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Growing Flexible Thinkers
October 30th, 2024
When we think about preparing young children for school, many parents focus on foundational academics, like counting or recognizing shapes, or social skills, such as sharing and communicating. While these are essential, there’s another skill that deserves equal attention: flexible thinking.
Third Grade Wax Museum
May 1st, 2024
As one of Prep's signature experiences each year, our third graders create their very own wax museum! The students dress as a historical figure they have researched, stand "frozen," and recite a speech when visitors approach them.
Kindergarten's Gingerbread Baby Scavenger Hunt
December 15th, 2023
Each year, Mrs. Tucker does a one-of-a-kind STEM challenge with our Kindergartens. They bake gingerbread babies and design traps to catch them using the engineering process. Then when their mischievous babies run away, they're taken on a hunt around the school to get them back!
Second Graders Host an Outside-the-Box Lesson in Black History
March 22nd, 2023
Our second graders recently served lunch to Charlotte community members along with sides of information about the lives of more than 40 remarkable African Americans for Black History Month.
Q&A with Prep's Nine-Year-Old Author
March 8th, 2023
Did you know that we have a published author at Charlotte Prep? And she’s only in 4th grade! In fact, Brooke White has just written her second book, Cookie Cat & The Tagalongs, which is over 70 pages long.
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