December 11th, 2015 Volume 8, Issue 17

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

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

O F I N T E R E S T :

• 12/12 - Book Fair at B&N

• 12/14 - Moms’ Prayer Group

• 12/14 - Games vs BCA

• 12/15 - MS Christmas concert

• 12/17 - Middle school Christmas

concert at Burlington First

Presbyterian Church (11:00 AM)

• 12/17 - 1st-3rd to Nutcracker

• 12/17 - Wrestling Club

• 12/17 - End of 2nd quarter

• 12/18 - Christmas celebration

(noon dismissal)

• 12/21 - January 1st - Christmas

Break

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) Plans for facilities to house our

growing school.

4)4)4)4) We are beginning our search

for expanding our teaching

staff

J o y t o t h e T o w n !J o y t o t h e T o w n !

C e l e b r at e C e l e b r at e

C h r i s t m a sC h r i s t m a s w i t hw i t h

B r a d f o r d ’ s B r a d f o r d ’ s

M i d d l e S c h o o lM i d d l e S c h o o l

Tuesday, December 15th

7:00 PM 939 South Third St., Mebane

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

Bradford students and staff enjoy a

night on the town in style; old English

style that is! It was a fun time on a cold

night bringing warm wishes of a Merry

Christmas to our city! A special

welcome to all our volunteers!

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AT THE BOOKSTORE OF

BARNES AND NOBLE

ALAMANCE CROSSING, BURLINGTON

SATURDAY DECEMBER 12TH

ALL DAY

Do you have anyone with books on their Christmas wish list?

On Saturday, December 12th,

if you do your shopping at Barnes and Noble

and tell them that you support Bradford Academy,

they will donate a portion of the sale to the school!

There will also be a Bradford Academy “wish list” table!

Consider purchasing these books for the

Bradford Library.

A CHRISTMAS

MIDDLE SCHOOL SINGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL SINGERS

PERFORM CHRISTMAS SONGSPERFORM CHRISTMAS SONGS

AT 2:00 PM!AT 2:00 PM!

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Science: Review for Test #2 (12/16) Bird of the Month: Tufted

Titmouse

PE: Basketball

Hymn: “Angels We Have Heard on High”

Verse: Psalm 1:3-4 (NKJV)

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

Math: Writing Division Problems in Three Ways, Dividing by 10,

by 7, and by 1, Identifying Quotients, Subtracting 2, Differences

of 2, Using Guess and Check to Solve a Problem, Solving a

Problem by Making It Simpler, Measuring With Cups,

Tablespoons, and Teaspoons, Reading a Recipe, Writing a Part

of a Set as a Fraction, Subtracting a Multiple of 10 From a

Number Using Mental Computation, Estimating Differences of

Two Two-Digit Numbers

History: Joseph as a Slave

Phonics: Suffixes, Changing, Doubling, Dropping, and Adding a

Consonant Suffix Rules

Reading: Sarah, Plain and Tall - reading aloud and looking for

information by using key words

Grammar: Subject Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns, Punctuation

Rules

M r s . R i v e r a ( K i n d e r g a r t e n )

Math: Adding 2 to an even number, adding 2 to an odd

number, covering a design with pattern blocks, sorting,

counting, and recording the pattern blocks used to cover the

design, looking for a pattern to solve a problem, written

assessment 11, oral assessment 6, and addition facts adding 2.

Phonics: Target sound short O, special exhibits, reading

comprehension, review, a we started our third book.

History: Israel divides into 2 kingdoms, Israel and Judah fall

Music: We learned about steps, skips, and leaps in music.

Art: We discussed our featured artist, Rembrandt. The students

colored one of the master’s works, ”Jacob Blessing the Sons of

Joseph.” Rembrandt used the Bible as the source for many of

his works. He paid particular attention to the details in his

rendering of the Biblical text. To Rembrandt these were not

simply Bible stories but rather, the represented un-idealized

events in real space-time history.

P.E. : Virginia Reel

Science: Finished Mr. Gallon Man and discussed units of

measure.

