October 19, 2018

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Did you know that seven new saints were canonized this past weekend?  One of those seven was Oscar Romero.  Since the fifth grade will be studying Latin America later in the year, we took a closer look at this inspiring El Salvadoran saint who gave up his life in order to speak for the disenfranchised. First, students watched the video below:

The students then created props and rehearsed a short play to celebrate the brave martyrdom of Oscar Romero.  As Zayda said so well, "He was not afraid to speak the Word of God even though he knew he might be killed."  Take a look at their performance:

May his story remind each of us to be "microphones of God." Pray for us, Saint Oscar Romero.



The fifth-graders open some mail from Texas.  Thank you, many senders of postcards!


Google Docs is a great tool for revision. Here, students provide feedback on their classmates' writing using the Comment feature.






 The fifth-graders sequence some major events in U.S. and Canadian history.

"I'm pretty sure the Cold War comes after World War II."




The sixth-graders enjoy some hard-earned popcorn before analyzing The Lightning Thief. 

They have reached the halfway point in the novel and they cannot wait to see how their predictions about Percy's quest will measure up.


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