Red & Blue Review 3/24/23

RED & BLUE REVIEW

IMPORTANT DATES

10th - 11th Grade ACT Testing

MARCH 28

Bike-A-Thon

1st - 5th

MARCH 30

Bike-A-Thon

2K - 5K

MARCH 31

Check the school calendar for all sporting events.

Head of School Review

BY DR ANDY GRAHAM

Welcome back from spring break! We hope you and your family had a fun and restful week away from school As we head into the last few months of the school year, we want to keep you updated on what's happening at our school. Here are some important announcements for the days to come.

Please mark your calendars for the following:

The SpongeBob Musical - This is a great show and there is still time to attend The remaining times are:

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Friday, March 24th at 7pm

Saturday, March 25th at 7pm

Sunday, March 26th at 3pm

Bike-a-Thon - March 30-31 - Great and fun fundraiser for TRA.

Project R12 Water Walk - April 21st (12-3:00 pm) - Fundraiser to support our school charity, Project R12 (Parents, grandparents, etc. are invited to this!)

We are also pleased to offer a variety of summer camps to make your child's summer full of fun and learning. Camps are open to TRA and Non-TRA students and run from June 5July 20 The registration deadline is May 1

In addition to our annual summer camp offerings, we also provide summer care through our TREC program. The flyer is attached at the end of this brochure.

Camp information can be found here: https://www.tiptonrosemarkacademy.net/summercamps-2023

Upper School Review

BY STEPHANIE WEHRER

Coach Stevenon’s Chemistry classes have been learning about the unique properties for each different state for which matter can exist. What better way to demonstrate these distinct properties than for students to replicate the movement of particles for each of those states I was able to sneak a peek at their human representations for particles of matter when they exist as solids, liquids or gasses. For some of you, it may not be as exciting as it was to me, but getting to catch a glimpse of this lesson certainly made my science teacher heart very happy!

The counseling department hosted a field trip to Pathways2Possibilities: P2P Career Expo, an inspirational program offered to thousands of 8th grade students in the West Tennessee area. This program was a great opportunity for students to take the first steps in planning for his or her future! The 18 Pathways represented Aerospace, Agriculture/Food/Natural Resources, Architecture/Construction, Arts/AV Technology/Communication, Business Management/Administration, Education/Training, Energy, Engineering/Polymer Science, Finance, Government/Public Administration, Health Science, Hospitality/Tourism, Human Services, Information Technology, Law/Public Safety/Corrections/Security, Manufacturing, Marketing, Transportation/Distribution/Logistics.

Finally, next Tuesday sophomore and junior students will be taking the ACT on campus, during the regular school day. Please pray for rest, and clear minds as they take this test. This will be a regular day for all other grades, and students that will be testing will also resume their regular schedule once the testing concludes. Sophomore and junior students will not be dismissed early after they are finished with testing

Lower School Review

BY SUSAN CRANFORD

Everyone had a great time celebrating our grandparents at Grandparent’s Day before Spring Break. The programs were wonderful and the grands also loved visiting the classrooms. The love on campus that day was evident everywhere you looked. There is nothing like the love between a grandparent and a grandchild! They sure do make life “grand” for each other!

Lots of fun is taking place in the elementary school this week. Our PreK-4 students celebrated letter “P” with pajamas, popcorn and Pete the Cat. This sounds like the perfect day!

In Steam this week, students did a rainbow walking water experiment. They talked about cause and effect and what happens over time while paper towel strips sit in colored water. They also made rainbow paper by “catching a rainbow” in a bowl of water. They loved this activity!

OUR PREK-2 AND PREK-3 STUDENTS CELEBRATED ST. PATRICK’S DAY A LITTLE LATE ON MONDAY. THEY HAD “LUCKY” SNACKS, TALKED ABOUT WHAT MAKES THEM “LUCKY” AND DID SOME FUN ART WORK, TOO!

OUR 2023 SUMMER CAMP BROCHURE IS ON OUR WEBSITE. CHECK IT OUT FOR TONS OF FUN CAMPS YOUR CHILD WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND THIS SUMMER!

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Some days you just need to take a break and I caught third graders in Mrs. Coat’s class having a 30 second dance party. They were having so much fun taking a little “brain break” and getting the wiggles out! I had to join them!

We enjoyed Chapel this week which was led by two of our TRA Seniors. Maddox Pinner and Lillie Garner shared an Easter story with us. They read The Donkey Who Carried a King to our elementary students and did a great job. We love sharing this time with our older students and we also love singing praises to our Lord. This is our favorite time of the week!

We are looking forward to our first baseball / softball buddy visit this Friday! Players are paired with each classroom to do fun activities together. This is a great mentoring activity and our boys and girls love it when the older students come to visit. We love being a PreK-212th grade campus!