We are excited to share a significant milestone in our ongoing commitment to hands-on, experiential learning at McGinnis Woods School, a private school located in Alpharetta, Georgia! Recently, our greenhouse and raised garden beds were relocated to new spots on our campus closer to our Outdoor Classroom. This project was a labor of love, involving …
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Pow Wow at Stone Mountain Park & Project Showcase Fall 2023
The Pow Wow at Stone Mountain park is an amazing display of pageantry and tradition. The 1st graders loved learning inside a teepee and exploring! Project Showcase Fall 2023 These amazing students taught their classmates about a topic of their choosing this week during Project Showcase. The 1st-4th graders created and presented their informative trifold …
Preschool & PreK Fun at McGinnis Woods
Preschool Dinosaur Excursion Our preschool paleontologists went on a dinosaur excursion and fossil dig. 🦖🦕 Sensory and pretend play is a great way to learn. PreK5 Learning About Landforms PreK5 learned about landforms and ended the lesson by making models of their own landforms including mountain ranges, islands, grassy plains with hay bales and volcanoes! …
Spotlight on Staff: Ms. Nicole Seltzer
The 2017-18 Teacher of the Year from the Elementary and Middle School was Ms. Nicole Seltzer. Ms. Nicole joined the McGinnis Woods staff in August of 2000. During her 18 years of teaching at McGinnis Woods, she has taught a variety of grade levels, with middle school Social Studies being her favorite. Nicole’s passion for …
Sunsational Summer Camp Begins May 31!
Summer is approaching quickly and we are getting more and more excited about our Sunsational Summer Camp here at McGinnis Woods! Our Sunsational Summer Camp is filled with with exciting themes and field trips, caring counselors, daily water park, STEM classes and so much more. We have many guest speakers and in-house field trips scheduled …
Fall Sports Off to a Strong Start
Our Wildcats are off to a great start! Many of our Middle Schoolers are participating in Volleyball, Soccer, and Cross Country this fall. Soccer Our soccer team is young, but talented. We have 8 fifth graders on our team this year so watch out in 2018! We are fortunate enough to be coached by Coach …
Boosterthon Returns to McGinnis Woods
Boosterthon Kick off Fun We are excited to host the 9-day Boosterthon Fun Run as this year’s fundraiser. We kicked off the fun, healthy, character-building program on February 10 with 2 pep rallies in the gym: PreK –2nd graders met at 10:00 a.m. and 3rd-8th graders met at 10:40 a.m. Rock’in Town Live Students will …