November Happenings

Cases for Smiles: Our main highlight this month was our service project, which encompasses every aspect of learning and Christian spirit. First, our students were leaders and took charge of the fundraising. They chose the baskets they wanted to put together for our raffle, and all students donated. Thank you, parents, for such generous support. We marketed the fundraising by putting together flyers, writing scripts for Wildcat, and being filmed. The kids sold popsicles (300 in 7 minutes flat!!!), spoke over the p.a. during morning announcements, and visited classrooms. We spent a few hours writing nearly 5,000 raffle tickets, and earned an astounding $7,744.20!!! The donation made Mrs. Berlacher from Cases for Smiles cry. On sewing day, we assembled 14 coping boxes for siblings of hospitalized children and sewed nearly 30 pillowcases. The kids truly put their love into each part of this project, and there is no doubt the recipients will feel that.

ELA

When we weren't involved with our service project, we were busy learning the sentence types and vocabulary. When we have our next writing assignment, the kids will incorporate both into their pieces. We also strengthened a few Benchmark skills: Finding Details and Sequencing.

Religion

This past month we learned about the world that Jesus lived in. We studied the land of Palestine and the Jewish people who lived there. We looked at the faith, traditions, and politics of the time. Since the lessons were more like a history class and required active studying before the chapter assessments, we spent time on study techniques. Lastly, the students also created an illustration showing a typical day for Jesus when he was a boy.

Looking Ahead

Moving into December, our focus is Christmas! In ELA we will read Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.  In religion, we will study the Infancy Narratives. As an upper school we will prepare for Tableau. Finally, putting it all together to spread Christmas spirit, the 7th grade will visit St. Edmond's Home for Children and help with their Christmas party.