Dear Second Grade Families, Congratulations to our students for receiving their First Reconciliation! This week we will continue our preparations for First Communion. The five finalist have been chosen for the Poem Contest. Jomari, Renata, Sierra, Mia & Natalie will be presenting their poems to the judges on Tuesday. Academic Week: Homework: Students will be […]
Most of the students did a great job memorizing and reciting their poems for the speech contest. It was hard to narrow the choices to six students. Going to finals are: Erin, Jacob, Lily, Renee, Kaleb, and Leannah. Please read the Sacred Heart School newsletter for correct dates. A few students have yet to turn […]
Dear Kindergarten Parents, Today we will show our desire to care for our world by understanding the importance of Earth Day. We will be praying for all the people in our world, and thankful for all the gifts we have. A perfect time to review God’s love and goodness in Chapter 4; God’s World is […]
Dear Third Grade Families, Congratulations to Jacob, Jessica and Maria for completing the sacrament of First Reconciliation last Wednesday! We look forward to your upcoming First Communion. In more exciting news, our class finalists have been selected for the school Speech Contest. Representing the third grade will be: Sophia, Jessica, Diego, Aliyah and Christian. All […]
Sixth grade has been studying earthquakes. We have learned how to use seismograms of the primary and secondary seismic waves to pinpoint an earthquake’s epicenter. Last Thursday, we used what we’ve learned about building safety and designed our own buildings out of toothpicks and marshmallows on a base of jello. Then, we put them to […]
Dear Parents, April 22, 2013 Our reading strategy this week is evaluating. The comprehension skill that will help us with evaluating is story structure. Knowing the setting, the characters, the problem, and solution in the story […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, This week I have two book responses for your child and two math pages — counting coins. Understanding the value of each coin is a difficult concept for young children. In kindergarten we learn to count pennies, nickels and dimes. Please list books read or listened to on the reading/web log. If […]
The 6th grade class enjoyed a spectacular day at the Getty Villa in Malibu. With the sun shining we spent the day surrounded by antiquities ranging in age from 4,000 to 2,000 years old. A few highlights were the actual villa with marble floors and hand painted ceilings, gold jewelry, and many marble statues of […]
The 7th grade just finished reading Dragonwings by Laurence Yep. It is the story of young Chinese boy who sailed from China to join his Father in America. The two had never meet. The class learned a great deal about the discrimination the Chinese people endured in the early 1900’s. On the lighter side, the […]
This week in fourth grade: Math: time and measurement Reading: Unit 6, Stories of the Earth and Sky Spelling: Unit 32 Social Studies: List 7 TEST on Thursday, week 23 Transcontinental Railroad Science: Our focus is electricity. The chapter 8 vocabulary test will be given April 25th. Religion: This week we begin our “Family Life” […]