LOWER SCHOOL NEWS
Monday, April 19, 2004

Monday, April 19 through Friday, April 23, is Stanford Achievement Testing (SAT) week at SFCS! We are very excited about the fact that this year, the new 10th Edition test, which includes a Bible section, will be administered to the students. It is also the first year that our Kindergarten classes will be taking their version of the test which is called the SESAT. Please plan to have your students at school and on time! These nationally normed achievement tests provide the school faculty and staff with invaluable information. It is very difficult to make up SAT tests, so we ask that you make every effort to have your children in attendance. Emergency circumstances are, of course, always understood. We are looking forward to having a very successful week!

SFCS 5th Grade students will experience an historic visit to Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday, April 27, and Wednesday, April 28. Classes will visit Patriot’s Point, Fort Sumter, the Aquarium and IMAX theatre and the historic downtown area of the city.

Don’t miss the 3rd Grade salute to South Carolina history called Birthday Hats Off to South Carolina! This year the students of Annette Boehm, Margaret McCanless and Leslie Zehr will add a special twist to their history lesson put to verse, song and dance. They will also celebrate the 35th birthday of our school! The musical will be held in the SFPC Sanctuary on Friday, April 23, at 7:00 p.m. A reception will follow the performance.

Lower School “God’s Kids” Choir To Compete at Carowinds
Students in the SFCS “God’s Kids” choir will compete in a choir competition to be held on Saturday, May 1, at Paramount’s Carowinds Amusement Park near Charlotte, North Carolina. The group, made up of SFCS 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade students, will perform at 10:15 a.m. To prepare for the competition, the choir will perform for the congregation of Shannon Forest Presbyterian Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on Sunday, April 25.

6th Grade Students Share Musical Talents
A recent Upper School Chapel was filled with music shared by our 6th Grade students. Many thanks for an afternoon filled with wonderful performances!

4th & 5th Grades To Perform We Are United
Students in the 4th and 5th Grades will join together to present the program, We Are United, an island adventure musical that reminds us the unity with Christ and fellow Christians is a must for our Christian life. The program will be held on Thursday, May 6, at 7:00 p.m. in the SFPC Sanctuary.

Left to right; 6th Grade students Katie Murphy, Marissa Greer and Devon Thurman lifted their voices in song.

Amanda Palmer shared a song.

Caroline McDonald displayed her musical talents at the piano.

Hunter Goldsmith shared a song on her flute.

Zack Tollison performed a piece on the violin.

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