Is-School Science Field Trip High Touch High Tech visited our 3rd graders and taught the students all about rocks, minerals and fossils. They dug for fossils, made rock rubbings and learned more about the rock cycle. PreK Fall Scavenger Hunt! The PreK students searched for and recorded signs of fall. Robotics / STEM Program These …
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The Wildcats are Back for 2021!
The Wildcats are back! Our athletics teams are back in action for the 2021/22 school year. Congrats to our soccer team for their first win of the season. The volleyball team had tons of fun playing their games too. Go Wildcats! Congrats Wildcats Soccer on another big win!
Treetop Quest Outdoor Field Trip for Middle Grades
Middle School Field Trip to Treetop Quest Gwinnett Our brave middle schoolers enjoyed some team building on the ropes course at Treetop Quest Gwinnett. What a great experience!
Annual “Campfire” for Middle School
Middle schoolers enjoyed the annual “Campfire” today. This most unusual event included a brains vs brawn competition, cooking lunch over a campfire, s’mores, watching a movie in sleeping bags, singing campfire songs and performing silly skits and playing campfire bingo! What a great memory maker!
Safety Protocols, Diligence, and Partnership with our Families are Working
Congratulations… Today marks the one-month anniversary of being back at school and we are so pleased that our safety protocols, diligence, and partnership with our families are working! Our students are healthy and thriving and we are thankful. We have had zero cases of the novel coronavirus! We realize that everything has not been perfect, …
McGinnis Woods Recognized as Gold Level in Green School Award Program
McGinnis Woods School is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the highest level of recognition of the Green School Award Program through Keep Forsyth County Beautiful, the Gold level. About the Green School Award The Green School Award Program is designed to enhance environmental education and stewardship in schools by offering incentives for …
Congratulations to our 8th grade graduates for the 2019-2020 school year
We are so proud of our 8th graders. They are a strong, resilient group of enthusiastic learners. They are also a great group of leaders who have contributed to our school in so many ways including Student Council, Beta Club and Athletics! We are proud of each of them and they will be missed! Their …
Delivering Face Masks, Cards & Treats to Publix Workers
Last Thursday we delivered Scones from Seven Sisters Scones, cards made by our students, a cheerful poster, and face masks sewn by one of our teachers to our friends at the Publix at The Villages at Flynn Crossing. We are so thankful for these amazing frontline workers and for their care for our community!
McGinnis Woods is the 2020 My Alpharetta Readers’ Choice Award Winner for Best School
Thanks to the votes from our dedicated families, friends, and the My Alpharetta magazine reader community, we’re proud to announce that McGinnis Woods was selected as a 2020 My Alpharetta Readers’ Choice Award Winner for Best School. Thank you to everyone who voted! Check out the full list here »
Online Remote Learning at McGinnis Woods Private School
Our first few weeks of remote learning has been fantastic! Our students, families, teachers and staff made the first day extra special. Go Wildcats! Sweet home workspace…complete with bunny Headphones sure help to cut down on the background noise in bustling homes It’s neat working with friends from the comforts of home Remote Learning from …
Middle School Goes High-tech
Exciting things are happening in the middle school with the arrival of our new iPads and the use of Office 365. Our 5th and 7th grade students were the pilot iPad classrooms for the middle school. This means a light and portable piece of technology that holds a multitude of possibilities and apps has been …
Welcome Back! First Week of School 2019
First Day of School 2019! We had a fantastic first day of school! What a great way to kick off a new school year. Everyone was happy and ready to get started. We have a great community of learners! Middle school field trip to SkyZone. The 5th – 8th graders conducted a STEM investigation to …