This year for the SHS school fair the students focused on the Cathoic Core Beliefs. These beliefs include the Ten Commandments, the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, the Beatitudes,the Fruits and Gifts of the Holy Spirit, and the Catholic Virtues. They researched bible stories showing these beliefs in action, a saint performing these actions, […]
The 7th grade is preparing for a field trip to the Getty Center on Tuesday. We downloaded the Getty app to our Kindles and evaluated many beautiful paintings in class today. Each student presented a famous painting and the class had the painting on their Kindle so that everyone could offer opinions on the different […]
This Sunday is the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Gospel is from Luke and discusses the beginning of the ministry of Jesus. The crowd listening to Jesus was impressed with his teachings but quickly turned on him when they realized he was a simple carpenter. The 8th grade class reflected on the importance of […]
The middle school participated in Schoolwide Centers on Friday with the theme of 100 days of school. In Mrs. Clemmensen’s activity each group researched a hundred year time period from the 1st to the 21st century. The groups researched the time period and completed a poster with important events from that 100 year period. The […]
This week in Religion class the students have been exploring the Old and New Testament. The 6th grade class has been reviewing the story of Joseph and his brothers. It ties in perfectly with our history unit on Ancient Egypt. The 7th grade is studying the amazing miracles of Jesus and the reasons for the […]
The middle school classrooms have all been upgraded with new interactive projectors. The teachers are using them for interactive lessons in math, science, language arts, history, and religion. The students complete content related worksheets with the special pens, review CAstreaming movies in various subjects, and many other uses. The middle school teachers have had some […]
The middle school students completed their Advent action booklets today. Each student had 6-7 entries describing the wonderful actions they would take to prepare for the coming of Jesus. Some ideas were helping around the house, reading to little sisters and brothers, walking pets, praying, and being nice to family and friends. Please encourage them […]
The middle school participated in Christmas themed collaboration projects this week. Mrs. Clemmensen’s group researched Christmas traditions from different countries. Then the students decorated a tree representing that countries traditions. The trees are displayed in the library for everyone to view. They also prepared posters with information about the way the country celebrates Christmas. Each […]
The second Sunday of Advent is this weekend. The Gospel for Year C on Sunday is from Luke and discusses the government at the time of John the Baptist. The reading also carries the message from John the Baptist that all must prepare and make straight the path for the coming of Jesus. The 8th […]
This week the middle school classes began discussions on the Season of Advent. The upcoming Gospel for the First Sunday of Advent in our new liturgical Year focuses on being watchful and awake for the coming of Jesus. The class reflected on new ideas to better prepare themselves for a Christian life during Advent. 7th […]