Testing Week

Testing week is typically a week everyone involved in hates, but not at St. James. At St. James we use the Stanford 10 and the OLSAT for measuring our students knowledge and abilities. It also is used to keep us accountable for what and how we are teaching. Yes, the mornings are full of testing, but the students have frequent breaks and special snacks all week. Our afternoons are filled with extra recess and fun science experiments. Every afternoon a parent volunteer had the option of visiting first grade and leading an experiment with the class or to send the materials. The class got to see how cold and warm water changed skittles, they made elephant toothpaste, constructed a marshmallow catapult, mixed and played with fluffy slime, and even made colors explode in milk. It was such a fun week!! Being able to ease the tension of standardized testing by balancing fun educational activities and utilizing beautiful weather is amazing. It’s the perfect way to wrap up another fantastic year at St. James Day School.