Final Lesson
Students finished up the school year with the last lessons in their workbook – the last two spiritual disciplines. The students learned the importance of fellowship, going to church and spending time around good people. This is a big key in our lives – being influenced by good people. The last lesson was learning to meditate on God’s Word. This is the discipline of reading the Bible and concentrating on what the verses really mean to us. As we moved into June we began our study guides for the final. This was a busy time for the students as they were preparing for other finals as well.
Mr. Racoma
Spiritual Disciplines
Students in the 9th grade Bible class began to study the importance of spiritual disciplines, like reading the Bible and praying. They learned that these two disciplines are key to their relationship with Christ. Just like going to the gym we learned that these disciplines strengthen us like exercise does for our muscles. In the next month we finish up this lesson by talking about the other 2 disciplines.
Mr. Racoma
Creation vs Evolution
In the Month of March the 9th grade Bible class began a deeper study into how God created the world. It was an interesting discussion on the differences between evolution and creation. The students were able to look at both perspectives and as a result the students were presented with creation by God.
Mr. Racoma
Celebrate
After all the hard work the students did learning their dances, we decided to celebrate and have a party!
Mrs. Rosario
Christmas Program
Besides doing the basic warm ups and stretching, the students also did pushups and sit ups to be ready for certain dance moves. They also learned to do cartwheels, the splits, and handstands. They worked in small groups and as a large group to learn various dance routines. For the Christmas program the song they danced to was Incredible. Other groups also danced to Joyful, Joyful, and Holy Visitation. They used both the big and little flags in their performances. It was powerful.
Mrs. Rosario
Ethnic Conflicts
9th grade ended the year discussing ethnic conflicts of the 20th century. Students made a current events journal to become aware of what is happening in the world today. We also discussed the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iranian Revolution, and how third-world countries try to grow and develop. With a foundation in why different groups clash, students are able to analyze the current conflicts with an understanding eye.
Miss Schutz
Learning from the past
Many people wonder about the importance of reading. Some may ask, why should I read books by dead guys who lived over a hundred years ago? They can’t possibly know anything about my situation. The question can be met with the Biblical truth: there is nothing new under the sun. This is one of the most important lessons ninth grade students learned in English class this year. Good and evil existed thousands of years ago just as it does today. So did love, joy, peace, war, loyalty, etc.–the human experience didn’t start when this generation was born. One novel that the students read was Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo. Students had to respond to the following quote, so long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, books like this cannot be useless. They were challenged to see the influence of important novels, like A Christmas Carol, or Romeo and Juliet, and see how these novels were meant to entertain and engage; change laws and change hearts. It was exciting to watch the light bulbs flick on during class discussion as the students made connections between the different novels and stories we read during the year. Students will move on to tenth grade with a broader appreciation of literature, and hopefully a new perspective on the ability for people today to learn from the past.
Miss Miller
Advanced Algebra
Probability is always a fun topic. My class used playing cards, spinners, marbles, colored chips, dice, other students, etc. to come up with and solve probability equations. Unearthing Patterns that would lead to solving problems without hands-on equipment.
Miss Stahler
Math in real life
We learned polynomials & quadratics this month. Using algebra tiles and our graphing calculators we began discovering patterns that lead to simplifying complex equations. We also discovered real-life uses for these math topics.
Miss Stahler
π day!!!
Or approximately 3.14159… We couldn’t wait for March 14th or 3/14 to get here! The class played discovery games with cylinders and circles. We practiced area and circumference to find patterns. They even learned a song that sings the first 200 places of pi!
Miss Stahler