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Since COVID keeps us apart, our school mascot Hoot and I have gathered the energy and enthusiasm of our Woods community in our first ever Virtual Pep Rally!
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![Same on the Inside]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614795248/woodsacademyorg/vkrxjsupqfvsps1pkuow/FrenchMar1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1614795248/woodsacademyorg/vkrxjsupqfvsps1pkuow/FrenchMar1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1614795248/woodsacademyorg/vkrxjsupqfvsps1pkuow/FrenchMar1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1614795248/woodsacademyorg/vkrxjsupqfvsps1pkuow/FrenchMar1.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1614795248/woodsacademyorg/vkrxjsupqfvsps1pkuow/FrenchMar1.png","width":1600}])
Earlier this year, we received a visit from Ms. (Mademoiselle) Laurence Laurent who works as a Kindergarten French Teacher at Elsie Whitlow Stokes, a Bilingual Public Charter School in Washington DC.
![Celebration of Learning: Canada]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614793236/woodsacademyorg/zlhhsqbb2dehuwzhpmi1/CanadaStudyGrade12.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1614793236/woodsacademyorg/zlhhsqbb2dehuwzhpmi1/CanadaStudyGrade12.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1614793236/woodsacademyorg/zlhhsqbb2dehuwzhpmi1/CanadaStudyGrade12.jpg","width":640}])
First grade has been studying Canada and they have learned many things about our great northern neighbor.
![Masterful Meals Meet Historical Fiction]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614794069/woodsacademyorg/emc5hm8pmes8jxav6svw/Grade4Sandwiches.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1614794069/woodsacademyorg/emc5hm8pmes8jxav6svw/Grade4Sandwiches.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1614794069/woodsacademyorg/emc5hm8pmes8jxav6svw/Grade4Sandwiches.png","width":800}])
Earlier this month, the fourth graders had the opportunity to create their own sandwiches. However, these masterful meals weren’t the edible sort. They were book report sandwiches.
![Prayer, Fasting, & Almsgiving]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614013670/woodsacademyorg/lvlppxn2day4fu8fjx6q/AshWednesdayMass.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1614013670/woodsacademyorg/lvlppxn2day4fu8fjx6q/AshWednesdayMass.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1614013670/woodsacademyorg/lvlppxn2day4fu8fjx6q/AshWednesdayMass.jpg","width":800}])
The upper school religion classes have focused recently on the importance of the Lenten season.
![Winter Physical Education Classes]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1613751979/woodsacademyorg/drsvflydtcchckmftrva/WinterPETableTennis.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1613751979/woodsacademyorg/drsvflydtcchckmftrva/WinterPETableTennis.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1613751979/woodsacademyorg/drsvflydtcchckmftrva/WinterPETableTennis.jpg","width":800}])
Check out all the fun we are having in our Physical Education classes.
![Who was Rube Goldberg and What is a Rube Goldberg Machine?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1613589775/woodsacademyorg/bl4lijo34cv7x5acebgh/RubeGoldberg7_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1613589775/woodsacademyorg/bl4lijo34cv7x5acebgh/RubeGoldberg7_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1613589775/woodsacademyorg/bl4lijo34cv7x5acebgh/RubeGoldberg7_1.jpg","width":800}])
This winter the 6th graders have been learning about energy, simple machines, and motion through a variety of experiments, projects, readings, and interactive online activities.
![Hail to The Woods Academy!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1613589732/woodsacademyorg/euzoj3i1byhlmr5huzo9/HailtoTheWoodsAcademyMoment.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1613589732/woodsacademyorg/euzoj3i1byhlmr5huzo9/HailtoTheWoodsAcademyMoment.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1613589732/woodsacademyorg/euzoj3i1byhlmr5huzo9/HailtoTheWoodsAcademyMoment.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1613589732/woodsacademyorg/euzoj3i1byhlmr5huzo9/HailtoTheWoodsAcademyMoment.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1613589732/woodsacademyorg/euzoj3i1byhlmr5huzo9/HailtoTheWoodsAcademyMoment.jpg","width":1523}])
Singing activities are on hold right now, but the 8th-grade members of our select choir The Owl Tones came together to make a recording of our school song. They used our new music ensemble collaboration app, Cyborg Llama.
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Last year, I started a classroom economy system in my 6th-grade classes where each student applied for a classroom job to “pay” for renting their desk. The 7th graders kept talking about it so I wanted to replicate it in some way in our hybrid classes.
