It’s Principal Appreciation Day today, and the junior high students left messages for Mr. Argamaso on his office door before heading to Mass.
Just in time to celebrate Earth Day, first grade learned all about environments. They even turned their classroom into a forest! Students worked on an informational report on a different animal, using recycled and donated cardboard materials to make their animal crafts. They also learned how to plant grass and flowers to help our earth, and invited other grades to come and visit their classroom forest! 🌲
Our April all-school assembly honored the value of CREATIVITY. Students were recognized for that value as well as good sportsmanship, we celebrated our April birthdays, and closed with several heated games of musical chairs!
We had a hilarious time at this year’s Comedy Night to benefit our sports program. Thanks to everyone who came out to laugh with us!
Students got a break from regularly scheduled classes to (safely) view the “Great American Eclipse.” Principal Argamaso even had a special solar lens on his camera for viewing and taking some spectacular photos!
Third grade has spent time in Religion learning about Lent, Holy Week, and the Triduum, which are all leading up to our most important church celebration, Easter. In Social Studies, we have learned about inventors and scientists such as Louis Pateur, Cyrus McCormick, Thomas Edison, Edward Jennings, and Louis Daguerre. We are also going to learn about good citizenship and what is involved in making economic choices. We are continuing with multiplication and division in Math, as well as parts of a whole, and parts of a fraction. In English, we have learned about adverbs that tell when, how, and where, and we’ve enjoyed many new stories in reading. In science, we are learning how to measure temperature.
Second grade has been learning, growing, and having fun as we welcome spring. The class has been reading realistic fiction chapter books. They had fun choosing new books at the Scholastic Book Fair last week! In math class, we are learning to measure length in inches, centimeters, feet, and yards. This week, we started a new unit on poetry in writing class. The children will choose their best poems to be entered into a contest. In Religion, we are learning about Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and Resurrection. We look forward to celebrating Holy Week and Easter next week!
God bless our recently Confirmed students and their families!
Our top Run-a-thon fundraisers got to be P.E. teacher for a day.
First grade has been engaged in so many educational activities recently! We have been working on word problems in math. We also recently celebrated our 100th day of school and got to dress up like we’re 100 years old. We have been learning all about St. Patrick and Lent in Religion. We have been investigating weather and air in science. We have had a fantastic time reading our Superkids stories and practicing contractions and double vowel words in phonics. First grade has been exploring fact vs. fiction, cultures, and measuring time in social studies. There is always more to learn and explore in first grade. They are awesome and ambitious students!
Prayer partners read together at a recent assembly.
Kindergarten has been learning so much in the past few months. We have gone from learning letters to reading stories. Everyone loves our Superkids reading program and all the characters that help us read. We have also investigated wood in science and found out about different types of wood, how to make it sink and where sawdust comes from. Soon we will make particle board and plywood as we learn about recycling wood. We are looking forward to playing outside more as spring approaches and preparing for Easter by focusing on some different Lenten activities and doing good deeds.
Pre-K 4 learned about animals living in the Arctic. We learned how many arctic animals, like walruses and seals, have blubber to keep them warm in the winter. We made a prediction if our hand would be warmer or colder with a “blubber” glove. We then put one hand in a container with ice water and the other gloved hand into another container of ice water. We then recorded the results!
Preschoolers are learning about the letter R. We made a rhinoceros, a raccoon, and decorated the letter R with ribbon.
Some of our 7th and 8th grade altar servers had fun baking (and eating) muffins with Deacon Bill!
First grade celebrates the 100th day of school dessed as centenarians!
Seventh grade shows off their Science Fair projects in Kernaghan Hall. Congrats to all our scientists on a job well done!
Sixth grade finished studying China in Social Science. China is the birthplace of many things, including paper. To celebrate, we spent this past week making paper! We are moving into India next and will explore the Taj Mahal and Hinduism.
Catholic Schools Week continued with a country western theme day and all-school BINGO in the gym!
Catholic Schools Week kicked off with the Wacky Olympics, which included freeze dances, conga lines, and contests between grades and staff members!
Our preschool and pre-K students enjoy “specials” each week, including gym, Spanish, library, and art. If you’re looking for a preschool for your little one – book your tour here!
Current and prospective families filled the church and school halls at our recent Open House! Now enrolling for SY 2024-25.
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It is amazing what a few straws, scissors, an index card, a compass, and some tape can create… in the case of fifth grade, they can create their very own weather vane! We’re studying our local weather and will be learning about the instruments meteorologists use to forecast weather. They will also be learning how meteorologists measure and record weather variables and will be working towards creating their very own weather report. Perhaps one of them can replace soon to be retired meteorologist Tom Skilling?
Our fourth graders have been working very hard in the classroom. In Religion, we have begun discussing Baptism. Students are learning the importance of this sacrament, and sharing stories of their younger relatives being Baptized. The students love to share stories about their families with their SRB family! In our reading and grammar lessons, students are working on expository texts and writing compare and contrast essays using animals they learned about. They are working on using paragraphs, compound sentences, and transitions in their writing. Math is starting to become more challenging. Students are working on multi-step problems using multiplication and division. In science, we are exploring landforms and fossils. Students are enjoying being able to share their knowledge about dinosaurs. Finally in social studies, we are learning about the 13th and 19th amendments. Students learn about the many ways in how our country has changed over the years and it’s never a dull day in fourth grade!
