On the Road to College

By: Zoe Tatum, junior

The anticipation of where will you spend the next four years has begun to strike the junior and senior classes of Saint James School! College visits are in full swing. This past weekend I visited the University of Georgia. The size and difficulty of this school was intimidating, but it surely did get me excited about choosing where I would thrive most in college. The question of college is something Saint James deeply focuses on. Not only do college visits give the juniors and seniors a taste of the college experience, but college representatives have been visiting from schools around the country. This helps the junior and seniors get information about the schools and hopefully inspire them to go and tour. Go Trojans!

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Los meses del año

Second graders are learning the months of the year this week in Spanish class. All elementary students, grades Pre-K3 through 5th grade visit Spanish enrichment weekly.

“We are learning the months of the year in Spanish!”
— Matilda Machin, grade 2

CSI STJ

by: Mrs. Whigham, 8th grade science

The students enter the classroom only to discover that there has been a murder!  Mrs. Whigham's classroom has been transformed into a bloody crime scene and an investigation is underway!  First thing on the agenda… fingerprinting! The fingerprint continues to be one of the most important and valuable pieces of forensic evidence. Fingerprints are unique for each person. There are even slight differences in the fingerprints of identical twins. By comparing fingerprints at a crime scene with a suspect’s fingerprint record, officials can establish a person’s presence at a particular location.  In this fun activity students learn about forensic science and the details of fingerprinting in a fun, interactive way.  

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“The students didn’t commit the crime, they solved it!”
— Mrs. Whigham
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Famous Alabamians

Fourth graders created a poster highlighting a famous Alabamian as part of the Alabama history unit. Each student chose a subject who they admired and researched about his or her life and accomplishments. Student uploaded their work and a brief caption on the SeeSaw app, our digital portfolio. We loved learning about the diverse group of famous people from our state!

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“This is my Famous Alabamian project. I did my research and poster on Jesse Owens. I think he is awesome because he was really fast and cool.”
— Royce Conner, grade 4
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“This is my famous Alabamian project. I did my research and poster on Heather Whitestone. I think she is awesome because she is the first deaf Ms. America.”
— Joud Al-Ansar, grade 4

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“This is my famous Alabamian project. I did my research and poster on Mia Hamm. I think she is awesome because we have the same name... and she won 2 world cups and one gold medal!”
— Mia Zukowski, grade 4
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“This is my famous Alabamian project. I did my research and poster on Tallulah Bankhead! I think she is interesting because when I grow up I want to be a actress and a comedian.”
— Kendall Dunson, grade 4

Reading and Writing in Kindergarten!

Our students have been hard at work in Kindergarten this year. Students have been mastering reading skills and working on writing sentences. Using inventive spelling, illustrated pictures of snowmen and created a classroom book. Students wrote sentences about their snowman friends and read them aloud. Take a look at our Kindergarten snowman book- it is quite a chill!

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Thunder Cake

Third Graders read Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco. The book tells the story of a little girl who is frightened of thunderstorms. Based on her own childhood experience, the author tells the memorable story of how her grandma--her Babushka--helped her overcome her fear of thunder when she was a little girl. The endearing story of bravery features beautiful, bright folk-art illustrations and includes a recipe for “thunder cake.”  After reading the story, third graders baked their own thunder cake and enjoyed it together.

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