February 24th, 2017 Volume 9, Issue 24

B r a d f o r d B u l l e t i nB r a d f o r d B u l l e t i nB r a d f o r d B u l l e t i n B R A D F O R D A C A D E M Y ’ S P A R E N T U P D A T E

T i m o r D o m i n i P r i n c i p i u m S c i e n t i a e

The Lord blessed us with an

incredibly beautiful day for our

Ultimate Frisbee Tournament

on Thursday! The students

played hard and enjoyed the

special event under the warm

sunshine and fresh air. We

played round-robin style and

added up the points for wins

and losses. There was a clear

winner, but the remaining three

houses tied. We had to then go

to the point differential to

determine the places of the

remaining teams. Here is the

final results:

• 1st Leiden

• 2nd Austerfield

• 3rd Scrooby

• 4th Plymouth

Congratulations! I saw a real

spirit of determination, good

will, and sportsmanship among

the students. Well done!

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

• 02/27 - Chess club

commences (K-5th)

• 03/02 - Field trip (5th)

• 03/03 - Reading Day!

• 03/03 - Chess and Pizza

Party (6th-9th)

• 03/10 - NC Museum of Art

(1st - 8th)

• 03/16 - End of 3rd Q

• 03/20-24 - Spring Break

P R A Y E R

Please pray for God’s supply

regarding specific needs:

1) Planning and execution of

the many tasks that make

Bradford a special place!

2) Scholarship fund. We have

an increasing need to

continue making Bradford

Academy accessible to all

families who desire a

CHRISTIAN AND CLASSICAL

education in Mebane.

3) Our HIGH SCHOOL program

is growing with the addition

of 10th grade next year!

4) Growing athletic program.

Our athletic program is an

excellent avenue for our

children to grow in body

and mind, but there are

obstacles that require

wisdom and resources.

5) Plans for facilities to house

our growing school. We are

looking to secure a location

for a second campus to

house our upper school for

2017/2018. Please pray.

U l t i m a t e D a y !U l t i m a t e D a y !

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Mr s . R i v e ra & Mr s . J o n e s ( K i n d e r g a r t e n )

Math: Comparing and ordering numbers to 100, counting by

100’s, addition facts sums of 10, and identifying a missing

addend.

Phonics: Target sound /Y/, target sound /Z/, target sound /W/,

the proper strokes for the letters Y and W in handwriting, and

review.

Music: This week our Kindergarten Class began with prayer

and our Weekly Praise Verse (Exodus 15:2). Our lesson was

about the history of the composers Bach and Handel. We

spent some time coloring while enjoying listening to the

beautiful music of Bach. We finished class singing one of our

favorite love songs, “Jesus Loves Me.”

Art: We discussed our featured artist Benjamin West and read

the book, The Boy Who Loved to Draw.

P.E.: We practiced our passing and dribbling skills.

Science: We began our unit on mammals and big cats.

Memory Verse: Review week

Mr s . C am p b e l l ( 1 s t G r a d e )

Math: Using mental computation to subtract 10 from a two-

digit number; measuring and drawing line segments to the

nearest half inch; counting coins review; and subtracting 2

facts.

Phonics: Target: Two sounds of OO

Reading: Lexi’s Hope (vocabulary prep, reading

comprehension, art activity)

Grammar: Story narration: “The Hen and the Golden Eggs”

Identifying nouns in a story

Poem memorization: “Days of the Week”

History: Students learned of some of the men who played key

roles in the War for Independence such as Francis Marion, the

“Swamp Fox,” and General Nathanael Greene. They also heard

of the events leading up to the surrender in Yorktown in 1781.

Music: This week our First Graders began class with prayer and

our Weekly Praise Verse (Exodus 15:2). We enjoyed some time

listening to the music of Bach. Then we had a lesson with the

title, “What Kind of Heart Do You Have?,” in which we read

Scripture and took time to evaluate how loving we are, and

how we could work on becoming more like Christ in our

thoughts and actions towards others. We finished class singing

our Hymns of Love.

