Grade K

We celebrated 100 Days of Kindergarten! See all of the 100 ways we had fun!

Yeah! It's an early spring! Our groundhog did not see his shadow!

 
During Catholic Schools Week, kindergartners played board games with their 8th grade partners.

Kindergartners use the SMART Board to practice identifying letters.

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Grade 1

 

 Grade 1 wins our Catholic Schools Week Classroom Door Decoration Contest for the downstairs! Congratulations!
First graders practiced and performed a Nativity play for other classes!
 
First graders made angels and Advent wreaths to get ready for Jesus' coming.

First graders make a rhyming book!
First graders planted pinto beans. They observed the daily growth for a week. 

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Grade 2
The second graders were role playing reconciliation. They make their First Reconciliation on Saturday, January 28th.
The second graders finished their unit on the Solar System by playing a space concentration game.
The second graders are hoping for snow!
Second graders receive a fencing lesson from our very own St. Joe's Alum, Charlotte Reed.
Second graders have been learning about fractions.

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Grade 3
During Catholic Schools Week, third graders played board games with 7th grade friends.

Our third grade class has been awarded Second Place overall within the Archdiocese of Detroit for Achievement in Catholic Culture based on recent religion Iowa Test scores. Congratulations third graders and Mrs. Reed!

Congratulations to our third graders, Joseph Cappellino and Maria Ritchie, and fifth grader Matthew Silka for outstanding scores. These students received certificates for earning 100% correct on all parts of the Iowa Testing Religion component.

Way to go!

 Third graders share Mystery Book Reports outlining the adventures of either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.

Third Graders spent the day at The Henry Ford where they sat on the famous "Rosa Parks Bus", saw the Spirit of St. Louis, and explored famous innovations and achievements.

Third graders receive a fencing lesson from our very own St. Joe's alum, Charlotte Reed.
Third graders baked cranberry bread using a recipe from their reading books. Thank you to our helper Moms!
Third graders read a book about a Saint they would like to learn more about. They made a puppet likeness of their Saint, and then shared what they learned with the class. They would like to share their Saint Reports with you as well. Enjoy!

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Grade 4

We put our "hearts" together to make some "hearty" creatures! Happy Valentines Day!

After we read fantasy books, we then created cereal boxes to share what we learned.
Fourth graders learned about density and which properties cause liquids to form layers.

Fourth Grade visited The Henry Ford Museum. We worked together to build a house!
Fourth graders are studying minerals and rocks. They brought in their own collections to share with the class.

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Grade 5

 

 Grade 5 wins our Catholic Schools Week Classroom Door Decoration Contest for the upstairs! Congratulations!
Fifth graders learned how paper can be recycled.
Fifth graders explored how to make layers of water float on each other. They used different temperatures of water,  salt, and food coloring to test this concept.

Fifth grade students read a "Who Was" book about a famous person. They drew a portrait, created a stamp and timeline of their person - and then they dressed as their person and presented their book report to the class.
5th Graders learn about the sign of the fish.

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Grade 6
Sixth graders are using the SMART Board to give PowerPoint presentations to the class about the biography they chose to read for their book report.
Grade 6 is studying diverse cultures in Social Studies. They are creating posters that explain what cultural blending is using pictures of things in our life that are a  combination of different cultures.

Listen to the 6th grade class broadcast of "The Hitchhiker"!
Sixth graders are working in groups to prepare a radio play called "The Hitchhiker". After listening to the original recording on the SMART Board, groups created sound effects to help others "visualize" what the play would look like while listening to their classmates perform the radio play.

Sixth graders are studying the density of solids and liquids by observing where solids will rest in the liquid layers.
Sixth grade students are investigating the properties of matter by studying pennies. They are using many science skills: observing, classifying, recording data and making inferences.

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Grade 7
In social studies, 7th graders learned about the Ukrainian craft of pysanky eggs an the meaning behind their unique colors and symbols.
7th graders concluded a unit on descriptive writing by completing a poetry project. Here, a few students showcase their work.
In religion class, students crated name acrostics to showcase their unique character traits.

Seventh graders created a Jesse tree which illustrates the family tree, or genealogy of Jesus.
Seventh graders use clues to identify rocks and how and where they form.
The seventh graders created special intention posters which remind us of the many groups of people that need our prayers and support. 
Seventh graders discover that using a combination of physical and chemical properties is best when identifying unknown mineral samples.

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Grade 8
8th graders spend time during Catholic Schools Week playing games with their kindergarten partners.

Their future's so bright, they gotta wear shades!

Eighth graders help their kindergarten partners with Christmas crafts.
8th graders and their kindergarten buddies are having fun making Thanksgiving turkeys.
Eighth graders make cheek and onion skin slides so they can observe cells.

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