Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy just finished its annual Outdoor Education at Camp Blue Ridge in Montebello, Virginia. DTD lead out with five other schools and about 150 students and parents. It was a wonderful week of learning out in nature! Please follow and like us:
Students in grades 3rd – 8th participate in the “Think Tank” club. There are currently 20 students staying after school for 2 hours to take part in the club that is designed to help make them better critical thinkers. Everyone is having a great time learning, even after school...
The 7th & 8th grade class at DesmondT.DossChristianAcademy dissected a sheep’s brain as part of their literary unit on Phineas Gage. It was a great hands-on-activity for the students to see what they had been reading about. Please follow and like us:
The students spent about an hour dissecting Mud Puppies during Outdoor Education. Students were able to get a great first-hand look at the internal organs of this amphibian. “I love these kinds of dissections because these specimens open up just like they show in the book. It gives the...
Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy joined Richmond Academy and Tidewater Adventist Academy for the annual Outdoor Education program held at scenic Camp Blue Ridge. On the first day, May 14, the students had their first class on the chosen theme for the week—amphibians. Worship that evening was built around...
Last fall one of our third graders, named Austin, found a moth cocoon inside a plastic cup (one the kids often play with in the sand table on our playground.) This was a lucky find! Moth cocoons are fairly hard to locate. The third graders generously allowed our class...