Science: Earth Science Test #1, Introduced the three main

types of clouds (cumulus, stratus, cirrus)

Art: We discussed our featured artist Benjamin West and read

the book, The Boy Who Loved to Draw. Students also colored a

copy of West’s work “Colonel Guy Johnson, 1775.”

P.E.: Ultimate Frisbee Tournament

Verse: 2 Corinthians 9:6,7

Mi s s S t e v e n s o n ( 2 n d G r a d e )

Math: Estimating and Measuring Distance Using Feet, Yards,

and Meters, Identifying the Number of Inches in a Foot and in a

Yard, Feet in a Yard, and Centimeters in a Meter

History: Plagues in Egypt

Grammar: States and Capitals (Alabama-New Jersey)

Music: This week our Second Graders began class with prayer

and our Weekly Praise Verse (Exodus 15:2). We enjoyed some

time listening to the music of Bach. Then we had a lesson with

the title, “What Kind of Heart Do You Have?,” in which we read

Scripture and took time to evaluate how loving we are, and how

we could work on becoming more like Christ in our thoughts

and actions towards others. We finished class singing our

Hymns of Love.

Spelling: Words With VCCVCCV Syllable Division

Reading: Little House in the Big Woods

Latin: Body Words (ear, nose, eye, mouth)

Art: Explored warm and cool colors by blending oil pastels to

create the effect of fire and the ocean.

Science: Reviewed the water cycle, Discussed tides in relation

to the moon

P.E.: Ultimate Frisbee Tournament

Verse: Proverbs 25:6-12

Mr s . M i t c h e l l ( 3 r d G r a d e )

Math: Identifying mixed numbers and improper fractions;

writing mixed numbers as improper fractions; showing mixed

numbers and improper fractions using pictures; multiplying a 3-

digit number by a 2-digit number; assessments.

History: Birth of Christ - We reach the turning point in our

salvation history timeline!

Reading: Continuing to enjoy Detectives in Togas, chs. 10-12.

Latin: Chapter 21 - Imperfect tense of

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Charge!

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sum.

Grammar: Test on sentence fragments, run-on sentences,

sentences with compound subjects and compound verbs;

Chapter 15 - contractions.

Writing: Gave demonstration speeches.

Music: This week our Third Graders began class with prayer and

our Weekly Praise Verse (Exodus 15:2). We enjoyed some time

listening to the music of Bach. Then we had a lesson with the

title, “What Kind of Heart Do You Have?,” in which we read

Scripture and took time to evaluate how loving we are, and how

we could work on becoming more like Christ in our thoughts

and actions towards others. We finished class singing our

Hymns of Love.

Science: Experiments with breaking the surface tension of

water; made a water molecule.

Art: Featured artist presentation by Mrs. Fairchild.

P.E.: Ultimate Frisbee tournament.

Verse: Psalm 19:11-12

Tests: Wednesday: spelling, grammar

Friday: history, Latin, math

Mr s . Ham i lt o n ( 4 t h G r a d e )

Math: Students learned about the properties of geometric

solids, reviewed the concepts of mean, median, mode, and

range, and learned about units of capacity.

History: The Fall of Constantinople to Mohammed the Second–

students learned about the tragic beginnings of the Renaissance

movement.

Writing: At last, students completed first drafts of their research

papers. This process has given students just a glimpse at what a

true research paper is (one based on argument, and not just a

report), at its structure, and at the way to

conduct research.

Literature: We continued reading the First

Book of King Arthur and His Knights of the

Round Table (R.L. Green). Although this is

proving to be a challenging read, students

are doing a wonderful job entering into

the story.

Latin: In Latin, we began memorizing and

working with the demonstrative pronoun

“that” (ille).

Science: Students are extremely excited to

be learning about the topography of the

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earth. They began learning about major mountain ranges,

plateaus, and ridges, and noted them on their own maps.

Art: We spent our art class this week finishing up our

cathedrals and castles as well as looking in more detail at one

of Benjamin West’s paintings, The Death of General Wolfe.

P.E.: Ultimate Frisbee tournament.

Music: This week our Fourth Graders began class with prayer

and our Weekly Praise Verse (Exodus 15:2). We enjoyed some

time listening to the music of Bach. Then we had a lesson with

the title, “What Kind of Heart Do You Have?,” in which we read

Scripture and took time to evaluate how loving we are, and

how we could work on becoming more like Christ in our

thoughts and actions towards others.

