September 18th, 2015 Volume 8, Issue 7

B r a d f o r d B u l l e t i nB r a d f o r d B u l l e t i nB r a d f o r d B u l l e t i n B R A D F O R D A C A D E M Y ’ S P A R E N T U P D A T E

T i m o r D o m i n i P r i n c i p i u m S c i e n t i a e

S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T :

• 09/21 - Mom’s Prayer Group -

See note on pg.4.

• 09/24 - House Soccer Tournament

• 10/12th - 16th Fall Break

• 11/11 - Veterans’ Day - no school

• 11/17 - Bradford Night

• 11/24 - Bradford Feast

• 11/25th - 27th Thanksgiving Break

• 12/4 - Mebane Christmas Parade

• 12/12 - Book Fair at B&N

• 12/15 - Middle school Christmas

concert

• 12/17 - Middle school Christmas

concert at Burlington First

Presbyterian Church

P R A Y E R

Please pray for God’s supply

regarding specific needs:

1) Scholarship fund for next year!

2) Plans to expand into HIGH

SCHOOL program.

3) Growing athletic program!

Pray that the Spirit of God

would use the practice and

competition to build character

in our scholar athletes.

4) Plans for facilities to house our

growing school.

5) Prospective Parent Open

House - 10/2, 10:00

O n t h e M o v eO n t h e M o v e

On Saturday, September 12, many

Bradford students and families

participated in the annual

Mebane-On-the-Move fitness festival.

We had many Archers run the 5K and

even a few took on the 10K.

Congratulation to our XC runners who

took home several prizes and all our

Running Club 1 Mile Racers!

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Art: Students finished their bird drawings by adding branches,

leaves, and berries.

Music: We learned about woodwind instruments and were able

to see a flute being played. We also learned the difference

between melody and harmony and began learning some new

songs.

Science: This week we reviewed

examples from the Phyla Mollusca and

Echinodermata. We also introduced

the Phyla Arthropoda and Annelida.

We completed an activity in which the

students were required to separate a

variety of animals according to

whether they are vertebrates or

invertebrates. Bird of the Month:

Mourning Dove

PE: Soccer

Hymn: “Take My Life, and Let It

Be” (verse 1)

Verse: John 1:12-13 (NKJV)

Mi s s S t e v e n s o n ( 2 n d G r a d e )

Math: Writing Addition Fact Families,

Using Logical Reasoning and Working

Backward to Solve a Problem, Naming

and Drawing Polygons, Dividing a

Square Into Three Equal Parts,

Identifying and Shading Thirds, Rewriting

Numbers by Regrouping Tens and Ones,

Trading Dimes and Pennies, Making an

Organized List, Counting Dimes, Nickels,

and Pennies, Writing Fractions Using the

Fraction Bar

History: The Tower of Babel

Phonics: Vowel-consonant-silent e, final

-ve spelling rule

Reading: My Father’s Dragon - reading

aloud and looking for information by using key words

Spelling: Words with consonant digraphs

Grammar: Discussed simple and complete subjects and

predicates, learned how to fill in a noun job chart

Science: Discussed the characteristics of a social insect, Bird of

the Month: Carolina Wren

Art: Featured artist study: Giotto

Music: We reviewed woodwind instruments and were able to

From the Teacher’s Desk Mr s . R i v e ra ( K i n d e r g a r t e n )

Math: The students are working on writing their numbers 0-20.

Written Assessment on material covered, as well as written

addition, number sentences, counting to 100, introduced

Learning Wrap-Ups, and Oral Assessment.

Phonics: Target sound “T” as a leader sound, handwriting Tt,

and review of “A”, ”B”, ”M”, and ”P”.

History: The Flood, Genesis 6-9. We talked about the

consequences of sin, and God’s faithfulness in spite of our sin.

Reviewed 1st verse of the B.C. History Facts song.

Music: Woodwind family of instruments, including holding a

real flute; discussed differences between different instrument

families; began learning new songs.

Art: Shapes in Still Lifes: squares, triangles, rectangles, and

organic shapes. We examined Giotto’s pictures to look for

shapes in his paintings. They created their own still life picture.

PE: Balance, leaping, and hopping

Science: The 5 Senses Unit: Focus on hearing, identifying items

by the sound they make. Played find the timer game.

Verse: Review Proverbs 1:7 and 1Corinthians 13:4-8a(NKJV)

Hymn: “All Hail The Power Of Jesus’

Name” (verses#1, #3, #5, and #6).

Started verse 1 of “Take My life And

Let It Be.”

