Red & Blue Review 1/21/21

10/21/21

VOL. 1, NO.4

RED & BLUE REVIEW Weekly Newsletter of Tipton-Rosemark Academy

IMPORTANT DATES Dress Down Day $2 Charity of Choice OCTOBER 22

Varsity Football @ FACS 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Scholastic Book Fair TRA Library FINAL DAY OCTOBER 22

4K Field Trip OCTOBER 25

Winter Music Auditions & Call Backs OCTOBER 25-28

Head of School Review

BY DR. ANDY GRAHAM What a great week we had at TRA l ast week wi th

CLUE

bei ng

performed

by

our

theatre

students. The cast of the pl ay put on a wonderful performance, crowds

and

vi ewi ng

travel ed

to

they

the

Hardi ng

had

show.

such Our

enthusi asti c

footbal l

Academy

and

team pl ayed

extremel y wel l i n an i mpressi ve wi n.

The campus has al so been busy wi th other acti vi ti es

wi th

parti ci pati ng

in

our the

Upper ACT

School and

our

students seni ors

PSAT/NMSQT

conti nui ng work on thei r seni or proj ects. Our

OCTOBER 23

seni ors have been very di l i gent i n thei r proj ect work, and the campus al ready l ooks better wi th thei r efforts.

Annual Fund Virtual Silent Auction Nov 26 - Dec 9

If you would like to donate an item for the Virtual Silent Auction please follow this link: bit.ly/3hVOKn7

Head of School Review CONTINUED We are begi nni ng to ki ck off our admi ssi ons work for 2021-2022, and I woul d l i ke to ask for your hel p. Pl ease tal k to your fri ends i n your nei ghborhood and at church and i nvi te them to bri ng thei r chi l d for a student shadow or tour at our school . I am so i mpressed wi th our students,

If you like to make a donation directly to the Annual Fund please follow this link: https://bit.ly/trafund

our facul ty, and thi s school communi ty and woul d l ove to have others j oi n us.

Lastl y, thanks to those of you who have donated to our TRA Annual Fund. We woul d encourage those of you who haven’ t to pl ease consi der a gi ft. As you know, every need of the school i s not covered by tui ti on, and we greatl y appreci ate your support. Pl ease contact Brette Pi nner for more i nformati on at bpi nner@rebel mai l . net.

Dr. Andy Graham Head of School

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October 21, 2021

"The upper school faculty, staff and administration would like to remind students and parents, as well as ask for your partnership in being mindful of following dress code expectations."

Upper School Review

BY STEPHANIE WEHRER Tuesday, the Seni ors took the ACT on campus and

we

are

eagerl y

anti ci pati ng

those

score

reports to confi rm what we al ready know to be true…our students are some of the bri ghtest i n the

Stephanie Wehrer

Associate Head of School

Upper School Principal

country, and they work hard to demonstrate that truth every si ngl e day! Report cards were sent home on Wednesday, and for grades 6-10, thei r ACT Aspi re score reports from l ast May were al so attached. Be sure to take a l ook at how your chi l d performed at the end of a school year that l ooked so unl i ke any other we have ever had before. I am i ncredi bl y proud of our students, and I pray you wi l l be as wel l .

I hope you were abl e to see one of the showi ngs of

CLUE

l ast

weekend,

because

our

fi ne

arts

program and students outdi d themsel ves once agai n! We are proud of every si ngl e student i n the TRA fami l y, but especi al l y so, when they are usi ng the gi fts and tal ents they were bl essed wi th to share wi th the rest of us.

Thank you for the bl essi ng and pri vi l ege of worki ng wi th your students i n the upper school thi s year!

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October 21, 2021

"As the saying goes, the days are long but the years are short.

Time is already passing quickly this year! We are enjoying sharing the days with your child! TRA is an amazing place to learn and work, and we are thankful to be here."

Lower School Review

BY SUSAN CRANFORD What a fast ni ne weeks! Our students and teachers have worked very hard thi s fi rst gradi ng peri od, and the resul ts are amazi ng. Report cards

Susan Cranford Lower School Principal

went home Wednesday, and I know parents were exci ted to see such great progress! I f you have any questi ons or concerns about your chi l d’ s progress, pl ease

contact

your

chi l d’ s

teacher.

Communi cati on i s the key to maki ng thi s year the best i t can be for your chi l d.

Book Fai r i s thi s week i n the TRA Li brary. Mrs. Stacy Hal l has done an amazi ng j ob organi zi ng that and hel pi ng our students sel ect and purchase i tems from thei r wi sh l i st. New books are al ways so exci ti ng! We l ove that our students l ove to read.

The best gi ft we as parents and teachers can gi ve our chi l dren i s to i nsti l l i n them a l ove of readi ng.

Bei ng

a

strong

reader

makes

everythi ng

el se

easi er. Thank you for readi ng to and wi th your chi l d to foster that l ove.

Our el ementary students LOVE goi ng to musi c cl ass each week. Mrs. Samantha Pence does an amazi ng j ob teachi ng musi c to al l of our students.

The students l ove l earni ng prai se songs that they si ng i n Chapel ! They are al so currentl y l earni ng songs for Veteran’ s day and for our Chri stmas program.

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October 21, 2021

"Dr. Jennifer Graham decorated one of our bulletin boards in the hall so that we can watch the donations as they are collected.

We are thankful to be a school that teaches our children about serving and loving our neighbors."

Lower School Review

CONTINUED Mrs. Samantha al so l eads our el ementary Chapel each week, and i t i s such a bl essi ng to al l of us. Bei ng abl e to pray and worshi p our God i s a

Susan Cranford Lower School Principal

HUGE part of why our fami l i es choose TRA. We are thankful for our teachers who i ncl ude prayer, Bi bl e teachi ngs and worshi p dai l y i n thei r l essons.

We l ove readi ng great pi eces of chi l dren’ s l i terature and compl eti ng fun acti vi ti es that ti e the l i terature to our l earni ng standards. Our fi rst graders read Creepy Carrots thi s week. They made a “ creepy carrot” and found four story el ements (characters, setti ng, probl em and sol uti on) i n the book. These are so cute and very creepy!

Our fourth graders have compl eted several scavenger

hunts

l atel y.

These

are

fun

and

educati onal . They are based on the standards for the week i n vari ous subj ect areas. Thi s week, they di d one on possessi ve nouns. That topi c can be qui te bori ng! Maki ng l essons educati onal and fun i s so i mportant to us, and we l ove seei ng our students enj oy l earni ng!

We are exci ted about Proj ect R12 bei ng our chari ty of choi ce thi s year. We are al ready worki ng toward our goal to hel p these chi l dren i n Uganda have a dormi tory to provi de a good pace for them to l i ve whi l e attendi ng school .

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October 21, 2021