Spanish
Students did some very fun and exciting activities in Spanish class. They focused on working with phrases and terms that are used in Latin-American countries regarding Thanksgiving. They had fun making expanded Alphabet books and even made posters.
Mr. Hernandez
Earth Science Lab
The experiments of the 10th grade lab class explore why certain incidents have happened on earth and how they have occurred. Some have been previously reported by meteorologists. Our students have interpreted glacial landscapes with a topographical map, performed experiments to determine the permeability of different types of soils, and tracked Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 hurricane which made landfall in the United States. Yet another experiment which the 10th grade has performed is calculating density, and accurately predicting whether an object and any size of the presented material will sink or float in water. The materials presented to them included aluminum, brass, copper, oak, pine, steel, PVC, Polypropylene, acrylic and others. Perhaps density could be calculated for a material not on the list for the given lab. That is what experiments are for. Did someone say gold? Did someone say planet earth? You would be amazed to see how easy it is to calculate the density of gold, earth, and a variety of irregular shaped objects and how it relates to life! With extra minutes in lab class, the experiments and discoveries are endless!
Ms. Farrell
Biology Lab
Each lab has provided our 9th grade students with exciting investigations and their own new discoveries. We have recently explored human cells, plant cells, live tenebrio worms and the internal anatomy of earthworms. Who would think we could analyze the actual cells of the human muscle, human blood and human bone? In fact that is what we did! The students experimented and discovered what happens when a cell is diluted with water and also with liquids of high concentration. From this lab, there were students who became interested and asked what I thought about them entering the medical field! There is only one answer: “Certainly, you can do it!” The earthworm dissection allowed each student to: inspect the various parts of the worm which makes up the digestive tract and pumping organs; learn how a worm knows where to go when it does not have eyes; how it breathes when it has no lungs or gills; and what our soil would be like without worms. Indeed there were students who were looking for yet another opportunity to dissect an animal, and this time a larger one! We have that coming too! Stay tuned…
Ms. Farrell
Gym
In the month of November the student learned how to bump and set a volleyball. They practiced how to serve the ball over the net, then we made teams and had fun playing against each other.
Mrs. Rosario
Gym Time
In December, students practicing for the Christmas program. There were different groups working on their dances with flags and banners. Other students did skits, dramas, songs in different languages, and even a fashion show. ITWAS AWESOME!!!
Mrs. Rosario
Christmas in Pre-K 4
We made a pretty Christmas candle and decorated our class bulletin boards with angels and mangers. We made a little gift for parents to hang on their Christmas trees, and enjoyed a class Christmas party right before vacation. What a blessing! Our Bible lessons concentrated on the birth of Jesus, the One and Only Savior. We have learned Luke 2:11, “For today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you, He is Christ the Lord.” We were blessed with a wonderful Christmas break for rest and recreation!
Miss Holden
Fun With Letters
We made a pasta necklace for the letter “N” and when we got to the letter “O” for the first time, wrote it in our special alphabet workbook. From now on we will write the letter of the week and color a picture for that letter. We need to ask the Lord to help us; writing letters can be really hard.
Miss Holden
Don’t Wake The Baby
In Science we talked about noisy and quiet things. We had fun trying to decide which things would wake up a baby.
Miss Holden
Count to Ten
December was a fun and busy time in Pre-K 4. We counted to number 10 and decorated a paper with ten shiny stars. We practiced classifying again, and reviewed all numbers we have done so far.
Miss Holden
Gym Class
The First and second graders had fun playing cat and mouse. They like it when one cat chases the mouse and pulls their tail and becomes a cat. The students also played steal the bacon and the basketball shooting game.
Mrs. Rosario