Holiday Party

Many thanks to the Bodine School Board of Directors and Parent Organization for a wonderful Holiday Party for the faculty and staff!

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Boy Scout Leader Visits Bodine

This morning Kelbert Fagan, the Eastern District Executive for the Boy Scouts of America, spoke to the male students about the Boy Scouts program.

Irish Dancing

Eileen W. is a team member of the Inis Acla School of Traditional Irish Dance. As an advanced beginner, Eileen danced in a 4 hand with 3 others under 9 years of age and an 8 hand with 7 others under 12 years of age dance in Dallas Texas this past weekend. Her team placed 8th and 10th amongst about 30 teams from all over the Southern region. The regional competition is once a year and it is called an Oireachtas (pronounced a-rock-tus). Irish dance is a passion of Eileen's and the accomplishment of her team is fantastic! Congratulations Inis Acla Irish Dance Team!

Thank You, Val Darling!

The Board of Directors celebrated board chair, Val Darling, a parent of an alumnus, for her 6 years of leadership with a special dinner at Old Venice. The night was a celebration of Val’s hard work and dedication to the school and its growth.

4-H Winners

Kendyl H. – 6th grade, 1st place for photography and 2nd place for poster art.

Michael C. 5th grade, 2nd place for 4th grade photography

Carter W.- 5th grade, 3rd place for the Piggy Bank 3rd place for public speaking

Ruffin W.- 5th grade, 2nd place for the Piggy Bank

Matthew D.- 5th grade, 3rd place for his demonstration on Wrestling

Lily H.- 6th grade, 1st place in bread baking and 3rd place in public speaking

Congratulations!

2nd Grader, Emma G.'s Triathlon

Second Grader Emma G. participated in the Bartlett Recreation Center Kids Triathlon this summer on August 8, 2009. She won her age division. Congratulations Emma! We are so proud of you!

Make a Wish

For the second year in a row, third grader Eileen W.  held a garage sale and then donated all the money she earned to the Make A Wish Foundation. She was aware of the work they did and wanted to be able to help a child receive a wish.  Way to go, Eileen!

"Pictured with FM100’s Ron Olson and Dana Fox, Eileen W. proudly donated $100 to the Mid-South Chapter from a garage sale she held to raise funds for Make-A-Wish."

3rd Grade's Native American Art

Third graders have been learning about Native Americans in both Art and Social Studies. In Art, they made jewelry, masks, and pouches from real leather. Earlier this year, they made Native replica dwellings of mud houses and tepees to represent different tribes. In Social Studies, they have been reading about the many types of tribes and their cultures. Students will be interacting on a virtual website to learn about the Wampanoag tribe that helped the Pilgrims.

Historical Halloween

Our Historical Halloween theme this year was “World Leaders Throughout History”.   Some of the leaders pictured here were: Julius Caesar, King Arthur, Cleopatra, Charlamange, Pocahontas, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Mother Theresa, Winston Churchill,  Eva Peron, and Abigail Adams.   Students researched their leaders, then prepared and practiced a short speech to present themselves as that person.

Awards were given for Authenticity of Costume, Quality of Research, or Unique Presentation. Prizes were from Putt-Putt, Chik-fil-A, Wendy’s,and USA Karate.   The Middle School students then put on a fall festival for the elementary students with games, face painting, and candy!

First Time in Bodine History!

On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, the Middle School students experienced for the first time ever a Virtual Lab. Through the computer, they were able to culture dangerous pathogenic bacteria that cause pneumonia or influenza. They also got to experiment on different types of disinfectants and medications to see which were effective against these organisms. Obviously, this would be too dangerous to actually do in a middle school lab. However, it was a valuable experience for the students and a resource offered free through our current text book. Students could also record their data, make tables and answer questions about the experiment on-line.


In addition, our students can log on to an online edition of their textbook if they forget their book at school. They need to log onto: http://www.life.msscience.com/ and then use this student code when they are prompted: E7A97E2806. Study guides, practice quizzes, photos, videos and even some on-line dissections are available on this site. Anyone in the school is welcome to check out this source of valuable information.

1st Graders Get Slimed!

1st graders are slimed in the Science lab. The 1st graders had fun making slime and experimenting mixing solids and liquids to see what they could “create”.

1st Grade Brown Bear Project

The first graders worked hard creating a slideshow about the book Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See? They used KidPix and Photostory to complete this class project in the computer lab and the classroom. Way to go 1st graders!

5th Grade Science Lab