Five (5) Holy Angels Catholic Academy students are among the “finalists” in State Senator Martin J. Golden’s “Anti-Littering Essay Contest”. They will read their essays aloud before a panel of judges at a special ceremony on Thursday, April 19th at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at Shore Hill Housing, 9000 Shore Road, Brooklyn. Congratulations to Ethan Valentin, grade 3. Joseph Cerulli, Molly Fox and Caroline Chelelas, grade 4, and Jun Chen, grade 5.
SACA First Grade students rolled up their sleeves and got an early start on their spring planting on March 27th when they worked in the St. Anselm courtyard taking turns planting lettuce seeds. STEM teacher Christine Deem and First Grade teacher Josephine Ghorra introduced the activity by asking the children to describe what plants need to grow. The children discussed the need for water, sunlight, air and nutrients found in soil. The teachers also asked the children if they thought the seeds could survive outside in the cold overnight temperatures of early spring. It was decided that the safest place for the developing seeds was a sunny window inside.
The result was 4 egg cartons which were sent home with four student volunteers who agreed to provide the necessary TLC to the seeds over the Easter break. In addition, each child was given a cup of soil and allowed to plant more lettuce seeds for a lettuce “crop” at home.
Once the planting was finished, the teachers shared some exciting news: Fr. Stephen Saffron, has happily agreed to provide space in his garden so the young gardeners can experience the planting process from seed to table. The children will bring the egg carton seedlings back after the break, so they can be planted in Fr. Stephen’s garden at the appropriate time (after the last chance of frost). We wish the young farmers luck with their crop and thank the teachers for organizing this fun, educational activity. A special thanks to Fr. Stephen for sharing his garden with the children.
All the best,
The St. Anselm Publicity Committee
Our first annual father daughter dance was a complete success!
All the girls looked so beautiful in their outfits and all the dads looked so handsome. Let’s not forget the moms and uncles who stepped up and looked amazing as well.
Everyone ate, talked, played, and danced all night long! There were smiles all over the place. The room was filled with love.
The second graders are so excited to wear their book report projects today! Many authors, summaries, plots, characters and artwork is being WORN!
Holy Angels Academy 4th grade student, Caroline Chelales, has made it into the Mathletics Hall of Fame. She is among the top 100 students across the country!
Grades Pre-K to 4th took a walk to St. John’s University to watch the outstanding performance of Sideway’s Stories from Wayside School. The children loved the wacky, spooky stories about what happens on the 30th story of Wayside School!!
Zip lines, egg drops, balloon cars, marble mazes, catapults, and rockets are just some of the many projects engineered by the Junior High inside the S.T.E.M. Lab at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy of Brooklyn! Concepts like trajectory, center of mass, and velocity are learned at a quicker and easier rate when they are part of the all the fun hands on projects. First-year teacher and OLPH alumni Mr. Molinari (‘07) has built up the program to expand technology-wise and to younger grades for the future. The projects have been also captured in photography & video by our enthusiastic students in our new Video Club to show the world how learning can be fun! Parents have voiced their love for the videos as they don’t always get to see or hear about their child’s day at school in full detail.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Academy in Belle Harbor self produced this video featuring their students during their Respect Week. This is just one of the ways they are working to build school culture.
The shooting rampage took place one month ago. Today, students across America walked out of their classrooms in a movement that demands action against gun violence. Currents News, Michelle Powers, reports from Saint Francis Prep in Queens, where protests mixed with prayers.
The original story can be found here on NET TV
