The middle school is in the process of finishing our Apostles’ Creed religion book. The students have learned many details about this beautiful prayer over the past several months. We examined how the prayer is a map of our faith and how the different sections of the prayer express our Christian faith. The last chapters […]
Students in grade 8 have finished their research papers and have moved on to the experimental portion of their science fair project, with log checks every other week. Sixth graders have just completed the planning stage (writing their QHP–question, hypothesis and detailed procedure) and will be ready to start experimenting this week. They will also […]
The middle school continues to work on their Advent calendars each day. They must choose a Corporal or Spiritual Work of Mercy and complete a good deed for the Work of Mercy. As a promise to do these “good works” they place a sticker on each entry. The goal of the calendars is to help […]
Due to the holiday and the end of the trimester, there will be no work packet tomorrow. The middle school teachers will send the next work packet home on the 30th of this month. It should include all of the rest of the graded work for trimester one. We are most grateful for all of […]
The eighth grade class will dress as their saints tomorrow and share their reports with the other classes. Please use items from home and bring them to class for the presentations. We have enjoyed learning about many inspiring saints over the last few weeks!
The eighth grade class is presenting their creative, historically accurate blogs on the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. They wrote interesting entries on the life of the person. They also included pictures, signatures, and even videos! We are sharing the blogs in class over the next few days.
The 8th grade enjoyed an exciting, interactive day at the Reagan Library on Thursday. After an informative tour, they all had real life roles in the Discovery Center. They reenacted the Grenada Invasion during President Reagan’s term. In the military command center the generals and chiefs all made the same decisions made by the commanders […]
Starting now, the second half of the first trimester, grades 6, 7, and 8 will receive a work packet every Tuesday instead of every other week. We will ask for your input on this new system when we meet for parent conferences.
Sixth graders are now divided randomly into two math groups: the Cool Cubes and Apple Pi. We are working on pattern recognition and algebraic expressions. Seventh graders will have their test this Friday and then they will be divided into two groups. The eighth graders are already in two math groups: the Negative Nerds and […]
We are a very busy class! The eighth graders learned many new ideas about being leaders when they attended the leadership conference last Thursday and look forward to putting these ideas into action. In math we are learning how to simplify complicated algebraic expressions and in science class we are preparing for a chapter test […]