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I loved having Mrs. Marston! Brit. Lit. was quite difficult, but her energetic, wise, kind and fun attitude and way of teaching made the class my favorite one!
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – Week 28
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – Week 28
Elementary
Blue Knights Basketball Camp: Elementary basketball for boys in grades 4-6 is underway. The draft is taking place this week. We’ll announce games once they begin.
Parent/Teacher Conferences, March 26 & 27: Conference sign up sheets have come home and we are looking forward to meeting with you. Each conference is scheduled for 15 min. Please feel free to come right into the classroom when it is your time to begin.
Secondary
CTP-4: Test Results will be sent home with your secondary student this Friday.
General
3rd Quarter Report Cards: Report cards will be coming home with the students this week (elementary-Wednesday, secondary-Thursday). This is a great opportunity, for dads in particular, to sit down with their children and go over the 3rd quarter results.
Open Gym: Basketball open gym has been moved from Wednesday to Thursday evenings for the rest of the year. Students in 5th-12th grades are welcome to come from 7-9 PM. Bring your own ball.
For more information about the school please visit http://logosprincipalspage.com/
All the best,
Matt Whitling
Local Author Visits Logos School
Mr. Nate Wilson came to 1st grade before spring break to talk to the students about writing books. Nate is a Logos Alumn (class of 96) who has written a number of increasingly popular children’s books including…
Mock Trial Team Wins State!
Logos extends mock-trial winning streak: School’s ‘A’ team claims sixth consecutive state title, earns trip to national competition in Atlanta
As reported in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
Gresham Schlect had to cross-examine his sister on Tuesday.
“I almost started laughing at the beginning,” he said. “But it was pretty fun. I eventually got through it.”
Schlect was a prosecuting attorney for one of Logos School’s mock trial teams at the state championships in Boise this week – a competition Logos has now won for six consecutive years and 11 of the past 15 years.
The school’s “A” team will go on to compete in the national competition in Atlanta in May.
The A team, which consists of older Logos students, faced off against the school’s younger team in the semifinals Tuesday morning, and then went on to face Boise’s Saint Ambrose High School in the championship round.
Schools received this year’s case in October, and teams set about preparing both a prosecution and defense.
The Logos students met three times a week at 6 a.m. through December, and then gathered once a week in the Latah County Courthouse.
As part of their preparations the team members tried the case in front of Latah County District Court Magistrate Judge John Judge.
This year’s case centered on a woman who had shot and killed a grizzly bear.
Prosecutors argued that she was in violation of the Endangered Species Act, while defense attorneys contended that she was forced to shoot the bear in self-defense.
Teams are randomly assigned to prosecution or defense before each round of competition.
Logos prosecuted in both the semifinal and final rounds on Tuesday.
“You get really tired, it’s really hard,” Schlect said, adding that nerves prevented most of the team from eating much over the two-day span.
The team will get a several-week break before receiving its case for nationals at the beginning of April.
“It’s a lot different (from preparing for state),” Schlect said. “You get a lot shorter time to prepare but you have to be a lot better. Just for the next month it’s going to be really tough.”
Last year’s state competition found the two Logos teams facing off in the championship round.
Coach Chris Schlect laughed awkwardly when asked if that means that even Logos’ newer mock-trial participants are more skilled than any other team in the state.
The Logos team has not yet won a national competition, although 2008 graduate Maggie Church was recognized by the national judges as the best high school trial advocate in the country last year.
As preparation for the national competition, the team will try the case in Moscow sometime in April.
They also will fundraise and accept donations to offset the costs of traveling to Atlanta, although the details have not yet been worked out.
“I’ll put it this way: We need money,” Chris Schlect said with a laugh.
The team also includes attorneys Bekah Ryan, Tim Schultz and Tyler Evans, and witnesses Elliot Dickison, Naphtali Lineberger, Lizzy Ryan and Caleb Courtney.
Logos’ secondary team is made up of attorneys Josiah Nance, Lizzy Jeschke, Lydia Ryan and Madeline Schlect, and witnesses Hannah Page, Kellen Meyer, Gavin Meyer and Kevin McGarry.
International Students at Logos
Our next featured international student at Logos is…
Cat Tuong Nguyen
Cat Tuong is a senior from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This is her second year at Logos. Cat Tuong plans to go to college in the states next year and hopes to study engineering. We are thankful to have Cat Tuong in 12th grade at Logos School.
