he moves up a level in his language arts curriculum.  He completes 3-5 cards (phonics concepts) as well as one reader each day.  He is also working on improving his fine motor skills with lots of handwriting practice.  It is a slow and tedious process, but he is making progress.  

His favorite subject is math and he LOVES all the apps that allow him to play while learning.