The first graders had a special Guest Reader today... our school principal, Dr. Walner! Dr. Walner shared *The Story of the Easter Robin* by Dandi Daley Mackall, a perfect selection for Holy Week. We are getting our hearts and minds ready for Good Friday and for the Good News of Easter morning!
The kindergarten class made these custom shirts! Every student drew a self portrait and then they were placed on a shirt. Such a fun keepsake for the future!
Congratulations to our Bethany Christian School Math Olympic delegates.
We are always working hard in Kindergarten!
It was a fitting start to Spring Break: first grade released their painted lady butterflies! The butterflies were sent off with a prayer of blessing and with cheers from students in Kindergarten through 6th grade. We are grateful to God for the wonder of creation!
Today, the kindergarteners, 2nd graders, and 5th graders were able to listen to the author, Victoria Nelson read her new book “Hiya Moriah”.
Nothing like Monday math games in Kindergarten!
Come on over to the Reading Ranch - Bethany’s Book Fair Fundraiser, now through Thursday, March 28. Open before and after school and recess and lunch. Located in the Ministry Center Gym. Books and other items provided by Mrs. Nelsen’s Book Fair Company.
Another first grade update: Metamorphosis is amazing! When we arrived at school this morning, we could see the butterflies’ wings through the thin chrysalis walls. Within an hour, two more butterflies emerged! We are filled with wonder as we watch Creation in action. God is too marvelous for words!
Fifth grade patriots enjoy colonial crafts and games.
Bethany Christian eighth graders find the fun in physics at Knott’s Berry Farm.
When you finish your math work early in 3rd grade, you get to play math games! These students are playing multiplication war, a math board game, and making up problems for friends to solve.
Mrs. Anghelina is always finding fun ways to engage with the students in the afternoons.
Learning addition in Kindergarten!
Update from first grade: one butterfly has emerged from its chrysalis! Our class is excited to welcome this painted lady butterfly into the world!
Pi Day highlights: dental health with Dr. Shannon Lazarian. Dr. Lazarian demonstrated proper brushing and flossing techniques and explained why dental care is important. Students received new toothbrushes and flossers and got to practice brushing with an awesome tooth brushing app!
Pi Day highlights: learning from horse veterinarian, Dr. Ryan Carpenter. Dr. Carpenter taught students about horse surgery, setting fractured horse bones, and helping horses breathe better for their races. Students looked like young horse vets at the end of this session, wearing all the gifts Dr. Carpenter gave!
Pi Day highlights: “Seeing God in Health Science” with Mrs. Breanne Shaw, R.N. Mrs. Shaw shared her interest in the health sciences, her calling to serve others through nursing, and Bible passages about health and the body. She also showed students tools of her trade, taking student blood pressure readings and demonstrating an ultrasound machine.
Pi Day highlights: circle art with Mrs. Tracy Watson, our art teacher. Mrs. Watson provided circles of all sizes for students to trace, overlap, and design with.
The BCS Girls Varsity Basketball team will be playing La Canada Prep on Friday 3/15 at 3:15 in the gym at Bethany Christian School. Come on over and show your support. These girls play hard!
Pi Day
Pi day
Happy PI day from these mad scientists!
Shadow spelling at it’s finest... it spells ”bcs” 😊
Shadow spelling with Mrs. Djeu
The 3rd graders are learning about surveys, tally charts, and bar graphs. To get some real-life examples, they surveyed different classes, collected the data in tally charts, and used that data to make bar graphs!
4th graders doing research to prepare for our science fair project.
Such a fun field trip! We had the privilege of seeing Stuart Little at the Sierra Madre playhouse!
Fifth grade chapel and HHH awards
The Sierra Madre Playhouse put on an excellent rendition of E.B. White’s book, *Stuart Little!* BCS Kindergarteners, 1st graders, and 3rd graders got to enjoy the performance. The theater personnel gave us insider information about set design, props, lighting, and sound. After the play was over, the actors came back out to answer student questions. It was an amazing theatrical experience!
The 3rd graders are building complex 3D shapes! We can't wait to show off the finished products!
Caterpillar update from First Grade: one of our caterpillars has entered the chrysalis stage. The other four are hanging from the top of their enclosure and will become pupas soon!
4th graders sharing their Bible cubes with 1st grade to practice spreading their faith.
We learned all about the moon in Kindergarten! We practiced learning about the phases by playing BINGO!
