Congratulations
We would like to congratulate Alexis Versoza – 2010 8th grade graduate – for achieving 2nd Honors at Xavier High School. To get this honor he had to have an average of 85 or higher in all of his classes. Great job Alexis!
Go JV Eagles
On Thursday, February 7th the #1 ranked Evangel High Eagles took on the number #2 ranked Staten Island Academy Tigers for the PSAA Boys Junior Varsity Championship. Lead by junior captain Michael Tolone and sophomore Samuel Garcia the Eagles jumped to a 14-6 half time lead. Coach Racoma’s words of, Defense wins Championships could be heard resonating throughout the gym. We need to be tougher defensively. Box out, rebound and make the smart pass, were his words during one of the time outs. Center Jesse Gomez and Timothy Bayonne fought to box out and secure rebounds, while forward Wesley Pratt and guard Nigel Giddens hustled to close out the shooters. The defensive intensity from both teams was remarkable. Neither team was willing to give up any points. But in the end, the Eagles came out ahead by a score of 39-29.
Show and Tell
Letters and Sound Presentations, in other words show and tell. Each week we have a day that each child can show and tell about something special that they bring from home that has the beginning letter and sound of the week This week we are on the letter J and the children brought in a jump rope, jewelry, picture of the jungle, a jaguar toy and a joke. When one student told a joke all the other children began to laugh and each one had a turn.
Mrs. Emestica
Monster-Talk
This was a fun lesson as the students learned about syllables. Each one clapped out their name count how many syllables are in their names. The fun part about it is that we made funny monster sounds then put it together to make a complete word. This was a great lesson to teach reading readiness.
Mrs. Emestica
Detectives
Have you seen the Gingerbread Man? Pre K 4 and I baked some gingerbread cookies. When we went to take them out of the oven they were gone. Pre K 4 became detectives as we looked all around the school for him. All he left was a gum drop everywhere we looked. Finally after nap time he came back and fell fast asleep on the desk. This lesson was connected across the subjects of reading and math. The children had a great time trying to figure out where the Gingerbread man was and had more fun eating him.
Mrs. Emestica