Mr s . C am p b e l l ( 1 s t G r a d e )

Math: In addition to fact and written

assessments, we practiced adding 10

to a single-digit number, using logical

reasoning to solve a problem,

creating a color pattern, identifying

and sorting geometric shapes by

attribute, writing number sentences,

and identifying fractional parts of a

whole.

Phonics: S Blends (st, sc, sk, sm, sn,

sp, sw)

Reading: Alfred the King

Grammar: Proper nouns (Aunts, uncles, and cousins);

Introducing oral usage: “Avoiding ‘ain’t’”; Poem memorization:

“Hearts Are Like Doors.”

History: We discussed more settlers coming to America with a

focus on Henry Hudson and the naming of the Hudson

River. Students were briefly introduced to the Quakers and

William Penn, the man after whom Pennsylvania was

named. We also continued memorizing the poem “In 1492.”

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see a flute being played. We also reviewed the

difference between melody and harmony and began

learning some new songs.

P.E. Soccer

Latin: People Words (man, woman, boy, girl)

Verses: Colossians 3:1-2

Mr s . M i t c h e l l ( 3 r d G r . )

Math: Creating and reading a plot line, range & mode; radius

& diameter of circles; comparison symbols, repeated addition

as multiplication; equal group stories; assessments.

History: Israel Divides into Two Kingdoms

Reading: Finished Black Ships

Before Troy!

Latin: Completed thorough review

of Chapters 1-4.

Grammar: Prepositional phrases.

Writing: Tower of Babel

paragraph.

Music: We reviewed woodwind

instruments and were able to see

a flute being played. We also

reviewed the difference between melody and harmony and

began learning some new songs.

Art: Finished overlapping spheres by adding shadow and

shading.

P.E.: The students learned about dribbling and how to play

soccer in a big field setting.

Science: Continued unit study on biomes.

Verse: 1 Peter 3:8-9

Upcoming Assessments:

Tuesday 09/24 - Grammar

Wednesday 09/23 - Spelling, Math

Friday 09/25 - Latin, History

Upcoming Field Trip:

Wednesday 10/7 - Greensboro Science Museum

Mr s . Ham i lt o n ( 4 t h G r a d e )

Math: This week we completed our second assessment,

studied word problems about separating, and learned to

multiply by one-digit numbers and find missing factors.

History: St. Benedict and Monasticism: students enjoyed

learning about monastic life in the Middle Ages and working

with illuminated manuscripts while listening to 9th and 10th

century Gregorian chants.

Grammar: We continued to classify sentences, learned to

create our own practice sentences, added eight more

vocabulary words to our list, and began working with

predicate words in the beginning of a sentence.

Writing: Before completing their work on Peter and

the Wolf stories, students practiced writing a 3-point

expository paragraph.

Literature: Door in the Wall — we continued preparing and

studying parts for our small play/presentation and began

reading our next book, Rolf and the Viking Bow.

Latin: We began our study of Latin Primer B with a verb

review and new vocabulary.

Science: This week in Science we learned how to identify trees

by their bark, leaves, and seeds, and began studying the

differences between monocots

and dicots.

Art: Using cylinders, the students

created a city of high rises

complete with windows and UFOs.

Music: The students have begun

learning some B-A-G songs (on pg.

10). They may practice anything

up to the bottom of pg. 10. Please

remember to have your children

practice at least 30 minutes per

week (i.e. 5 min/day for 6 days or

10 min/day for 3 days, etc.).

P.E.: The students learned about dribbling and how to play

soccer in a big field setting.

Mi s s W i n d e s ( 5 t h G r . ) Math: The Number Line; Fractions and Mixed Numbers;

Averages and Line Graphs; Factors and Prime Numbers;

Greatest Common Factor.

History: We continued our study of explorers, this week

focusing on those who explored Canada and the Northeast

sections of North America - John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, and

Samuel de Champlain.

Reading: After a short rest at Beorn’s house, the travelers

were equipped with supplies for their journey through

Mirkwood and sent on their way with strict warnings not to

leave the path.

Grammar: We added prepositions and prepositional phrases

to our sentence classification exercises and began learning our

preposition song.

Latin: Learning the third declension neuter i-stem endings, we

have come to the end of Latin Primer B!

Writing: The students finished their Ancient Olympic

paragraphs and we began a new set of mini research papers.

Art: We began a new still life picture in pencil of blocks and

chess pieces.

Continued on page 4.

