Bright is surrounded by trees and plants with many birds and wildlife, and now we're officially a Schoolyard Habitat through the National Wildlife Federation's Garden for Wildlife program. Our grounds provide food, water, cover and places for wildlife to raise young.
PK incorporated their study of night and day and the solar system with their scheduled outside day by helping build a campfire and roasting marshmallows over it. Students gathered sticks and watched a teacher light the fire and demonstrate how it grows.
Classes resume on January 7. We're excited to begin the second year of our Building a Bright Future capital campaign.
Students performed "An Early American Christmas," a mix of modern and colonial traditions and much singing.
Fourth and fifth grade students participating in Shine Bright are learning how they can help people and animals through non-profit groups.
We finished 2019 with our annual Christmas Program, featuring music and a visit from Santa. Classes resume Tuesday, January 7.
Students enjoy learning cursive when they watch each other practice on the Promethean board, and their teacher says the community board increases engagement.
Anna Holt Danau ’98 took a chance to move to a country she had never visited and ended up starting her own company and, in her spare time, starring in a children’s show on YouTube.
This year's spelling bee lasted a marathon 33 rounds. Fifth grader Matilda Joels, last year's winner, repeated by correctly spelling fungi. Classmates Miriam Fazio-Vives and Vishnu Vardhana also will go to the zone bee.
Fourth and fifth graders competed in the local First LEGO League City Shaper tournament over the Thanksgiving break and won an award for the building of their robot.
