All grades in middle school use the Catholic Youth Bible along with their religion textbook, websites, and handouts to enhance their understanding of our faith and Jesus. The 7th grade is reviewing the layout of the Old Testament and learning the layout of the New Testament. Then we will spend time reading and analyzing many […]
The 7th grade class is studying the Eastern Roman Empire and the Silk Road. To understand the challenges and hardships of traveling the Silk Road they played an interactive game trying to buy enough food and form caravans to safely make it to the next town. They worked in partners and quickly realized what a […]
Today is Constitution Day. The 8th grade class went to each grade and read a story about the formation of the United States Constitution. After sharing facts about our founding fathers, the convention, and the Constitution the 8th graders asked questions and distributed patriotic pencils to every student. We also discussed the many rights and […]
This summer each 6th grader researched a European country and created a Buncee project with information to share with the class. We have had a wonderful time traveling around Europe learning about places to visit, food to eat, and the beautiful geography. Next week are going to learn about early humans!
The 7th grade class is beginning their religion studies this year with examining the life of Jesus. The goal is to understand Him as both divine and human and to improve our friendship with Him.
During the 8th grade year we will study the life of Jesus and the Gospels in depth. To begin this exploration we compare the 4 Gospel writers points of view, audience, style of writing, and message. Our goal is to incorporate the Gospel values and messages into our daily life. (SLEA4)
Welcome Class of 2022 to middle school at SHS! We are so excited to get organized and learn the routines and uses of the Kindles in 6th grade. Today we set up our Kindles and spent time on National Geographic Kids. We discovered interesting facts on flying ants. Next week we will learn about how […]
This year the 6th grade class started the day with inspiring quotes written on the board each morning by students. The quotes varied each week based on the subject matter we were studying, holidays or events. The quotes always began our day in a positive way along with the daily readings from mass. We are […]
The 7th grade class entered the realm of the marvelous Mayans this week. We are learning about their calendar, farming methods, government, and religion. We know much about their culture from their codex. In class today the students created a colorful codex with information about the Mayan culture using their numbers and pictographs. Next we […]
The 6th grade class spent a beautiful sunny day wandering the amazing Getty Villa. As we move on from Ancient Greece to the Ancient Romans we were able to view many statues, pots, jewelry, glass bottles and mosaics from antiquity. We also strolled through the beautiful peristyles and the culinary garden. It was a truly […]