7th Grade Speeches

7th Grade Speeches

Kadin 

Stevie

Will

Aidan

8th Award Speeches

8th Awards

Will

Carolyn

Lucas

Jack

Lily

Ella

Taylor

Brandon

Kirstin

Jabar

Ava

John

Ryan 

Murilo

Happy Black History Month

Black History Month Kickoff 

To help us celebrate Black History Month, 

we are highlighting a different person from Black History

each morning of the morning broadcast. 

To follow along, see the calendar below: 

3 Greensboro 4	4 Dr. Patricia Bathe	5  James Baldwin	6  Shirley Chisholm	7 Colin Kaepernick
10  Little Rock 9 .	11 George Washington Carver	12  Gwendolyn Brooks	13 Bayard Rustin (1912 - 1987)
	18 Alice Ball	19 Miles Davis	20 Chuck Berry	21 Madam C.J. Walker  .
24 Hidden Figures:   Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson,	25 Dr. Ernest Everett	26 Billie Holiday	27 WEB DeBois	28Simone Biles

Additionally, the broadcast features a brief bio of a Black religious figure

accompanied by a prayer by or inspired by him/her.


Because the calendar only allowed for 18 people to be highlighted,
we wanted to spotlight other influential people in Black history.

We have a stair landing of Black writers,

one of Black musicians,

one of Black scientists and mathematicians,

 and a wall of Black athletes.

You can also find some of Grade 8's research papers
adorning the staircases
for those willing to dive deeper
 into a particular event or group in Black history.

Stay tuned for our school wide
Celebration of Black History Month
towards the end of the month.

Hispanic Heritage Celebration

Hispanic Heritage Celebration

This month Holy Child has been celebrating Hispanic heritage. 

During the morning broadcast each day,

 8th graders highlighted a different Latino's accomplishments.

 Prayers on this month's broadcast also featured Latino writers and religious. 

The school was decorated with quotes from famous Latin Americans

as well a the pictures and contributions of famous Latinos. 

On Tuesday the who school engaged in a Hispanic Heritage Celebration during community time. 

Students traveled with their divisions

and participated in an art station where they made personal pinatas or maracas; 

a music station where they had a Latin dance party and played Latin instruments;

 and a game show station where they worked in teams to identify

the people who were highlighted on the broadcast, 

those people's life stories, 

and the flags of Latin America. 

(The Early Childhood enjoyed a reading of The Hungry Caterpillar in Spanish 

and practiced Spanish vocabulary highlighted there

instead of the game show set up. ) 

I was running the game show station, so I only have pictures of that.

I am certain pictures of the Latin dance party and art station 

will be all over my colleges' blogs this week, 

if you are interested in seeing those. 

We all had a blast celebrating Hispanic heritage and culture. 

Winners of Each Round for Middle School

Reading

Reading

8th Grade has started reading Romeo and Juliet. 

Their experience with Shakespeare last year through A Midsummer Night's Dream is helping them dive into this quicker. 

7th is one third of the way through Piecing Together Me.

They are becoming real academic readers who comprehend the plot while analyzing. 

Ask your 7th grader about the sound effects helping up demonstrate this. 

Behind the Scenes

Practice Makes Perfect

6th, 7th, and 8th graders are busy practicing their One Acts...

... and preparing for Grandparent and Parent Visitation Days. 

Back in Business

8th Grade

8th graders are busy taking a speech through the writing process. 

This week they have created a list of possible topics, picked a topic, 

brainstormed, outlined, and drafted their pieces.

Next Week- Editing

7th Grade

7th graders are taking a speech through the writing process too. 

Lucky members of this community
will get to partake in the publishing stage of the writing process,
when they give their speeches at the beginning of February.