Happy Fall! 

We are almost there, and the students are showing that by settling in very nicely to our routines and their new schedules.  

In Math, right now we are finally moving into some new territory for the seventh graders. Up until now, we have done a lot of review to make sure they are ready to tackle our pre algebra and algebra topics. The students will be coming home with work using Order of Operations, Exponents and Integers in the next few weeks!

The seventh graders were the mass ministers last week at our grade 5-8 mass.  I included a picture below of some of them leading us in the choir.  These were students from my mod 7 Religion class. We will trade off each time which mod is ministers for mass.  Those ministries include: reading, singing, gift bearing, serving, singing the psalms, and greeting.  We love to see parents come to our masses, so if you are able to be there I encourage you to come.  

In Religion classes, we are studying the authors of the four gospel authors.  The students will learn some of the background about those who gave us the gospels we listen to each week at mass.  If you don’t know very much about them, please ask your child to share the interesting information they are hearing.

We are off to a great start so far in seventh grade! Please check back for news and information about what is happening at school.  I am looking forward to a wonderful year with all of our students!

I think 2019-20 is looking like a great year!

Happy Catholic Schools Week to all of our wonderful families.  This is a week to reflect on how blessed we are to be in a place where our faith is evident throughout our day everyday.  Our week actually started last Friday when we got to welcome all of our families to mass with us.  To celebrate this week, we have some amazing activities planned:

Monday — In addition to our regular classes, we got to see a showcase of alumni from our school.  It was so fun to hear our entire student body singing along to songs about our faith led by graduates of SPSL.  We have alumni with so much talent; I reminded my seventh graders that could be them in a few years.

Tuesday — The seventh graders got to participate in a retreat given by Youth Frontiers with Courage as it’s theme.  Our discussion in homeroom after told me that the seventh graders truly took this in and listened with open hearts.  One comment in homeroom was about how they realized how long they have all gone to school together and how well they know each other.  From my own experience growing up in Catholic schools, I was able to share that some of my best friends today are people I went through school with.  These kids have a connection for life that they don’t even fully appreciate yet.  

Wednesday — We had a Spelling Bee scheduled for today, but as I write this we are currently on a “cold day”.  I hope all are staying warm and safe at home today. The Spelling Bee will be rescheduled. 

Thursday — We have do not have anything scheduled as of now, but we do get to celebrate mass with grades 5-8 tomorrow.

Friday — We will be able to watch our Speech and Drama Club perform “Peter Pan” for us.  That will be exciting to see our seventh graders and the others who have practiced so hard for this day!  In the afternoon, we will see the Omaha Street Percussionists.  I know from seeing them before that our students will be amazed with how they make music out of some surprising items.

Below are a few pictures of our students from the retreat.  In some they are getting ready to Boogaloo and in others they are playing “Mongo Volleyball”.