We have discussed the most prominent events of the exodus and the time the Israelites spend in the desert and how God formed them into a powerful nation. We are now studying the Tabernacle, and how God asked of the Israelites to worship Him. We are studying this in an effort to find out what is the worship God seeks and demands of us. We are learning that our Holy God demands his people to be holy. As the gold mitre (diadem) of the high priest read, we must be “Holy unto the Lord”.
Miss Rivera
We have taken a journey to get to know Jesus. We started with his birth and all the events that surrounded his childhood. We have studied his ministry, his power, his teaching, his authority. We have seen his power to heal, to set the captives free, to command nature, to raise the dead. We have studied his teachings about the kingdom of Heaven, its nature, its subjects and Him, the ruler. After taken this great journey, we are now faced with the cross. We now understand that it was because of us he stayed at the cross, no one took his life but He laid His life for us, for His love. What great love!
Miss Rivera
This week our 9th graders will be studying how to “hold forth” the word in Bible class. According to Philippians 2:16, holding forth the word of life keeps us from “laboring in vain.” I’m excited to see the word of God taking root in each of our student’s lives!
Ms. Ramos
Learning verb conjugations have been our toughest challenge this month, especially the imperfect past tense. The students were a little confused at first, but finally have gotten a good grasp of it. They are trying hard to use it in our classroom conversations. We have started reading the Psalms in Spanish aloud during our devotional time to get accustomed to hearing the language and practice listening skills.
Mrs. Pascualini
This month in Spanish class we have been learning about “Los Colores”, that’s
Spanish for colors. The students have learned the names of the basic colors and have
helped in making signs to post all around the classroom. Each sign is made of a specific
color to help us remember the correct word for it in Spanish. We will continue to explore our colorful world en español during the rest of this month.
Mrs. Pascualini
1c made their own personal Number Corner Calendar. The children were asked to figure out their own equations for the day’s date. They were encouraged to use visual models of our calendar, ten strips and hundred grids to illustrate their own charts. They were given the opportunity to walk over to our wall display of the calendar and count and discuss with their classmates. They really enjoyed this time to do it on their own!!!
It looked like spilt milk. ……But It WASN’T……….. It was just a cloud in the sky.
After reading ” It Looked Like Spilt Milk” by Charles G. Shaw the class created their own cloud painting and wrote a sentence about what they thought their cloud REALLY looked like to them.
As the semester comes to a close we have been wrapping up our study of Economics. This last chapter that we did was on budgeting and saving. As these students get ready to leave high school and get ready for the real world, they will need to learn how to save and budget their money. I’m hoping the students will understand the importance of saving their money and how their saving now could lead to much greater investments and rewards down the road. The assessment the students will do for their last exam will be writing a plan of how they would invest $10,000 dollars. They must demonstrate an understanding of the various methods of investment and explain why they have chosen their specific method; and most importantly how this is an illustration of good stewardship of our resources.
Mr. Fowler
Half way there! The students are half way to their global regents in June. As we prepare for the midterms, the students were amazed at how much information we had covered already this year. We finished out this semester discussing the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. This was interesting because we were able to discuss how the ideas of the Enlightenment had greatly influenced the development of our own country. At this time in history as we start a new Presidency, one surrounded by hope and excitement, we can discuss why our government was set up the way it was and understand not just how but why. Our country would not be the way it is today if it had not been for some of the great philosophers of that time (Locke, Montesquieu, and Voltaire).
Mr. Fowler
The ninth grade right now is concluding a section on Africa. We have discussed its diverse and beautiful geography and how that has impacted its cultural history. As a class we watched a video, which discussed and illustrated all the various aspects we had discussed in class, giving a visual background to what the students had been studying. As we close out this half of the year, the students have greatly impressed me with their abilities to jump into high school history. We will move back to Asia after this section.
Mr. Fowler