The 7th grade is currently studying the Native American ancestors of Mesoamerica. These indigenous people include the Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, and Inca. After each lesson we use educational videos to visit the countries in this region. In groups the students are placing the factors of each civilization into the 4 Worlds mode. The final assessment […]
The middle school is working on the religion lessons in the Family Life series. The 6th grade is focusing on getting to know themselves and their gifts and talents so that they may use them for the betterment of others. The 7th grade is learning about how to keep their bodies healthy and strong so […]
The 7th grade is studying the Italian Renaissance in history class. We began our journey with a field trip to the Getty Center and now in class we are studying the famous artists from the time. We have learned many different art terms and techniques and researched the various artists. The students used clay in […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 Class of 2014 led the middle school Advent retreat. The theme they chose was unity and the message was to focus this Advent on unity with God and each other. The retreat included readings from the New Testament, an entertaining skit, music, getting to know you activities, and trust exercises. The retreat ended with […]
The 7th grade class has spent the last couple of weeks creating their own civilizations. Based on the 4Worlds social studies model each student creates their own civilization with a government, economy, social structure, and culture. We are now sharing our projects and each civilization is very unique and interesting. Today a student brought in […]