3rd Place - Teachers Award

Julian receiving his 3rd Place Teachers Award
Mrs. Moore; Science Fair Director

Julian received a [third place] Teachers Choice Award for Freedom Christian Schools' Science Fair 2012... Awesome!! :) His first, our first and definitely not our last...

I had the opportunity to attend the schools assembly, my daughter Cynthia stayed with my morning arrivals in order for me to attend. YAY Cynthia!!! It was fantastic to watch... they kids were completely jazzed. They were probably super excited because all their hard work was finally done.. Sigh... AND seriously paid off! I for one know what hard work they did because Ju and I had a very difficult time :)

The school had first, second, and third MONEY prizes!! $25. To $50. Bucks!! What an incentive!!

They also had 100% on their next science, bible, math and English test!! I felt it was such an amazing positive incentive.

They had 3rd - 5th grades, 6th - 8th grades, and 9th - 12th grades... first second and third place winners. I was extremely impressed.

This year they decided to have 'Teacher Choice Awards' for the others that wouldn't even come close to the main awards... That way each class had a first second and third place winners... I thought this was very sweet for those who also worked hard but didn't make the cut... mine included...

But I was really shocked when Julian’s name was called out for third place Teachers Choice Award... It was Awesome!! I really think he was completely taken off guard, he was totally beside himself.

The assembly was rocking with crazy elementary and young people... cheering on all these that received some sort of an award. I was proud :)

Not only did the school supply all these awards and monetary gifts they decided to make a full day of party and games. Freedom brought in a large movable truck full of video games and karaoke!! It was amazing!! The students were off the hook completely over the top... All I could do was laugh and enjoy watching all these children that worked so hard the last 5 months on these science projects screaming and dancing of a wonderful day off of just fun and games.

I was so happy for them and thoroughly impressed with the schools reward for all the hard work.

Way to go Julian and Freedom!! You are the bomb!!

Science Fair ~ 2012

SOLAR POWER

Solar Grasshopper

Our first year at Freedom Christian School

Julian and I learn (painfully) all about preparing for a science fair.

Never having done one in my entire life (not even with my other two children)

I felt lost this whole preparing time...

BUT Freedom has amazing 'workshops' and an amazing support system

that if you don't get it together... It would be a fault of your own ;)



Julian holding his Solar Grasshopper



They begin the process of the science fair at the beginning of the school year.

Giving you 5 months of step by step goals to reach with each step being graded.

By February you should be well prepared with a final research paper

and complete display done when the science fair arrives.

I believe we missed a couple of those goals...

We will see by the result of his grade when this is all said and done.

Julian's display board at the fair



Im extremely happy it is all done, but I am proud of this lil man.  

*WhEw*

I felt as if I was in school all over again, lol



A proud Julian.
We made it to the end with a complete research paper and board.

Julian did his on Solar Power and How it works. We ordered his little solar grasshopper (its body is made up of solar panels) on line through Amazon dot com. We experimented with the little grasshopper in direct sunlight, shade, overcast, at night, in a shadow and even with a strong flash-light to make it shake and move.

Writing in a log-book was a major chore... Mr. Moore (his teacher) told us to jot down every thing we did; to looking on line, checking out library books, every workshop we would attend to the time of day we had the grasshopper outside. Have you ever tried to write down every thing you ate? ChOrE... right?!? Well this was exactly the same concept... Keeping tract of everything we did with this project. It had to be done, it was a part of his grade to have a filled log book. We did it and it sits there on the table next to his research paper.

YAY!!! 

My daughter sat with my nappers and gave me the opportunity to head to the school and take a peek at all the science displays in the fair... I took some pictures just for the purpose to share with you the amazing work these children did at Freedom Christian. I was thoroughly impressed and the thought ran through my mind; Ugh... Julian better have got this down for the next years to come, lol.

I loved the fact of the scripture reference the upper grades had to provide as part of their findings of whatever they had chose. Impressive?? Yes, very!

Fish...

Baseball bats...

Gum...

Social Network...

Radiation...

Orange Juice...

*WHEW what a long five months...*

Vampire Bat Habitat

Julian decided to pick the 'Vampire Bat' for a habitat assignment. 100% grade!! Good Job, little man♥

Since I am a preschool teacher, I had plenty of supplies from paint to templates. 

Completely homemade from things around the house...  

Fun quality time for Ju♥ and I ;]

Fun facts about VAMPIRE bats:

1. They live in Mexico, Central & South America

2. They have sharp incisor & canine teeth

3. They only feed on blood of birds & animals (very seldom humans ;])

4. They live in dark caves, mines, tree hollows & abandoned buildings

5. They fly three feet off the ground

6. They drink about half of their body weight in blood

7. They can live about 20 years

8. The Owl is their predator

9. Their saliva has a special substance to keep the blood from clotting.

10. They wait till an animal is asleep or very still to feed. Using a sound process called Echolocation to find their prey.

11. They are the size of your thumb with an 8inch wing span

12. They can also carry rabies

**Thought you'd also like to know that bats are very friendly. People have been known to have them as pets. LOL!!

Spirit Wk at Freedom

This last week was spirit week at Freedom Christian School

Julian and I decided it would be so cool to face paint his school colors

Red, White and Blue

He definitely sported his colors!! And was proud!

Sweet!

FCS... new school

Julian in his newly painted room... yes, it is bright green ;]P

Today marks the beginning of Julian's third week in his new school,

Freedom Christian School.

I think we (Julian and I) are still not sure about this new school.

He tells me he absolutely loves it, but yet I feel a little overwhelmed with it, lol...

He also talks about how hard third grade is :(

this makes me sad because I knew it would be a transition coming from

public school curriculum to this Abeka Christian curriculum...

I just didn't realize how hard. I understand this curriculum and all it entails,

because Julian's older siblings went to a Christian School that taught solely using Abeka.

Sigh... Please pray for us that we can get through this transition soon.

I obviously don't do well with changes, lol.

Hmmm something I just discovered within myself

and I'm very impatient :/ that I already knew ;]P

A NEW school?!?

Julian will be going to a new school this year, 2011-2012.

His father and I are very excited to say the least!!

We were all very sad when his former school CFS was closed down earlier this summer.

Julian and I was beside ourselves with worry and desperately missing our friends,

since before Kindergarten.

But, God in all His mercy lead us, through a former student from CFS, to Freedom Christian.

We are beside ourselves with excitement of all that this wonderful school has to offer!!

First off, we love the fact that it offers a Christian base foundation.

In support of families and churches these families are involved in.

They are a small entity in regards of reaching each and every student.

in their spirituality, social, emotional, and academic growth.

Also: they are from K - 12th grade!!

Julian is excited of the fact that his teacher is Mr. Moore;

yes... a male teacher

*sweeet*

Julian begins school Tues. Sept. 6th.

I feel God has lead us here for this time and for that I'm grateful.

AND I pray we will be able to continue this path until his high school graduation.