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Second grade students visited the Rowan Museum this week where they were introduced to two of their upcoming units: the Civil War and westward expansion.
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| A Summer of Adventure Awaits |
Dear Salisbury Academy Families:
As we delve deeper into the third quarter of the school year, it's a great time to look ahead at the summer adventures to come!
Salisbury Academy is excited to once again offer the SA Summer Camp to enrolled SA families. This year's camp will be for rising kindergarten through rising fifth grade students and will run for 8 weeks: June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, July 9, July 16, July 23, and July 30.
Each weekday of SA Summer Camp will have a focus involving service, field trips, art, and science, with Big Splash Day - a day of swimming and lunch at the pool - taking place each Friday. As a new component to our summer programming, we are excited to share that this year students will engage in a weekly adventure and learning opportunity with the
Muddy Sneakers organization. This partnership is sure to inspire SA's young conservationists as they get outdoors to explore and experiment with nature!
A more detailed activity and cost outline will be emailed in the near future. Please contact
Mrs. Penny Moss, SA Summer Camp director, with questions.
Sincerely,
Beverly Fowler, Head of School
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A Trip to Charlotte Brings Eighth Grade Studies to Life: Levine Museum and Children's Theater
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In conjunction with their study of the cultural shift in the 1950's and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, eighth grade students visited the Levine Museum of the New South and the Children's Theater of Charlotte this week. At the Levine Museum, students toured the exhibit Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers: Reinventing Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont in the New South. At the theater, students viewed the performance titled And in this Corner... Cassius Clay.
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Important Dates
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| First grade's study of astronomy brought them on a tour of outer space! |
PSA Meeting
Tues., Feb. 6
8:05 a.m.
Devorah Heitner Presentation
Thurs., Feb. 8
6:30 p.m. in the gym
Screenwise author Heitner will present on
Priority Re-enrollment Closes
Tues., Feb. 13
Make-Up School Day
Fri., Feb. 16
Students and staff will follow regular Friday hours
Presidents Day Holiday
Mon., Feb. 19
No school for students or staff
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The Study of Invention: Fourth grade masters the process of creation
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Eureka! Fourth grade students are super inventors! To understand the history and process of invention, students learned the six skills of inventing - collaboration, knowledge, research, documentation, failure, and pitching - and studied a range of informational text about inventors, inventions, and the process of creation.
Empowered with this knowledge, students then created their own inventions after identifying problems and coming up with evidence-based solutions. As their final project, students had the option of creating working inventions, non-working models, or a detailed diagram. Students pitched their inventions to their classmates as shown in the below video. Fourth grade students also held an Invention Fair in the gym where they shared their inventions with their peers from lower and middle school (pictured above). Congratulations students on your masterful creations!
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| Eurkea! Student Inventors of Salisbury Academy's Fourth Grade |
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"We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."
~Jesse Owens, world record-setting Olympic athlete
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Habeeb Catering will provide hot lunches Monday through Friday to our students enrolled in grades 1-8 during the 2017-2018 school year. See the February lunch menu below.
Also of importance, Habeeb Catering will offer lunch on Friday, February 16th since this day will now be a Snow Make-up Day for students. An updated February menu is attached to this email for your convenience.
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This week's chapel speaker will be Rev. Dr. Mark Conforti of the First United Methodist Church of Salisbury speaking on the virtues "Honesty and Justice."
Chapel takes place every Thursday morning at 9 a.m. Families are welcome and encouraged to join us for this special time as a community!
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Booster Club Pizza Lunch Dates:
Feb. 9,
March 9,
April 13,
May 18.
Click here for a Booster Club Pizza order form
. Individual lunches are $6.00 each for lower school and $7.00 each for middle school. Checks may be made out to Salisbury Academy, with Booster Club Pizza written in the memo portion.
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Important Announcements
- Coach Wilson will send out emails this week about the WCCAA varsity basketball tournaments. We are still waiting for some of the conference games to finish before we finish the bracket.
- Spring sports sign-ups are on the board outside of Coach Wilson's office. Salisbury Academy offers: Girls Soccer (5th-8th grade), Co-ed Tennis (5th- 8th grade), Co-ed Golf (5th-8th grade), and Co-ed Track (1st-8th grade). If your child would like to participate please have them sign-up, or email Coach Wilson.
- There will be a required parents meeting on February 28th at 6:00 for all students playing a spring sport.
- Due to conference make-up games the Sacred Heart Game Scheduled for Monday, February 5 has been canceled.
Monday, February 5
- Varsity Boys Practice 3:30 - 5:00
- Varsity Girls Practice 5:00 - 6:30
Tuesday, February 6
- Varsity Boys Practice 3:30 - 5:00
- Varsity Girls Practice 4:00 - 5:30
Wednesday, February 7
- Varsity Girls Basketball Game @ Statesville Montessori 4:00
- Varsity Boys Basketball Game @ Statesville Montessori 5:00
Information For Basketball Games
- Address: 1012 Harmony Dr. Statesville, NC 28677
- Transportation will be provided to the game
- Students riding the bus will be dismissed at 2:45
- Blue Uniform
Thursday, February 8 - No Athletics
Friday, February 9 - No Athletics
Saturday February 10
- WCCAA Varsity Girls Basketball Tournament @ St. Stephens Lutheran School 8:30
- WCCAA Varsity Boys Basketball Tournament @ Salisbury Academy 8:30
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