The Kindergarten class LOVES math games! We are learning all about shapes.
The current batch of first grade Morning Tubs has students telling time, graphing frogs, observing nature, matching up multiple-meaning words, and more! What a fun way to review and learn!
The first graders jump for joy when the weather is warm, the sun is shining, and our class can outdoors enjoying the BCS playground!
Mrs. Watson Art Quarter 3: Acrylic painting on canvas,
Undersea creatures
We have so many awesome readers at BCS! Even at recess, students are sharing good books with one another!
The 3rd graders have been having fun learning about area and perimeter!
Today the Kindergarteners were expanding their knowledge of fossils and dinosaurs so they went searching for fossils on our playground. They even found some!
The caterpillars are here! First grade is learning about insects and the life cycle of a butterfly. These little larva will help us watch that life cycle unfold, firsthand! The initial day of observation is complete. We cannot keep our eyes off these new additions!
5th grade winners.
Fifth grade is taught valuable lessons about the Chinese culture and NEW YEAR.. Thank you Mrs. Li!
Work on Writing is one of our Daily 5 Literacy practices in which students can write about topics of their own choosing. Is it providential when you come across the perfect writing prompt for your day? This grin (with one tooth missing) says it all!
A sneak peek at one of the many items that will be shown at Open House! Get excited!
Basketball!
Rewarding Readers in Fifth Grade 🌟
Happy Chinese New Year! Mrs. Li teaches us how Chinese characters hold spiritual meaning. She blessed us with red envelopes, chick filet cards and cookies.
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Love above all else: Valentine Fun
During their class Valentine’s Day party, the first graders did science experiments to explore the topics of dissolving, diffusion, and carbon dioxide gas release. What sweet, explosive fun!
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The kindergarteners love Daily 5 time!
When geo boards become masks... Morning Tub time in first grade is growing our capacity to be creative!
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We finished our book, “The Bad Case Of Stripes” so of course we had to try lima beans!
More Daily 5 fun in 3rd Grade!
We had fantastic 100th Day of School in first grade today!
This BCS girls basketball team has heart! Go Lions!
The first graders put on their annual 100th Day T-Shirt Fashion Show today! Check out these creative entries. Every shirt has 100 of something drawn on or attached.
The first graders put on their annual 100th Day T-Shirt Fashion Show today. Check out these action shots from the event!
Happy 100th day of school from the Kindergarten class!
Guess what tomorrow is, the 100th day of school! Here’s a sneak peek at one of the stations in Kindergarten!
5th graders partnering with FLS Chinese students for learning.
A few more pictures of our 2 weeks with our new FLS Chinese friends.
FLS Chinese students are recognized in chapel. We will miss our new friends.
A sneak peak of Fifth grades outstanding state floats!
Gotta get a look at these state floats!
It was another Guest Reader Wednesday in first grade! Thank you, Mr. Crabb, for reading with us today. *Little Pea* and *Little Hoot* were a “hoot” to hear!
We love Miss J, our intern from Providence College. She is already part of our family and we love to teach her our math games!
Hebrews 11 is our guiding Scripture passage in Elementary Chapel this year. We are learning about all the saints of the Old Testament who put their faith into action. Hebrews 11 is often called the “Hall of Faith” for this reason. In first grade, we have been creating a “Gallery of Faith” as we learn about Bible characters in Chapel and in our Bible curriculum. Today, our gallery filled up! It’s time for new frames and more wall space.
Dr. Walner invites you to partner with us as we look ahead. The 100th day of school is coming up. We are preparing for re-enrollment month. Catch the Vision at Reaching for 2020 on Thursday, February 7. Have you taken the Parent survey yet?
Look what first graders can do! Check out these completed graphing projects! Students designed a survey, questioned their classmates, and then represented their data in three ways: 1) a tally chart, 2) a bar graph, and 3) a picture graph. It’s fun to get off the workbook page and to put learning into action!
We’re watching Mrs. Howe’s 4th Grade Class in Action!
The first graders are learning about data, graphs, and charts. They designed a survey to give to classmates, with one question and four choices. Today they asked their questions and gathered their data/results. Up next: charting and graphing their data!
We spent our rainy Wednesday doing a math game!
Mrs. Poppleton’s class had a very special Guest Reader today ... MR. Poppleton! Mrs. Poppleton’s husband shared a Poppleton the pig book, of course. He also read *Joseph Had a Little Overcoat* by Simms Taback, a Caldecott winner. Thank you for spending time with us today!