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Music: Woodwind instruments review; finished learning the

descant to “Non Nobis Domine”; continued learning “Dona

Nobis Pacem”, “The Music Symbols Song”, and began

learning “Answer to a Child’s Question.”

Memory: Romans 12:8-10

Science: We completed our study of the Muscular System.

P.E.: The students learned about dribbling and how to play

soccer in a big field setting.

Upcoming tests:

Friday, 9/25: Spelling, Map Quiz, and Roanoke History Test

Mr . Ga r b e r ( 6 t h / 7 t h G r a d e )

Math: The students learned about subtracting mixed numbers

with regrouping, reducing fractions, and prime factorization.

Science: The students learned about the correlation between

facts, theories, and the scientific method.

History: The students learned about the Cherokee Trail of

Tears.

Grammar: Prepositions and adverbs, adverb exceptions,

natural and inverted order, noun charts, and the Chapter Three

application test.

6th Literature: This week we discussed our Poe assessment and

did extra work on literary terms. Then, we introduced

Transcendentalism, analyzing the merits and deficiencies of this

offshoot of Romanticism. We then read and discussed two of

the classic texts of this movement and examined their views of

the individual, nature, and morality in the light of Scripture.

Logic: This week the students learned about how to spot red

herrings in people’s arguments.

Music: We finished viewing the documentary about the life of

Franz Joseph Haydn. The Composer Quest is due on Tuesday,

From the Teacher’s Desk (Continued)

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September 29. We also continued practicing Christmas

program pieces.

Art: We continued practicing the shadows and shading of

faces.

P.E.: The students learned about through balls and how to

play soccer on a larger field.

Verse: Philippians 1:14-20

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Seventh Grade Omnibus I: This week we finished Gilgamesh,

discussing its view of death and its version of the Genesis

flood story. We also acted out our version of the play in class,

which proved to be an effective vehicle for grasping the

thematic content and emotional depth of the story. We

finished this week with an assessment on our first three units.

Mr . Ham i lt o n ( 8 t h G r a d e )

Algebra: The students learned about the additive property of

equality, the multiplicative property of equality, and

evaluating equations.

Science: The students learned about the law of conservation

of energy.

Omnibus II: This week we finished up our study of Eusebius

with a timeline project, the aim of which was to identify the

key people and events of Church History. We then passed out

Augustine’s Confessions and began reading Augustine’s own

account of his early years. We also watched and discussed a

presentation on Augustine’s life and influence on the church.

8th Composition: More with commas and other forms of

punctuation, pronoun case and participial phrases, difficult

cases of subject-verb agreement, and an end-of-week

assessment.

Music: We finished viewing the documentary about the life of

Franz Joseph Haydn. The Composer Quest is due on Tuesday,

September 29. We also continued practicing Christmas

program pieces.

Art: The students are using their new knowledge of drawing

cloth to recreate a piece of a painting of cloth from the

masters.

P.E.: The students learned about through balls and how to

play soccer on a larger field.

Midd l e S c h oo l

Ev e n t s & Dat e s

Please note:

• not all practices are listed here, watch for updates

• TRIP to DC will be postponed to the SPRING

September -

October - 1st Thursday

• 4:30 XC meet @ Union Grove Christian School

6th Tuesday

• 3:30 Volleyball game @ MACC

- 9th Friday

• 4:30 XC meet @ HOME vs. ACS

- 23rd Friday

• 4:30 - Co-Ed Soccer Scrimmage against Haw River Christian

-29th Thursday - Last volleyball practice

-30th Friday

• Last XC practice - will have a timed run.

November

Basketball practice for boys and girls to begin. (Days/times TBA)

• 17th Tuesday

• Bradford Night

• 20th Friday

• 3:00 - Girls Basketball @ ACS

December - 4th Friday

• 4:30 - Boys Basketball @ HRC (subject to change)

• 7:00 - Mebane Christmas Parade

- 10th Thursday

• 3:15 - Girls & Boys Basketball @ ACS

• Girls play at 3:15, boys follow

- 12th Saturday

• Afternoon? (TIME TBD)- CHRISTMAS CONCERT @ Barnes and

Noble, Burlington (Alamance Crossing)

- 15th Tuesday

• 7 PM -CHRISTMAS CONCERT (Location TBD)

- 17th Thursday

• 11 AM -CHRISTMAS CONCERT @ Burlington 1st Presbyterian

Church’s Senior Luncheon

January - 8th Friday

• 1:00 PM - School Spelling Bee

- 14th Thursday

• 7:00 PM - Girls & Boys Basketball @ ACS

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