Knight Day 2009
Knight Day 2009 – “Communication, Culture, and Language”
8:25 – 8:35 Announcements – Auditorium
8:40 – 9:35 Plenary I - “Communication, Culture and Language” – Kjell Christopherson - Auditorium
9:40 – 10:35 – Academic Workshops
“The War on Terror & How It All Began: Origin & Aftermath of Sept. 11th, 2001“ – James Banks -Rm.5
“Join the Navy and See the World: Jailed in Dakar, Senegal” - Patch Blakey, USN, Capt. (Ret.) - Rm.3
“Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) warfare” – Dale Courtney – Auditorium
“Redemptive Themes in Green Day?” – Robin Harris – Rm. 4
“Hot Cocoa and a Sampling of Indie Music: Why Lyrics Matter” – Kate Henreckson – Rm. 2
“Geology, Flora, and Fauna of North Idaho” - Wes Struble – Science Room
“Fiberglass Boats and Flesh and Blood Men: Sailing In the San Juan’s” – Ed Van Nuland - Rm. 1
10:40 – 11:35 Recreational Workshops
“Basic Juggling“ – Jim Nance – Auditorium
“Basics of 3-D Drawing” – Jesse Sumpter – Art Room
“Basic Wood Chopping” – Matt Gray - Outside
“Comedic Workshop” – Tom Garfield – Gym
“Card Making: Note Cards, Greeting Cards, and Stationary” – Kate Henreckson – Science Room
“Knitting and Crocheting” - Trude Marston and Charlene Polek – Rm. 2
“Strike Three: How to Throw an Effective Fastball, Curveball and Change-up” John Carnahan (mitt required, ball helpful) – Outside
11:35 – 12:15 Lunch – Auditorium
12:20 – 1:15 Plenary II – “Nez Perce Culture” - Elmer Crowe – Gym
1:20 – 2:15 - Language Workshops
Bakwe – Csaba Liedenfrost – Rm. 3
Italian – Mackenzie Miller – Rm. 2
Japanese- Tim Marston – Auditorium
Nez Perce- Thomas Gregory – Science Room
Norwegian- Kjell Christopherson - Rm. 1
Russian- Jeff Moss – Rm. 5
2:20 – 2:35 – Fight Song Sing-Off (8th & 12 graders) – Auditorium
2:35 – 3:05 Storytelling – Jim Nance Auditorium – Auditorium
3:05 – 3:15 Singing and Prayer -
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – Week 27
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – Week 27
Elementary
Blue Knights Basketball Camp: Elementary basketball for boys in grades 4-6 is underway. The draft will take place after spring break.
Parent/Teacher Conferences, March 26 & 27: Conference sign up sheets have come home and we are looking forward to meeting with you after spring break.
Secondary
Knight Day: Thursday, March 12, is Knight Day in the secondary. This is a seminar-type day in which students attend plenary talks and select from a wide array of academic and recreational workshops. Lunch will be provided (grades 7-12 only)!
Dissecting Darwinism: On March 13, New Saint Andrews College is offering a day camp in presenting the argument for intelligent design and exposing the flaws of Darwinism. Dr Gordon Wilson will be presenting. Open to high school Juniors and Seniors. Find out more at www.nsa.edu .
Mock Trial: Both of our teams will be heading to the state championships over spring break!
Knowledge Bowl: The Knowledge Bowl team heads to state right after spring break as well!
General
Fight’n Knight Shirts: Students, elementary and secondary, are allowed to wear their Fight’n Knight shirts and jeans to school this Thursday in celebration of secondary Knight Day.
Teacher Work Day: Friday, March 13, will be a teacher work day. Teachers will be presenting what they have learned in their teacher scholarship projects in the morning and afternoon as well as working on 3rd quarter report cards. There will be no school this day.
Have a great spring break!
For more information about the school please visit http://logosprincipalspage.com/
All the best,
Matt Whitling
International Students at Logos School
We will be featuring our international students from time to time over the next few weeks. First up is…
Eun Jeong Shin
Eun Jeong is a senior from Ulsan, South Korea. She originally came as an exchange student, and after the one year program was over she decided to stay for two more years and graduate from Logos. In her words, “I didn’t have any choice but to come to Logos at the time, but now I realize that God led me here.” Eun Jeong plans to go to college in the states next year in order to continue her education. We are thankful to have Eun Jeong in 12th grade at Logos School.
The Latin Advantage
Reading Achievement In the District of Columbia, elementary school students who studied Latin developed reading skills that were five months ahead of those who studied no foreign language and four months ahead of those who studied French or Spanish. Two years earlier, the same students had been excluded from foreign language classes because of substandard reading performance. Vocabulary Skills In Philadelphia, students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades received 15 to 20 minutes of daily instruction in Latin for one year. The performance of the Latin students was one full year higher on the Vocabulary Subtest of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) than the performance of matched control students who had not studied Latin. Math Problem SolvingSixth-grade students in Indianapolis who studied Latin for 30 minutes each day for five months advanced nine months in their math problem solving abilities. In addition, the students exhibited the following advances in other areas:
Latin the Basic Language
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Secondary Water Color
Here are a few of the first projects that students have completed in Mr. Garfield’s water color elective – well done!
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