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5th Grade Students Enjoy “Day in the Life of a Sixth Grader”
As a way to welcome rising sixth grade students to middle school, FPD’s current sixth grade class hosted them for an all new “Day in the Life of a Sixth Grader.” Fifth grade students paired with a middle school “buddy” to learn what to expect next year. They toured classes, met with Mrs. Pearson, and wrapped up the day with a campus scavenger hunt and popsicle party. FPD sophomores and juniors in AP Physics 1 enjoyed an exciting final project. At the end of the school year, they selected a topic that was covered during the year and prepared a lesson to teach to the fifth, sixth, and seventh grade science classes. They were able to conduct small demonstrations as well as discuss their topics.
High School Physics Students Teach 5th, 6th, 7th Graders
During the last half of their semester, Dr. Alvarez’s 11th Grade AP Language class enjoyed exploring multimedia communications by covering events on campus and reporting on them through journalistic reports, podcasts, highlight reels, and interviews.
The project was part of the class’s Synthesis Unit, which correlates with the first essay on the AP Language Exam. Students must combine different types of sources, research, and writing skills to form a complete work. of media. Each group consisted of a writer, reporter, and producer. Their final project had to include a website news article, highlight reel with post-event interview, photos, a podcast, and a Twitter or Instagram post.
The students eagerly worked on the assignment, covering everything from athletic events, prom, fine arts, and even FPD’s lunch program.
After two weeks, students organized and published their projects on Wakelet.com, a digital platform for organizing articles, videos, audio clips, and images.
Mr. Matthew Hopper named 2021 Teacher of the Year
FPD is very honored to recognize Mr. Matthew Hopper as the 2021 William H. Bragg Teacher of the Year. Mr. Hopper teaches Latin and Honors World History in FPD’s middle and high school.
Several students wrote recommendations for Mr. Hopper. One student noted, “Mr. Hopper’s class has helped me with my faith more than any other class. He goes above and beyond what is expected of any teacher. It is obvious that he has planned out classes days in advance and makes extremely effective use of time. He is more than a teacher to us. He devotes three to four minutes of class to ask us about track, musicals, sports, etc. and just talking to us.”
Another student wrote, “Mr. Hopper believes in us all and pushes us to our greatest potential. He believes that every single one of his students is equipped for greatness, and he wants nothing more than to see us reach that in every aspect.”
FPD Students Collect Clothing for Warming Center
Students in FPD’s Project Lead organized a month-long clothing drive in February to support Macon’s new Brookdale Warming Center. In exchange for Friday dress down days, students in all grades brought in various clothing items including hats, gloves, shower shoes, scarves, and other items needed by the center. In total, Viking Nation donated over 700 items each Friday. Project Lead students made weekly deliveries to the outreach organization that serves Macon’s homeless population. Cash donations were given as bus ticket fares to help those in need of transportation to and from the facility. Each year, select FPD students are awarded academic and character-based merit scholarships. These scholarships are applied to the following year’s tuition.
Judy Jones Middle School Scholarship: Jayden Tolbert Alumni Scholarship: Bella Marshall
Ponder Family Scholarship: Lauren Casey
Andy Bridges Memorial Scholarship: Camden Smith Judy Jones High School Scholarship: Morgan Gleaton
James Tate Girardeau Scholarship: Claire Harrison
McKay Family Scholarship: Harvey Roddenberry
FPD Named Most Beautiful Campus
FPD was honored to receive the 2020 Campus of the Year Award from Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful (KMBB). Pictured left to right are Caroline Childs, Executive Director of KMBB; Joe McDaniel, former interim FPD Head of School; Carolyn Crayton, Founder of KMBB; Dr. John Patterson, FPD Head of School; and Justin Hollingsworth, Chair of KMBB.
