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 […]
The 7th grade is studying Ancient Japan and the geography of the Islands. We are discussing the pros and cons of living on an island. Today in class the students learned how to make cherry blossom origami and created a beautiful cherry tree on the bulletin board.
This Advent season the middle school students have been studying the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Each day one of the 12 fruits was shown on the projector and then the class discussed how they can use these fruits, such as generosity, faithfulness, self-control, and joy to better prepare themselves for the coming of Jesus […]
The 8th grade has spent many lessons studying and applying the Catholic virtues. They understand the Theological and Cardinal virtues and have discussed ways to apply them to their everyday lives. They are looking forward to sharing the children story books they wrote and illustrated for each virtue with the primary grades next week.