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 […]
By: Nicolas Flores Sacred Heart School, Ventura, California, started celebrating Constitution Day several years ago. “This year… it’s going to be bigger and better than ever, with Constitution Day presentations for different Grades” said Joaquin Rodriguez, the President of the school. Sacred Heart School celebrated Constitution Day on Tuesday, September 17th, 2019. Constitution […]
This past Sunday the gospel from Luke featured the disciples asking Jesus to” increase our faith”. Jesus responded by telling them what they could accomplish with faith the size of a mustard seed. The class created posters with positive messages about growing our faith each day.
Once a month each level at SHS mixes up the grades and works on projects. The middle school theme for Friday centers was the environment. During one of the center rotations the group recycled newspaper into baskets, another group played trivia games with science questions, and the last group rotation featured making ocean dioramas. All […]
Today is Constitution Day. The 8th grade class went to each grade and read a story about the formation of the United States Constitution. After sharing facts about our founding fathers, the convention, and the Constitution the 8th graders asked questions and distributed patriotic pencils to every student. We also discussed the many rights and […]
During the 8th grade year we will study the life of Jesus and the Gospels in depth. To begin this exploration we compare the 4 Gospel writers points of view, audience, style of writing, and message. Our goal is to incorporate the Gospel values and messages into our daily life. (SLEA4)
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 […]
We subscribe to Scope Magazine to give the students more exposure to nonfiction reading. The students are not allowed to take them home; however, they can access the magazine online. To Access Scope magazine online- go to scope.scholastic.com- click on the student view-password: bluewaves678 Independent reading– students need to read 30 minutes a night 5 […]