Last Day of School

Parents YOU are invited to join us for our Honors Day activities on the last day of school.

May 25th, 2018

8:30am - in your Great Room

Dismissal upon completion

Buses will depart at 11:15am

 We look forward to sharing this special day with you. If you have any questions, please contact your principal. 

Thank You to Karen Adair

A BIG Thank you to Karen Adair, Katherine's mom, for providing lunch from Zoey's Kitchen for the PreUpper School teachers! The teachers thoroughly enjoyed the amazing food.

Sincerely,

Nina King - PreUpper Asst. Principal

Yo, Ho, Ho

Ahoy, Mateys! Lower School Level L's and R's enjoyed their end of the year reward trip. They worked so hard for this trip and are truly great role models and leaders for our community. First, we had lunch at CiCi's Pizza and played in the arcade. Everyone won a ball from a game! Then, we headed to play a round of putt-putt at the Aurora Cineplex. This was some students first time ever playing putt-putt, but they all did great. We had a wonderful time on the pirate's course. The course is decorated with different waterfalls, pirate ships, and buildings. The course was challenging and fun at the same time. Lucas (our only first grader on the trip) hit a hole-in-one! We had such a wonderful time celebrating the accomplishments of our Level L's and R's. Pictured: Jack Wallace (Level R), Lucas Hennings (Level R), Lexi Murphree (Level L), Max Young (Level L), and Joshua Nanney (Level R)

Check Out Our Summer Programs

You may not be in school during the summer months, but there are lots of activities going on at school in the summer. All of the following are open to the public. Summer is more fun with your friends, so bring them along!

You could sign up for a sport activity at our Summer Athletic Camps, you can see the schedule and register on the website.

If you or someone you know needs to earn some high school credits, there is always Summer School. Take a look at our Summer School offerings and share them with someone. We are offering most core classes and certain electives.

If you are looking for a camp program, look no further than Mark Trail Camp, you should check out the summer camp activities we are offering there, lots of fun coming up!

Any Questions?

Summer Athletic Camps - Phil Hanson

Summer School - Cynthia Traylor or Taniah Jones

Mark Trail Camp - Nina King

Algebra - It's a Wrap

This week in all of my classes (PreAlgebra, Algebra 8 and Algebra I) we wrapped up all the remaining assignments and tests. The next major item on the schedule is final exams which began on Thursday. My classes are all hard at work getting prepared for their finals by working through their final exam study guides. Utilizing the study guides, students are able to review all the material we have covered over the course of the semester and earn bonus points in the process. It is so impressive to see the amount of material we have covered, and the level of retention. I suppose all those corny songs, and math tricks have paid off! I am really hoping to see some outstanding grades on Final Exams as students look to wrap up the school year on a positive note.  Good luck students!!

--Josh Hersko, PreUpper Instructor

I Want to Send You an Email

Class of 2018 now that you are going to be Alumni, we would like to continue to send you the MSA Weekly News, share Alumni events, and keep you generally informed about the happenings on Campus. Please send us your permanent email address (not your millsprings.org email) and we will continue to include you. We can keep sending you the newsletter so you can stay in touch with your friends and favorite teachers here at MSA - all through MUSTANG. Send me your email TODAY and check it out, you are already a part of the Alumni Portal.

--Cheri Harwood, Director of Communications

Who Wants to be a Hundredaire?

This week in Middle School math, the 6th graders learned how to multiply fractions. They also applied their skills from previous lessons to simplify fractions by reducing by the Greatest Common Factor. This lesson provided a valuable review of times tables as well as complex multiplication, which is an important foundation for math in future grade levels. Once the students understood how to multiply fractions, we had a classroom competition of their fraction multiplication skills in an exciting game of, "Who Wants to be a Hundredaire?" This game is a spinoff of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and each level requires the students to multiply a more difficult set of fractions. The students worked together to make it all the way to $60 out of $100 without using any lifelines (aka teacher hints)! The photo depicts Temima Izenberg, Evan Khoo, and Seth Horwitz trying some multiplication problems on the board to keep moving up towards hundredaire status.

--Alice Hall, Middle School Instructor

Moms in Prayer

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

We will meet in the conference room in the Administration building (for the last time this school year) at 8:15am for about an hour. Although I hope we have people show up week after week, I know everyone is busy, so there is no long-term commitment. Come when you can. If you want more information, you can check out the Moms in Prayer website before you come.

God's word says where two or three are gathered together in His name, he will be there also (Matt 18:20). We know our school will benefit from the power of prayer. Please join us!

American Literature Projects

The sophomores in Erin's Communication Arts American Literature class wrapped up the semester by presenting their amazing projects on To Kill a Mockingbird. The students really let their creativity shine this year, as the projects ranged from artistic interpretations of Atticus Finch quotes to original songs. Jack Holt and Nic Allen (pictured) went above and beyond by making a documentary about the book. They interviewed the residents of Maycomb, as played by staff and fellow community members. The finished film was incredibly produced! It even included a blooper reel and commercials for invented products, such as the "Wash-o-Combo." We were all impressed by their dedication and innovative take on the project!

History Happenings

This semester we have worked hard and now we are into finals, I can't believe that the semester is almost over! World History did some fabulous work on projects this year and have wrapped up their Native American segment. American History nailed the course work and debates. Economics class participated in the Stock Market Game and did a great job; Mill Springs finished in 3rd place in the State of Georgia for private schools! The Civics class participated in the E-Congress and had an opportunity to write a bill, this was a national event for Civic classes across the country. History class is history! Have a great summer.

--Greg Bodeep, Upper School Instructor