On Feb. 13, both of our Scholar’s Bowl teams won their matches against Fairhope and St. Patrick’s Catholic School. Our A team captain was Allen Davis. Making up the rest of the A team were Walsh Millette, Liam Treutel, Denman Mims and Elizabeth Glaser. Our B team captain was Ashley Kinsey. Other team members included Emily Gabel, Daniel Volovecky, Morgan Davis and Will Anderson. The official scorekeepers were Ashley Szydel and Gregory Stone. The official timekeepers were Shelby O’Neill and Alex Adent. Congratulations to all of these students for a job well done!

6A is studying World War II. They are using the United Streaming Web Site and the Promethean Board to view actual newsreels from the war.

The fifth-grade math team is making great progress with Mr. Davis, their coach. They meet on Mondays for an intense/accelerated lesson in math. Coastal Kids team will be getting started soon. This will be an exciting endeavor for all involved.

Our science class will begin a unit in geology. Our religion activities included making stained glass windows representing Stations of the Cross. Social studies included a very interesting and rousing debate about the clear-cutting of trees to create neighborhoods and shopping malls. Students were able to express their opinions for and against these practices and how they would be interpreted by our Catholic faith.

Each 5B student was assigned a Station of the Cross. The student illustrated the cross with symbols and words depicting the assigned station. Then, the crosses were posted on the bulletin board to serve as a reminder of the love of Jesus. Greater love has no man than to lay down his life for another.

Fifth-graders also worked in the computer lab to research key people and events of the time of the American Revolution. Next week, they will also use library time for research. Then, the information will be used to complete the third quarter Social Studies assignment, which allows the student to choose one of seven projects. Some of the projects are illustrating a time line, designing a “wanted” poster, constructing a collage illustration of people exercising their basic rights presented in the first section of the Declaration of Independence, and writing a newspaper account of Washington’s crossing the Delaware River.

CKCS celebrated Grandparents’ Day on Feb. 15. We were thrilled to see the overwhelming turnout for this fun day.

]The Grandparents’ Day open house was a huge success — at least by library standards! We were hopping full with grandparents and students until after 3 p.m. A map of the United States was placed in the entry of the library for the grandparents to place a pin in the state they lived. WOW! What a collection we had. Grandparents came from all over the country. While many were from the Mobile, Daphne and Fairhope areas, others came from New Hampshire, Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota, Massachusetts and the farthest two in the United States came from Seattle, Washington and even farther — Juneau, Ala. We were introduced to a grandmother that was here from India. We were not able to communicate but her grandson translated and she told us she was thrilled to be here. Lucy Buffett of LuLu’s and author of her own cookbooks, was also on hand to join in the festivities. CKCS has a very interesting and rich history of grandparents; we were delighted and thankful that they all came for a visit.