Are You A Good Leader? 8th Grade Is Learning How.

8th graders worked with Ted Roach, Bill Campbell, and top students from St. Richard, and St. Thomas on how to be a more complete person. They have used the book "7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen" as a framework.

The Monarch for Thursday, October 18, 2007

Scenes from today's 8th grade mass:


From Mr. Heneghan’s class...

• 6-8 grades will have their Unit 3 spelling Tests next Tuesday.
• The 8th graders have been busy promoting paper recycling throughout our school. We got our first progress report back: our school has recycled almost ONE TON of paper, that’s 2000 pounds! That is six cubic yards of landfill space that we didn’t use because we cared enough to recycle. In addition, we also earn money for every ton recycled, so please feel free to package up all your newspapers and magazines (no cardboard) and drop them off in our yellow and green paper recycler. RECYCLE!
• Check out my blog for a slideshow of today’s mass:
• Remember, all blogs, a.k.a. eclassrooms, can now be accessed from the new St. Joan of Arc website at www.sjoa.org.

Kucinich? Really?

This website will ask you to answer some questions about some of the big topics of today, including Iraq, universal health care, and social security. See how your responses match up with the Republicans and Democrats running for office.

I was surprised to see who I agree with most and on what issues.

You probably will too.

http://www.wqad.com:80/Global/link.asp?L=259460

Coats for Kids Service Trip 10-10-07

Your kids helped a lot of people today...

The Monarch for October 11, 2007

From Senora Hasbrook,
By the end of this week all of the Spanish students will have completed our introductory portion of the class. All students have studied and been tested over the following material:

The Spanish alphabet
Numbers 0-100
Colors
How to form the date
Singular/Plural
Feminine/Masculine
Noun/Adjective Agreement
Definite/Indefinite Articles

The 6th and 7th grade students will begin using their textbooks next Tuesday. The 8th graders have been working in the text for a few weeks. Currently the 8th grade students are working on dialogues. They are pretending to be in a Spanish restaurant. The students are required to memorize 5 lines each and perform their dialogue in front of the class. These dialogues will be performed next Tuesday and Wednesday. During the second quarter the students will be studying new vocabulary and grammar as well as learning about el dia de los Muertos, researching a famous Central American, cooking and taste-testing a famous Spanish dish, and learning and singing a few fun Spanish Christmas carols.

Please make sure that your students are completing their homework. Overall, everyone is doing a great job. I’m looking very forward to a fun second quarter!

From Mrs. Bryant...

Seventh and eighth grade students are exploring radioactivity as they modeled half-lives using M&Ms, and then graphed their results. They should memorize the half life formula for their test Friday; we have been working with it throughout the week. They should also be able to tell you about the work of Marie Curie and her husband. Ask your son or daughter where you might have radioactivity in your home; they will be able to tell you.

Sixth grade students finished up a lesson on the solar system and were able to ask an astronaut their question online at the NASA website. The students came up with some very interesting questions. They will be checking this week to see if their questions have been answered.

From Mr. Heneghan...

• Stat trackers for English, Reading, and Spelling are due next Thursday. Next Friday is the final day of the 1st quarter.
• Parent-Student-Teacher conference slips went home yesterday. Please be sure to list your top three choices. Those who turned them in today got first dibs.
• All students’ top three AR quiz scores go into their Reading grade. How many quizzes has your child taken? Many students have quizzed on four, five, six or more. Most importantly, how did they do on the quizzes? Our school goal is 90% or more.

In Sports...

The Lady Monarchs basketball teams had a doubleheader on Tuesday evening. The 4/5/6 girls played a great back-and-forth game, but finally lost to St. Pius X, 24-20. The Cadet ladies also played an impressive game and beat St. Barnabas, 26-17. Great games, ladies!

The STA/SJA 56 Football team won this past Sunday 24-7 against St. Mark on the Roncalli turf. This Sunday's game will be against St. Lawrence at the St. Lawrence field at 46th and Shadeland. Come out and support the boys. Game starts at 3:00 pm.

In High School news...

Our Open House at Providence Cristo Rey is Sunday, October 14th 1:00-4:00 with chili supper from 1:00-3:00. If you know of students who are in 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th grade and who qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school is providing our young men and women the opportunity of a lifetime. Please feel free to call with questions.

The Monarch, Thursday October 4

The Monarch
October 4, 2007
From Mrs. Groves...
Wednesday, our middle school students will go to the Indiana State Fairgrounds to help the Salvation Army set up for Coats for Kids. While there, they will sort hundreds of coats, check them for broken zippers, missing buttons, etc., and put them on hangers. They will then place them on the appropriate coat rack according to size. The following weekend, coats will be given away to any child or adult needing a winter coat. In the past, our students left with a new appreciation for the huge number of dedicated volunteers it takes to make an event like Coats for Kids happen. It is a great lesson in service to our community.

From Mrs. Bryant...
Sixth grade students are learning about our solar system. They will have a test probably next Monday. We will review in class on Friday.

Seventh and eighth grade students will have a quiz over atomic structure on Friday. They should study their notes and handouts provided in class. They will be learning about Marie Curie, her discovery of radium, and how to calculate half-lives after their quiz and into early next week. They were given class time today to earn their extra credit points. Several students had completed this online exercise, but neglected to include their names.

All students should have brought home a copy of their detailed grades from science this week to be signed by a parent. I wanted to give them an idea of what they had achieved thus far in the class before report cards came out in the last half of October.




From Mr. Carlstedt...
7th grade: Test Friday on Chapter 3
8th grade: Test Friday on Chapter 3
Technology quiz for 7th on Thursday, for 6th and 8th on Friday.

Please turn in Homework Watcher or Internet Permission slips to the office or Mr. Carlstedt.
Chat
Real-time text-based communication in a virtual environment. Chat can be used in e-learning for student questions, instructor feedback, or even group discussion.
Collaboration technology
Software, platforms, or services that enable people at different locations to communicate and work with each other in a secure, self-contained environment. May include capabilities for document management, application sharing, presentation development and delivery, white-boarding, chat, and more.
Courseware
Software designed to be used in an educational program.
Hub
A common connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a local area network (LAN).
Infrastructure
The underlying mechanism or framework of a system. In e-learning, the infrastructure includes the means by which voice, video, and data can be transferred from one site to another and be processed.
KB (kilobyte)
1,024 bytes.

From Mr. Heneghan
--6th and 7th graders will have Vocab Test 2 tomorrow, Friday.
--8th graders will test over Vocab Unit 2 next Tuesday.
--1st quarter ends Oct. 19th. The following week will be parent-teacher conferences. We will send a schedule of times next week.
--October 23 & 24 are half days for parent-teacher conferences. The 25th and 26th are Fall Break.

8th Grade Retreat

Check out some pics from our great retreat at Rancho Framasa. Many more pics were taken with a different camera, and I'll have those up as soon as I can.

Enjoy,



...and here are the rest of the photos!



Peace,

Mr. Heneghan