Sadie's Advent of Kindness: Thanks to our SNS Student Council, we had a middle school friend visit our classroom to read to us a story of how we may spread  joy during the Advent season!

Holiday Party: What a fun time celebrating the holidays with our friends! Huge thank you to the parents who contributed snacks, foods, activities, presents, and crafts to make our class party so successful! Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our 4th Grade family to yours!

4th Grade Christmas Pageant: Ms. De Leon could not be more proud of how hard these students worked to put on the most incredible Christmas pageant ever! The learners enjoyed participating in our adaptation of "A Christmas Carol", an excellent reminder of why we truly celebrate the season of Christmas and how we may give back to others.

4th Grade Christmas Pageant: Ms. De Leon could not be more proud of how hard these students worked to put on the most incredible Christmas pageant ever! The learners enjoyed participating in our adaptation of "A Christmas Carol", an excellent reminder of why we truly celebrate the season of Christmas and how we may give back to others. And as Tiny Tim says, "God bless us, everyone!"

Feed My Starving Children Field Trip: What a great opportunity for the 3rd through 5th Grade students of SNS to come together and give back to our community during this season of Advent! 

Feed My Starving Children Field Trip: What a great opportunity for the 3rd through 5th Grade students of SNS to come together and give back to our community during this season of Advent! 

Our 4th Graders enjoyed some holiday fun with our 2nd Grade buddies during our Buddy Party earlier this week. We made Snowman Soup using peppermint candy cane spoons, marshmallows, a flavored candy can of our choice, hot cocoa packet, and hershey's kisses!

Feed My Starving Children Field Trip: What a great opportunity for the 3rd through 5th Grade students of SNS to come together and give back to our community during this season of Advent! 

Grandparents/VIP Day: Our 4th Graders got to spend some time with the people they look up to the most on this special day! Thank you to everyone who came in and showed their support to our students. They would not be who they are without your love and impact!

Grandparents/VIP Day: Our 4th Graders got to spend some time with the people they look up to the most on this special day! Thank you to everyone who came in and showed their support to our students. They would not be who they are without your love and impact!

The Lemonade War: The best part was getting to share the fun with SNS faculty by letting them taste test each batch of lemonade and then having teachers vote on their favorite!

The Lemonade War: The best part was getting to share the fun with SNS faculty by letting them taste test each batch of lemonade and then having teachers vote on their favorite! 

The Lemonade War: The best part was getting to share the fun with SNS faculty by letting them taste test each batch of lemonade and then having teachers vote on their favorite! 

The Lemonade War: Last week, the 4th Graders finished up their novel study, The Lemonade War, by Jaqueline Davies. In this novel study, the students expanded their vocabulary knowledge, strengthened their comprehension skills, and continued building their literary skills. To celebrate their hard work, the learners split into four teams to complete a ‘class lemonade war’. Within the last few days, we assigned each group member a role, listed the materials we needed, and measured what each team believed was needed to create the best batch of lemonade.

The Lemonade War: Last week, the 4th Graders finished up their novel study, The Lemonade War, by Jaqueline Davies. In this novel study, the students expanded their vocabulary knowledge, strengthened their comprehension skills, and continued building their literary skills. To celebrate their hard work, the learners split into four teams to complete a ‘class lemonade war’. Within the last few days, we assigned each group member a role, listed the materials we needed, and measured what each team believed was needed to create the best batch of lemonade.

The Lemonade War: Last week, the 4th Graders finished up their novel study, The Lemonade War, by Jaqueline Davies. In this novel study, the students expanded their vocabulary knowledge, strengthened their comprehension skills, and continued building their literary skills. To celebrate their hard work, the learners split into four teams to complete a ‘class lemonade war’. Within the last few days, we assigned each group member a role, listed the materials we needed, and measured what each team believed was needed to create the best batch of lemonade.

Field Trip: Thank you to the Chicago Botanic Gardens for hosting and teaching our SNS 3rd through 5th grade students about carnivorous plants! We loved having the opportunity to plant our own flowers that we can take care of at home!

Field Trip: Thank you to the Chicago Botanic Gardens for hosting and teaching our SNS 3rd through 5th grade students about carnivorous plants! We loved having the opportunity to plant our own flowers that we can take care of at home!

Field Trip: Selfie smiles for a fun day of learning outside of the classroom setting!

Field Trip: Ms. De Leon just adores the friendships that this class has built with one another!

Field Trip: Thank you to the Chicago Botanic Gardens for hosting and teaching our SNS 3rd through 5th grade students about carnivorous plants! We loved having the opportunity to plant our own flowers that we can take care of at home!

Field Trip: A silly photo, of course :)

CTC: What a fun day! Ms. De Leon is so thankful for the BEST group of 4th Graders!

CTC: Big smiles from our 4th Graders as we head into a fun evening of activities!

RELIGION: Thank you to Juliette and Tommy for leading us in the Scripture reading from the book of Nehemiah!

RELIGION: Thank you to Liam and Hailey for sharing our prayers with the congregation!

RELIGION: We listened to one another practice for our first 4th Grade led All School Mass and took some time for personal devotion after. Thank you, Jesus, for these incredible 4th Graders!

FUN PHOTO: Cheering on our Chicago Cubs with some extra time at the end of the day!

SCIENCE: Today, we used magnifying glasses and the sunlight to learn how the retina in our eye absorbs light and communicates messages to the brain!

SCIENCE: Today, we used magnifying glasses and the sunlight to learn how the retina in our eye absorbs light and communicates messages to the brain!

MATH: Place Value Review Day with M&Ms! A sweet way to end a week of hard work!

SCIENCE: Learning about the different bones and joints in our hands means we get to make a paper model using paper clips, string, and a finger model!

Class Photo! We love 4th Grade!

And a silly one, of course!

Buddy party with our 2nd Grade friends!

Buddy party with our 2nd Grade friends!

Our elementary students gathered in the gym to meet Mr. Shepherd!

Getting the feel of our new learning space through a Back to School Classroom Scavenger Hunt!