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The weather outside warming up, and that means perfect opportunities for outdoor play and fun in the sun. However, in today’s digital age, kids are often just as content to sit indoors and play an educational game on a tablet as they are to go outside and play with friends.  If this sounds familiar to...
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Children who develop a love and appreciation of music earlier in life may go on to do better academically according to several unique studies released over the last few years. What’s more, children in pre-K love singing fun songs, and the experience of memorizing the words, and singing them in tune, is an excellent lesson...
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Middle SchoolAt the start of the New Year the students were introduced to badminton. Students are learning the fundamental rules of badminton and how to develop their badminton serve by trying to get the shuttle over the net. The Badminton games include: King of the Court, Newcomb, Survivor, Two vs. Two, and Tournament play. Students...
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Middle School As the calendar has turned to Spring students have completed their third and final Pacer.  The goal for students completing the Pacer is to increase their cardiovascular endurance by finishing stronger at the end of the school year. They are striving to meet the Presidential Fitness and National Physical Fitness Benchmarks.  These benchmarks...
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At the start of the New Year the students were introduced to volleyball and badminton. The volleyball skills we have covered include:  Underarm pass (bump), underarm serve, overarm serve, setting, and blocking and spiking the ball over the net.  As students develop and refine their skills they will participate in volleyball games to reinforce the...
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Why Sync? While it can be common for people to copy, download, print and import calendars, none of these processes offers the real-time benefit of syncing. Once you sync to one or more of East Lake Academy’s calendars, updates and additions to those calendars are automatically reflected within your calendar system.  Click on the PDF...
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Middle SchoolIt’s basketball time at East Lake Academy, and as we prepare for our upcoming basketball season, middle school students will be participating in a basketball unit for the next three weeks. The primary focus of this program is to help students refine their basic skills including: dribbling, passing and shooting, practicing taking free throws...
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