The 7th grade is completing the study on Ancient Africa. The class went to the Ojai Storytelling Festival and learned about griots who told folktales in Africa. After the sharing of our Glogs on African animals each student wrote exciting folktales that explained traits of animals, or why the savanna exists, or why we should […]
“ It was very cool and awesome, ”says Jeweliana Rodriguez , a second grader who attends Sacred Heart School. It was Monday, September 9 , 2019 a lady dressed as a ladybug arrived to the Sacred Heart School campus. The second grade class was waiting anxiously in the library. Lunch had just ended and it […]
Mr. Hinojosa is a man of many talents. People say someone is “good with their hands” and he is. On Mondays and Wednesdays he is the music teacher and the music minister for Sacred Heart Church on the weekend. This year he added another job. He is the Plant Manager for Sacred Heart Church and […]
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 […]
The 7th grade class is studying the mighty kingdoms of Ancient Africa. As part of our studies each student is doing a Glog on an animal from Africa. The Glogs show their habitat, habits, and characteristics. These same animals will also be used as characters for the African folktales each student will write. Our Africa […]
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 […]
In the beginning of the school year, it was very hot at Sacred Heart School, so on Thursday, September 5th, at 11:15 am, the 17 Sacred Heart School families, and staff, participated in the “Popsicles With Families” Activity. At the lunch tables, 2 families shared a table and each family played games like “Guess my […]
The 8th grade at Sacred Heart School has come up with a way to help younger students recycle and take care of the planet. Recycling has become important to the 8th grade class. They have been trying to incorporate recycling into their school activities. Two students each day are picked to wear striped referee shirts […]
The 7th grade class is presenting reports on different countries from the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. We are enjoying our adventure learning about different cultures, places to visit, and geography. Next up we will study ancient Africa kingdoms.