Seventh Grade
Bullfrogs uncovered
Seventh graders in Keith Wilhelmi’s science class got a chance to study the anatomy of a bullfrog in the class’s dissection unit.
The students had to closely follow Mr. Wilhelmi’s frog dissection guide. He has developed the guide over the years and has recently sold over 80 copies.
Seventh grade parent lunch is May 13 at Corbett’s
Seventh grade parents are invited to parent lunch on May 13 at 1:00 pm at Corbett’s. Please RSVP to Cathy Surowiec at 228-7253 or surofamily@bellsouth.net.
Seventh graders enjoy Pine Mountain trip
Congratulations to the seventh grade team on another great trip week at Pine Mountain! Many of the students commented that they had the best week of school ever! Students were able to explore nature and participate in many group activities. Thanks to the dedicated teachers who gave up time away from home and family to chaperone: Keith Wilhelmi, Clark Pollitt, Jane Lyman, Tammy Giessler, Matt Evans, Sheila Erk, Margy Seely, and Brooke Eckmann.
Drew Lipman wins fifth state title in chess
Seventh grader Drew Lipman won clear first place at the annual State Individual Scholastic Championships for Chess held in Bowling Green, this past weekend. In the two-day event, Drew finished with a perfect score of five wins, zero draws, zero losses. The next two closest contenders each had four wins. This is the second year in a row that Drew has won the K-8 (Middle School) State Championship. In 2007, as a fourth grader, he also won the K-5 (Elementary School) State Championship and the Fourth Grade State Championship. This past November, in the State Grade Level Championships hosted by KCD, Drew won the Seventh Grade State Championship, as well. Congratulations Drew!
Students perform for assisted living residents
On Tuesday, January 5, the seventh and eighth grade dance elective class performed at The Episcopal Church Home on Westport Road. This is the second time that the class has performed for the residents at ECH. Performances by Kentucky Country Day school are very popular with the residents and are usually performed to a "full house" in their Gheens Town Hall.
On Wednesday, January 6, the fifth and sixth grade Play Production class performed their play Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the residents. KCD and ECH have several connections: Ms. Trudy Wheeler's mother lives there as well as Mr. Paul Amick's mother. Several students have grandparents and great-grandparents living there. There is a graduate of Kentucky Home School who comes to all the shows, meets the students, and tells them her graduation year! It gives the students a chance to perform off campus and it is a great community service opportunity!
Earlier this semester, the cast of Aladdin, Jr. performed the entire show for residents. The cast and crew were a huge success. All of the residents enjoyed not only the singing and dancing, but the colorful costumes as well.
Seventh graders earn chess state championship
Congratulations to seventh graders Drew Lipman and Luke Brownlow, whose first-place finish at the KCD Chess Tournament on November 7 earned them the title of state champions!
Drew also captured an individual state championship with his first-place finish. Luke placed fifth in the tournament overall. Congratulations!
Seventh graders learn with play-dough
For a homework assignment in Matt Evans geography class, seventh graders were instructed to make homemade play-dough. Students then used their play-dough to create three-dimensional landscapes. Using dental floss, they sliced the play-dough into layers to create contour lines.
The final result was a colored topographic map that took their three-dimensional mountain and transferred it to a two-dimensional sheet of paper. The cartographers learned how to read a topo map and to create one complete with contour lines and contour intervals as well as all the other key aspects of a map: compass rose, symbols, and a scale.
