Playing a savings/spending game during Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement - Our City!

Preparing a snack for the Emergency Shelter

Catholic Schools Week!

Catholic Schools Week - Monday

Dress Your Best and daily Bingo

Catholic Schools Week 2014 - Monday

Cookies from Xavier, and Reading and Relaxing in the gym!  Catholic Schools Week 2014.

ICHTHUS

Take a look at these pictures from Art class of students making the Ichthus symbol! What can your child tell you about the Ichthus?

South America

In February, Holy Spirit School will have an International Night.  In preparation for that, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders are working in collaborative, mixed grade level groups to learn about the countries in South America.

We met in groups for the first time today, chose the country each group is doing, discussed the expectations and end-results of the project, and had a little bit of time to start researching the countries.  The groups worked well together and seemed excited about the projects!  We will be getting together every Friday for 45 minutes to work on the projects.  

At least for now, the work is expected to be done here at school.  If students are motivated to search for some information at home or at the public library, etc., that's fine.  Here is a helpful link we found as a good starting point: http://www.ducksters.com/geography/southamerica.php.

Students should always have parental permission before searching on the Internet, and close parent supervision while working is strongly recommended.

Friday notes

Was this really Friday?  The two-day week felt very odd!
Will next week be a four-day week?  Be sure to check radio, TV, or TV websites for possible closings on Monday due to bitter cold temperatures.