Village Academics

💫Learning Coach Spotlight💫. Mrs. Laura Parks/ELA Expert/Barre Extraordinaire/Passion Pusher. Mrs. Parks is our 6th grade Reading and Writing Instructor, MS/HS Grammar Instructor, Elementary LegoRobotics Coach, and fun Friday Learning Coach! Sharing her passion for reading with students and assisting them in finding novels that shape their lives as readers is just one of many reasons she loves to teach! Mrs. Parks is full of fun and positive energy and she brings a lot of magic and charisma to our village. We are blessed by her constant joy and enthusiasm. To read more about Laura, link into our bio.

Our learning coaches are the heartbeat of VA and we are so grateful for all of their intentional instruction and continuous nurturing and support from afar! You are beyond appreciated by our village! 🍎📚✏️

Throwback Thursday: Remember when we could hug? 😭.

SOTW this week is our sweet Lucy! Lucy has engaged daily in virtual instruction with a happy heart and has turned in all of her daily assignments without reminders. She has juggled staying on task from afar, working alongside her two brothers as they also engage in distance learning. Lucy has shown perseverance during this time and we are so proud! Keep shining bright, LuLu!✨.

7th, 8th and 9th grade scholars ended their workshop course with bang 💥! In the last unit, scholars learned essential research skills and showed them off with an informative Teen TED talk on their chosen topic. Bravo, researchers! 👏🏻. @ Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

💫Learning Coach Spotlight💫 Mrs. Jeanette Snook/3rd Grade Learning Coach/Wife/Mother/Clemson fan Meet Mrs. Snook, our devoted third grade learning coach! Mrs. Snook joined our village this year with over 25 years of classroom teaching experience. Born in Eastern North Carolina, she has called South Carolina her home for the past forty years. She lights up any room with her effervescent zest for life, and her famous, joyful laugh is contagious. She is adored by our village and we are grateful for her daily. To read more about Mrs. Snook, link into our bio to visit our website!

Please share a round of applause 👏🏻 to our new Scholars of the Week! These scholars have worked extra hard to shine 🌟 and it shows! Way to go, AK and MM! 🙌🏻🤛🏻🤜🏻. 🌟

Learning Coach Spotlight💫. Mrs. Connie Finkelstein/Lucy Calkins Guru/Mrs.F. If you know her, you love her. Mrs. F, most commonly referred to as the MS/HS learning coach, wears many hats at Village Academics, including 7/8 Reading and Writing Workshop instructor, LegoRobotics coach, and Design Thinking expert/instructor. She inspires daily with her larger than life enthusiastic approach to learning. Her knowledge and experience crosses multiple grade levels, and her deep understanding of how scholars learn and achieve excellence is evident as she brings mindfulness and relevance to her daily instruction and interactions with the scholars she cares so deeply about. Mrs. F brings Advisory meetings to life daily, inspiring thought, connectivity, and collaboration within our village of learners. She has been a fierce leader and trailblazer this year, launching LEGO League and Design Thinking. To read more about Mrs. Finkelstein, visit our website linked in the bio. .F

Two superstar scholars share the spotlight this week for SOTW! Way to go, girls! Your village is proud of you!Be sure to read about how these scholars stay on top of their studies in this week’s newsletter. @ Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Team meetings look 👀 a bit different these days, but thankful to continue to collaborate and inspire each other to be the best version of ourselves.

VA’s Scholar of the Week Award goes to... (drum 🥁 roll)...
JUDE THE DUDE! Congratulations!!!🎉. You worked with exceptional grit and stamina in your online studies, virtual classes, and Morning Message participation! We acknowledge ✅ you, we applaud 👏🏻 you, we celebrate 🎊 you, we thank 🙏🏻you for being YOU and a model VA scholar! 👀 🎓🚀

Perry is our Scholar of the Week! (SOTW) 🥳 Congratulations to Perry, who has demonstrated grit, stamina and perseverance throughout this “distance learning” week! Perry continues to complete and submit all of her assignments, participate in all morning messages while submitting a daily academic plan, and attends and engages thoughtfully in all virtual classes. Way to go, P!