Mr. Matt Nowakowski

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Throughout the course of the junior high experience, students will study the stories of the Old Testament; learn about the life of Jesus in the Gospels, and  prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation.  In class, students routinely pray the Rosary and learn about the lives of the saints.  Students have the opportunity to attend retreats, complete service experiences, and take an active role in preparing all school masses.  The junior high religion curriculum ensures that all students are challenged academically, while at the same time, developing spiritually. 

Since most religion assignments are completed within class time, late and missing work should not really be an issue. However, if students do not submit work by the time and date it is expected, students will receive a warning and chance to submit the assignment. Should students choose not to, the assignment will be recorded as missing and grade of 0 will be earned.

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03/08 Update

Greetings, A blessed weekend is ahead for our Eighth Grade students as they will be making the Sacrament of Confirmation.  Students have been preparing for this event for some time, and they will have the support of the entire parish community behind them.  It will be a special day for our students and their families. ...
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02/23 Update

Greetings, I hope your Lenten journey has been meaningful so far.  Eighth Grade is busily preparing for its presentation of the Living Stations next Thursday afternoon, and we are just a few short weeks away from the Confirmation ceremony.  There are still just a few students who have not submitted data sheets, completed red booklets,...
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02/09 Update

Greetings Parents, What a busy week coming up both here at school and outside of it!  There are quite a few things to celebrate, while at the same time, the journey of Lent begins.  I hope that all of our students, but especially our Confirmation candidates, use the season of Lent as a way to...
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01/26 Update

Greetings, Catholic Schools Week is almost underway!  When I was growing up, sometimes my family and I would attend events at the parish that my parents belonged to when they were young.  In the parish hall, there was a collection of graduation pictures.  I enjoyed finding the pictures of my parents, my aunts, and my...
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01/12 Update

Greetings, Welcome to 2024!  One full week of school nearly completed and a day off for our nation to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr is a good way to ease back in to the routine of school. Seventh Grade has begun a short story unit that focuses on the relationship between people...
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12/15 Update

Season’s Greetings, We’ve been busily covering Christmas themed readings and writings in LA and Literature.  Seventh Grade is reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.  The main emphasis of reading it has been placed on viewing the events through the lens of Victorian London where poverty, disease, and injustice ran rampant, and how Charles Dickens used...
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12/1 Update

Greetings, I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and thank you to everyone who attended conferences last week.  Maybe you’ve noticed the quotes and designs that our eighth graders painted on the brick wall outside of Room 123.  One of the students painted the Benjamin Franklin quote, “Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.”  That’s...
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11/10 Update

                         Greetings, We had a fun and productive field trip to Cantigny Park last week.  The trip was scheduled in conjunction with Veterans’ Day which is recognized on November 11th. Students had plenty of outdoor exercise as they strolled through the grounds and climbed...
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10/27 Update

Greetings, As we reach the conclusion of our Red Ribbon Week, it has served as a good reminder for students about how to make healthy choices for both their bodies and their minds.  Pope John Paul II expressed in Theology of the Body the concept of one’s body being a gift from God to be used to...
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