The Kindergarteners are learning about Martin Luther King Jr this week and spent some time creating some dreams of their own.
Marble run-building is a MUST DO activity for rainy day recess in first grade. Look at these creative marble run engineers!
Honey Bee class enjoying making edible snowman for snack. Yum!
It was a great first day back to school after Christmas break! The first graders wrote and drew about their Christmas break activities, and then they shared their writing with the class. It was fun to hear what everyone has been up to over the last few weeks!
If you haven't heard, I'm having a baby! The 3rd graders have been so excited to share this journey with me, I had to think of a fun and educational way to announce the gender. They found out that 3/8 of the class was right! It's a little girl!
Discovery can sometimes be best the best way to learn something new. The first graders had a discovery learning experience to prepare them for a math chapter on graphs and charts. After practice with sorting and categorizing, the students were asked to represent their data visually, on a poster. How could they show what was in their basket of shapes without using the basket? Students got very close to discovering bar graphs and picture graphs through their exploration!
The kindergarteners jumped right into learning today by beginning their sight word memorization! These two were quizzing each other! We are ready to continue to learn in 2019!
The 3rd graders had a great time building gingerbread houses today! It wasn't just fun and games, however. They first had to make a design, then build the houses based on their plans. Tomorrow, they will make a graph of the candies they used and reflect on the end product.
In Mrs. Burdette’s class, students have the choice of being a mentor in another class. Last Friday, this student, another 3rd grader and a 4th grader came to serve in the Kindergarten class. Such a special time!
The Kindergarteners did a great job leading chapel by singing the song. “Jacob and Sons” in their own technicolor dream coat!
It’s the second week in Advent, and our first grade class continues to keep Christ at the center of the season. Here are some more excerpts from their Advent Alphabet books (an Advent writing project).
Dr. Walner engages in conversation with some of our lower elementary students this afternoon.
Already in first grade, we are working on developing and growing student leaders. Students have a different classroom job each week that teaches leadership and responsibility. Here is a first grade student leading our Morning Calendar time today.
Today in 3rd Grade we learned about different ways to measure matter. To practice, we went outside to measure bubbles! It wasn't easy, but it sure was fun!
The first graders are learning the story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho (Joshua 5-6). To delve into the story, we re-enacted the seventh day of the battle: we walked around the “city of Jericho” (our desks) seven times and blew our trumpets in victory!
Preschool Christmas program dress rehearsal
The kindergarteners filled up Mr. Potato again! They chose to wear slippers, eat a yummy snack, and read a Christmas book. They are rockstars! These were some of their “serious” faces, but trust me, they were thrilled!
Books can help us stay focused on Jesus as the center of the Advent season! Today, our Guest Reader brought books that reminded Bethany first graders of these truths: first, that Christmas is God’s gift to us and second, that Jesus wants to be welcomed into our hearts. Thank you, Mrs. Parry, for such beautiful and timely reminders!
5th grade and Kindergarten join together for reading fun!
5th grade make literature come alive by making corn pudding. Yum!
Advent is here, the season of waiting. First graders want to rush to Christmas and Santa and presents, but Mrs. Poppleton is asking them to slow down and to enjoy the wait. The first graders are making Advent alphabet books again this year to focus on the true meaning of the season. Check out some of their first pages. 💕💜
5th grade Meets with our Kinder-buddies for reading.
Today the fifth graders read to the kindergarteners. Such a blessing to be able to have older student come alongside younger students.
We welcomed another Guest Reader into our first grade classroom today! Mr. Lin read *Badger’s Fancy Meal,* one of his family’s favorite books. Thank you for sharing your love for reading with our class, Mr. Lin!
We’re getting prepared for Advent - the season of waiting - in first grade. Our Advent “wreath” (made from student-traced hand cutouts) is ready to count down the weeks to Jesus’ birth. Each week we will “light” a candle to symbolize the Light of Christ coming into the world. We wait. He comes.
The Bethany Lions Choir kicked off the Holiday Season with a first time appearance at the Sierra Madre Winter Festival! Joy to the World the Lord is Come!
From our Bethany family to yours, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Day is almost here! After reading *Turkey Trouble* by Wendi Silvano, the first graders designed disguises to keep their turkeys safe (and not eaten!). Check out their creative projects!
