Fourth Grade Happenings

A Kid's Life

Fourth graders performed their musical, "A Kid's Life," on April 15. See pictures from the musical, below.

Presley Palazzo, Carrie Beth Workman, Janie Patterson, and Emily Cisco dress in their finest for the Medieval Feast.

Medieval Feast

Ever wonder what life was like back in the Medieval Period? Each year, Fourth Grade students get a real taste of it during their annual Medieval Feast, the culmination of the grade’s study of the period and all things medieval.

The school’s cafeteria and entryway are transformed into a castle for the feast, which is attended by knights, princesses, ladies, executioners, jesters and monks. Presiding over the feast is the queen and her court, who are served by the peasants (the hard working fourth grade moms). The traditional medieval meal is eaten in traditional medieval fashion, without utensils. A magician adds to the festive environment before the serving of the feast.

Participants arrive at the feast by way of a parade led by Queen Lisa Cates, her court and a bagpipe player. The festival attendees wind their way throughout the Lower School to the cheers of the students and faculty. The parade ends as each class crosses the moat into the castle, and each student is presented by his or her medieval name to the queen.

Third graders who will get to take part in the fun next year are allowed to watch the presentation from the stage on which the royal party is seated, but, to the delight of the fourth graders, are banished to their classrooms when the feast starts.

See a photo gallery of the 2009 Medieval Feast.