The Crenshaw Academy Blog
Statistics have shown that over summer vacation, many students lose a bit of what they have learned throughout the year. Reading tends to be at the top of that list.
We want our students, your children, to be able to retain what they’ve learned, but we also want the kids to have fun and enjoy their summer. So how can we balance both of those things?
Between the media and society, there are so many authoritarian figures telling us what to think. There are times when people that society deems important present us with facts and things that encourage what we should think, and then there are times that they don’t.
We want children to be able to respect leaders and those in authority, but we also want them to be able to know how to think for themselves - not just because someone told them what to think.
The life science classes recently learned about amphibians. After discussing the classification, habitats, and body systems the classes were able to dissect a frog to get a better understanding of their anatomy.
Spring 2022 Spirit Week at Crenshaw Academy.
Formal Day, DIY Day, Celebrity Day, Mythology Day, and Spirit Day
Do you remember when you were in school? Did you find it hard to get motivated to go back to school after winter break? After you had given it your all through the fall semester and you couldn’t even think about entering into the spring semester.
Your brain had met its limit, and any information given to you felt like it was going in one ear and out the other. We want to help your child avoid getting to this point. We want to help them avoid that second-semester burnout.
However, if they have gotten to the point of feeling like they can’t take on any more school work, it is important to help them take some time to rest and reset. Help them reduce their extracurricular participation, drink plenty of water, make sure they are nourishing their bodies, and get plenty of sleep.
In this article, we are providing five tips for helping students avoid burnout and excel during the second semester.
The Crenshaw Academy held a Winter Festival for students in grades K-12 January 28, 2022, sponsored by Student Council. Teachers were pied in the face and we brought in a huge bubble machine that the elementary students loved. Most students got airbrushed tattoos and jumped in the bounce house.
In addition to the games, we gave away multiple homework and lunch passes, a $25 gift card to Target, a Google Home device, and a $25 gift card to Amazon.
Seniors won a pizza party at the Faculty vs. Seniors obstacle course race, 4-0. The DJ had students playing musical chairs and dancing the cha cha slide.
Oxford Languages defines Critical Thinking as the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement. Throughout our lives, we are influenced about how to think by the thoughts and opinions of others.
Somewhere along the way, in order to be successful, children must learn how to think for themselves. Parents can only hope that our students and children will develop a critical thinking pattern that will better the world and future generations to come.
