Tate’s School on Social Media
Let’s Connect! Take a look at our social media feeds to learn more about the exciting things happening at Tate’s School!
We use social media to share current news and announcements, as well as fun photos throughout the year. Social media sites are great for critical lines of communication regarding snow days and up-to-date information.
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Recently, Tate's PreK-5th grade students were visited by "The FABFRIZ", Ms. Susan Frizsell, owner of Fab Friz Education and a teacher and educator for many years. Ms. Frizsell created "Tent Adventures", integrated, hands-on lessons in science, history, and reading tailored for our students. Preschool through third grade were able to participate in a "Bug Safari" where they traveled to the South American jungle and became amateur entomologists, collecting and classifying a large variety of bugs by attributes, color and type. The lesson was focused around Maria Sibylla Merian, a remarkable 17th century naturalist, famous for her expertise in entomology and art featuring her insect discoveries. Fourth and fifth grade students also went exploring in the jungle to uncover secrets about the lives of current and former real life explorers, including Percy Fawcett and Harriet Chalmers Adams. Presented with a character box containing clues about their explorer, students worked in groups to travel into the tent to uncover facts using literary elements, grammar, and vocabulary words to complete the profile and story of their explorer. Watch out for quicksand! They had to dig the correct story problem out for their character. Finally, it was time for a resolution. The graveyard held those clues….who survived the jungle and who didn’t? ... See MoreSee Less
Recently, Tate's PreK-5th grade students were visited by "The FABFRIZ", Ms. Susan Frizsell, owner of Fab Friz Education and a teacher and educator for many years. Ms. Frizsell created "Tent Adventures", integrated, hands-on lessons in science, history, and reading tailored for our students. Preschool through third grade were able to participate in a "Bug Safari" where they traveled to the South American jungle and became amateur entomologists, collecting and classifying a large variety of bugs by attributes, color and type. The lesson was focused around Maria Sibylla Merian, a remarkable 17th century naturalist, famous for her expertise in entomology and art featuring her insect discoveries. Fourth and fifth grade students also went exploring in the jungle to uncover secrets about the lives of current and former real life explorers, including Percy Fawcett and Harriet Chalmers Adams. Presented with a character box containing clues about their explorer, students worked in groups to travel into the tent to uncover facts using literary elements, grammar, and vocabulary words to complete the profile and story of their explorer. Watch out for quicksand! They had to dig the correct story problem out for their character. Finally, it was time for a resolution. The graveyard held those clues….who survived the jungle and who didn’t? ... See MoreSee Less
Come out and learn more about our School and Camp during our 16th Annual Open House on Saturday, April 26th from 10 AM to 2 PM!
Families can enjoy a hayride tour of the beautiful, tranquil 54-acre campus featuring three saltwater pools, zip lines, archery range, climbing walls, rappelling tower, boating pond, and the unique rustic classrooms that define the campus. Kids can enjoy a scavenger hunt, taste homemade snacks from the chef, and check out the 200-foot hillside slide! The event is free and open to the public. Tate’s only opens the campus to the public once each year and it is memorable.
Use the entrance to Tate’s School located on N. Cedar Bluff Road next to Verizon. ... See MoreSee Less
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Kindergarten students recently held an afterschool science experiment extravaganza filled with fun, hands-on learning experiments! Students learned about electricity, how to make slime, made lava lamps, and colorful explosions and were able to bring several home to share the excitement with their families! ... See MoreSee Less
Due to additional snowfall overnight and icy conditions on campus, Tate's School will be closed today, Thursday, February 20th. Please stay safe and warm! ... See MoreSee Less
First Grade recently participated in a classroom snowball toss while learning about open and closed syllables. We started off throwing snowballs with different words all around the room. Students were asked to run and find a snowball. Then, they had to stand by the correct poster to tell if the word was an open or closed syllable. After that, they worked together to sort snowballs into the two different types of syllables. Later in the week, we took the information that we learned and applied it to reading multisyllabic words! SNOW MUCH FUN!!!!!! ... See MoreSee Less
Due to forecasted inclement weather, Tate’s School will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19th. Stay safe and have fun! ... See MoreSee Less
Third Grade students enjoyed several lessons outside on one of our recent warm days. In ELA, students are learning about biographies. They enjoyed reading and learning more about Frederick Douglass while soaking in the sunshine. In Math Club, students are working on area and perimeter. They practiced the formula and then measured a variety of items outside. #BeAnOutsider ... See MoreSee Less
We didn't want you to miss these! Students in the NJAHS hand drew Christmas cards for all 67 residents of Park Place independent living facility in Fountain City! Each resident received a hand drawn card, in an envelope with their name on the front. Our friends at the facility said the residents were thrilled! Thank you, students! ... See MoreSee Less
Tate's School Athletics took a big step forward this winter as the boys basketball team won more games this season (17) than the 3 previous years combined! The Varsity Boys team finished 2nd in the regular season and was the runner up in the KISL division 3 tournament. This also marks the first two wins in tournament play in school history with wins over St. Mary's and First Lutheran in route to the championship game. Ty Wilson and Zac Jones received ALL KISL honors and Jacob Slatas and Charlie Bellinghausen received ALL TOURNAMENT honors! ... See MoreSee Less
Tate's 1st Grade students recently celebrated the 100th day of school in style! They all came dressed as an elderly 100 year old person. First grade became the Sunny Side Nursing Home for the Elderly for the day. The kids ate breakfast using the numbers in "one hundred" and participated in many other creative activities. They even had a visit from Mrs. Simmons. She led an elderly exercise class. It was so much fun! ... See MoreSee Less
Fourth Grade students recently created an entrepreneurship club. Supported by parents and teachers, students worked to create items like 3D printed toys and name plates, fragrant soaps and candles, jewelry, paperweights, key chains, stress squishees, and stickers. The students held a Makers Market in the new outdoor activity center where they sold their items. Sales were so good, they plan on doing another market in the spring! ... See MoreSee Less
First Grade students recently participated in a Yeti Mountain Escape Room activity. Students were explorers on a snowy mountain top who lost track of time. The challenge was to get down the mountain before the crazy Yeti family woke up. Each team had to work together to complete five different adjective activities. Each challenge that was completed correctly earned the team a supply that would help them get down the mountain before dark. The last challenge was using the tools to put a puzzle together. All explorers made it down the mountain safely and back to the Ranger’s Station! ... See MoreSee Less
Recently, Third Grade students were visited by Muse Knoxville to learn "Colorful Coding With Sphero indi". Using colors as commands, students designed their own course for their “car” to travel. This inquiry based, hands-on lesson incorporated 21st century technology standards and paired nicely with the robotics and coding work students do here at school in our Fab Lab! ... See MoreSee Less