Verses: Psalm 95:1 and John 14:6

Hymn: Angels We Have Heard On High.” Verses 1,2,3, & 4

Teacher Tuesday: Jan. 5th-Lucy, Jan. 12th-Lilleigh, Jan. 19th-

Peter, Jan. 26th- Fischer, Feb.2nd- Ezra, Feb. 9th- Caeden, Feb.

16th- Edward, Feb. 23rd- Ella

M r s . C a m p b e l l ( 1 s t G r a d e )

Math: This week we practiced naming a fractional part of a set,

subtracting 0 facts, looking for a pattern to solve a problem,

identifying and creating congruent shapes, adding two-digit

numbers with regrouping using dimes and pennies, and our

11th fact/written assessments.

Phonics: EE/EA as Long E; EA as Short E and Long A

Grammar: Story narration: “The Crow and the Pitcher;”

Introducing seasons (Winter); Oral usage: “It was I”

History: The Declaration of Independence

Art: This week students continued their study of value in art by

drawing a snowman scene with light from the moon and dark

colors in the shadows.

Music: We continued listening to the story about Handel.

From the Teacher’s Desk

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Science: Discussed fire safety, Learned how to start a fire

using focused sunlight (magnifying glass), Bird of the Month:

American Goldfinch

Art: This week students used oil pastels to create a fire scene

by blending warm colors (yellow, red, orange).

Music: Learned more about oratorios (such as Handel’s

Messiah) and operas.

P.E. Basketball

Latin: Christmas Words and Phrases (I give, gift, I sing, I

praise), Review, Test 12/16

Verses: Psalm 32:1-5

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

Math: Finding the area of an irregular shape using a grid;

subtracting 2-digit numbers using mental

computation; identifying larger/small difference story

problems; making a drawing, labeling and writing number

sentences for arrays; assessments.

History: Persian Wars test; began Pericles and the

Peloponnesian War

Reading: D’Aulaire’s Greek myths.

Latin: Lesson 14 test; Chapter 15 - sentence patterns.

Grammar: Punctuation and capitalization rules applied to

friendly letters.

Writing: Creating story outlines.

Music: Learned more about oratorios (such as Handel’s

Messiah) and operas.

Art: Drawing cubes; tessellations.

P.E.: This week the students played volleyball.

Science: Constellations test; independent research.

Verse: John 10:9-10

Upcoming tests:

Due to changes in the schedule, tests may not fall on the usual

days for the next week. Please refer to the homework page

for test days.

M r s . H a m i lt o n ( 4 t h G r . )

Math: Students completed their ninth assessment and

Investigation 5 (Organizing and Analyzing Data), learned to

multiply by two-digit numbers and to name numbers through

hundred-billions, and reviewed all about perimeter.

History: This week in History students learned about the eight

Crusades.

Writing: Students continued to work on combining their three

summary paragraphs about ancient Greek cities into one

cohesive essay.

Literature: We continued enjoying our reading of Roger

Lancelyn Green’s retelling of The Adventures of Robin Hood.

Grammar: This week in Grammar we learned capitalization

and punctuation rules.

Latin: This week in Latin we studied the ablative prepositions,

memorized a new irregular verb, and continued writing our

own sentences using pronouns and prepositions.

Science: Fourth graders continued learning about the

processes of distillation, filtration, and centrifuge, and began

growing their own crystals from a supersaturated sugar

solution.

Art: The students are working a colored pencil apple, learning

about color theory and colored pencil techniques as we work.

Music: Please practice up to pages 13/14 and also the

Recorder 1 part of Jingle Bells near the back of their book.

P.E.: This week the students played volleyball.

M i s s W i n d e s ( 5 t h G r . )

Math: Decimal Number Line; Dividing by a Fraction; Review

and test; Rounding Decimal Numbers; Displaying Data.

History: This week we learned about production in the

thirteen colonies and their habits of trading with England,

Europe, and the West Indies.

Reading: We’ve made good progress into The Witch of

Blackbird Pond, discussing the characters and roles within

their family, and Kit’s entering into this new world as a

stranger to both the family and to their way of life.

Grammar: It has been another week of practicing the

capitalization rules as well as reviewing the past five chapters

of vocabulary.

