Newsletter October 30, 2015

 

THE WOODLANDS THE WOODLANDS

C H R I S T I AACADEMY N CHRISTIAN A C A D E M Y OCTOBER 30, 2015

Learning Knows No Boundaries At Woodlands Christian Woodlands Christian is full of discovery and activity each school day. Learning takes place everywhere from cozy corners in classrooms to the great outdoors!

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Lower School News

G.I.R.L.S. Club Flies High Members of Girls Interested In Real Science (G.I.R.L.S) recently ventured to iFly Indoor Skydiving to learn about the mechanics of flight. The third through fifth grade students learned about Bernoulli’s Principle* and how to engineer a parachute. They even got to feel the effects of terminal velocity with two flights in the wind tunnel. The first was a low flight and the second was at thirty feet in the air!

Information & photos submitted by Robert Roach. *Bernoulli’s principle states that the faster air moves, the less pressure it exerts. This means that when the air above an object moves faster than the air below it, the air pressure pushing up on the bottom of the object is greater than the pressure pushing down, so the object goes up.

Hands On Geography

The fifth grade social studies class recently participated in a hands on learning exercise by creating landform maps of Africa using salt dough. According to their teacher, Mrs. Mia Harpel, “The project was messy, but hopefully the lesson will ‘stick’ in their brains!”

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Library News  

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Let The Book Bugs Bite!

Tuesday - Friday November 3-6 7:45 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

(The book fair will close at noon on Friday, November 6) Lower and middle school students will attend the book fair with their classes to make a wish list or to shop. Lower school students will bring home a wish list to share with their parents, and the library will also keep a copy. Students may come to the library at other times during the week with permission from their teacher.

Parents are also welcome at the book fair!

All of the proceeds from the book sales directly benefit The Woodlands Christian Academy library.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Upper School News

Advice From Shakespeare The well known phrase, “To thine own self be true”, spoken by Polonius to his son Laertes in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, has taken on new meaning for students in Mrs. Brenda Phillips high school English classes. The students have discovered that words spoken in a play written hundreds of years ago still ring true today. Mrs. Phillips asked the students’ parents to write to them a letter of advice. The students then read the letters in class and compared the advice given to them today to that written in Hamlet hundreds of years ago. Surprisingly, much of the advice written by 21st century parents, in some form or fashion, reflected Shakespeare’s words.

OCTOBER 30, 2015

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT NEWS Warriors Bounce Back The Warriors rebounded nicely from last week’s loss with a 28-20 victory over Rosehill Christian. Running back Luke Hudson marked another milestone by surpassing 7,000 all purpose yards for his career. The team is now 4-1 in district and 5-3 overall.

The playoff picture is still coming into focus making the Warriors’ final two games of utmost importance. Both games will be played at home starting with Lutheran North this Friday, October 30 and finally, Legacy Prep on November 6. Kickoff for both games is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. You won’t want to miss these important district contests so come out and support your Warrior football team!

Varsity Volleyball Bound For Playoffs - JV District Champs The Warrior varsity volleyball team played tough and defeated Katy Faith West (3-0) for the final playoff spot in TAPPS 3A District 6. The team now heads to the first round of the playoffs for a match against Round Rock Christian Academy on Thursday, October 29 in Round Rock, Texas. The match is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.

Congratulations to the junior varsity Warrior volleyball team on finishing their season undefeated in district play resulting in a district championship!

Go Warrior volleyball!

Warrior Girls’ Cross Country Team District Champs This has been a great season… one of our best! On Saturday, October 24 we hosted the eight schools from the TAPPS 3A-District 4 for the district championship meet, and it was a great test for all of the teams participating. Our girls’ team WON the meet and are now district champions! The boys also did well finishing in third place overall. Those runners earning individual medals by finishing in the top ten are as follows: Olivia Gregory (gold), Hannah Shearer (silver), Megan Worthington (4th place), Kaitlin Howard (7th place), Dani Wassell (9th place), Ben Mueck (6th place) and Jake Adams (10th place).

The team will now travel to Waco for the state championship meet on Saturday, October 31. We continue to trust God’s plan for our season, and He continues to bless our efforts. Go Warrior cross country!

Information & photo submitted by Coach Tom Earle.

OCTOBER 30, 2015

All School News

The theme for our 2016 auction and gala will be revealed on‌ Monday, November 2 2:30 p.m. MPR Please join us to learn more about how you can be a part of this exciting event!

Auction committee chairpersons will be available to answer your questions and share the many ways in which you may get involved with our auction.

There are still a number of t-shirts looking for a home!

If you have not yet picked up your homecoming t-shirts, please stop by The Armory!

OCTOBER 30, 2015