It is hard to believe we are approaching Halloween already! We have had a very successful and FUN Red Ribbon Week. Halloween will have a party and trunk or treat walk! Students can wear their costumes–see Mr Porod email for guidelines. Math: Geometry is the word! We are starting a full comprehensive review or...Read More
Things have been rather busy lately with Red Ribbon Week taking place and getting ready for Halloween. Our students have enjoyed participating in a number of activities as a class, with their lower grade buddies, and as an entire school. After attending a Language Arts articulation meeting at Lyons Township High School last week, I...Read More
Greetings, As I compose this update, our Seventh and Eighth Graders are attending the Holy Fire Retreat on the campus of UIC. Hopefully, this has been a meaningful experience for them as part of their spiritual growth and development. In Language Arts, all three grade levels have either just completed or are nearly finished completing...Read More
A couple of reminders…1) Catholic High School Night tonight at St John of the Cross.2) PBIS assembly 10/12 ~2pm3) Field Trip — Holy Fire 10/14 Bus leaves at 7:15am and gets back around 4:30pm.4) 10/20 – Commitment Ceremony @7pmMath: We will be taking a quiz on the final module in Unit one –rational numbers. Similar...Read More
Greetings, As we finish September, the first full month of the school year, please make sure that you are checking Classroom and PowerSchool regularly for updates on grades. I have been reaching out to those families whose son or daughter may be missing assignments and consequently need to improve their grades with urgency. Still, it’s...Read More
Greetings & Happy Spirit Day To All, This past week in Language Arts, all three grade levels completed Unit 8 in their grammar textbooks and completed their open book tests. The best preparation for the open book test is for students to complete the grammar exercises in their notebooks when assigned and then be fully...Read More
Reminders: Spirit Wear Dress Down-Friday 9/16 (No short shorts allowed!)7th/8th Grade Dance is this Friday 9/16–6:30-8:00pmGrandfriends Mass–Please turn in permission slip to leave with special friend!Mums–Last Day to order–Friday 9/16!October 20th–7:00pm Commitment Ceremony (Mandatory)Field Trip: More information to come…Holy Fire Experience October 14th.Math: Our math coach has started! This first week (day one)she sat in...Read More
Hello Seventh Grade Families!Thank you for returning raffles, mums orders, and dance permission slips!(IMPORTANT) I sent an email out about Commitment Ceremony Mass at St Cletus on Oct 20th, 2022 at 7:00pm. This is mandatory. If for some reason you cannot make it please reach out to the Religious Education Director Larry Manetti at lmanetti@stcletusparish.com.At...Read More
We have concluded our second week of school. Students have easily eased back in to school. Math: There will be a quiz on add/subt integers next wednesday. Students worked on a practice quiz today. This is an excellent resource for review. In addition, students received their September packet. I coincided the packet with our lesson...Read More
Greetings, I hope that you and your children are adjusting well to to new school year. So far, there has been a great deal of promise shown by students at all three middle school grade levels. All three levels have been covering subjects, predicates, and sentences in Unit 8 of our Writer’s Choice textbooks as...Read More
