Native American Shelters




Today the second grade students started to present their projects on different Native American shelters and their cultures. Everyone has done such a wonderful job so far and I have loved getting to see how creative their projects are and listening to all of the interesting facts they learned. Thank you for all the help with these projects at home and feel free to stop by our classroom to see the projects before Easter break.

Career Week



Last week, St. Sylvester School held its first ever career week. There were many different activities throughout the week to get students thinking about what they might want to be when they grow up. First, the students each wrote an essay completing the sentence, "When I grow up, I want to be..." There were so many awesome answers and great explanations of why they chose that career. The top three essay prizes went to:
1. Sophia A. - Scientist
2. Ezekiel G. - Farmer
3. Marisol R. - Dentist

All of the students also filled out a foldable with a picture of what they wanted to be along with ideas of what they might need to do in order to enter that profession. These were then hung up in Schwinn Hall for all of the classes to come around and read. You can see the display in the above pictures.
The teachers even got into the spirit by filling out "Teacher Talk" questionnaires about what they wanted to be when they were children and why they became teachers.

On Thursday and Friday, we had several visitors come into our classrooms to tell us all about their jobs. From nuns to firefighters and scientists to graphic designers, we had so may different careers to hear about and ask questions about. The week ended up being a huge success. Ask your son or daughter which presentation was the most interesting to them and what they want to be when they grow up!

Lenten Journey


On Ash Wednesday, the second grade class began to mark the path of "Our Lenten Journey" in the hallway outside of our classroom. We started that day by answering the prompt: " For Lent, I am giving up..." Each of the student had to write down a food, game, or bad behavior that they would give up for the forty days of Lent. This is one way to show God that we can make a sacrifice for Him in preparation for Easter. Everyday we have added one rock to the path, marking each day. On Sundays, there is a purple cross instead of the rock. On these days, the students must finish another sentence. The last three Sundays have dealt with how them will be kind to someone else, how they will make sure to say extra prayers, and how they will give something to someone. 
Now we are almost through the Lenten season! Discuss with your son or daughter what they wrote on the purple sheets that are along the Lenten Journey path and make sure they are sticking to those promises!

Last week the students also went to the live Stations of the Cross hosted by their seventh grade buddiies. The seventh graders read through the stations as their classmates acted out each one. Later, we met up with our buddies to put together a Stations of the Cross booklet. These are helpful in discussing the Triduum with your son or daughter.