Griffin Graduates

Griffin was graduated with honors from Camden County High School on May 23.

Florida Panther

Griffin’s scratch print of a Florida Panther was sent by Camden County High School to a regional show where it took top honors. Click to see a larger version of this print.

Senior Prom

Griffin and her best friend, Kalyn

Griffin and her date, Matt

Griffin with friends and dates

Narnia

The Advanced Drama Class at Camden County High School are presenting Narnia tonight and tomorrow and Griffin designed and painted the sets. The birch seen above, with Griffin’s good friend Michael Golden as the Faun Tumnus, is one of those pieces she painted.

Wizard of Oz Videos

More Wicked Witch

Griffin as Ms. Gulch rides a bike with a dog in the basket while wearing a long skirt and heals. That’s talent!

The Wicked Witch

Griffin as The Wicked Witch of the West in the Camden County High School production of The Wizard of Oz.

Frank at work

An object lesson Stations of the Cross with children…

…and preaching at King of Peace (click on photo for larger version).

Center of Distinction

Press Release: King of Peace Episcopal Day School in Kingsland was recently named one of the top child care centers in the state. The honor came this past Friday (March 20) as the State of Georgia’s Bright from the Start department named the school a Center of Distinction.

This is the premier award given by the State of Georgia to recognize the centers that provide the highest quality care for children from birth through four years of age. The Center of Distinction honor is part of the Standards of Care program which seeks to encourage centers to improve well beyond the minimum requirements of licensing. King of Peace was the only center in Camden County considered for this prestigious award.

The honor comes after a year long process with the state’s licensing division that culminated in a two-day on site evaluation looking into every detail of the school’s operations. Consultant Denise Jenson evaluated the school using the nationally recognized Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale and the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale which provide a basis for objective assessment of preschool classrooms. Jenson rated the school as “excellent,” and noted that King of Peace is unusual in being “supportive of both staff and parents.”

“Our director, Gillian Butler, and her team not only provide a quality preschool education, but they do so in a loving environment,” said Frank Logue, pastor of King of Peace Episcopal Church and president of the school.

He added, “We are pleased to have the State of Georgia affirm the hard work our teachers do every day to meet the highest of standards in preparing the children entrusted to us for school.”

Bright from the Start is the department of state government dedicated to child care and early education for children from birth through four years of age. The department administers Georgia’s Pre-K Program, licenses child care centers, registers home-based child care providers, administers the Standards of Care program, and works collaboratively with other agencies and stakeholders to enhance early care and education.

Flowing Life

A video on baptism that Valiance Weaver created at King of Peace ending with his own one sentence remembrance of his own baptism in Iraq, while on tour as a Marine.

Twelfth Night Videos

Below are some clips from the video of Camden County High School’s performance of Twelfth Night. You’ll have to turn up the speakers as the sound is present, but was recorded on the camera and not through a sound system. But the videos give a better feel for the play than the photos below do alone:

More of Twelfth Night

Camden County High School’s production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is complete. All of the photos are online here: cchsdrama.shutterfly.com.

Twelfth Night

Griffin as Olivia in the Camden County High School porduction of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

Griffin turns 18

Indoor Trail

Griffin is pictured on our NordicTrack X3 Incline Trainer. Griffin is climbing at 40%, which is the maximum angle for the treadmill. It allows us to have more vaired terrain than available in South Georgia. Keeping hiking fit is tough here, but this machine has settings that take you on trails where the terrain and speed vary during the hike. We are all three enjoying it a lot, even though it is a very tough workout.