Monthly Archives: February 2013

by

erinb

 

Congratulations to all of our winners.  Enrique, Savannah, Nicolette, Miss Barnhill (teacher of the year), Jordan & Daniel.  Well done!

Welcome to a regular school week.  This week grades 5-8 will be working on SLE presentations.  The students from grades 5-8 were broken up into groups with combination of students from each grade.  They were given 1-2 SLEs.  The students came up their own interpretations of how the SLEs are modeled in school, at home and within our community.  They will share these with the groups this week.  The students in 7th grade will continue to work in their Lent books and keep track of their lenten promises.  We will attend mass this Wed which is hosted by the students in grade 3.  In regards to science, 7th grade will be reviewing and will be tested on Unit 5:  Genetics.  Grades 6 & 8 will begin a new unit, 8th grade will be studying Force:  Newton’s Laws of Motion & 6th grade will begin their unit on Earth’s Water.

*click on the Mountain Trip page above.  (please return all forms to me by the end of this week)

Thursday:  Algebra/PreAlgebra Test , Genetics Unit Test (7th grade)

Friday:  Vocabulary Pages Unit 8 Due + Vocabulary Test

Math Homework Everyday except the day before a Test.

Remember to keep doing your service hours.  Service projects due March 4.

*** please bring in your $ for the 8th grade ad***

NDA Fair!

by

Today we spent the day at Notre Dame Academy along with 10 different schools. The students had so much fun meeting other 7th grade students. Ivy took 2nd place in the Spelling Bee. Congrats to her & to all the students that participated!

20130221-184903.jpg

20130221-184757.jpg

Saint Monica’s Learning Fair pics + results

by

20130220-182029.jpg

Saint Monica’s Learning Fair Results:  
Speech 1st place – Savannah Smith 
Poetry 1st place- Sloane Leipzig 
Photography 1st place- Kendra Traynor , 3rd place- Carson Rieck 
Art- 3d  1st place – Enrique Sisson, 2nd-Andrew Chang 3rd- Hannah Robinson 
Art 2D- 2nd Alyssa Torres, 3rd-Ava Lohr
Debate- 2nd place Sloane Leipzig, Sabrina Nagy & Vincent Sebestiani 
Math Bowl- 3rd – Trey Reynolds, Brendan Nisperos & Leonardo Sajasi 
Congratulations to all winners and participants.  
My favorite part of today was the pride I saw on my students faces as “Good Shepherd” was being called…

20130220-181732.jpg20130220-181642.jpg

20130220-181718.jpg

Learning Fair Week

by

Screen Shot 2013-02-19 at 6.55.49 PM

I hope you enjoyed your 5 day mini break.  We have an exciting 3-day week ahead of us.  It all starts tomorrow morning, we will be headed to Saint Monica’s to compete in the learning fair.  The bus will be leaving promptly at 7:45 a.m.  As you arrive you are welcome to come inside the building and wait in our 7th grade classroom as long as I am there.   Thursday, 7th grade will be attending NDA for the fair for 7th grade students only.  Student’s will be riding with parents to NDA.  We will be there for most of the day.  Lunch will be provided on both days.   Parents are welcome to join us at either events.  If you would like to attend the St. Monica’s Fair, please meet us at Saint Monica’s in Santa Monica.  If you wish to attend the 7th grade learning fair, please let me or room parents,  Rose & Lilly,  know so we can arrange for you to help take some students there.  
The following students are competing in the events below:
St. Monica’s Learning Fair, Feb 20, 9am-2pm
Prayer:  Leo, Lauren & Brendan                        Short Story:  Vincent S., Enrique & Carson      
Poetry:  Savannah, Ivy & Sloane                     MathBowl Team:  Leo, Brendan & Trey      
Science:  Sabrina, Nicolette & Trey               Debate Team:  Sabrina, Vincent S., & Sloane 
Speech:  Savannah, Lauren & Anthony       Dramatic Monologue:  Kevin, Alyssa & Hannah 
Art 2D:   Ava, Nicolette & Alyssa                     3D:  Enrique, Andrew & Hannah                        
Photography:  Ava, Kendra & Carson 
Notre Dame Academy 7th grade Learning Fair, Feb 21, 8am -1 pm.  
 Songest:  Shania & Savannah                      
Science Fair:   Sabrina, Vincent V. & Kevin     
Storytelling:  Joseph & Jimin    
Spelling Bee:  Ivy, Vincent S., Vincent V. & Oliver
Good Luck to all of our participants, I want you to know being chosen to compete in these events is already a triumph.  This week, I want us to go to these schools to learn, meet new kids, but most of all to have fun.  I am already proud of each and everyone of you.  
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
13jbpatch650This past Monday, the city of Los Angeles lost Dr. Jerry Buss.  Jerry Buss had been a chemist and a mathematician long before he bought the
Los Angeles Lakers in 1979. The self-made millionaire with a head for business and an impresario’s heart assailed the NBA with every skill he acquired along the way.  I have been a Laker fan since the early 80s, the dream team was put together by Dr. Jerry Buss.  He recreated the NBA as it is now known.  “SHOWTIME”
 

Happy President’s Day

by

Here is a movie about President Lincoln-I find it fitting to share with you a different perspective on Lincoln, through his best friend and body guard. You might recognize one of the actors from Martha’s Kitchen. Johnny plays John Wilkes Booth.

February 10-14

by

ash-wednesday_t

Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter Sunday, is the first day of the Season of Lent. Its name comes from the ancient practice of placing ashes on worshippers’ heads or foreheads as a sign of humility before God, a symbol of mourning and sorrow at the death that sin brings into the world. It not only prefigures the mourning at the death of Jesus, but also places the worshipper in a position to realize the consequences of sin.   Ash Wednesday is a somber day of reflection on what needs to change in our lives if we are to be fully Christian.

This week in 7th grade, we will be preparing for Lent.  Students will learn the symbolism behind the ashes and the meaning for Lent.  Grades 7 & 8 will also be vigorously working on preparing for the St. Monica’s Learning Fair and the Notre Dame Fair.  All art projects including photography will be due on Thursday of this week.  There is no school on Friday February 15-19.   The day we return to school, we will be headed to St. Monica’s and the VERY next day to Notre Dame High School.  I invite parents to join us on both trips if you wish.  For NDA fair, we will need parent volunteers to drive ALL students.

Thank you for everything that made parent conferences on Friday.  If you couldn’t make it, you can email me sbhakta@gsbh.net  and we can work out a day and time.

This week:  Tuesday – Mardi Gras  Wednesday – Ash Wednesday Mass (join us at GS Church 8:15am) Thursday- St. Valentine’s Day  Friday – Tuesday – No school

8th grade science test-Monday      algebra/pre-algebra tests Tuesday

Hope all the girls enjoyed the father daughter dance…Cant wait to hear about it.

Have a happy week.