Newsletter 10/14

10/14/21

VOL. 1, NO.3

RED & BLUE REVIEW Weekly Newsletter of Tipton-Rosemark Academy

IMPORTANT DATES CLUE - Presented by TRA Fine Arts Order Tickets https://bit.ly/TRAtix OCTOBER 14-17

Varsity Football @ Harding 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Scholastic Book Fair TRA Library OCTOBER 18-22

ACT for Seniors OCTOBER 19

$2 Dress Down Day OCTOBER 22

Varsity Football @ FACS 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 25

Head of School Review

BY DR. ANDY GRAHAM I t i s so good to be back on the TRA campus after fal l break. We hope that al l of you had a wonderful week and enj oyed some ti me wi th your fami l i es. I t i s an exci ti ng week on campus wi th preparati ons for our theatre producti on of CLUE. The show wi l l be performed Thursday through Sunday, October 14-17 (eveni ng performances at 7 and mati nees (Saturday and Sunday) at 2 pm. The ti ckets are sel l i ng bri skl y, and Mrs. Vaughn and our theatre students have been worki ng di l i gentl y to get ready for the performance. Thanks to al l of our students, teachers, and parents who have worked so hard on thi s producti on.

"I have to say that I am so excited to attend my first show this evening.

If you haven’t already, please make plans to come out and join us for the show."

Head of School Review

Dr. Andy Graham Head of School

CONTINUED When I began the search process wi th TRA, I remember searchi ng the i nternet for every vi deo that I coul d fi nd and was bl own away by the theatre performances that I vi ewed onl i ne. The students were so tal ented, and i t was obvi ous that they had excel l ent i nstructors.

Thanks to al l of you that came out and parti ci pated i n our homecomi ng festi vi ti es! We had a great MS and US Homecomi ng! I woul d l i ke to congratul ate al l of those on the Homecomi ng Court and thank our teams for thei r great efforts and sportsmanshi p i n both games. I t was fun to get to meet some of our former students at the al umni tent and congratul ati ons to the cl ass of ‘ 81 for thei r 40th anni versary.

Lastl y, I coul dn’ t be prouder of our facul ty as we near the end of the fi rst quarter. They are doi ng cl asses,

an

outstandi ng worki ng

wi th

j ob

pl anni ng

thei r

for

thei r

students,

and

parti ci pati ng i n so many aspects of the school beyond academi cs. We are bl essed to have such a dedi cated group of teachers.

Dr. Andy Graham Head of School

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"We must take every opportunity to not only educate our students, but also to show them every day how much they are known and loved by our school family…and most importantly, by The One who created them."

Upper School Review

BY STEPHANIE WEHRER Wednesday marked the end of the fi rst quarter i n thi s school year, and whi l e I cannot speak for everyone, i t sure seems to me l i ke i t has fl own by!

After a fun-fi l l ed Homecomi ng Week, where the

Stephanie Wehrer Associate Head of School

Upper School Principal

seni ors narrowl y squeaked by the j uni ors to wi n the overal l poi nts race, the TRA communi ty was abl e to enj oy some ti me of rest over Fal l Break. I pray that the students, fami l i es and school staff were abl e to carve out some ti me to renew thei r mi nds

and

thei r

strength

through

whatever

company or acti vi ty they enj oy.

Duri ng Fal l Break, the upper school had many students taki ng tri ps for col l ege vi si ts and i t i s al ways exci ti ng to have them return and share stori es of the campuses they saw or the peopl e they met. Over the next coupl e of weeks we wi l l be admi ni steri ng the ACT to al l of our hi gh school seni ors,

fol l owed

by

the

PSAT

to

j uni ors

and

sophomores that si gned up to take i t. Pl ease be on the l ookout for more i nformati on to come from gui dance

and

admi ni strati on

about

those

two

testi ng dates.

The

Fi ne

Arts

program

wi l l

open

thei r

producti on of “ CLUE, ” thi s Thursday, and wi l l show through Sunday. Be sure to get your ti cket to check i t out! I can’ t wai t to see i t on Fri day!

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"The privilege of praying to and praising our God is never taken lightly.

Our teachers love sharing the Bible and God’s teachings.

Thank you for allowing us to do that! We are surely blessed by them every single day."

Lower School Review

BY SUSAN CRANFORD We have “ hi t the ground runni ng” si nce returni ng from Fal l Break. Teachers and students are busy fi ni shi ng up our fi rst ni ne weeks. Our

Susan Cranford Lower School Principal

gradi ng peri od ends today, October 13 and report cards wi l l go home next Wednesday, October 20.

Li ttl e Rebel Basketbal l teams have been formed and games wi l l begi n soon. Basketbal l cheer si gn ups are goi ng home today and are due back on Fri day, October 15. Gi rl s i n grades 2-5 may choose to cheer at the basketbal l games as wel l as pl ay!

We l ove mul ti sport athl etes!

Our students real l y enj oy goi ng to STEAM each week

wi th

experi ments

Mrs. and

Joan

Horton.

chal l enges

They

she

LOVE

assi gns

the

them

each week. Thi s week, our fi rst grade students had to col l aborate and pl an thei r desi gn and then create a maze wi th speci fi c cri teri a for Hexbugs.

They had fun and enj oyed thi s so much! Thank you Mrs. Joan for maki ng l earni ng fun i n STEAM and teachi ng us to col l aborate and probl em sol ve!

We are l ooki ng forward to begi nni ng our second ni ne weeks together. We feel l i ke everyone has “ settl ed i n” and our students have reuni ted wi th ol d fri ends and made some new ones, too.

Si nce we are sel f contai ned i n the el ementary school , we real l y are l i ke a fami l y i n each cl ass from 8: 00-3: 00.

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