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Bethany recently welcomed a visitor from Bangalore, India. Padma Srinivasan, a family member of Padma Srinivasa, library assistant, visited the school and amazed the kindergartners with her ability to make crocheted animals. Mrs. Srinivasan is planning to make an ark full of animals for the school.
Spring has definitely arrived at Bethany School! These students enjoy a walk to their next class and the blooming flowers and trees along the way.
Students recently had the opportunity to walk a labyrinth. They learned that the labyrinth has been a meditation and prayer tool for centuries. Some students concentrated on words such as "peace" or "harmony".
A colony of penguins was recently spotted at Bethany! The kindergartners completed a study of penguins with Penguin Day. They dressed like penguins, ate black and white food, played penguin games, and sang penguin songs.
Some of the students display penguins the class made.
Bethany has been fortunate to have Korean teacher intern Ji-Young Park working at the school this year. She has shared her language, dress, art, and culture with students of all ages. Here students model beautiful Korean clothes and pose for a picture with Miss Park.
Kindergarten can really wear a child out. Library class was very relaxing and she fell asleep on her cushion.
Second graders recently completed a project about animal habitats. Both of these students chose the king cobra for their project and here they display their work. Other classes at Bethany were invited to view the dioramas and learn information about the animals.
While waiting in the Bethany School car line one day recently, the students were treated to a River Dance, performed by one of our third grade students.
Five members of Bethany's Power of the Pen writing team recently advanced from the District Competition at Goshen Middle School to the Regional Competition to be held at Sycamore Junior High on March 8th.
Cries of "Ho, ho, ho!" were heard around Bethany recently, when students had a chance to have pictures taken with Santa. Santa Picture Day is a fund raiser sponsored by the Student Council at the school.
Our kindergartners visited Big Tree Plantation in Morrow. They learned that real trees are better for the environment, since they can be chipped and used for mulch, while discarded artificial trees will be in the landfill forever. The tree farmer also told the children that two trees are planted for every one they cut down. Each child went home with a tiny tree to plant.
It was Plymouth Rock, 1621 all over again when kindergarteners at Bethany School celebrated Thanksgiving. Half the children dressed as pilgrims and half dressed as Native Americans and they sat down together and enjoyed such things as turkey, popcorn, cheese, fry bread, and apples.
Bethany School's Lunch in the Library group recently read Marika, the story of a Jewish girl growing up in Budapest during WWII. After the students finished the book, the book's author Andrea Cheng, and her mother, Mary Kartal who is the subject of the book, visited the school to discuss Marika. First the students and visitors enjoyed a lunch of Hungarian foods, then saw a presentation with pictures of people and places mentioned in the book. This is the fifth year that Bethany has given 7th grade students this incredible opportunity to discuss the book with the author, and to speak to someone who was arrested by Nazis and forced to hide for the last few months of the war. Shown here in this picture, Andrea Cheng signs a book for a student.
Shown here in this picture, Mary Kartal, Andrea Cheng's mother, signs a book for a student.
Children's book author Sally Derby recently visited Bethany School and talked about her work. She explained how she got the idea to be a children's book author as a child on a snowy day.
Here Sally Derby signs a book for student while another student waits to have her book signed.
At Bethany School's Family Math Night, a 5th grader checks to see if her dad measures up! Family Math Night gave parents and students from grades K-8 a chance to have some fun with math.
Bethany was invited to send two groups of 7th and 8th graders to participate in the Mount Notre Dame Model United Nations for the second year. This is a simulation that helps students understand topics and procedures which delegates follow in order to work toward international peace, security, and cooperation.
Our Bethany students represented the nations of Mexico and Spain. Points were earned for their countries by staying in character and following United Nations guidelines. The students representing Mexico garnered Outstanding Delegation, one student received an Honorable Mention for Outstanding Delegate, and two other students were named Outstanding Delegates.
We recently welcomed Korean teacher Ji Young Park to our school family. She will be living with Bethany teacher families and sharing her Korean language and culture with students for the rest of the school year. In the photo, kindergarteners, along with Cheryl Pez, Head of School, welcome Ms. Park with flowers and Korean flags.
In a surprising turn of events, Bethany School first graders were actually encouraged to make some noise! The students studied sound in science class and learned how sound is made when objects vibrate and how to make loud and soft and high and low sounds. For homework they had to make an instrument using found objects from around the house.
Bethany Spanish students don't just learn the language - they also learn the culture! These 8th grade students prepared a song in Spanish to sing to the other classes in commemoration of Dia del La Raza, or Columbus Day. This day is celebrated in Hispanic culture to remember colonization, explration, and the multicultural heritage of the United States.
Bethany held it's annual St. Francis Day pet blessing recently. Animals such as cats, dogs, horses, snakes, birds, and hamsters came to school to receive a blessing from Episcopal priets and Fransiscan friars. Here a student proudly shows off his aunt's teacup poodle Lucy while Lucy waits for a blessing.
Even chincillas came to Bethany to be blessed!
Bethany School recently held its annual Scholastic Book Fair. One of our first graders at the school, helped her mother set up the fair and they made it look terrific!
Three Bethany fourth grade girls enjoy a beautiful fall day while waiting for their rides home.
Three Bethany School kindergarteners, get ready to listen to an Officer Phil safety program. This program is run by Creative Safety Products and they do safety programming for schools in cooperation with local police and fire departments. The children learned about bus, street, and internet safety.
Let's get moving is a popular Quest class for those students who like to be active. In this picture, teacher Marla Brunsman has just started the students on a half mile run.
Bethany School seventh graders have undertaken a heavy project - recycling waste paper all around the school. The students placed collection boxes in classrooms and offices and they empty these periodically into the paper collection bin in the parking lot.
Bethany School third graders imitate Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of books and learning. They learned about this goddess in their India cultural class taught by Corky Averbeck.