On our pseudo snow day, our junior high math students played mental math games or solved intriguing puzzles. Who says math isn’t fun?!?
Third grade is back and ready to dive into our work! In Religion, we are learning about the order of Mass and that we celebrate the Risen Lord at Mass. In Social Studies, we are spending time talking about where communities start. We are also learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the speech that he delivered about his dream. The children are writing about their dream to make the world a better place. We are continuing with multiplication and division in Math, verbs and irregular verbs in English, and new stories in Reading! We are excited for all that the new year holds, and we can’t wait for all the fun that Catholic Schools Week will bring.
Photos from our annual Christmas Concert and Pageant featuring our whole school!
The second graders are enjoying our Christmas countdown activities and a few last lessons before Christmas break. This week, they read Christmas books with their eighth grade prayer partners. In math, we are learning to count money and tell time with an analog clock. In social studies, each student researched a world culture to present to the class. We read the story of Jesus’ birth in religion, and we are excited to perform the story at the Christmas Pageant!
First grade has had a lot of holiday cheer for the past few weeks! They are becoming strong readers and creative writers. They practice all of their skills with Superkids stories during phonics time, They read different holiday/season themed books at morning meetings, and then they get to do individual silent reading in the afternoon to practice all of the new letter sounds and reading strategies they have learned. Thank you to Mrs. Burzynski for all the books you have let us check out of the library for reading time! Our first graders also love to draw the characters from all the books they have read. They have been learning all about opinion, personal narrative, and informational writing. They are learning how to write complete sentences, how to write neatly, and how to use details in their writing.
Students from our Extended Day Program (EDP) have been happily celebrating the Christmas season during the month of December. Activities include door decorating, ornament making, snowflake creations and watching Christmas shows such as “An Elf’s Story” and “Elf Pets Christmas.” Students will also take part in Christmas caroling and holiday storybook readings while awaiting Santa’s arrival.
Student Council hosted a holiday movie this week with concessions!
Kindergarten is moving right along learning to blend sounds and is beginning to read many words well! It’s so exciting to see how far they have come in just 72 days of school. We are also learning about weather and have been going outside to observe the clouds and wind with the wind watchers that we made. Our Learning Garden helped us learn about the five senses God has given us to enjoy His creations. We got to see, smell, touch, hear, and even taste plants that grow in the garden. We recently went to visit The Grove nature preserve on a field trip and had a great time. We played games, went on a hay ride, and saw woodland animals in the visitor’s center. We sure are a busy and smart bunch!
The annual Holly Hobby fair allows students to shop inexpensive gifts for their families. The 2nd day gives our older students the opportunity to sell their own crafts!
Seventh and eighth graders took a photo with Santa after a trip to the mall to shop for our parish Giving Tree.
Pre-K4 was able to get out and enjoy the warm pre-Thanksgiving weather. We learned about Thanksgiving, which included a poem-prayer to share with family and friends. Now we are transitioning to the Christmas and holiday season. We connected our letter of the week “J “ to “J is for Jesus” as we began to talk about his upcoming birthday. We crafted candy canes and cleverly turned them upside down into a “J” shape! In addition, we are working hard to prepare for the upcoming Christmas Pageant and practicing using our singing voices!
Sixth grade just completed a study of ancient Egypt and decorated sarcophagi with memories and favorite things they feel they would need in the afterlife.
Fr. Scott led a beautiful Thanksgiving Mass for our school and mentioned a line about prayer from Meister Eckhart:
“If the only prayer you ever said was THANK YOU, it would be enough.”
On that note, a big thank you to all our families for donating to our food drive.
Preschool is doing an amazing job each and everyday. We are learning about things we are thankful for which include our families, friends, pets, food, and school. We are busy getting onto the holiday spirit by learning about Thanksgiving. The students have been making turkeys, pilgrims, and decorating corn. They are also having fun playing alphabet games, coloring, and painting. The preschoolers are working hard to prepare for our Christmas concert in December. We are thankful for our SRB community and wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!
We celebrated all Veterans at a Mass this morning and enjoyed hearing from a few special Veterans in our own community, who shared a bit about their experience serving our country.
Our after-school athletic program for grades 2-3, Junior Bruins, played a lively game of floor hockey.
Our after-school Art Club is a hit for students in grades K-5. Mrs. Schroeder always has something fun planned for these budding artists!
Seventh grade has had a fun week with all of the Halloween festivities! They were especially proud of their door in the door decorating contest! The month of October brought a lot of units and chapters to an end in our curriculum. In science, the students finished up their Ecology unit with invasive species projects. They are now moving into a body systems unit. The students also finished their unit in reading and are now enjoying their novel study of Blown Away. A major highlight though was singing and coloring with our Kindergarten prayer partners!
Student creativity was on full display for our annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest.
Photos from our Halloween Parade featuring our younger students in preschool through second grade.
Photos from our last session of Little Bruins, our after-school sports program for students in grades PK – 1. Students played a fun game that worked on hand-eye coordination and teamwork! They had to work together to knock off pumpkins from their perches and others were responsible for guarding them.
St. Robert Bellarmine 