The Cooper School

Due to the forecasted inclement weather associated with Tropical Storm Warning for Charleston, the Charleston County School District (CCSD) is transitioning to an eLearning day for all students tomorrow, Monday, September 16th.
As our handbook states, The Cooper School follows CCSD’s lead in such matters. Therefor, TCS will also have an eLearning day on Monday, September 16th, 2024.

Third graders were eager to follow the steps of the Engineering Design Process to imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own mortar mixtures and homemade walls.

Charleston Stage has arrived 🎭🎬🎤! Lower school actors got into character today using their actor voice, body language and imagination to express themselves in games and on set!

Lower school students enjoy starting their week off with Mr. Noodle’s music class! 🎵🎶🎵

Kindergartners and First graders practiced singing their favorite songs, while Second and Third graders learned new notes on their instruments!

Fun Friday! Kindergarten got to to hangout with Fireball (their class pet) and learn about his habitat!

Middle school Curriculum Night was a blast! Thank you to all of our middle school parents who came out to listen to our teachers speak about their upcoming curriculum and explore their child’s middle school classrooms! We have a great year ahead of us! 📚 ⭐️

6th grade readers have been learning the art of thoughtful annotations to enhance their reading experiences! The source material, Boy, by Roald Dahl has been a treasure trove of figurative language, colorful dialect, and poignant themes around growing up. Students have been fascinated by these vignettes of Roald Dhal’s early life, filling the pages with their reactions, labels, and analysis.

More pictures of our 4th grade scientist!
…
We were lucky enough to have neuroscientist and parent Shelly Ozark as a guest expert to share her insights. Not only did she share a lesson on brain function and development, but she also brought in a sheep brain for us to dissect! Thank you Shelly for being a guest expert to our 4th grade scientist!

Look at the joy on Third Graders face as they share their joy for music with everyone to hear!

Middle school students are learning about algorithms which are detailed step by step instructions for completing tasks! Students drew a course and then had to walk a fellow classmate through the course blindfolded to test their understanding of algorithms.

This week lower school began their day with Morning Meeting. Morning meeting is a time for the whole lower school to come together, greet one another, and discuss that days topic. This week we are focusing on what ways we can take care of our community - helping friends, picking up trash, caring for nature, and taking care of our classroom.

Lower school enjoying their library time today📚

The Cooper School is excited to welcome new faces to our Cooper School family! Make sure to give them a warm welcome when you see them!

Middle school has an even better second day of school! They started their day off with a morning meeting to focus on how to keep our Cooper School community clean. They finished the day full of smiles as they competed in “Middle School Olympics” to work on teamwork and meet our new friends!

We are so happy to have our Hawks back on campus! Enjoy our elementary students on their first day of school!

TCS staff is hard at work getting classrooms ready for students! We are so excited to see everyone next week! Don’t forget back to school night is Tuesday, August 13th. 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Movie Camp started with the most important part of movies today: characters! Filmmakers studied famous scenes and discussed how characters come to life. We then created character charts of our own! Campers finished the day with a viewing of the Secret World of Arrietty to gain more inspiration from famous filmmakers!

TCS Summer Fun camp was a big hit! There were arts + crafts, water play, bubbles, and a classic movie! Memories were made during this week of traditional summer fun!☀️

Summer Volunteer Opportunity!☀️

Week two of camp is going strong! Campers are expressing their artistic spirits while exploring the wonderful world of crafting with exciting new projects at this week’s CRAFT CAMP! 🎨🖌️🧵

TCS summer camps are in full swing! We started off strong with Circus Camp where campers joined our very own Mr. Noodle for training in juggling, tumbling, stagecraft, and clowning.

Reminiscing on last Friday when we celebrated field day to end our school year and kick off summer! This years theme: Wild, Wild West🤠

Our 8th-grade graduation ceremony was last night and it was a beautiful time to celebrate the achievements and the memories each of these fabulous students have made. As they embark on this new journey, let’s wish them all the best for a bright and successful future ahead!

Kindergarten and First Grade celebrated the last full day of school in style with a bubble and chalk dance party!  We loved celebrating these shining stars!

From TCS to the next chapter, these 8th Grade graduates are ready to conquer the world! Here’s to new beginnings and endless possibilities!

Second grade students presented their bird presentation yesterday! They shared a slideshow they had created about a local bird of their choosing with their family and friends! After, students went to the Center for Birds of Prey to get a close up view of some of the birds they studied!

Arlo Church, our esteemed Head of School on May 21, served as a fearless leader. He started the day strong by opening doors and greeting students upon arrival. He then completed a facilities walk-through to identify and plan for campus improvements. He read to Kindergartners and created his own Social-Emotional presentation for the middle school, focused on kindness.