Big changes ahead for CSLA! 8th and 9th grade took an onsite tour of the new school facilities this week. They met with Admin to learn more about HS credits for graduation, elective options, student volunteer requirements, athletics and more! Students had lots of questions and input about what they wanted to see offered. Admin will be able to customize what is being offered based on the needs and suggestions of the students. Their voice matters! What a gift it is to be able to create a High School from the ground up as the student!
Homecoming Week was a success, thanks to the band, led by Mr. Cross, the Student Council led by Mrs. Hoilman and Mrs. Gober, the Pep Club, led my Mrs. Cowan, and the many other teachers and students that helped. With the new high school in the making, new traditions are being made! CSLA's first REAL pep rally took place, theme days (Anything but a Backpack day was hysterical and check out the Encanto Cast above!) and our first annual teacher/ student basketball game was a huge hit!
In the tech lablast week, MS created prototypes for water bottle holders to use in the classroom. Here, you see students in the design thinking process using upcycled supplies.
During a field study, 7th graders spent the morning at Signal Centers learning about assistive technologies and then spent the afternoon in a workshop to develop solutions for a person in their group with a disability. Below one student was learning "to pick items up" without the use of her arms.
First Grade Tea Party is very special annual event for 1st grade. The traditions of British Tea and how they influenced formal "Teas" here in the South are taught throughout January. The group learns the TN Waltz and the manners used at a formal Tea. Mr. Rosenow posed at the "TN Governer" and came to speak to his "constiuents" during the tea.
Second grade practiced learning their Spanish vocabulary with Mrs. Kirby recently using their own snowmen creations; and did some research in the library in pairs working on parts of speech.
See the latest drone footage of our new building below!
