THE ZONE
COMMUNIT Y
Covering our Local Schools October 2010
School Education is Power
Volume 3, Issue 15
Sinclair Christian adopts foreign students Oak Hill Middle School
Blandy Hills Elementary
Creekside Elementary
Eagle Ridge Elementary
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Midway Elementary
Sinclair Christian Academy
GMC Prep School
Sinclair Christian Academy is studying cultures from around the globe up-close and personally. Our family is growing to include students from Hong Kong, Bangkok, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Dae-Jung. Traveling around the world to a different country may require some adjustment, but extreme acceptance builds an amazing bridge that bonds us with each other. Classmates share their thoughts about how completely they fit in together. Eighth grader Allie Griffin said, “They do everything we do except in Chinese.” A mutual respect of cool clothes, sports and music sparked interest in learning each others’ way of life. Robbie Rodriguez “wasn’t expecting students from other countries to be so open.” Joenghee Kim was spoken highly of by Seth Cagel, when pointing out “Korean dude is fast!” Teachers note the language of this age group is very similar even miles across the continents. High school exchange students hadn’t imagined being accepted so quickly by their “brave, active and crazy” American friends. Daryl Maldonado shared, “I thought they would just be quiet, shy and eat rice.” Vincent who eats packets of ketchup, and is from Nanjing, China, laughs because he didn’t anticipate how much fun we have here while we learn. “The entire student body is exposed to many universal talents. It’s has been a blessing to watch as everyone relates and builds on each others gifts from God. Our art program has been infused with a renewed interest in drawing. SCA classrooms showcase vivid illustration of how closely we are truly all related,” shares Mrs. Jenn Thomas.
Playing ‘Goldilocks’
CRE has special students
Early Learning Center
Baldwin High School
John Milledge Academy
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This is Ms. Black’s and Mr. Williams’ class at Blandy. They read the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ and then practiced retelling the story by acting it out. Pictured from left are Shantaleea Armalin (Goldilocks), Chasee’ Wright (Baby Bear), Mar’Kia Anderson (Mama Bear) and Dawson Atkins (Papa Bear).
The students in Ms. Amason’s kindergarten class at Creekside Elementary School learned about how each one of us is special. We discussed ways that we were alike and different. After the lesson the children got to make a cookie to look like themselves. Shown is Drew Knowles with the cookie he decorated to look like him.