April Student of the Month--Preston

Preston is our April Student of the Month.  This is what Mr. Tekatch read about him at the family assembly today!

"Preston is a very conscientious student.  Lately, he has been taking real ownership of his learning and taking a more active part in class.  He works very hard with his homework and to prepare for assessments and is rewarded with top marks almost every time.  Preston is very athletic and likes sports.  He is a great role model of good sportsmanship and team leadership.  Although sometimes Preston is very quiet, he has great strength of character and is a great Christian example in and out of the classroom.  Preston, Keep up the good work!

Congratulations, Preston!  I'm very proud of you!

--Miss Leonard

Happy Birthday, Mr Tekatch!

Mr. Tekatch's birthday was April 19th. Most of the school gathered in his classroom to sing happy birthday to our principal. We surprised him with balloons, coffee, and a "Timmies" gift Card!

Happy Birthday, Mr. Tekatch!!

--Miss Leonard

Kandinsky Circles

This term we studied a little about the Russian born painter Wassily Kadinsky.  He is a more modern artist and is known for his "abstract" paintings which were supposedly the first of their kind.  Many of his pictures involve concentric circles--a circle inside a circle, inside a circle,etc.--and they even seem to be a theme among much of his body of works.  After looking at several of his more famous works, we  emulated his theme by making some concentric circles of our own.  Each student made two circles--their size and choice of design to hang on our tree.  It makes for a very large as well as interesting collaborative project.  You can check it out in the stairwell beside the K-2 room.  Enjoy!

--Miss Leonard

Tangrams

Just Having A Little Fun!

It was a rainy day....Miss Weber was gone.....we had the idea.....

Post-it notes and a little extra time with our class = trouble and a LOT OF FUN!  We spent our recess covering every possible surface in Miss Weber's room with 3,800 post-it notes.  You can see below that the teacher's desk was extra fun!

We tried to deny it afterwards and blame it on Ezekiel the skeleton in her room.....but there was photo evidence of everyone enjoying themselves! Even Mr. Tekatch!!

In reality, a couple of gigglers got us "busted" by Mr. Tekatch....but he decided to leave us alone.  Maybe he was afraid his office would be next!

Doesn't he LOOK guilty?!?

It turns out Miss Weber was running low on Post-its and was happy with our gift!  

Good times at BCA!

Moral of the story: Do not go on field trips on rainy days?

--Miss Leonard

911 Assembly

A few weeks ago we had some special visitors and old friends at our school.  Miss Dooley, Auntie Flo, and just plain Flo--it was good to see her and her classmates as they came to do a presentation on their new field of expertise.  Flo is studying to be a 911 operator and she came today to share with our students when to call 911 and what to say and do in an emergency.  Everyone enjoyed the assembly (all the stories and situations that got told) and the goody bags we got at the end.  Thanks, Miss D!!

--Miss Leonard