The 8th grade class continues to study the United States in the early 1800’s. After learning about the Trail of Tears and its impact on Native Americans the students played an interactive game in the computer lab about growing up as a young Cheyenne boy. They are asked to make moral decisions that reflect the […]
The 6th grade class is studying the Old Testament in religion. As part of that curriculum we are learning the sections of the Bible, books, chapters, and how to use the Catholic Youth Bible. Using the table of contents the students colored beautiful hearts as they discovered which books are in the Old Testament and […]
The 6th grade class continues to focus on the Old Testament. We are now learning about some of the prophets including Isaiah and Amos. Using a worksheet and the projector we colored in a map of Israel and Judah from ancient times. The map helps us understand the places and people of ancient Palestine.
The 7th grade continues their study on the life and teachings of Jesus. This week we are analyzing parables and applying the lessons from the parables to our life. Working in groups the class is writing parables with a lesson and characters applicable to our modern times. Growing our faith, not judging others, trusting in […]
On Friday we had many parents visit the middle school classrooms with their children. In history class the 6th and 7th grade are studying different Ancient China dynasties. So the 6th grade worked on a geography activity about the Forbidden City while enjoying a fortune cookie. The 7th grade enjoyed making different pictures using the […]
The 6th grade class has been studying Ancient India and the Indus Valley. As we conclude our lessons on the geography, Hinduism, Caste System and the culture we read a story about a boy going to the market with his dad who made beads. We wrote an essay about going to the market using our […]
The 8th grade class continues to read the upcoming Sunday Gospel on Thursdays. We then discuss the Gospel message and reflect on how we can incorporate this message into our everyday life. This week we read about the baptism of Jesus in all four Gospels and compared the information. We are excited to renew our […]
The 8th grade class leads the school community each week in an Advent prayer service. They read prayers, Bible readings and the Gospel. We also have our students lead us in singing beautiful hymns like O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. The candles are lit for all to see and reflect on the coming of Jesus.
The 8th grade class participated in the Reagan Library Discovery Center experience on Thursday. After preparing and researching the Grenada rescue of Americans during Reagan’s presidency the class reenacted some of the decisions that were made and compared their choices to the actual decisions made. It was a very enlightening experience to see how many […]
The 7th grade is completing the study on Ancient Africa. The class went to the Ojai Storytelling Festival and learned about griots who told folktales in Africa. After the sharing of our Glogs on African animals each student wrote exciting folktales that explained traits of animals, or why the savanna exists, or why we should […]