September 26 - 30

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston had a really fun class in Sword of Freedom this week!  He got to learn from an individual from the military about the different ranks and what they mean.  He also got to learn marching drills.  He loved it! 

Preston earned his black belt in karate this week!  It was an incredible day!!  The test lasted from 9am-4pm and then he had an amazing belt ceremony.  He has worked extremely hard for this goal for four whole years.  It was so great to see him accomplish something so meaningful to him.  

MARISSA

Marissa wrote a paper for Key of Liberty this week about what it means to have God-given rights and what those right are.  She also had a book discussion on the book "William Bradford, Pilgrim Boy."  She really enjoyed the book!  

Marissa read Act II, Scene 3-5 in "The Merchant of Venice" for her Shakespeare class.  She loves poetry and is really catching onto the prose in Shakespeare plays.  

CALEB

Caleb had a really fun class in Heroic Youth.  He learned about dinosaurs and fossils.  He read a book called "Fossil by Fossil."  He also read a book called "Dinosaur Lady."  It was all about Mary Anning and how she was the first paleontologist at a time when women weren't even allowed to be professionals in the field of geology.  It was a great book and the discussion with the kids was so much fun!  He got to dig for fossils, match the fossil footprints with the dinosaur, and participate in an excavation using a toothpick to carefully dig out chocolate chips from a cookie.  So much fun!  

Caleb enjoyed the class so much that he chose several dinosaur books at home to read aloud to me throughout the course of the week.  It inspired him to learn more and read a lot of really great books!