Dear Families, This week we will be selling donuts for $1.00 for Adopt a Family. Next Wednesday is the delivery day for the donuts. This Wednesday is a Free Dress day for a donation of $1.00. Friday is a noon dismissal and a school wide centers. Starting this week students will be keeping a reading […]
The 6th grade is beginning to study the 4Worlds concept which is a critical thinking, analytical tool used for social studies. The concept for 4Worlds comes from USC International Studies program. The four worlds are political, economical, social, and cultural. For example the political world includes government, military, and laws. Using our Social Studies Weekly […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, Remember when your kinder began on August 14? Well here we are 2 months later having a great time with our new friends with lots of learning going on! Roman is having his birthday on Wednesday, October 16. As we start this week – our religion focus will be on the saints […]
Dear Parents, October 13, 2013 This week, our reading strategy is “summarize”. After we have finished reading a story we should be able to retell the story in just a few sentences. The comprehension skill that will help us with the reading strategy is […]
The 8th grade class completed a chapter in religion that focused on prayer. They learned the different forms of prayer, how to pray, and the meaning of the Liturgy of the Hours. To complete the lesson the class prepared a liturgy. The theme they chose was healing to tie in with October cancer awareness. Ironically […]
The 7th grade has been discussing Guardian Angels and the role they have in our faith and lives. We discussed the meaning of angel in Greek -“messenger” and how guardian angels can protect and support us in many ways. The students drew a picture of what their guardian angels might look like and wrote a […]
The 6th grade is finishing a chapter in religion on Creation. They are learning the Old Testament and began with Genesis. We are in the middle of Powerpoint presentations on books in the Old Testament. The class is taking notes on each book and then we will move along in our textbook and study many […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, I am impressed with the quality of homework coming in! Our Everyday Mathematics series has online games adding to our learning and math practice. This week and beyond we will be using this site. Your child has a login/password card taped in their folder. By clicking on this link everydaymathonline you will […]
Dear Second Grade Families, We are looking forward to sending our Flat Students off next week. If you haven’t’ done so already please send in your host information. Here is a look at our week: Homework: Reading Log, Fluency and Unit 7 for spelling. We do NOT have any IXL homework this week. I keep […]
Dear Families, I hope everyone enjoyed their extra day off yesterday. We have much to do in 5th grade this week. This Friday is a full day of school. Below please find an overview of our week. Math: We will develop estimation strategies when finding an exact answer is impractical. Science: We are beginning Chapter […]