The middle school completed another round of collaborative group projects this week. Mrs. Clemmensen’s group researched different explorers from the last 500 years and then created a Weebly website. The groups worked very hard designing their websites from the point of view of the explorer. The sites contain maps of their expeditions, pictures, timelines, and […]
The 6th grade class is preparing for a fabulous day at the Getty Villa in Malibu next week. We are studying the different types of ancient artifacts on display and recreating some items during art class. Each student chose a vase on display at the Getty and using their Kindles drew the vase and wrote […]
The focus of the 2014 VIRTUS lesson is online safety for students and families. The middle school children are discussing various types of social media being used today by young teens. They then viewed a few video clips about being smart and safe online published by NSteens. Next they watched and took a quiz on […]
This Sunday is the sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Gospel is again from Matthew and continues explaining the teachings of Jesus. This week the 8th grade class choose to explore the teachings on anger. Many students came up with ideas for coping skills to deal with anger so they can forgive the people who […]
This is the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time and the Gospel comes from Matthew. The message is simple because it asks us to be a light for all in the world. And yet the class discussed how hard it is to do this on a daily basis. There are many times we all feel life […]
Dear Parents, February 3, 2014 Can you believe it is February?! My it is going to be summer before we know it! We had a wonderful Catholic Schools Week. A big “Thank you!” to all who showed support this week and especially to our 8th grade leaders for making this past week truly enjoyable and […]
The 8th grade class read the upcoming Gospel for Sunday. The Gospel comes from Luke and discusses the presentation of the child Jesus in the temple. A man at the temple tells Mary and Joseph about salvation that will come through Jesus. The class reflected on how they can help out their own families through […]
The 6th grade is in the process of studying Ancient Egypt. The class is compiling a list of factors for the political, economic, social, and cultural worlds based on the textbook, studyguides, BP videos, and other resources. At the end of the chapter each student will identify the factors of daily life and infrastructure of […]
The Middle school centers kicked off our Catholic school activities on Friday with a variety of activities. Students wrote poems about their faith, painted posters for classrooms, and participated in a scavenger hunt to identify objects and actions that make our school Catholic. Some of the items they found were pictures of saints, bibles, the […]
This is the second Sunday of Ordinary Time and the Gospel focuses on the testimony of John the Baptist. He tells us that Jesus is the “Lamb of God” and his message is for us to follow Jesus. The 8th grade class discussion centered on giving testimonies about our faith and the role of the […]