8th graders are learning about motion and are practicing graphing data by playing with skateboards! This lab had us running trials, measuring, and recording data – all to graphed and analyzed next week. 7th grade is learning about the basic unit of life – the cell. We had a chance to examine our cheek cells […]
To honor Mary and practice our Catholic faith the school participated in a Living Rosary today. The middles school students each held a bead of the rosary and led one of the prayers. We also heard all of the Mysteries of the Rosary. The choir sang Ava Maria and Hail Holy Queen to complete our […]
The 8th grade class focused on the role of Guardian Angels in our faith and everyday lives last week. At the end of the lesson they wrote a prayer to their Guardian Angel and drew a picture. The picture was completed with a touch of glitter for the angel!
The 8th grade class researched the remarkable life of Oscar Romero during religion class. Then they studied many of his inspirational quotes and discussed how to apply his message and example to their everyday life while serving others.
For the first trimester, all three middle school classes have formed book clubs to discuss their independent reading books. Each class meets 1 day a week in the library. 6th graders are reading 6 different fictional novels, Chase, Blown Away,Keeping Cool in Middle School,IQ, Soldier X, andOne Left Behind. The entire 7th grade is reading The […]
Today for school wide centers the middle school participated in activities that focused on team work. As the students mingled into mixed grade groups they worked on building a tower out of newspapers, saving a worm, and building infrastructures from pasta shapes. The skills learned were leadership and helping the group achieve their goal.
The Class of 2015 participated in a retreat today during religion class that focused on community. The activities included Psalms and a Gospel reading about Jesus and his disciples as well as a team building exercise using decks of cards. Next they discussed their Catholic faith in small groups. Lastly they performed skits featuring the […]
I would like to start by welcoming all of you to today’s event. It is a special day – for the graduates, for their proud parents and grandparents, and for their teachers. Graduation is seen as an official way to recognize when a person is ready for the next phase of their life, and graduates […]
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 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 […]