Seventh graders have been studying cells. We’ve learned that cells have different structures that help them meet their needs. We’ve learned that plant and animal cells are different in their structures and in their shape. We spent a few days in the lab making slides of algae (that the students brought from home), onion skin, […]
That moment when a student realizes that Pythagoras was correct and a squared plus b squared really does equal c squared. Seventh graders have spent the last few days learning a bit about Pythagoras and playing with his famous equation. We found the length of the hypotenuse by calculating the area of triangles and squares […]
6th graders have been busy practicing reading and writing large and small numbers. We’ve been looking for patterns in our place-value charts, reading and writing numbers in standard notation, expanded notation, and number-and-word notation. However, we don’t always use paper and pencil… 7th graders have been learning about light and livings things in science and […]
Middle School students are participating in a Citizen Science Project. Cornell Lab of Ornithology in engaging students in the study of real-world science. Their Celebrate Urban Birds project focuses on learning more about 16 key species across North America. We’ve narrowed our focus even further – to species found in our local area and we […]
As the school year begins…so do middle school departments. The 6th, 7th and 8th graders meet once a month as part of school leadership. The VP’s led their first department meetings last week. In the Spirituality Department, Friday morning prayers were written, Grandparents Mass planned, and Saint of the month (Saint Rose of Lima) researched […]
Our 7th and 8th know! Students worked in groups of 4 to complete an activity highlighting numbers 1 – 100 in order. Our first attempts did not score well even though we were trying and helping each other. Until…a pattern was noticed…and strategies suggested. Next attempts were much better. What does good group work look […]
Every month our 8th grade Leadership Team chooses a Saint of the Month. In our monthly department meetings, we research the chosen saint, compose a prayer and write a biography to be presented at our monthly assemblies. We also choose 2 or 3 virtues that the saint portrayed. At our assembly we speak about the […]
6th Grade has just finished our chapter on Earthquakes and we put our knowledge to a challenge in the lab today. We had to use what we learned about buildings, center of gravity, and strength of structures and we designed a building out of marshmallows and toothpicks…on a bed of jello. Then we subjected the […]
Middle school students have certainly been “doing” math. 8th graders are working in small groups covering topics from linear regression (both by “eyeballing” the line of best fit and using our graphing calculators) to working with ratios and proportional relationships to evaluating and writing expressions. 7th graders are reviewing for a test covering topics from […]
We have been working very hard in fourth grade, and this is reflected in your child’s progress report, which will be coming home tomorrow. Please review it, sign it and send it back to school by Friday if possible. What we are working on this week: Religion: We continue learning how to follow Jesus’ example […]