Dear Parents, April 16, 2012 I hope that all of you had a very wonderful Easter vacation and a well-deserved rest! We are starting theme 9 in our reading series – Special Friends. Our reading strategy this week is “monitor/clarify”. The comprehension skill that will […]
This week in fourth grade we have a major focus on the meaning of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. We will read from our Bibles, discuss Jesus’ ride on the donkey into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, Jesus being crucified, and His rising. We will also discuss the symbols of Easter and […]
Dear Third Grade Families, This week will be a very short one as Easter vacation is just around the corner. Thursday is a half-day with noon dismissal, and Friday is a holiday. We are all done with Stations of the Cross for this season. In place of our usual Friday morning mass, we will attend […]
Dear Families, This week will be a short week. Thursday is a noon dismissal and the beginning of our Easter vacation. I hope everyone has a Blessed Easter and enjoys time with loved ones. I was very proud of our students on our field trip last week. The students did a great job! Below is […]
Week of April 2-5, 2012 Dear Second Grade Families, RECONCILIATION went well. Thank you for helping to make this a prayerful occasion for your child. We are glad so many parents took the opportunity to go to confession themselves. Thank you to our wonderful room moms and parent volunteers for the delicious brunch that followed. […]
Dear Kindergarten Parents, Holy Week, a short week, we be busy with religion related journals, finishing projects, and crafts. Wednesday we go to Mass, Thursday is a half-day and Friday starts our Easter Vacation. SLE focus is A.4, ‘Make good choices like Jesus.’ Our daily work will include sight word sentences, focus on letter and […]
Dear Parents, April 2, 2012 We will spend this short week in review of our past theme and spelling words. However, we will continue work on our writer’s workshop on why school is […]
Multipurpose Room 1, affectionately known as the science lab, got a work-out today! Middle School students enjoyed all classes in the lab today. The sixth grade study Earth Science and have been studying volcanoes. We tried the old baking soda and vinegar model earlier and although fun and messy, really didn’t simulate a volcano as […]
The 7th grade enjoyed their field trip to the Long Beach Aquarium! We had a behind-the-scenes tour of the Blue Cavern exhibit, a tour of the aquarium and loved touching, jellies, sharks and stingrays. It was a beautiful, warm evening and the walk down to the dock was fun. We collected seawater and took it […]
Today the 8th grade class read the Passion of Jesus, the Gospel for this Sunday. We discussed the emotions Jesus, Mary, and the disciples must have felt during that 24 hour time frame 2,000 years ago. Our discussion focused on the ability of Jesus to stay calm and forgive everyone who hurt him and let […]