Mi s s W i n d e s ( 5 t h G r a d e )

Math: Reducing Fractions before Multiplying; Review and Test;

The Coordinate Plane.

History: This week we are studying the major battles of the

Revolutionary War, and George Washington’s leadership

throughout the successes and failures of this time period. We

are looking forward to visiting the battlefield of the Battle of

Guilford Courthouse next week!

Reading: We continue reading and discussing Duel in the

Wilderness and Witch of Blackbird Pond.

Latin: After finishing our review chapter, we began chapter 20

learning about the fourth declension endings.

Writing: We continued to enjoy hearing our classmates’ stories

and poems read aloud and then began the final drafts of our

five paragraph essays.

Grammar: How do the various types of

pronouns affect our sentences and the

way we express ourselves? Investigating

the creative uses of subjective, objective

and possessive pronouns.

P.E. Ultimate Frisbee Competition

between the Houses! Fun times had by

all.

Music: This week Fifth Grade was unable

to have Music Class because the church

was using the facilities for a conference.

But the students were able to spend the

time wisely and have a study hall in which

they finished their homework, read, or

From the Teacher’s Desk (Continued)

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studied for future tests.

Science: This week in Science we reviewed tides (low/high,

spring/neap) and began learning about the stars, including the

sun.

Art: No art this week due to our PE field trip.

Verse: Philippians 2:14-15

Upcoming Tests:

Wednesday, 3/1: Ch. 20 Latin test

Friday, 3/3: History, Philippians 2:1-16

Mr s . Ga r r e t t ( 6 t h G r a d e )

Math: Area of parallelograms, angles of parallelograms,

classifying triangles, symbols of inclusion and adding positive

and negative numbers.

Literature: Finishing up Around the World in Eighty Days with

discussion and debate.

Writing: Character analysis papers take a good look at Verne’s

work. Students learn to analyze characters’ actions,

personalities, motives and words.

History: Jules Verne’s life and writings are front and center in

the students’ minds this week as they focus on this legendary

author and his multitudinous works.

P.E. Ultimate Frisbee Competition between the Houses! Fun

times had by all.

Latin: After reviewing the neuter fourth declension noun

endings, we began a new set of vocabulary and the fifth

declension noun endings.

Music: This Tuesday, Sixth Grade was unable to have Music

Class because the church was using the facilities for a

conference. But the students were able to spend the time

wisely and have a study hall in which they finished their

homework, read, or studied for future tests. On Thursday, we

received a study sheet for the Music History test we will be

having on Tuesday, February 28.

Science: At home, the students are practicing writing up lab

reports with their chosen experiments. Together, the class is

learning about particulate pollution, ozone pollution, and the

effects of various sources of pollution on health and the

community.

Art: A continuation on a study of the eye, and how light reflects

on the pupil.

Verse: Ephesians 1-2:19

Upcoming Tests: Math Test: 2/28, History, Ephesians 1-2:20

and Vocabulary Tests:3/3

Mr . J o h n s t o n ( 7 t h / 8 t h G r a d e H o m e r o o m )

Pre-Algebra: We learned what the absolute value of a number

is and then applied absolute value rules to adding signed

numbers. The students very much enjoyed practicing adding

signed numbers by playing Zero, a card game in which the

person closest to zero wins. We ended the week with learning

how to simplify powers and roots of fractions.

Algebra: We started learning how to factor trinomials into two

binomials this week. We also learned how to calculate the

probability of an event happening independently or in a

designated order. The students enjoyed flipping coins and

rolling dice! We took one day for test corrections, then

continued with more factoring of trinomials.

Omnibus I (7th): We tackled Plato’s Phaedo this week,

discussing Socrates’ view of the life of the true philosopher,

the nature of the soul, the philosopher’s view of death, and

many other things. We then compared all of these ideas to the

Christian worldview, finding much to agree with in Socrates

and some to put away.

