![Head(s) of School for the Day]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555529811/woodsacademyorg/nhanwcqb7ahknbbkt0sg/HOSfortheDay.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1555529811/woodsacademyorg/nhanwcqb7ahknbbkt0sg/HOSfortheDay.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555529811/woodsacademyorg/nhanwcqb7ahknbbkt0sg/HOSfortheDay.jpg","width":800}])
It was not a regular day for Amadi B. and Chima B. Usually it would start with homeroom and a day full of classes. Today, they were in charge.
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![Building International Friendships]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554747056/woodsacademyorg/lytxsrqvjtjsmoidg6nr/TWAFrenchStudentsLouvre.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1554747056/woodsacademyorg/lytxsrqvjtjsmoidg6nr/TWAFrenchStudentsLouvre.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554747056/woodsacademyorg/lytxsrqvjtjsmoidg6nr/TWAFrenchStudentsLouvre.jpg","width":800}])
Last Thursday evening, The Woods Academy welcomed 36 students and their teachers from the Section Internationale Américaine (SIA) at Collège Vauban a public school in Belfort, France.
![The Woods in Spain]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554495821/woodsacademyorg/nm5fduhtgyqine1u5sfj/Spain8thGrade1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1554495821/woodsacademyorg/nm5fduhtgyqine1u5sfj/Spain8thGrade1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554495821/woodsacademyorg/nm5fduhtgyqine1u5sfj/Spain8thGrade1.jpg","width":800}])
Our 8th-grade Spanish students began their 9 days of cultural and linguistic immersion in Toledo, Spain.
![Seussical Stories]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554305695/woodsacademyorg/nbhmoqeaunz5fufmhaq0/DrSeussGrade13.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1554305695/woodsacademyorg/nbhmoqeaunz5fufmhaq0/DrSeussGrade13.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554305695/woodsacademyorg/nbhmoqeaunz5fufmhaq0/DrSeussGrade13.jpg","width":800}])
The first grade honored Dr. Seuss’s birthday last month by engaging in an author study.
![Kindness Calendar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554305272/woodsacademyorg/grzjbhjz841ujbmbnpx4/KindnessCalendarStudents.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1554305272/woodsacademyorg/grzjbhjz841ujbmbnpx4/KindnessCalendarStudents.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554305272/woodsacademyorg/grzjbhjz841ujbmbnpx4/KindnessCalendarStudents.jpg","width":800}])
During our Monday morning Chapel this week, we discussed the importance of kindness and the short- and long-term effects of performing acts of kindness on both the person performing the act and the recipient.
![Exploring an Ecosystem]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1553271970/woodsacademyorg/oajrvwtvkpyipsedfqlf/Ecosystems2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1553271970/woodsacademyorg/oajrvwtvkpyipsedfqlf/Ecosystems2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1553271970/woodsacademyorg/oajrvwtvkpyipsedfqlf/Ecosystems2.jpg","width":800}])
In the 4th-grade science unit about ecosystems, students learn about the web of relationships that links organisms to one another and to their natural environment.
![Nerd Farmer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1553266006/woodsacademyorg/huifimkf86lgdupkaanb/NerdFarmer.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1553266006/woodsacademyorg/huifimkf86lgdupkaanb/NerdFarmer.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1553266006/woodsacademyorg/huifimkf86lgdupkaanb/NerdFarmer.jpg","width":800}])
Director of Technology Eric Smith was recently interviewed by the International Society for Technology in Education (ITSE) for a feature article in their Empowered Learner magazine.
![Science Fair Success]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1553270664/woodsacademyorg/gsi56kipeuj9b7kxa6t4/ScienceFair3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1553270664/woodsacademyorg/gsi56kipeuj9b7kxa6t4/ScienceFair3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1553270664/woodsacademyorg/gsi56kipeuj9b7kxa6t4/ScienceFair3.jpg","width":800}])
This past Wednesday, 41 fifth graders presented their science fair projects to parents, teachers, and students.
![Future Inventors of America]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1552992450/woodsacademyorg/kutzasplarqxvmvf69l7/Grade3Inventions1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1552992450/woodsacademyorg/kutzasplarqxvmvf69l7/Grade3Inventions1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1552992450/woodsacademyorg/kutzasplarqxvmvf69l7/Grade3Inventions1.jpg","width":800}])
Every year the 3rd grade holds its annual Invention Convention.