April MS Newsletter

NEWSLETTERMiddle School April 2024 | Issue 6 LOWCOUNTRY PREPARATORY SCHOOL

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Spotlight

Fisher, US Art

Thornton, LS/MS Art

Spotlight

Cox-Floyd, 6th

Grace Hawley, 7th

8th

& Meaningful Connections

Trips

& Upcoming Events

Table

Teacher

Alyson

Kendall

Student

Reagan

Miller

Aiden Alvarado,

Classroom Activities

Field

Announcements

AlysonFisher

MS/US Art

Ms. Fisher is from Greenville, South Carolina where most of her family resides She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Studio Art with minors in Art History and Psychology. She enjoys spending her free time with her sweet French bulldog named, Delphi, and her little black cat.

Professionally, Ms. Fisher has taught at Lowcountry for two years and teaches 7th and 8th grade Art, AP Art History, and AP Psychology.

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

When asked what her favorite thing about Lowcountry is, she says, “I truly have a second family here at LPS and it has been the biggest blessing to be surrounded with so many wonderful people. Working at a school in a beach town is something that seems like it’s out of a movie ”

Classroom at a Glance

7th Grade Art: Ceramic Dishes using plaster molds. Our plans are to use a painting technique called sgraffito to design them

8th Grade Art: Printmaking. We started with using Styrofoam and have worked our way up to carving linoleum blocks

Outside of school, Ms. Fishers likes, “to make art, ride bikes, and shop My family is from Greenville, SC so I love driving to the upstate to visit them. I have one nephew and will soon have a niece as well!”

DID YOU KNOW?

I love to write poetry! I had my first publication in an online literary review last year and continue to pursue that in my free time.

KendallThornton LS/MS Art

Mrs. Thornton has been an art teacher for 15 years. Before arriving in Pawleys Island, she previously taught in schools in Georgia and Tennessee. She spent 10 years working in middle school and five years in elementary and lower school

This is Mrs. Thornton’s first year at Lowcountry. She is also a mom of a third grade student, Cosette Thornton

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

When asked what her favorite thing about Lowcountry is, she responds, “the students. We have such a motivated and talented group of students Each class that I teach is filled with enthusiastic students who are ready to try new things. The students at LCP are so creative and they are absolutely my favorite part of my job.”

Classroom at a Glance

We are covering collage, painting, and three dimensional sculpture in multiple grade levels

My background is in pottery and ceramics so I really love sharing those concepts with my students

3rd Grade: Silhouette Painting

6th Grade: An Independent Study Project

Outside of the classroom, Mrs Thornton loves, “creating and working on my own artwork. I also enjoy running and spending time and traveling with my husband Peter and daughter Cosette. Other hobbies that are important to me are reading and antiquing and refinishing furniture ”

DID YOU KNOW?

My undergraduate degree is in Journalism

I was an intern at CNN in Atlanta and really loved the experience. I was also on the Crew Team in college, rowing on a fourwomen's light-weight team and cheerleader

Reagan Cox-Floyd

6th Grade

Mr Starlight comments, “I love the creative energy that Reagan brings to music class and our performance programs She's not afraid to put herself out there and try to improvise something on the fly She also has an admirable work ethic, which enables her to take those creative ideas and then refine them into a wonderful performance “

Mrs. McCallister states, “Reagan is a powerhouse of energy and intelligence in a compact package! She loves to contribute her thoughts to class discussions. Not only is she an excellent student, but Reagan is an outstanding competitive dancer “

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

MillerGraceHawley 7th Grade

Mrs McCallister remarks, “Miller Grace is a conscientious and hard-working student who adds a lot to her Language Exploration class with her wonderful participation and enthusiasm She has also brought in some delicious foods when we have sampled cuisines from around the world for our culture portion of class ”

Mrs. Blomdahl observes that “Miller Grace is an excellent student who always gives her best effort and takes her time She is dedicated to her classes and is respectful to her teachers and her classmates She is confident in her responses and always has great insight ”

Aiden Alvarado

8th Grade

Ms. Schroeder states, “ he is kind, hardworking, and fun ”

Mrs. Blomdahl comments that “Aiden has been a great addition to the 8th grade He is a respectful young man who is outgoing and funny. He always gives his best effort and works well with his classmates ”

Outside of the classroom, Aiden enjoys representing the Marlins on the basketball team!

