We love serving the mission community here in Yaoundé but for that to happen we need the people to work here! We have been blessed with a full staff this year and have been able to accomplish so many different projects that normally fall to the side because of a smaller staff. The biggest needsContinue reading “Needs for Next year!”
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New Preschool Room
During the last school year, we decided that the rooms we used for our specials and preschool were just too small to be useful. For preschool–the teacher had to always clean things up before getting the next activity ready. Then whenever someone had to use the bathroom, help had to be called or the kidsContinue reading “New Preschool Room”
August JLS 2022
We started off the school year with a bang as always with our August JLS. This is a three-week session where our homeschooling families join the Greenhouse classrooms and our classroom teachers start off the year with special three-week units. This year we had many different and exciting things going on in each classroom andContinue reading “August JLS 2022”
Greenhouse Countdown
The last 10 days of school- G is for Games on the Green R is for Roam (Field Trip!) See separate blog post for more Field Trip Pictures! E is for Eat a Special Snack Parle-G Ice Cream Sandwiches E is for Extra Long Lunch Recess N is for National Clothes We wore Cameroonian footballContinue reading “Greenhouse Countdown”
Greenhouse Graduation
Mrs. Lane shared a little about each student – sharing strengths that she sees in their characters and listing possible future careers for them. She also gave them a whale challenge – something that they need to work on “one bite at a time.” After dinner, we moved inside to watch a slide show ofContinue reading “Greenhouse Graduation”
French Fun
Students had a fun unit of French games – enjoying playing Twister practicing their colors and body parts in French. Uno in French! Students had to make up a new game and give the directions to the rest of the class in French. Affirmation Poster for Mrs. Carmean using French Words! Thanks Mrs. Mac forContinue reading “French Fun”
Field Trip
K-5th grade went to Eco Park and spent a fun day seeing the zoo, playing at the playground and taking horseback rides. Horseback rides! A fantastic playground! What a hot, fun day!
Fun in 3/4 grade
Science Energy Stations and fun with Circuits- Playing Uno in French- Learning about heat energy by drinking hot chocolate. They learned how energy changed form, how heat transfers, and what molecules have to do with cold and heat. Showing off their models of World Changers. A poetry tour… We had a student teacher Second SemesterContinue reading “Fun in 3/4 grade”
Biographies
First Grade finished writing their biographies on Amelia Earhart, Cleopatra, and George Washington. They made posters to represent their person. They presented their biographies to the 3/4 grade class. Great Job!
Marketplace Unit
The First Grade class had a marketplace unit for Social Studies. They brainstormed the product that they would like to produce and sell. They looked at advertisements in magazines and commercials to understand how to promote their products and used thesauruses to spice up the words on their advertisements. They also set the price forContinue reading “Marketplace Unit”
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