June 24, 2024, 10:40 a.m. ET
The End of the Year Exhibition 2024 was held in Elementary school on Tuesday, June 18 showcasing the outcomes of weeks-long projects which brought out enormous creativity, bright intelligence and exceptional effort from students in all grades.
A highlight of the exhibition included the upper elementary’s “Museum of Living History,” in which the students portrayed a historical figure that came alive with the press of a button.
“The exhibition is awesome! [The] Musical performances are great! The students did an amazing job. Many thanks to the teachers who worked tirelessly and super creatively for this exhibition! I feel all the students are geniuses today. They really surprised us,” shared a parent.
“Thank you for awesome exhibitions today! The museum was amazing,” another parent echoed.
The lower elementary exhibitions centered around science and STEAM projects in which students explored God’s creation, designed inventions to help God’s world and resolved questions they posed about their day-to-day lives.
“It was incredible to see the level of dedication from children and how they showed resilience testing their hypothesis, wrestling with engineering challenges, compiling and processing information and finally presenting it to the audience,” shared Pastor Claire Mendoza, the elementary school director. “I think not only me but many of the parents who attended were amazed. I can’t help but testify how wonderfully God is raising our children.”
EXHIBITS’ SYNOPSIS
Kindergarten: “Exploring God’s Creation Through Life Cycles”
A showroom of students’ data in the form of science journals, pictures and living samples from their experience hatching chickens, and captive rearing butterflies, praying mantises and frogs, the practice of collecting caterpillars, eggs, or tadpoles, raising them in captivity and then releasing them.
First Grade: “We are God’s Stewards: Olinators” (for “Olivet” and “Inventors”)
Students showcased their group inventions conceived with the purpose to help God’s world. Students were prompted with the task to be good stewards of the world and the various ways they can help people. They carefully designed the inventions, tested and improved them until they reached their final prototype. Through it all they also learned the science behind each artifact.
The first team created “A Box Kite” which delivers Gospel messages. “We built it to help people, we want them to know about God,” shared the inventors.
The second team made a “Trash cleaning boat” and explained it is “a boat that cleans up the trash from the water.”
The third team built an airplane with a parachute that carries medicines. “We built it because we want to help the poor and sick people. We want to give them medicines,” the group explained.
Second grade: “The Lab of Curiosity”
The second grade class used the scientific method to test diverse questions they were curious about, such as “Which paper airplane can fly the farthest?” “Can boys or girls jump higher?” or “Which type of cereal gets soggy the fastest?”
Students tested their hypothesis by conducting multiple experiments and tests. They recorded data and analyzed it to reach a conclusion. They also presented the information in a clear way for the public to understand.
Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade: “Museum of Living History”
Students were dressed up as historical figures posing in a personalized display. The museum figures came alive with the press of a button and captivated the audiences with their characterizations.
Chronologically, the figures present were Hammurabi, Alexander the Great, Marco Polo, John Cabot, Squanto, Pocahontas, William Penn, Isaac Watts, Benjamin Franklin, David Brainery, Martha Washington, Paul Revere, King George III, Thomas Jefferson, James Armistead, Dolley Madison, Sacajawea, Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Louisa May Alcott, Emily Reabling, Amy Carmichael, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Amelia Earhart and Betty Stam.
After the exhibitions, musical performances were held with handbells, recorders and piano.
Olivet Academy prays that students continue to grow through these experiences and can be joyful by sharing their accomplishments with their parents.
