Mrs. Self's Fourth Grade Class

Goodbye, Sweet Friends….

palmettoprep — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:29:37 +0000

Someone once said that a picture was worth a thousand words. That person didn’t know me. When I look at this picture, millions of memories, small moments in time, pass through my mind. And I look upon the faces of the students with pride, joy, and excitement.

While our school will continue no longer, please remember that we are a family. Family bonds are never broken. As I have said many times to you all, I look upon you as my own children. I pray for you that you will have all the best life has to offer. I hope that you will, one day, remember “Ole Mrs. Self,” and say to yourself a nice memory or funny story from our times together.

I hope that you will remember me, because I will remember you. Each student who enters my room leaves a mark on my heart. A mark that could never be removed by anything (time, distance, life changes).

We’ve had our good days, we’ve had our bad. But at the end of the day, we’ve had a magical experience.

Don’t cry because it’s over….smile because it happened.

I love you,

Mrs. Self

dorothyfself@gmail.com

30 Club Forest Lane

Greenville, SC 29605

We Love Our Moms!

palmettoprep — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:44:09 +0000

Friday was a very special day for us. We were able to shower our mothers with love and presents! Muffins for Mom was a wonderful way to celebrate Mother’s Day.

Science Fair Projects

palmettoprep — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:49:38 +0000

Students in fourth and fifth grades participated in a science fair yesterday. They were able to design their own topics and research experiments. We were all very impressed with the caliber of work they completed! I think we have some future scientists on our hands! Kendall’s project involved seeing whether or not her dog would pick healthy or unhealthy snacks, Eli’s project involved researching whether or not ice melted more quickly in soda or water, Stephanie’s project involved which juice cleaned pennies better, Gray’s involved whether or not sense of sight and smell affected your ability to decipher flavors of skittles, Jo’Nae’s involved whether or not soap would affect a skewer going through a balloon, and Darby’s involved which brand of diaper was the most cost effective AND most absorbent. Great job!

Congratulations, Cassidy and Eli!

palmettoprep — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:32:55 +0000

Two of Mrs. Self’s fourth graders were recently selected for the A.R.M.E.S program at the Fine Arts Center. A.R.M.E.S stands for Arts Reaching Middle and Elementary Schools. Mrs. Self nominated Cassidy for the dance program and Eli for the music program. Cassidy arrived at school with a huge smile on her face as she proudly displayed her audition letter. Eli was also immensely proud of his audition as well.

We are all so very proud of you for your accomplishments! Great job, guys!

Destination America

palmettoprep — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:53:33 +0000

Last Thursday, students from Palmetto Prep participated in a performance entitled “Destination America.” They showed off their dancing and singing skills as they impressed friends and family.

Darby’s Fiddle

palmettoprep — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:36:06 +0000

Today, Darby showed us his new fiddle. It was very cool. Thanks for sharing, Darbs! We can’t wait for you to learn how to play.

Kendall’s Visit to Jacksonville

palmettoprep — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:28:13 +0000

This past weekend, Kendall visited Mrs. Self’s hometown. Mrs. Self grew up in Jacksonville, and loves everything about the city. Anyway, Kendall visited Mrs. Self’s middle and high school, went to her favorite stores, and even bought her chocolate covered popcorn from Peterbrooke (Mrs. Self’s favorite chocolate bakery)! What a thoughtful gift. To top it all off, Kendall visited Orsay, a special restaurant owned by one of Mrs. Self’s high school friends who has become a famous chef!

Applying Percents to Real Life

palmettoprep — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:50:39 +0000

Last week to supplement and extend our lesson on percents, students looked through non-fiction texts. During this process, they picked a particular page that had both texts and pictures / photographs. They were charged with calculating what percentage of the page was taken up by photos, and to analyze whether or not that contributed positively or negatively to the point of the article. We had a great time using our lesson on percents in a real-life setting!

New Foreign Language Program!

palmettoprep — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:37:45 +0000

Yesterday, Mrs. Amy and Mr. Clint were pleased to announce that Palmetto Prep would be adding a new Chinese foreign language program to our curriculum. Students and families will have the option of enrolling in either Spanish or Chinese for the school year! Mrs. Self has been working with the Confucius Institute at Presbyterian College to help secure this prestigious grant and honor. Because of our Core Knowledge unit on China, she had developed a keen interest in bringing Chinese to our school.

At our formal announcement, Palmetto Prep hosted a famous Chinese calligrapher and artist. He is a professor at the University of Peking, and his work is revered throughout China. He holds many distinctions, in fact if we were to list them all we would run out of room! He discussed the history of Chinese characters, and demonstrated how to write them as well.

Thank you to the approximately one-hundred people who supported us yesterday!

Kendall’s Graphing Project

palmettoprep — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:07:42 +0000

I wanted to showcase one of our student’s graphing projects. Each student was responsible for creating his/her own graphing question (three different questions, to be exact), identifying a survey population, comparing sub-groups within their survey-population, and creating three different graphs to represent their findings.