Here are your teachers celebrating days of professional development! #foreverlearners #strongertogether
Morning Muster on Grandparents' Day!
Grandparent/ special friends Day
More pics from grandparent- thanksgiving Day.
5th graders bless grandparents and grand-friends with their musical gifts.
Grandparent/thanksgiving
The first graders counted their blessings during our special Grandparents Day/Thanksgiving Chapel.
Grandparent / special friends
The first graders were great hosts to their grandparents and special friends today! Students guided their guests on a scavenger hunt around the room, revealing highlights of first grade as they went. Thank you, grandparents and friends, for visiting today!
We are excited to welcome our Grandparents and Special Friends to Bethany Christian School
Say “Hello” to the 2018 Foothill League Girls Volleyball Champs! Congratulations to the Bethany Christian School Girls Varsity team and Coach Huisken. We are SO proud of you!
First grade is preparing for our part in the Grandparents and Special Friends Thanksgiving Chapel tomorrow. We are counting our blessings, and we are ready to share them with our guests!
We had our first Guest Reader Dad in 1st grade this week! Thank you, Mr. Corbin, for sharing about the importance of learning history ... so that we can learn how to make wise decisions and not poor ones. We loved hearing Abraham Lincoln’s story!
BCS Parent Reminder : The Girls Volleyball team is going to the Championships! Come out and support the Lady Lions, 5pm at Loma Alta Park, 3300 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, 91001. See you there!!
The Bethany Christian School Girls Varsity Volleyball Team is headed to the 2018 Foothill League Championship Game, Thursday 11/15. Well done Lady Lions and Coach Huisken!
Operation Christmas Child Update: "This week, Bethany Church is one of nearly 5,000 Operation Christmas Child drop-off locations open across the country to receive the shoebox gifts you lovingly pack for boys and girls in need. There’s still time to pack a shoebox and bless a child overseas, but don’t delay. National Collection Week ends Nov. 19."
Our Guest Reader set up outdoors this week! We listened to *Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose* in the afternoon sun. Thank you, Mrs. Davis, for such a special reading experience!
We played number bingo in Kindergarten today!
The 3rd Graders are hard at work designing animal rescues! This project requires the students to use arrays and area models to design the space requested by their "clients." Project based learning is bringing math to life!
BCS Parent Reminder: Chipotle Fundraiser TODAY 4-8pm. Eat in, Take out at 3409 E Foothill Bl, Pasadena. Let them know you are supporting Bethany Christian School.
There are many ways to make one sum. The first graders partnered up today to find those ways, then they shared their thinking with the whole class.
5th grade dissects flowers
Elementary Head Heart Hand awards
5th grade “AR Starbuck Stars” reach 100% and higher in reading goals!
Middle School Head, Heart and Hands Awards for October 2018
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Today in Kindergarten, we re-enacted the story of Samuel anointing David as King using these finger puppets.
Another Guest Reader Wednesday is “in the books!” Thank you, Mrs. Klimuck, for reading to first grade today!
Sometimes it’s more fun to use a lap desk! Math groups looked like this in 1st grade today.
5th grade harvest party!
Harvest fun!
Hmmmm!
A couple of my favorite pumpkins in 5th grade!
7th graders performing a flower “dissection.”
The first graders had loads of fun celebrating the Harvest season! “The LORD will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps.” - Psalm 85:12-13
The Kindergarteners were working on real graphing today!
Ms. Thomas is reading a farm story to all our farmers today: Click, Clack, Moo! We are having an awesome Harvest Day at BCS!
Celebrating the Harvest at Bethany Christian School.
It was another Guest Reader Wednesday in 1st grade! Thank you, Mrs Lazarian, for sharing *The Jolly Postman* with us!
It’s time for preschool chapel. Let’s start with worship. 🎶
Any number (addend) plus zero equals that number... even if the addend is 9,000,000! (First grade math examples.) The addend and the sum match!
Go lions!
Our first grade math curriculum includes fun math games to help us practice new skills. Today we partnered up and practiced our addition facts!
The Kindergarten students earned all of the pieces to Mr. Potato Head. They earned pieces by being respectful, being on task, or showing kindness. For their reward, the students chose to have a day with no shoes on in class!
Where were you at 10:18am? At Bethany Christian School we were practicing an earthquake drill. This was the first time that there were students on the playground. Well Done!!