Latin: Having finished the first five chapters, this week is a

From the Teacher’s Desk (Continued)

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review chapter in which we have been digging deeper

into the derivatives of the vocabulary words learned

over the past weeks and using them in creating new

sentences.

Writing: After completing and turning in their five paragraph

hobbit essays, the students also finished their stories, making

good use of their vivid imaginations to work out resolutions to

the conflicts!

Art: The students continued their soft pastel drawings of night

scenes on dark paper.

Music: Reviewed some of the information about music

history and spent more time singing.

Science: This week in Science we began our study of Groups I-

VIII of the periodic table; we also discussed the differences

between metals, nonmetals, and metalloids, and the

properties of alkali, alkaline earth metals, and halogens.

Memory: Proverbs 15:1-2, 4

P.E.: This week the students played volleyball.

Upcoming tests:

Tuesday, 12/15: Science: first 30 elements of the periodic

table

Thursday, 12/16: Latin ch.1-5 vocab and sentence translation

quiz; ch. 10 grammar (no history or spelling test this week)

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

Math: The students started off the week by learning about

symmetry, ratio word problems, and more advanced

problems involving averages.

Science: The students learned about the chromosomes,

genes, DNA, and traits. We will be discussing more about

dominant traits, recessive traits, and Punnett Squares next

week.

History: This week the students learned about Robert E. Lee,

Thomas Jackson, and Ulysses S. Grant, and the impact they

had on the war.

Grammar: Personification, sentence pattern two, improving

short and choppy sentences, fact vs. opinion, and improving

long, rambling sentences.

6th Literature: We continued our journey around the world

this week, pausing to reflect on India and Hinduism, then and

now. We also reviewed nautical vocabulary, discussed Verne’s

attitude toward other cultures from a Christian worldview,

and even found time for a game of whist, English-gentleman

style.

Logic: This week the students learned about the equivocation

fallacy. This fallacy is used when you change the meaning of a

word in the middle of an argument.

Music: We practiced on stage for the program. Please be

sure your student(s) continue working on perfecting their

speaking parts (with enthusiasm!).

Art: The students continued learning the techniques

of pen and ink and practiced the many different ways

of shading.

P.E.: This week the students did not have volleyball because

they practiced for the Christmas Concert.

Verse: Philippians 2:16-19

Omnibus I: This week we continued our study of Herodotus,

focusing on the rise and fall of ancient empires. Of special

importance was the emergence of the Persians as a major

force, setting the stage for the main subject of the Histories,

the Greco-Persian wars. We also took time to discuss the

bizarre customs of many of the “barbarian” cultures

Herodotus introduces, as well as reasons why nations and

men fall.

7th Latin: Working on Chapter 17, discussing the dative case

and intransitive verbs

M r . H a m i lt o n ( 8 t h G r a d e )

Algebra: The students learned about percentages in word

problems, solving problems with negative exponents, and

rearranging an equation before performing substitution.

Science: The students learned about the scientific method,

control variables, independent variables, dependent

variables, and how to carry out an experiment.

Omnibus II: We took an in-depth look at the development of

the authority and doctrine of the Catholic Church this week,

particularly in the early middle ages. We also examined the

rise and spread of Islam and the beginnings of the conflicts

between Islam and Christianity. We finished our week by

spending extra time working on our history projects.

Logic: Discussing the categorical syllogism.

8th Composition: This week we returned to Strunk and

White, covering matters of form, words and expressions

commonly misused, and style. We will end our quarter next

week with an assessment covering these three units as well

as elementary principles of composition.

Music: We are continuing learning our pieces for the

Christmas program. The students were also evaluated

musically by Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Gregory and myself in order

for me to select three students to participate in an All-State

choir concert in April, 2016.

Art: The students learned about Rembrandt, our artist of the

quarter and master of expressing character and personality

through the portraits he painted and etched.

P.E.: This week the students did not have P.E. because they

practiced for the Christmas Concert.

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Bradford Archers played hard

against the Alamance Christian

Warriors. While both our boys and

girls team lost, we are proud of

their good play and strong effort!!

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