"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on."- Carl Sandburg

The progress reports will come out this week. Parents and students should be aware that missing homework and behavior can have a devasting impact on grades. The expectation of, especially, sixth through eighth grades is that the student will take much more responsibility of his or her homework. This inlcudes writing down work to be done at home, if not completed at school.

An interesting note, in fifth and sixth grade math, we will use a team approach during classwork. Several sixth grade students will serve as team captains and two fifth grade students will assist. When work is assigned and there is time in class, these students will assist where necessary (including reminders about placing homework information in the student assignment books). Obviously, I will be there to help, but the presence of peers to help does work. Many times I cannot help those asking for assistance in a timely manner (i.e., there may be five needing help at the same time), so having students provide some direction will allow the students to proceed through the work much quicker.

A NEW STATUE OF THE BLESSED MOTHER

A new statue, Our Lady of Grace, sets on a pedestal in the school basement. The students say the rosary each morning downstairs (at least during the fall and winter months), and now have an image of Our Lady to look at. I plan to supplement the area with some flowers (silk, etc.) and appropriate vases.

"THE CRUCIBLE"

The seventh and eighth grades will be attending St. Pius' performance of this Arthur Miller play this Friday, November 9. We will be gone from about 8:30 am until noon.

HOME AND SCHOOL MEETING

Monday, November 5 at 7 pm is the bi-monthly meeting for Home and School. I hope to see you there. If you do attend, please ask me about your son or daughter's homework submission.

YouTube

Are you familiar with YouTube? I was not until very recently. I cannot vouch for all that is on this Internet site, but several pieces recommended to me are great. This blog will, hopefully, have a link to a couple of the videos. The three religious ones viewed were very inspiring. Please do not overlook the two Catholic websites I have included at the bottom of the blog. If you want sound Catholic information, these two sites provide it.