This is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Gospel for Sunday is from Luke and focuses on how we have to follow Jesus and carry our crosses. Our discussion focused on the duties they have at their age and how they can meet their obligations in school and home. The 8th grade class completed […]
The theme for the Gospel on this 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time is humility. Luke recalls a time when Jesus told a parable about where to sit when you are a wedding guest. The message of the parable is to sit at the lowest place and to be humble in all the things we do […]
Every Thursday the Class of 2014 will read and discuss the upcoming Sunday Gospel. This is the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time and the Gospel comes from Luke. The main message of the Gospel is that we need to be our best to keep the door of Heaven open to us in the next life. […]
The 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes are off to a great start in History and Religion. We are already working in our journals on geography activities using the Kindles and taking notes in history. Each class has read from their Catholic youth Bibles and begun self reflection on how to improve their relationship with […]
Accelerated Math Live is ready for use! Each student has been assigned to a group based on their standing at the end of the school year. Objectives have been assigned to the groups to practice what was learned during the school year. These assignments will ensure that we are ready to tackle a new year […]
The 8th grade class has spent the last 2 months studying the United States Civil War. We have examined the causes, the battles, the strengths and weaknesses of the Union and Confederate armies, and the effect the war had on the nation. As the final product the class worked on Weebly websites, created magazines, composed […]
Eighth Grade was up early this morning and on their way to The California Science Center well before the bell rang for the start of school. We arrived in time for our lab – dissecting a cow eye. The students learned quite a bit, got right down to work and enjoyed the lab tremendously. We […]
The Gospel for the 5th Sunday of Easter is Jesus’s message to love one another as He has loved us. The class reflected on times in their lives when they have felt the love of Jesus. Their stories consisted of powerful moments like the birth of a sibling or simple moments when a parent helped […]
The 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes have begun the Family Life Series in religion class. The focus for all three grades is how to know themselves better and to improve communication skills. The discussions in class focus on using the Catholic virtues to help make good decisions. Another topic we are covering is for […]
The middle school has been busy in the science lab! 6th grade is studying the earth – from an edible lab modeling the Earth’s layers to creating oobleck which has unique characteristics and acts as both a solid and a liquid just like the Earth’s asthenosphere. We’ve also used clay to model the layers of […]