It has been a long legacy at St. Mary School that the principal teaches Weekly Reader, but I am glad to say that has changed and I love my new special of computers. Every Friday, I come to school excited to share my knowledge and skills about computers with the students. All the students bring a different level of excited as I teach them about computers. In addition, I am even more thrilled when the students share their knowledge with me. We have been very busy in computer class. We are working on the startup and shutdown of computers, along with logging in. In the upper grades it has been great sharing our Google Apps for Education accounts with them. We have shared documents, cropped pictures, and inserted photos. I love the opportunity to be principal each day, but truly enjoy the one day of the week in the computer lab interacting with the students. To conclude, I send a blessed Christmas season to all families. Enjoy the time together and the gifts and God as given to each of us.
I am excited to share about my Bluejay Groups. Last month I had about ten students who came to my office to complete various projects. The three projects the students worked on were designing a school logo, creating prayers, and the challenging dice game. In the school logo, students designed and colored a new logo for our school. Students came up with several new ideas geared around our faith. When finished, they moved on to creating new prayers based on children's songs. Students created new prayers that went to different tunes. We are going to starting integrating them into our morning prayers. I have included them below for your viewing. When done with those projects, students were confronted with the challenge of modifying a six sided dice to land on the number six when rolled 8 our of 10 times. Students used various equipment from the classroom to create different contraptions to ensure the six was rolled.
Starting in November, my new bluejay group was given the challenge of building a two lane bridge from large and small popsicle sticks. The only criteria is that the students have 50 regular popsicle sticks, 30 large popsicle sticks, liquid glue, and masking tape. I cannot wait to see what designs the students come up with for their bridges. Our New Prayers Jingle Bell Prayer By: Clare S. and Max T. God is king! God is king! He made everything! Jesus is the son of him and he will never sin. Hey! God is king! God is king! He made everything! God is perfect in every way and we shall praise him today. Hey! Rain, Rain Go Away By: Konor B. Jesus came, Jesus came he showed us love Jesus came Jesus came, Jesus came praise him love him Jesus came Jesus came, Jesus came he forgives us loves us Jesus came The Itsy Bitsy Spider By: Danica M. and Caleb D. Jesus is awesome he had 12 apostles then he died on the cross then he arose from the dead then he said he’d come again! Then he sent the holy spirit to send the apostles from fear to fearless. They spread the word to everyone so they could have everlasting life. Three Blind Mice By: Myron B. and Peyton M. Praise Jesus Praise Jesus. Praise Jesus He had his son.Go die for us. He went up to the cross for us. And died in front of a ton of people. Did you see such a sight. Praise Jesus Praise Jesus Wheels on the Bus By: Max R. Anna P. and Kayla C. The Catholics in the church just pray pray pray, pray pray pray, pray pray pray. The Catholics in the church just pray pray pray all through the mass. The kids in the school just Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord. The kids in the school just Praise the Lord Praise all day long. The people in the choir sing Alleluia, Alleluia ,Alleluia. The people in the choir sing Alleluia all through the mass. We are off to a superb start to the school year. We have been blessed with several new families along with the return of many other dedicated families. Here are some of the highlights so far...
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