WP Fourth Graders headed to Austin and San Antonio this morning! This trip culminates a year's study of Texas History by visiting historical sites throughout our state. First stop today was a tour of Inner Space Cavern!
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Our Second Graders recently completed a fun biography project! After compiling research on a historical subject, the students gave presentations to their classmates...in costume! See if you can spot: Christopher Columbus, Charlie Chaplin, Annie Oakley, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Pablo Picasso, Sacagawea, Maria Tallchief, Frida Kahlo, Jackie Robinson, Ernest Shackleton, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mark Twain, Pele, Pharaoh Tutankhamen, Dr. Seuss, Betsy Ross, Abraham Lincoln, Queen Victoria, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Helen Keller, Walt Disney, Benjamin Franklin, Amelia Earhart, Robert Ripley, Thomas Jefferson, or Jane Goodall!
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Hip Hip Hooray for VIP Day! Some of our Panthers were given the "VIP" treatment last week as we celebrated some of the fun auction items purchased at the Spring Auction/Fundraiser! Thank you to their parents for supporting Wesley Prep!
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Our Second Graders are excitedly counting down the days until their spring chickens hatch! This week, the students learned about candling (holding a light or candle near the egg to see the inner contents). The students were delighted to see it was not only occupied by a growing baby chick, but one was wiggling inside the shell! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #secondgrade #babychicks #ExperientialLearning #ScienceIsFun
The WP Fifth Grade technology students recently used "Scratch" (a coding/programming tool) to help create educational games. These Panther programmers created two games and presented them to their Kindergarten and Primer Class friends. The younger students provided feedback, including the game characters they liked and which aspects they found the most challenging and fun!
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Another fun Muffins with Moms event today! Thank you to all of our Early Childhood Moms for joining us for the Muffins with Moms events this week. It was such a JOYFUL way to start our day!
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Muffins with Moms with our Panther Cubs this week has been such a blast! Join us for one more day of fun tomorrow, Friday, March 24th - it is a great way to start your day!
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Wesley Prep is so lucky to have an amazing partnership with John Derryberry Photography each year for the beautiful American History Portrait Gallery displayed at the school's entrance. The Portrait Gallery is part of fifth grade's Wax Museum project, an in depth research project into different characters involved in shaping America's history! The photos are taken at different locations depending on the student's character. Included are snap shots of P.T. Barnum, the circus showman and Martha Gellhorn, a war correspondent.
This was an especially fun “Flashlight Friday” for our first grade Panthers! Mrs. Mayes, our librarian, helped our fourth graders pick out picture books during library this week to read with their first grade buddies. The fourth graders brought finger flashlights to use to read aloud and also brought finger flashlights for their buddies to use to follow along as they read! It was an electrifying time for all, and both grade levels of Panthers are looking forward to gathering again next month!
Checkout @wesleyprep on Instagram and @wesleyprepdallas on Facebook for more pictures from this fun, flashlight Friday! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #readaloud #buddyclasses #flashlightfriday #makereadingfun
We are ready for our early childhood Panthers!!! Panther Cub Parents, please swipe ➡️ for Meet the Teacher information. We look forward to seeing you soon!
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Elementary Panthers are back in the building, and we couldn't be more excited about the year ahead! Pop on over to @wesleyprep on Instagram or @wesleyprepdallas on Facebook for more cute first day of school pictures! #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #WPFirstDay #WPBack2School #elementary #panthercubscomingsoon
We are so proud of our 6th grade robotics teams. They have had a great competition season. At the qualifier competition, they received Core Values and Motivation Awards. The Core Values Award celebrates the team that displays extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit, knows they can accomplish more together than they could as individuals, and shows each other and other teams respect. The Motivation Award celebrates a team that embraces the culture of First Lego League through team building, team spirit, and displayed enthusiasm.
From the qualifier competitions, where a total of 300 teams competed, Wesley Prep had two teams advance to the championship, where they competed this weekend with the other 58 teams who made the finals. Both teams had the highest robot run score of 200 points in the competition. We couldn’t be prouder of these Panthers, the fun they had in the competition, their performance, and their sportsmanship. Thanks for representing Wesley Prep well, 6th grade!
A big thank you to Mrs. Poling and Mrs. Ball for leading our Panthers so well!
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Veterans Day honors the many men and women who have served our country. As way to pause and remember these brave heroes, our first grade Panthers wrote thank you letters to Ms. Holzrichter’s cousin, Staff Sergeant David Holzrichter, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before they wrote their letter, the first grade students brainstormed questions they had for David. They were curious about his uniform, when and what he was able to eat, if he liked cats or dogs, and how long he trained. We are very thankful for people like David who help keep our country safe. Today, especially, we take this opportunity to say thank you.
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Our 3-year-old Panther Cubs practiced their Thankful Thanksgiving music program with Miss Betty today. We're thankful for our 3's, and they're looking forward to showing off what they’ve learned in music class: movement with scarves that strengthen our hand-eye coordination, a feather freeze dance to strengthen our bilateral coordination, and turkey dances that help us learn about spatial and body awareness!
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The kindergarteners are learning about symmetry this month and looked for objects found in nature that are symmetrical. Afterwards, they designed their own symmetrical butterflies using a ruler and pattern blocks. Fun was had by all!
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Our fourth graders showed off their poetry slamming skills at Kwame's Kool Kat Kafé last Thursday at Open House. Over the past few weeks, they have worked hard to create poems inspired by the work of the author and poet, Kwame Alexander. It was a night to remember!
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In the spirit of Halloween, our second graders researched and wrote about bats. These Panthers practiced taking notes, writing attention-grabbing topic sentences, and combining sentences with conjunctions. Is there a better way to end the unit than by making a bat of their very own? We hope you enjoyed seeing their creations “hanging around” the hallways during Open House last week!
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Third grade’s trip to iFLY was an absolute blast! The kids started their time by participating in a paper airplane lab where they had the chance to fly their paper airplane and figure out how to make adjustments to allow their plane to fly farther. After their STEM lab, students suited up and headed to the flight training room to get specific instructions on how to fly in the wind tunnel. Their instructors, Steve and Dominic, were fantastic and gave each student a fabulous flying experience! Check out @wesleyprep on Instagram for more pictures, a video of their trip, and a cute Boomerang! :)
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Panther families, it’s not too late to give a donation of $25 or more to Wesley Prep on North Texas Giving Day. Your donations allow our school to create magical moments throughout the building. Click the link below to donate before midnight tonight! Thank you for your generosity! www.northtexasgivingday.org/wesley-prep
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Our 3 year-old students in Mrs. Hanks' class have been busy learning through play. They especially love stacking blocks, building roads and tunnels, and stringing beads--All of which help students further develop hand strength and hand-eye coordination. #WeAreWP #wesleyprep #threeyearolds #preschool #handstrength #handeyecoordination
