10/28- What We're Reading

8th Grade

8th Grade is currently reading 

All American Boys

by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. 

We are on page 165, if you want to read along. 

I think it is worth the read. 

7th Grade

7th Grade is currently reading

 selected works from Edgar Allen Poe. 

So far we have read the following titles: 

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

"The Black Cat" 

"The Pit and the Pendulum"

"Annabel Lee".

The mood for October is set. 

10/21- 8th SwH Projects 8th

8th Grade Start with Hello Projects

C, L, M 

J and A

J, J, E

W, L, B

K, T, R

10/15-18- START WITH HELLO PROJECTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As promised

START WITH HELLO PROJECTS 

6/7 Grades

S , M , Z, and S

G,K,W

G and A

S and T

Stay tuned for the 8th grade ads next week. 

Founder's Day:Part 1

6th grade led the school in prayer to celebrate 

the founding of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. 

During this prayer service, 

each grade's service project/partner for the year

was revealed in a truly beautiful commissioning service. 

7th Grade started their service with Epiphany House the very next day.

Of course I forgot to take pictures

 while we were actually doing the service, 

but I got these shots of the kids on their walk to and from. 

Next time I will get the actual acts of service. 

Founder's Day: Part 2

On Friday the middle school ran games and service stations 

for the lower school and early childhood children. 

Great  weather and amazing middle schoolers

made for a perfect celebration. 

Soccer Pep Rally

All HCA soccer teams were recognized and cheered 

during ur pep rally on Thursday. 

Go dragons!

10/7-11--A Good One-6th,7th,8th

8th Research

8th grade has started their research.

Through this extended work, 

they are not only developing critical writing/ researching skills 

needed for high school, college, and beyond, 

but they are also laying the foundation from which they will jump

 into their Capstone Project work in the second semester. 

Topics include the following: 

7th Essays

The seventh grade has been taking their essays on how to improve HCA

 through the steps of the writing process. 

They are currently peer-editing with and without guided editing sheets, 

which force in-depth focus on structure, style, and control of the language.

6/7 Religion

6-7 graders reviewing the Start with Hello plan with each other

 before starting a group project project. 

Jesus asked us to lay down our lives for our friends. 

Through their Start with Hello study,

6-7 have tried to apply that concept to their lives. 

Middle school can be tough.

Even when you want to reach out to isolated peers, 

it can feel socially dangerous. 

In this project they are brainstorming ways 

that they can realistically reach out to people 

and make them feel seen and loved. 

Soon they will have exciting projects to share here. 

Stay tuned. 

8th Religion

Similarly the 8th grade is working in groups

to create Ads for the idea of reaching out to those experiencing social isolation. 

These PSA's of sorts will be shared with the whole student body 

and display common scenes of isolation found in our school 

as well as realistic ways that young individuals can address them. 

Again, stay tuned for finished products. 

6th Prayer Service

The 6th grade has been practicing for the Founders' Day Prayer service on 

 Tuesday, October 15th at 8:15am in the MPR. During this prayer service, we will commission students to use their gifts

 for the sake of serving their community.

 Each grade's service partner for the year will be announced

 and the entire school community will be invited to pray for them. 

We hope you can join us.

7th Homeroom

As you know we had picture days this week. 

7th graders (and their teacher) are excited to see our class picture. 

We really can't wait; your kids can tell you why. 

9/30-10/4 Blessing of the Animals

Blessing of the Animals

Friday October 4, 2019

Reading in front of a crowd can be tough. 

Reading in front of a crowd filled with barking and 

various other pet distractions can be really tough.

HCA called on the mighty 7th to lead this year's 

Blessing of the Animals Prayer Service, 

and they did a tremendous job.