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. 

9/23- Tons of Pictures

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6/7 Religion

Start with Hello

6/7 religion class worked in small groups

 to solve the big problem of social isolation. 

They read 6 example scenarios,

picked one to focus on, 

and discussed as a small group. 

They then lead a whole class discussion on their scenario.

Discussions focused on identifying social isolation, 

empathizing with another person, 

and brainstorming realistic ways to reach out. 

They then took the ideas from the class discussions 

and gave life to their scenario

and their solutions. 

Here they are working with their groups to create their skits. 

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8th Literature

8th grade is continuing their work on Of Mice and Men.

On Tuesday they got to enjoy the nice weather 

while working on their text analysis. 

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Leadership Installation 

The Student Council, Student Ambassadors, and Flames of Service

were made official at our Mass of the Holy Spirit on Wednesday. 

They took a break from practice

 to write a goal for themselves in these roles

on a wax catcher that will be used in the Liturgy. 

When they get a candle in the ceremony, they will see someone else's goal. 

They will keep that person's goal in their prayers throughout the year. 

In this way they will be keeping each other in their hearts

as they take on these leadership roles together.

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 We are Fam-i-ly

We had our first school-wide family activity on Tuesday. 

This year the 7th graders are heads of their own school family,

and they thrived in that role!

 

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Some Bowling Pictures from Last Friday

9/16-20- 7th , 8th and 6th

8th Grade

In literature the 8th grade has started reading Of Mice and Men. 

Steinbeck teaches us a lot about 

the art of the written word,

 the arch of a story, 

and the reason we are all here. 

We are going to dig deep into all of it.

In preparation for developing their writing skills, 

they are practicing using the text to support their internal image of the settings. 

They pulled quotes that spoke directly to the image of the first setting, 

and only drew what was written. 

This is practice for pulling quotes from a variety of credible sources 

to support their ideas in their critical essays and research papers. 

It also gives them practice with proper punctuation of quoted material and citing sources. 

We are entering the big leagues, and this is just the warm up lap. 

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They have also been brainstorming topics for their Capstone Project, 

which they will be presenting to you in the spring. 

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6th-8th Religion Classes

6-8 religion classes started work on a program called Start with Hello. 

It aims to help students identify those who are socially isolated around them,

develop realistic ways to reach out to them,

and start with "hello,"

all with the ultimate goal of creating a community

where each individual feels seen and a sense of belonging.

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7th Grade

7th grade completed both a nouns unit and vocabulary unit this week. 

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They started reading The Outsiders

and working on a characterization project 

they will be adding to throughout the first half of the novel.

They will be covering Elements of Fiction 

with a focus on both plot and characterization. 

I have yet to meet a seventh grader who didn't enjoy this book. 

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They will begin essay work on Friday 

with an emphasis on form. 

Let's Go! (7 and 8)

8th Grade

In LA class the 8th grade is flying through nouns. 

They were able to supply the entire outline at the beginning of the unit,

 examples and all. 

Here they are reviewing for the test this Friday. 

They worked in partners at various stations throughout the classroom 

with a different topic at each one. 

8th has already had a test on the summer prefixes and roots set. 

                                                  

They studied the meaning of the prefixes and roots  

and how they are used in a variety of words. 

7th Grade

7th grade had  a good time studying their vocabulary words with a skits game. 

Here is W. COMMENDEERING K.'s box. 

S. SALVAGES her teddy from the DEBRIS. 

A. offers an unexplainable and SPASMODIC attack on the box. 

 They are certainly settling into their new homeroom...

and making themselves comfortable. 

Stay tuned. There is a lot of excitement in our near future.