NewsPre-K to 8
Lower School News Briefs
May 1, 1999 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
Pre-K and K Present Original Play
Each year kindergarten and pre-first write an original play to be performed at both the Lower School and Upper School. This year the play, performed at the Upper School, Wednesday, April 7, focused on the only undefeated high school football team in Georgia. In the play, Rodney Dangerfield (played by Jack Lynch), in search of a way to earn some respect, travels from Hollywood to learn the secret of success from Coach Jerry Sharp (played by Hunter Davis) and his wife Nancy (played by Maggie Sparks).
First Grade Treated to Antarctic Adventures
Barbara Briley, long-time Darlington supporter, visited Beth Starnes’ first grade class, Monday March 29, to tell about her recent trip to Antarctica. “We are learning about the oceans and continents,” Starnes said. “This made our study come alive.” The children enjoyed seeing her photos of penguins, seals, and the Brileys swimming in the frigid Antarctica water.
Lower, Upper School Students Learn from Each Other
The Upper and Lower Schools joined forces Tuesday, April 13, on the Lower School campus to share their knowledge of life science. As second graders began their study of plants, the ninth-grade biology classes visited the Lower School. The students worked together to plant corn, beans, and flowers which the second graders have been cultivating. The second graders also were paired with a high school buddy, with the children sharing plant books they wrote.
Lower School Assists with Rome’s Red Carpet Tour
Lower School art classes created drawings of Rome’s clock tower to welcome various business representatives to Rome during the Red Carpet Tour, part of a Rome business goodwill project, in April. The corporate vice-president and director of real estate for Motorola, Inc., wrote second grader Matthew Glover a letter thanking him for his greeting and complementing him on his exemplary work.
Budding Musicians Study Great Composers
A highlight of the year for students in Music is the study of the lives of great composers. This year the wondrous lives of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, and Saint-Saens were brought to life with biographies, fun word searches and puzzles, videos, filmstrips, the playing of instruments, and singing.
“I am in the process of growing an audience by instilling in my students and appreciation and awareness of timeless musical creations,” Diane Lumpkin, Lower School music teacher. “Who knows? There could possibly be a future Beethoven in my class room.”
Each year kindergarten and pre-first write an original play to be performed at both the Lower School and Upper School. This year the play, performed at the Upper School, Wednesday, April 7, focused on the only undefeated high school football team in Georgia. In the play, Rodney Dangerfield (played by Jack Lynch), in search of a way to earn some respect, travels from Hollywood to learn the secret of success from Coach Jerry Sharp (played by Hunter Davis) and his wife Nancy (played by Maggie Sparks).
First Grade Treated to Antarctic Adventures
Barbara Briley, long-time Darlington supporter, visited Beth Starnes’ first grade class, Monday March 29, to tell about her recent trip to Antarctica. “We are learning about the oceans and continents,” Starnes said. “This made our study come alive.” The children enjoyed seeing her photos of penguins, seals, and the Brileys swimming in the frigid Antarctica water.
Lower, Upper School Students Learn from Each Other
The Upper and Lower Schools joined forces Tuesday, April 13, on the Lower School campus to share their knowledge of life science. As second graders began their study of plants, the ninth-grade biology classes visited the Lower School. The students worked together to plant corn, beans, and flowers which the second graders have been cultivating. The second graders also were paired with a high school buddy, with the children sharing plant books they wrote.
Lower School Assists with Rome’s Red Carpet Tour
Lower School art classes created drawings of Rome’s clock tower to welcome various business representatives to Rome during the Red Carpet Tour, part of a Rome business goodwill project, in April. The corporate vice-president and director of real estate for Motorola, Inc., wrote second grader Matthew Glover a letter thanking him for his greeting and complementing him on his exemplary work.
Budding Musicians Study Great Composers
A highlight of the year for students in Music is the study of the lives of great composers. This year the wondrous lives of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, and Saint-Saens were brought to life with biographies, fun word searches and puzzles, videos, filmstrips, the playing of instruments, and singing.
“I am in the process of growing an audience by instilling in my students and appreciation and awareness of timeless musical creations,” Diane Lumpkin, Lower School music teacher. “Who knows? There could possibly be a future Beethoven in my class room.”
