2nd nine weeks honors
The Game of Life
PDS makes learning life skills fun!
It was snowing outside but PDS boys and girls had a fun day learning about finances through our "Game of Life". Students were taught, through hands on activities, about budgeting, careers, wants and needs, deposits and withdrawals, and several other financial issues. After learning these important concepts, students got to play a live version of the "Game of Life". They were given a monthly salary and had to manage their money. There was even a PDS bank where they could buy a house and car. Learning these important concepts helped the boys and girls appreciate all their parents have to do with their money each month. Hopefully they will use these skills to make better decisions!!
Christmas Chapel and Party Time!!
It's hard to believe that this was almost two weeks ago and now it is almost time to head back to school. We had so much fun in Chapel singing praises and pointing our hearts and minds to the One Christmas is all about. The Girl's Ensemble performed for us and that is always a treat! During Chapel our homeroom moms were hard at work preparing for our class parties. We returned to our rooms for fun, games, and special treats! Our homeroom moms are the BEST!! We hope everyone has enjoyed their time off from school...now it is time to get back to learning! We can't wait to see you all Friday!!
LIVE NATIVITY
What a fun night to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas!! We didn't let the cold stop us! Thank you to all our PDS families and First Presbyterian Church families for coming out and being a part of our Live Nativity. We hope you made some great memories, and we hope you will join us again next year!
1st grade gingerbread day
Always something fun going on in first grade!! On the last week of school they had gingerbread day and polar express day. On gingerbread day they made their own cookie dough and cut out cookies to bake and decorate. So much FUN!!
Junior Kindergarten Christmas Program
Way to go Junior K!! We are so proud of you for all your hard work in preparing for your play. Thank you for reminding us all about the birth of Jesus and focusing our hearts on the true meaning of Christmas.
"Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:11
First grade lets their light shine!
The theme this year in the first grade class is kindness. As a way to celebrate the Christmas season, they wanted to extend their kindness to the community. They chose to participate in Clarksdale Junior Auxiliary Christmas Tree Angel program. They selected three angels, donated their own money, and took a class field trip to Walmart to purchase items for their angels. Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but what we give. By hand picking these gifts and giving them to these deserving children, our children are filled with Christ love and the joy that comes from making someone else happy. We are so proud of our first graders - their light is shining bright!
PAJAMA DAY...and DANCE OFF!!
Friday was one of our favorite days of the year....PAJAMA DAY!! We started the day with a pajama parade and ended with "Dancing in our Jammies - Christmas Musical Dance Off." We have so much FUN at PDS!!!
2nd grade animal poster project
Jr. K - S is for SLIPPERS!!
We have so much fun in Junior Kindergarten!! Every week they are learning a new letter and each letter brings special activities. This week they are learning about the letter S. S stands for slippers!!! They got to wear slippers to school!!! And even had a slipper parade through the big school. We had fun modeling our slipper and talking about which were our favorites!
Senior Kindergarten Thanksgiving Play
Sr. K presented their play this morning to their parents, friends, and the student body. Thank you for telling us the story of the first Thanksgiving and reminding us how much we have to be thankful for! You did a great job Sr. K!!
Principal for the day
Congratulations to Miss Bailey Grace Jenkins! She was the top seller in her class during our Charleston Wrap fundraiser, and she won the prize of being Principal for the day!! Great job Bailey Grace!
Third grade book reviews
Third grade students recently completed a book review. Each student read a book, wrote a review, decorated a bag, and filled it with items to tell about their book. They then had to present to the class and tell about their book. Great job third graders!!
Fourth grade Indian dwellings
PDS Presidential Election
PDS students are good citizens!
Our students learned about how to become president and about the voting process. Our fifth and sixth grade classes started their own political parties and came up with a platform for their party. The students in these classes had the opportunity to run in the primary which was held on Monday. They campaigned by making posters and speeches in front of the other PDS students. The winners of the primary were: fifth graders Warner Lively- presidentand Olivia Smith- vice president, sixth graders Rylan Ferracci- president and Elaine Weiss- vice president. These students hit the campaign trail again trying to convince their peers they would make the best president. Today, the students were excited to come to the PDS poll and cast their vote. The secretaries from each party counted the votes and the results were: The God's Children candidates, Rylan Ferracci and Elaine Weiss, were the winners. We had so much fun while learning the importance of voting!
First grade election
First grade students recently held their own election after reading the book, "Duck for President." The two candidates were the Duck and the Farmer. First graders registered to vote, got a voter registration card, and cast their vote in the voting booth. Way to go first grade!
PDS spelling bee winners
The PDS spelling bee was held on Monday, October 31st. 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students participated and these were our winners. The 1st place winner from each class will advance to the district competition on November 9th in Drew, Mississippi.
4th grade: 1st place Delilah Jenkins, 2nd place Owen Dixon; 5th grade: 1st place Paxton Burton, 2nd place Brad Jennings; 6th grade: 1st place Carley Wood, 2nd place Jackson Avery
BOOK FAIR
THE BOOK FAIR IS HERE!!!! Sixth grade got everyone excited about the book fair this morning by dressing up as some of their favorite book characters. Thank you sixth grade!!
1st nine weeks honors
Charleston Wrap Fundraiser top sellers
Thank you to all of our student and parents for working so hard selling wrapping paper. Because of you, we were able to sell over $34,000 in products. We get to keep HALF of that. This money will go directly into the operating budget to keep tuition cost down. YAY!!!
The top seller for the whole school was Anderson Flowers. Way to go, Anderson!!
Top sellers in each class were:
- Preschool - Julia Willard
- Junior Kindergarten - Ridgley Walls
- Senior Kindergarten - Hunter Marley
- First Grade - Gaines Flowers
- Second Grade - Wynne Spinks
- Third Grade - Bailey Grace Jenkins
- Fourth Grade - Walker Starnes
- Sixth Grade - Georgia Dulaney