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

MiddleSchoolHonorRoll

QUARTER 3

A Honor Roll

Shannon Hungerford

Brenna Ballard

Sarah Livingston

Reagan Cox-Floyd

Stella Short

Nathan Robinson

Mary Grace Swift

Walker Weathers

Keely Green

Evelyn Lewis

Michael Simmons

Dargan Hughes

Annabella Peacher-Holderied

Londyn Roderick

Miller Grace Hawley

Daniel Lutz

Ada O’Halloran

Audrey Ludyjan

Harrison Errico

Luisa Lee

Shuler McKay

A/B Honor Roll

Sophia Greene

Mary Boyd McCarley

Henry Strong

Ellison Barr

Ben Skvarka

Bennett Burroughs

Wren Balco

Thomas Yamashita

Eva Jolly

Middleton Bell

Eric Solheim

Sophie Whitman

Elle Moody

Grant Putman

Owen Bryan

Reece Bayernic

Chloe Burlow

Aiden Alvarado

Lillian Marple

Chew on This Board Games Project

6th Grade-ELA

To culminate our nonfiction unit, students collaborated in groups to create an original board game that highlighted the concepts and facts we learned about the fast food industry. Students could mirror already existing games or create authentic versions

Each group had to create a way for players to move, a colorful board game, and comprehension questions for players to answer related to the information learned

We had a variety of interesting games like: B & S Burgers, Twister, McOpoly, Get Money, Decisions, Decisions, and McDonalds Life in a Dreamhouse

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Antarctica Theme Park Project

7th Grade-ELA

At the end of our nonfiction unit, students worked in groups to create an original theme park that represented the variety of Antarctic explorers studied.

Each group was tasked with creating a theme park map that displayed the seven different “lands” associated with each famous explorer. Each land had to display a creative game, ride, and show that described the expedition of the explorers. Then, they had to create a gift shop, a food court, and a first aid station.

A written component was required to explain each land and how it related to the explorer.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar 8th Grade-Ancient History

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!"

The 8th grade Ancient History class recited Mark Antony's funeral speech for Julius Caesar Students memorized the speech from William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Julius Caesar, and performed in Roman togas Was this ambition?! Yes, eighth grade proved to be much more noble than Brutus wrapping up their study of Ancient Rome in honorably stoic fashion and success!

6th Grade Visit to 5th Grade

Middle School Transition Program

On Tuesday, April 9th, our sixth grade students visited the fifth grade classroom to answer questions about their transition from 5th-6th grade Students shared experiences and advice they had for the rising 6th graders about how to best prepare for their next chapter

Our transition program began with 5th grade parent and student surveys followed by visits from the 6th grade teachers to the 5th grade classroom to share insight about the classes they teach

At the end of April, 5th graders will come to shadow 6th grade’s ELA and Math classes to get a first hand look at the exciting happenings in the Upper School building!

MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS

Chapel Assembly

8th Grade-Avery Sinclair

Friday, March 22

Avery has trained in vocal lessons since she was seven In our monthly chapel assembly, Avery performed an awe-inspiring rendition of the Beatles‘ “Let it Be” alongside Mr Tony Starlight and fellow guitarist, Robert We are so proud of you, Avery!

Wonderworks Myrtle Beach 8th-Physical Science FIELD TRIPS

On Friday, the 8th grade Physical Science class took a field trip to WonderWorks! We fueled up with a big breakfast at Eggs Up, then spent the day enjoying the rides, bubbles, bed of nails and more interactive exhibits. We also had fun doing the ropes course and laser tag at WonderWorks in Myrtle Beach. It provided some great bonding time for the class and it was a great chance to have science-related fun!

STATE SCIENCE FAIR

On students traveled to the State Science Fair to compete against other winners from SCISA schools

MS Participants:

Reece Bayernic (placed 2nd in the Junior Physical Science division)

Lillian Marple

Nathan Robinson

LS Participants:

Toby Hayes

Robert Marona (won 1st place in the Elementary Biological Science division)

Gavin Holladay (placed 3rd in the Elementary General Science division)

Turner Mesimer

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please join us next Wednesday, April 17 at 5:30 pm to overview our fast-approaching field trip to Colonial Williamsburg on April 22 - 24! We will discuss the schedule, room arrangements, carpool arrangements, code of conduct, etc. Also, driving chaperones can complete the LPS field trip driver form and make copies of your driver's license and car registration. Meeting will be held in Ms. Sandor’s room (Room 405)