South Boston Catholic Academy

There always seems to be a flurry of activity in the art room. First graders have learned to use ellipses and curved lines  to create pots.  In grade 3 we are discovering how to draw like an Egyptian. Grade 5 has finished sculpting clay sea serpents and next will be painting them. In grade 7 students used acrylics to paint a still life in the manner of Giorgio Morandi.  The skill and care with which they have used the paint is allowing us to move on to some more expressive painting in the next few weeks.
Mark you calendars for the art show to be held on May 20th. In the meantime please see all of our art work on Artsonia.com!

For the past three weeks preschool children have been visiting a variety of different farms[via the internet]. We are learning about how farmers work so hard to give us all kinds of foods and clothing.We visited a dairy farm and watch the farmer milk his cows;we saw pigs and pigletts ;the chicken house and even counted as a worker collected the eggs.The children also were very excited to see a sheep farm ; we even watched a sheep sheering.It’s certainly alot of work being a farmer. Last week our theme was the four food groups. We talked about were we get our dairies. The children  all remembered their visit to the dairy farm and could say were dairy foods like eggs, butter,milk,yogurt,ice cream etc. come from. As for meats that was a little harder for them to recall. Fruits were easy ;they all knew were fruits come from and how we get them.Our last group, the grain group, was the hardest . Most of the children when asked were do we get grain answered from cows[ you can tell they are city kids] We watched a great video about how grain is grown and harvested. We even saw how the grain is made into flour[it's just so interesting] This week is about the air and pollution .Please ask them about a trick with a bottle and water. We are having a great time discovering our world and all it’s BLESSINGS. Believe me the greatest blessings  of all are your children!

Today second term report cards will be sent home with all 7th grade students.

Congratulations to the 7th grade honor roll students:

Nicole Anderson

Madison Attardo

Krista Catalano

Cory Ostiguy

Jason Shaw

Middle School students at South Boston Catholic Academy continue to soar into the past each day when they enter Social Studies class. Grade 6 adventures the furthest back in time as they travel with their passports to the ancient world. They have just begun their travels into Ancient Greece where they learned the origins of our recent Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, studied the mythology that brought entertainment and education to Greeks and role played the early government of Athens that existed before the Democracy that our country models today.  Later this week students will be creating their own Greek shield which will reflect the many legacies of Ancient Greece.

The seventh grade has emerged from the American Revolution and is now shaping a new nation. They are currently learning about how and why the Constitution was created.  Each day we discuss how this over 200 year old document still plays out in our everyday lives. Students will be creating their own government tree by through similes of tree parts and the branches of the United States government.

Grade 8 has left World War I and is now examining the domestic issues of the United States in the late 1920s: The Great Depression. Students have compared the cost of daily items then and now and have discovered the value of a dollar over time. Students are now tracing the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt and examining how his New Deal legislation lifted the spirits and economic hardships of many Americans. After listening to FDR’s famous fire side chat on the banking crisis, students wrote their own modern day fire side chats raising awareness to issues of war, healthcare and education.

Grade 8 will be having their Chapter 25/Great Depression Quiz on Thursday, March 11th!

Grade 7 has been recently studying their “Civics Handbook” a unit on United States government. Students have been learning about how the Constitution was first written and how it plays out in our everyday lives today!

Review of the chapter will begin tomorrow in class. Students will be taking their test on Tuesday, March 16th.

Grade 6 will be having their test on Chapter 8/Ancient Greece on Thursday, March 18th. All students were given their study guides today to prepare for the test.

 Computer Lab — A reminder to the school community – adopt good security practices. Never give your passwords to anyone else – not even your friends. Strong passwords help protect you, your computer, your files and your privacy.                                                                   

                That being said, and in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, file this under Computer Lab humor:

During a recent password audit at the Bank of Ireland it was found that Paddy O’Toole was using the following password:“MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofyBerlin When asked why he had such a long password he replied: “I was told it had to be at least 8 characters long and include one capital!”