September 19 - 23

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston learned about the Missouri Compromise in his Sword of Freedom class.  He also wrote a paper about compromise and when it is appropriate.

In Georgics, Preston has been working on a plan for his project.  He got to go out to the farm to help harvest and clean up the farm, feed animals and learn about work, joy and providence.  

MARISSA

Marissa wrote a paper for Key of Liberty this week about why it is important to have a moral people in order to have a good government.  She did a great job!  

Marissa read Act II, Scene 1-2 for Shakespeare.  She is enjoying the play they are studying in depth for her class this semester.  

Her favorite part of the week is choir and play practice for Lion King Jr.  She's part of the ensemble.  They are learning an African song right now.  They are also putting together a small pre-play production for the ensemble to put on for the parents.  Marissa is part of the cheetah tribe and gets to perform back handsprings for the play.  She's really excited about that! 

CALEB

Caleb continues to work on his reading, writing and math skills every day.  He also practices his piano daily.  He loves math and science and has a very inquisitive mind!  

This week, he learned about ancient Egypt in his Heroic Youth class.  He got to create a 3D map of Egypt with sand in his class.  They learned about pharoahs, treasure, sarcophogas, pyramids, King Tut and all about the geography of Egypt.  It was so interesting to learn that the Nile flows south to north and that is why they call the south part of Egypt "upper Egypt."