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
On Tuesday evening we had our Christmas Program at church – it was a blessed event! Thank you Mrs Prosen, students, teachers, and parents! Yesterday, we had a Christmas themed PBIS assembly. We also shopped at our Holiday Shop for family gifts. Today the NJHS students will be singing carols at The Center For Independence,...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
Hello Cardinal Families! We are gearing up toward our Christmas show, and the students are sounding amazing! Meanwhile, in classes we are getting prepared for our Battle of the Books, which is held on Thursday, December 19th during the school day. We have finished “Holes” in 7th grade, and are in the middle of reading...Read More
Classroom format:We began Chapter 5 with the “prerequisite section” page 280. Students were directed to answer the questions in notebook. I went over answers to questions. It was a review. It went through an extensive review of two very important concepts y = mx + b (where m is the slope and b is the...Read More
Hello Cardinal Families, It has been a wild time of reading these past few weeks, and the upcoming ones leading to Christmas! In 8th grade Lit, we just finished “And Then There Were None,” by Agatha Christie. We have been determining foreshadowing and clues within the murder mystery. The test will be next Wednesday, and...Read More
Please sign and return the form so your child can submit a poster to the Knights of Columbus Keep Christ in Christmas contest. Mr Porod would like every eighth grader to participate. The eighth grade began working on them today- they can also work on them at home if they prefer. Deadline is December 4th....Read More
I hope all had a Happy Halloween-the students had a very fun party in MH yesterday. Thank you to all parents who volunteered or brought in items. We could not do these wonderful things without you. The students also spent the morning with their buddies coloring haunted houses that the eighth graders drew out from...Read More
Hello Cardinal families! This is just a reminder that tomorrow, October 17th, we will be attending our first field trip to Feed My Starving Children in Aurora. If you are chaperoning, PLEASE check your VIRTUS and make sure everything is completed, otherwise you cannot join us. You can contact the school office if you have...Read More
