Pre-School

Every spring the Preschool students and Mrs. Wasko raise butterflies!
They start with little caterpillars and watch as they grow and turn into butterflies.

First Grade

• Book-It participants
• Math-a-thon participants
• Morning calendar, message,classroom helpers,and exercise every day!

Second Grade

Mrs. Gibbons and Level 2 students explore how sound waves travel in water.

Third Grade

We make an effort to incorporate skills learned in all areas:

• Art and Math in Glyphs
• Art,English, and Science in Science projects such as 'Postcards from Space'
• Math and Poetry in Diamente and Haiku
• Science and Reading in Reader Theater

Fourth Grade

• National Geography Bee
• English Festival
• Participation in the Pizza Hut Book-It Program
• Storm - E project with The Challenger Learning Center
• Creative writing activities such as plays and simulations
• Science projects during Catholic Schools Week
• Social Study projects on the regions of Pennsylvania
• Use of SmartBoard and Technology Projects.
• Poetry contest
• Students participate in various poster and essay contests; such as Drug Free Calendar and the Homeless Children's Education Fund.

Fifth Grade

• National Geography Bee
• Interjecting children's novels
• Creative writing activities
• SmartBoard activities
• Poetry contest

Ethnic Food Festival

Social Studies unit 2 entitled "A Nation of Many People" led us to investigate our nationalities. These students located one of the countries on a map, created a flag for a country of their culture, and then celebrated with an "Ethnic Food Festival" which reflected their own heritage.

Sixth Grade

Participated in distance learning through the Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University on December 2. The class split into teams for Hurricane tracking, Volcano tracking, Evacuation team, and a Communication team. Each team had practiced to perform their specific jobs. And on Mission Day they worked with Mission Control to track both a Category Three hurricane and an erupting volcano on the island of Montserrat. Our Mission was successful and the students had the opportunity to put in to practice Science and Math skills in "real world jobs"!

Technology in Science

Science classes are infused with technology! We will be combining many techniques learned in various software programs into the completion of Science classwork, homework, and labs.