Happy New Year and Welcome Back! This week, we worked to get back into our routines. Science…this week we practiced using the CER (Claims, Evidence, Reasoning) structure in inquiring and thinking through the scientific process.  For initial instruction, we worked to form a claim based on a question, conducted research, and gathered additional data, to...Read More

Our week in review.  12/20/24 Science…we continued to prepare for our school Science Fair and the Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) – Science Fair by conducting research and investigations, completing reference sheets, and formulating hypothesis. Students are to continue their investigations over the break. Religion…we continued our understanding of waiting for Jesus, through his...Read More

Our week in review. Science…we are preparing for our school Science Fair and the Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) – Science Fair by reviewing the expectations of projects related to science investigations and the engineering design processes.  Students received a IJAS packet on Monday, and have been generating exceptional questions as they discuss, review,...Read More

Science This week..students had fun learning about the Scientific Method through hands-on experiments. The students planted seeds with two different brands of soil, and made paper airplanes with three different types of papers. The students enterted their data in a spreadsheet, and are looking forward to analyzing the results next week. Religion.  This weeks students...Read More

This week…we had so much fun participating in Field Day! Thank you to all of the parents that helped make this day possible.  We celebrated a birthday. Happy Birthday Emma! We raffled off the coveted blue chair. Congratulations Olivia!  We attended mass as a school and bid farewell to our classmates and teachers. I would...Read More

This week…the children enjoyed the long awaited “foam party”. The children had a fantastic time! They also enjoyed cotton candy and snow cone treats.  In Science, we completed our final lab by observing  evaporation of water puddles and condensation on soda cans and water bottles; as well as recording the temperature of water that averaged...Read More

This week…we attended the last PBIS (Positive Behavior In School/Society) assembly.  PBIS reminders are located throughout the school, and remind students, among other things, of how to behave respectfully and responsibly. Our class was awarded one of three banners for demonstrating PBIS characteristics for the month of May. Way to go! The students presented on...Read More

This week..in Religion the students continued learning about Saints and conducted research using various reference sources to support their Saint research projects. In Social Studies, we wrapped up our lesson about state and national government. We also started our IReady testing, and will continue throughout next week. God bless, Mrs. Davis    Read More