Yesterday, the 8th grade students welcomed the Patriot Sisters from the Martin Severance Chapter of the DAR locates in Pasadena. It was especially interesting to learn of the variety of roles women played during the American Revolution.
It was another “Guest Reader Wednesday” in 1st grade! Thank you, Mrs. Corbin, for sharing some of your favorite books with us!
Here are several students demonstrating what Daily 5 looks like in 3rd Grade! Some are practicing spelling words and the memory verse at the Word Work station, others are Listening to Reading on the computer and iPad, and one is reading her Bible while practicing Read to Self.
In first grade, we start our day with Morning Tubs. Morning Tubs offer a low-pressure way to practice and review curriculum, to explore STEM games and toys, and to engage in hands-on learning. It’s difficult for first graders to enter school and get quiet and still right away. Morning Tubs are a bridge from a morning at home to more rigorous academic material.
The kindergarteners are working on their math concepts. Today they were able to compare groups and use different tools to count to 10.
Due to strong winds and power outage, school is CANCELLED for TODAY 10/15/2018
Flashlight Friday! These 3rd Graders got to read together with lanterns in a tent! What a fun way to do Daily 5!
The kindergarteners started a train to practice their -an word family words.
The first grade class helped to lead chapel today! After studying Noah in class, they were ready to share their learning with the school. They sang a Books of the Bible song, led a Bible call-and-response, and shared the ways that Noah walked by faith.
Guitarist at chapel
We began our Guest Reader Wednesday event today! Mrs. Crabb came to share some of her family’s favorite books!
Head heart hand awards!
We take prayer seriously in First Grade. Every morning, our Prayer Leader for the week takes requests and offers them to the Lord in prayer. Parents and friends, we may have prayed for you today!
The Honeybee class is learning about firefighters.
Kindergarten field trip to Amy’s Farm!
The 3rd Grade class earned a Stuffed Animal Party! With every kind and selfless act, they were able to pull a stick out of our Kindness Kerplunk game. When all of the marbles drop, we have a party! The class took a vote, and a Stuffed Animal Party was the winner!
5th Grade field trip to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
5th graders are excited to use microscopes to discover plant cells.
The kindergarteners were learning about weather this week! So to celebrate all that they learned, we played weather bingo!
Go lady lions!
It is time for Spring Cleaning...or rather Fall cleaning! We all love our church and school, but our campus could use a little love itself. So we are coming together as a family to Beautify Bethany! Paper sign-ups sheets are available in the church lobby. Visit our Facebook Page to sign up. https://www.facebook.com/events/746238889072927/
6th-Grade Egg-speriment! Exploring osmosis and diffusion using eggs.
It rained today! Though the shower was short, it was sweet! First grade stepped outside to see, smell, and touch the rain.
Science Lab (8th)
This week the Kindergarteners are learning about the -at word family. Here is one station the students could be at to practice words that end in -at!
House Competition
When the Kindergarteners receive 25 or more Pom Poms in their bucket, they are able to choose a reward. These two students chose to take their shoes off in class. Congratulations to these two for working so hard and choosing kindness with their peers.
We rolled out the big number line in first grade today to talk about number order, how to use number lines as tools, and the concept of infinity (really)!
This week, the first graders read about Noah and the ark in our Bibles. We made rainbows to remember that God keeps his promises!
The kindergarteners have been learning all about patterns! They loved creating new designs and working as a team.
I am so blown away by the kindness of my class and their parents! They had this beautiful bouquet and dragonfly card sent to my house! They are so thoughtful! I am so thankful to be a part of this amazing community!
We are learning to love God and to love others through the Operation Christmas Child project. Here are the first graders before chapel, ready to present their boxes as an offering to the Lord!
Here are two students in Kindergarten at the word work station during daily 5!
The first graders are learning that crocodiles prefer larger meals over smaller ones! We’re using crocodile mouths to get us ready for the symbols we’ll use when we compare numbers: < (less than), > (greater than) and = (equal to). The open mouth is always turned toward the bigger number!
Introducing Bethany Christian School’s new App. Available at the App Store or in Google Play
Middle School Chapel
5th grade science
8th graders hard at work.
Fun
We are working in class to compose numbers with tens and ones.
4th grade is awesome.
The first graders are growing their number sense skills!
Go team!!
DAR special guests are coming to BCS on Tuesday, October 16th from 12:30-1:30.
Hey! This is great!
This is the day the Lord has made.
