Author Archives: Rachel Scott

Last week was super busy, but oh so rewarding! Each year, the Mississippi Children’s museum hosts an event sponsored by CSpire. It’s called the C3 Coding Competition. They invite teams of four 4th grade students from several area schools. No coding experience required! The event kicks off with a great opening rally to get theContinue reading “Can we talk about building relationships among students? (and the Coding Competition Winners)”

A few weeks ago, a group from the Lower School made the trip down to New Orleans for some of the most enjoyable professional development, school visits! Maya Buford, Jessica Farris, Kathy Vial, Mayson McKey, Sara Clark, Sarah Walker, and myself spent two days visiting schools in Metarie and New Orleans. The group visited St.Continue reading “In a land far, far away… Well, not really.”

Tis the Season…. To hide a Turkey? Absolutely! At the Lower School, our little saints are letting their creative juices flow. Specifically, three 3rd grade girls wanting to create some fun and adventure for their friends and classmates. In October, Annie May Harkins, Emma Papadimitriou, and Alianna Rust wrote a sweet little letter pitching theContinue reading “Tis the Season… To Hide a Turkey?”

Authored by Rachel Scott I am sure you are thinking, “No way! No how!” but just hear me out. I am not talking about real social media such as instagram, facebook, snapchat, etc. (I truly am not that crazy.), but a safe, secure environment for students to share ideas and work, collaborate with their peers,Continue reading “Social Media for Elementary Students? Well… Sort of, but not really.”

Authored by Rachel Scott 4th graders in Señora Buford’s Spanish class have spent the last several weeks focusing on creating content to share all about St. Andrew’s Lower School with students in Perú. Maya Buford, the Lower School Spanish teacher, began communicating in the fall with teachers from Lord Byron School in Arequipa, Perú. TheContinue reading “4th Graders Share St. Andrew’s with Students in Perú”

Authored by Rachel Scott Let me set the stage: A few years back, in the pre-pandemic world of education, I was a classroom teacher in a Mississippi Title 1 public school and a mom of four. I was never able to leave school until early evening and was mentally and physically exhausted by the endContinue reading “If You Ask a Teacher Out to Mexican”

There are so many reasons to celebrate this time of year. The holidays, of course, but in our school world we are celebrating the end of the 1st semester and all of the accomplishments, big and small, of our teachers and students. Join me as we take a short visual journey through recent pictures ofContinue reading “Tis the season at the lower school… to CELEBRATE!”

So what exactly is going on with the lower school Makerspace and Tech lab? The newly reimagined Makerspace at the lower school is not just a place that houses a bunch of equipment (really cool equipment, no less), but a way for students to get hands-on and bring their learning to life. Makerspaces are beingContinue reading “Making Maker”