The sixth grade scientists are now finishing their study of earthquakes. They have learned not just what causes earthquakes, and how to read the magnitude of earthquakes, but also how to stay safe in case they are ever in an earthquake. Good information to know, even though we are not quite in threat of an earthquake here in NYC!
Miss Lawrence
Happy New Year!
We look forward to a new year of hope – hope in the Lord and assurance that God has a perfect plan for each student.
January is an exciting time with new goals set for a new year and yet a difficult month with mid terms on the way, homework to stay on top of and the Academic Fair coming. In Resource Room we will be checking our goals and finding strategies with which we can realistically meet those goals. Now is the time for students, parents and teachers to truly work together as a team to help students set good goals and begin to achieve them. In I Corinthians 12: 24-27 the Bible says, “But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.”
Mrs. Kemp
Six graders students spent the last two weeks learning about the Far East. Topics discussed included a video on the Great Wall of China and Communism.
Mr. Sanchez
What to do when a Christian sins? This is a question students in sixth grade Bible have been attempting to answer. Students have learned that once they sin they need to confess the sin and let God cleanse the sins from their lives. Furthermore, students spent time sharing sins they committed throughout the week and how they felt remorseful for committing such sins. Some sins included disobedience to parents, teachers, and older siblings, gossip, and lying.
Mr. Sanchez
The students finished reading C.S. Lewis’ The Last Battle from his The Chronicles of Narnia series. We are reviewing this text as well as the many concepts we learned about reading since the beginning of the year in preparation for our mid-year final.
Mrs. Candelier
The students had a great time working on their entries for the Association of Christian School International (ACSI) Creative Writing Festival. Students put their best effort into creating short stories, essays, and poems. Isaiah Bienemann of 6R wrote a cool story about a plane-from the plane’s perspective! Rohan Hutchinson of 6R wrote a beautiful poem about angels, and David Hamilton wrote one about his wonderful parents. It was hard picking just a few to enter into the next level of competition and I congratulate those who were selected! Aside from this nice “creative” break, the students are busy preparing for their mid-year finals. Prepositions, anyone…?
Mrs. Candelier
This month we have been looking at the true meaning of joy. Where joy comes from, and how we draw strength from Joy. This holiday season can be a despresing time for many people. They know it’s the holiday season that’s supposed to be filled with love, joy and peace, but still feel a void. The 6th grade class is learning that true joy comes from God. It has nothing to do with outward circumstances but rather what the Holy Spirit has deposited in you. Ture joy is knowign God loves and acceptes you.
Mr. Lopez
Students are continuing with fractions at the beginning of January. They will be learning how to put them in simplest form, writing equivalent fractions, as well as comparing and ordering them. They will finish out the week with a test on fractions and start looking at terminating and repeating decimals.
Mrs. Racoma
Art Class
Students will take the Negative & Positive Space lesson one step further by creating Stages of Development of a Single Design. Starting out with four identical shapes cut out of black construction paper students will demonstrate each stage of the designs transformation in visual steps.
Ms. Arnau
During December we have enjoyed sharing our talents in Christmas programs that portrayed the true meaning of Christmas; we have found encouragement from secret angels; and have even enjoyed the first real snow of the season. Students can learn that they have the ability to bless others and can give the gift of themselves. James 1 says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth that we might be a kind of first fruits of all He created”. I pray that the Christmas break brings many blessings to each family. We certainly have God’s goodness to look forward to in the New Year.
Mrs. Kemp