On Wednesday the middle school participated in a Rosary Liturgy to celebrate the rosary during the month of October. The intentions mentioned were for Adopt a Family and Cancer patients. Several choir members sang beautiful songs honoring Mary. It was a reverent, prayerful experience for the students and faculty.
The 8th grade class is studying the American Revolution. Last week after much research and discussion they wrote a short essay explaining the difficult choices facing the colonist as they considered what side to be on during the Revolution. They examined several primary source documents explaining both sides. Then they wrote about the hardships the […]
The 6th grade is beginning to study the 4Worlds concept which is a critical thinking, analytical tool used for social studies. The concept for 4Worlds comes from USC International Studies program. The four worlds are political, economical, social, and cultural. For example the political world includes government, military, and laws. Using our Social Studies Weekly […]
The 8th grade class completed a chapter in religion that focused on prayer. They learned the different forms of prayer, how to pray, and the meaning of the Liturgy of the Hours. To complete the lesson the class prepared a liturgy. The theme they chose was healing to tie in with October cancer awareness. Ironically […]
The 7th grade has been discussing Guardian Angels and the role they have in our faith and lives. We discussed the meaning of angel in Greek -“messenger” and how guardian angels can protect and support us in many ways. The students drew a picture of what their guardian angels might look like and wrote a […]
The 6th grade is finishing a chapter in religion on Creation. They are learning the Old Testament and began with Genesis. We are in the middle of Powerpoint presentations on books in the Old Testament. The class is taking notes on each book and then we will move along in our textbook and study many […]
The 6th grade is now studying the Agricultural Revolution. This is important to history because farming allowed people to settle down and live together. This begins the idea of labor and government. Since we are so lucky to live in an agricultural area 2 parents of SHS came in the classroom and presented a lecture […]
This 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time the Gospel message, according to Luke, is service to others. The Disciples ask Jesus to increase their faith. The Lord explains to the Disciples that faith is a gift. The Class of 2014 discussed and shared ideas on how they can be of better service to their families, school, […]
This is the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Gospel according to Luke tells the parable about a rich man and a poor beggar named Lazarus. The message of the Gospel is to take action in our life time to help others. The 8th grade class offered up many great ideas about how to help […]
After several weeks of studying the different forms of government and the Founding Fathers, the 8th grade class completed an Icivics lesson on Sovereign States. Icivics is an amazing website created by retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The site provides in-depth lessons and interactive games to engage students in civic education. The assessment […]