We continue to follow the history of Israel. We concentrated in the books of 1 and 2 Samuel. We saw the hand of God on different men and on how their examples teach us to get closer to God. We learned from Hannah, that the Lord listen to our deepest prayers, knows the desires of our hearts, and extends His mercy and remembers us. We learned from Samuel that we must answer the call of God and allow Him to do in our lives as He pleases, for what he wants is greater than our best dreams. We also learned from Samuel that when you do what God wants, He “got your back.” He told Samuel that the people had not rejected him but God himself.
We learned from Saul that it is not good enough to start out right, but to do the good and perfect will of God. Partial obedience is not good enough for God; it is all or nothing. We learned from David that repentance is key in our walk. When we do something wrong, we need to recognize it and “cease and desist” that behavior to attain forgiveness from our sins. We learned that the difference between Saul and David was that Saul excused and insisted in his behavior while David recognized his wrongdoing and repented. Solomon taught us that everything is vain if we do not have God in our lives. From a man that did it all and had it all his counsel to us is “remember your creator in the days of your youth…”
Miss Rivera
As we continue through the history of the nation of Israel we have the hand of God as they conquered and settled the Promised Land. We see in the book of Joshua how God uses Joshua to divide the land and give it in inheritance to the tribes and leaves them with instructions so that they might live in peace in the land.
In the book of Judges we saw, as the tribes were a loose “confederation” and their partial obedience to the commands given by Joshua. This cost them to live in a cycle of getting away from God, being under their enemies oppression, asking God for help, getting closer to God and starting again. We examined our lives and found we are not much better. If not for the grace of God we would not be where we are. Praise be to God.
In the book of Ruth we found the concept of a kinsman redeemer and found a “love story” that reminds us of the love God has for us that redeemed us from the world to be part of Him.
Miss Rivera
This month was spent doing practice Regents in class and preparing the students for the Spanish Regents Exam. We also reviewed for the final exam and took some speaking tests. Everyone was studying diligently!
Mrs. Pascualini
To all my students: I love you. You have all been a blessing to me.
I pray that I was a blessing to you as well. You all have grown and have achieved your academic excellence. I am so godly proud to see how you all have flourished despite challenges that came our way this year.
You have all challenged Mrs. Christian to grow in new ways. I thank you for that. You all have pushed me to do better as I have pushed you.
That is what Christ would want. We are to be there for each other.
Always remember to keep Christ first in everything.
“You can do all things through Christ that strengthens you.” Phil. 4:19
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!!!! I WILL MISSSS YOUUU ALLLL!!
Love,
Mrs. Christian
Math/Forensics Teacher
Forensics Class was broken into groups of five. Each group was given three consecutive chapters to review. They prepared and gave an oral presentation. Each group did a superb job in recapping the chapters. They displayed what they have learned throughout the year.
Mrs. Christian
10th and 11th Math Classes were preparing for the RCT Exam. The students did a number of practice test and exercises. I pray that they will all do well.
Mrs. Christian
Another year of US History has come and gone. We’ve watched history in the making from the historic election to the tremendous recession. Hopefully we will learn from history and not repeat errors of our past.
Mr. Prawel
11th grade has been working really hard to be able to do well on their Spanish Regents. I know they will all do their best.
Mrs. Colon
In June we have been preparing everyday for the regents. We have completed various review sheets and I have graded them and explained to them individually what needs to be improved and what area they should concentrate on the most. I am confident in the aspect that my students will all pass the regents and that they will be confident in themselves while taking the exam itself.
Miss Quiros
I would just like to inform you of what has been taking place for the month of May in my classroom. We have been studying and reading literature such as the book Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. The students took great interest in the book and they seemed to enjoy it tremendously. It was very educational in the fact of learning the different styles of historical authors and discovering a whole new level of expressing your emotions through tragedy in writing.
Miss Quiros