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Picture days were September 15 and 16. Students and instructors alike looked great, and now there is photographic evidence that they are a part of the Davie ACE community!
Teacher Feature (1)
By Elliott Merrick
Mr. Jonathan Key teaches Personal Finance & Career Exploration at Davie ACE. He sees a need in the community for a better understanding of financial management. Mr. Key believes that anyone can be financially successful, but that financial success may be different for you than it is for many others. Mr. Key defines financial success as being able to make any decision you want to make. Financial success may be moving out of your mom’s home into your own apartment or buying a car with minimal debt. With hard work and self-discipline, you can have financial success.
Money is often associated with evil because where there is money, there is often greed. But Mr. Key avoids that pitfall by remembering that everything is given to us by God, and God can take anything away from him. By acknowledging who gave him everything, Mr. Key can glorify God without falling into greed and by being a good steward.
Mr. Key is a great example of a disciple who has taken his talents and multiplied them for the glory of God.
Best in Class
K-3 Squad with Mrs. Bowman
Miss Abbie’s Class
By Gianna Van Drake
If you want to teach your child outside of home but not have to drop them off Monday through Friday, Davie ACE is the best option. Let’s talk about a class you may find interesting. K-3 is taught by Miss Abbie, who helps your child laugh more, make more friends, and love school. Miss Abbie loves to play fun educational games with her students. Kids enjoy playing with puzzles, stickers, crayons, and other fun things. If you plan to sign up your little one for Davie ACE, make sure to put them in K-2 and 3.
Mrs. Cole and her Newsletter Class
By Aniston Chavez
Have you ever thought about joining the newsletter class? If so, you should read this article: it might help you decide. The Newsletter Class is amazing: it enables you to get a better understanding of grammar, and you get to make newsletters for everyone.
The teacher, Mrs. Cole, is kind and gives you tips and tricks for our newsletter so everyone can read it. In Newsletter Class, you also get to interview people to add to your newsletter. We have a section we call Travel Corner where we report on where students have gone. We also have a Recipe Corner if you are interested in new recipes. Or if you worry about your health, we have a Health Corner. Are you worried about the students? Well, don’t be: they are all kind and helpful.
I hope this article helped you decide to join us.
Best in Class continued
Science/Insects with Mrs. Cole
Boys and Bugs
Welcome to INSECTS 101 with Mrs. Cole! We’ve discovered that while every insect IS a bug, not every bug is an insect. To qualify as an insect, one must have three body parts (head, thorax, abdomen) and six legs. Eight legs? You can’t be included in the insect category. We took our magnifying glasses outside to search for critters to study and found some cool white mites and lots of ants!
Science/Engineering with Mrs. Weekley
By Asher Pirkle
Science/Engineering is a class based around teaching kids the main scientific ideas and basics that make the world what it is today. Some topics they discuss include the laws of physics and explaining what E=MC² actually means. While I was there, their goal was to create a loopty loop out of paper. Once they made teams, they started building and put into play kinetic and potential energy while also thinking about speed, mass, and friction as big factors in their outcome. Once they were done, we went around testing and watching each coaster. At the end, we all voted on who had the best one, and the winning team consisted of Ellie, Evan, and the team captain, Levi.
Teacher Feature (2)
By Aniston Chavez
Mrs. Brianne Clemons (Miss Bri) is one of the founding instructors at the Davie ACE Homeschool Hub. This semester, she’s been teaching 2/3 Squad but has also taught K-1 and 1-2.
Miss Bri is one of a kind: she is nice and loving. She is from Durham, NC. Her hobbies are fitness and spending time with her family.
An interesting fact about Miss Bri is that she has been a BODY BUILDER! She has won many competitions and is very strong physically and mentally. She helps girls who want to be fit and strong become body builders.
Something you might be interested in is that Miss Bri is about to have a baby, and it’s going to be a boy. His name will be Wyatt Cole Clemons. This is a wonderful name: his middle name comes from her second son, Brody Cole Clemons.
Prior to coming to Davie ACE, Miss Bri taught in a public school. She loves teaching at Davie ACE because she can talk about Jesus! Of all the people in the Bible, Miss Bri admires Jesus’ mother Mary the most.
I hope you enjoyed this article. If you want to become a bodybuilder or would like to learn more about Mary, Miss Bri is the one to ask!
Restaurant Review
By Asher Pirkle
River Birch Lodge is an American-style restaurant with an assortment of comfort foods and a lodge-themed environment. Located on Robinhood Road in Winston-Salem, it is open Monday through Friday from 11 am to 9 pm for lunch and dinner, and on Saturday and Sunday, it is open from 9 am to 9 pm for brunch, lunch, and dinner. They offer a regular menu along with daily specials featuring an entrée, pizza, soup, and dessert. Seating options include indoor, bar, and climate-controlled outdoor seating. The service is great, and the food is better. I hope you like River Birch Lodge.
To Your Health
By Aniston Chavez
Are you wearing bug spray? A lot of people think mosquitoes are harmless bugs that give you bug bites. But if you haven’t been catching up with the latest news, mosquitoes have been doing horrible things.
The mosquito has killed fifty-two billion people, more than any other creature. Mosquitoes carry around many diseases that are harmful to human health. Mosquitoes are increasing every day; they breed in water, and water is all around us, so people have been trying to get rid of them, but it might not be possible.
So when you go outside, it’s important to wear bug spray. When you play in your inflatable splash pad, it’s important to dump out the water so you won’t have any mosquitoes breeding in it. Now that you know all this information about mosquitoes, you should share this with a friend.
Student Spotlight
Tyler Crandall is a 12-year-old student who has been coming to ACE for 2 years. He has 2 younger siblings and a dog named Nova. His favorite class is cooking, and he enjoys playing FPS video games in his free time, such as Call of Duty MW3 and Black Ops. Tyler’s favorite part about ACE is that he gets to meet new people and friends. He also enjoys music, specifically Techno. His favorite bands are Verplex and Ivy Comb. Tyler is one of the many great students at ACE, so make sure to tell him hi when you see him.
Story Time
This edition’s guest contributor is Maeve Blount
In Language Arts: Written Communications, the assignment was to finish a story that started this way:
“You are on a mission to blow the biggest bubble in history. You opened each piece one by one and proceeded to put each one in your mouth. When you reached fifty, you started chewing and blowing. At first it was tricky, but soon an enormous bubble came out of your mouth, and suddenly, you started to float above the ground.”
Maeve goes on:
As I chewed on 50 pieces of bubble gum, I was ready to blow. When I finished blowing, I started to float. I was scared, so I hung on to a very tall tree branch. I started to see the world from a high perspective and realized the beautiful world God gave me. Then I popped my bubble and safely climbed down the tree.
Our Staff
- Aniston Chavez
- Elliott Merrick
- Asher Pirkle
- Gianna Van Drake
- Jovie Withers
ACE2ACT: Where You Can Find Us
The Smith Grove United Methodist Church
3492 US-158, Mocksville, NC 27028