Omnibus II (8th): We find ourselves in Shakespeare’s Macbeth

this week, reading of the unquenchable thirst for power of

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. We then observed how

Shakespeare takes each down a path of remorse, painting a

powerful picture of the effects of guilt on the human soul.

7th/8th Composition: We continued in The Lively Art of

Writing this week, looking at how to go from opinion to thesis

in research papers.

Music: This Tuesday, Seventh and Eighth Grade were unable

to have Music Class because the church was using the facilities

for a conference. But the students were able to spend the

time wisely and have a study hall in which they finished their

homework, read, or studied for future tests. On Thursday, we

received a study sheet for the Music History test we will be

having on Tuesday, February 28.

Latin: Continued Chapter 6 studying superlative adjectives

Logic: Considered the next category of fallacies called Fallacies

of Induction.

Science: We continued our section on oceanography.

Art: We dug into history and studied Benjamin West. So far,

all of our artists this year came from

Pennsylvania. The students were amazed at some of his

works of art and understood why he was called America’s

Raphael. They were a little shocked to discover how proud he

was and that he even had the

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Re-enrollment Timeline

March 1st

• IF you are currently on the payment plan and

will not be returning, please inform Mr.

Johnston in writing by this date.

• IF you plan to apply for tuition assistance for

2017/2018, please begin the process by this

date. (You will have had to file your personal

federal and state tax return in order to

complete the tuition assistance application.)

March 31st

• ALL families should return the RE-

ENROLLMENT contract with the deposit

(unless applying for assistance) by this date.

• IF you plan to apply for tuition assistance for

2017/2018, please complete the application

by MARCH 31st.

June 1st

• IF you plan to PAY IN FULL, the balance is due

on or before this date in order to receive the

discount.

June 5th (or as arranged)

• Auto draft payments for the 2017/2018

Tuition begin.

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need a large group of DONORS who commit to making small

regular donations to help fund our scholarship program. You can

join the team and make Classical Christian education available to

the children of this community for years to come! We are engaged

in a great battle for the minds and hearts of the next generation.

Will you contribute to victory? Please visit:

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audacity to turn down King George III’s offer of

knighthood...because it wasn’t good enough for him.

PE: Ultimate Frisbee!

Mr . Ham i lt o n ( 9 t h G r a d e H o m e r o o m )

Art: We continued our acrylic paintings and have made

progress! We expect this project to take awhile since it is quite a

challenge. We also took time this week to look at the works of

Benjamin West and study his life. We began drawing a timeline

on the whiteboard and we were amazed at how closely his

intersected John James Audubon and Mary Cassat’s lives. They

all were born in PA, spent significant time in Philadelphia,

travelled to the U.K. and probably saw each other’s work on

display. Mary Cassat's, quarter’s artist, was a few years later,

but likely would have studied Benjamin West’s work as she

touring Europe.

Literature: We finished A Tale of Two Cities this week with a

seminar focusing on the characters, symbols, themes, and plot

of this fantastic novel. We then began our study of Abraham

Lincoln and his speeches.

History: This week we continued looking at the Industrial

Revolution and its effects on Western civilization. We then

picked up the history of the United States from the end of the

revolution until just before the Civil War, examining the many

growing pains our nation experienced.

Theology: In theology class this week we examined the debate

over slavery and state’s rights in our expanding nation.

Logic: This week the students continued using the Laws of

Replacement as a means to develop proofs. We seem to have

run into some challenging problems so we have slowed down.

Never-the-less, the students should be ready for a test on

Wednesday.

Spanish: The teacher has enjoyed reading students' English

drafts for their country projects. Now students will translate

them into Spanish. Ask your student to

sing the children’s song, "Los Pollitos," and

to share Mateo 22:37-39. On Wednesday

there was a quiz on stem changing verbs.

Friday will begin a new set of irregular

verbs (flash card time!!) and hands on

exploration of Spanish Bibles!

Biology: The students took their second

test of the quarter, which was an

introduction to molecular biology. We

continued with this topic, learning about

mitosis and meiosis.

From the Teacher’s Desk (Continued)

Geometry: We are now studying relationships involving

circles. This involves things like learning new terminology,

determining angle measures between secant and tangent

lines, and determining arc measures.