February 12, 2021

 Happy Valentine's Day from our seventh grade!

February 12, 2021

• There is no school on Friday, February 12th and Monday, February 15th.

• Enrollment contracts for the 2021-2022 academic year are due on Friday, February 26th.

• February is Black History Month when we will be celebrating Black history and culture. If you or someone you know would be willing to share with a class, a division , or multiple groups to enhance our celebration in any way, please email jmyers@holychildacademy.com and we will make it as easy as possible. 

• Looking forward, March is Women’s Month, April is Arab American Heritage Month, and May is Asian and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month. 

• Pre-K and Kindergarten are hosting a sock drive to benefit The Joy of Sox. Please send in NEW socks for men, women, and children and place them in the boxes in your hallway. The drive will run until February 19. 

• Grade 8 please wear a gym uniform but bring a full winter uniform for green screen pictures on Tuesday.

February 5, 2021

Our seventh-grade students are completing their entries for the PA Media and Design Competition in the Innovation Lab. 

Tyler and Molly designed a logo for next year's competition for their entry in the Logo and Graphic Design category.

Janiyah and Zoe are also working in a Logo and Graphic Design entry.  The contest requirements challenge participants to use only two colors in their designs.

Andrew and Tom incorporated the Pennsylvania keystone into their logo design.

Brayden is using Scratch to program a talking cat for the contest's Animation category.

Matt is creating a Claymation movie about two friends playing basketball.

Zayda and Sophia's entry falls into the 3D Design category. Using TinkerCAD, they designed a device inspired by Spiderman's web shooter that dispenses a net to collect trash. Here they are waiting as the 3D printer prints their creation.

Reminders:

• Middle School will have Milestone tests on February 9 & 11.
• Student Council is selling Candy Grams - $1.00 per candy gram; deadline to purchase is Wednesday February 10th. Delivery date is Thursday February 11th.
• There is no school on Friday, February 12th and Monday, February 15th.
• Enrollment contracts for the 2021-2022 academic year are due on Friday, February 26th.
• February is Black History Month when we will be celebrating Black history and culture. If you or someone you know would be willing to share with a class, a division , or multiple groups to enhance our celebration in any way, please email jmyers@holychildacademy.com and we will make it as easy as possible.
• Looking forward, March is Women’s Month, April is Arab American Heritage Month, and May is Asian and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month.
• Pre-K and Kindergarten are hosting a sock drive to benefit The Joy of Sox. Please send in NEW socks for men, women, and children and place them in the boxes in your hallway. The drive will run until February 19.

1/29

We have finished A Midsummer Night's Dream,

 and the student mixing mediums to portray different scenes 

that will eventually collage together

 for an entirely unique and utterly beautiful version of the play.  

 7th grade building their geometric Popsicle stick bridges in math.

January 29th, 2021

• Middle School will have Milestone tests on February 9 & 11.

• Student Council is selling Candy Grams - $1.00 per candy gram; deadline to purchase is Wednesday February 10th.  Delivery date is Thursday February 11th.

• There is no school on Friday, February 12th and Monday, February 15th.

• Enrollment contracts for the 2021-2022 academic year are due on Friday, February 26th.

• February is Black History Month when we will be celebrating Black history and culture. If you or someone you know would be willing to share with a class, a division , or multiple groups to enhance our celebration in any way, please email jmyers@holychildacademy.com and we will make it as easy as possible. 

• Looking forward, March is Women’s Month, April is Arab American Heritage Month, and May is Asian and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month.

January 22, 2021

Students in 7th and 8th grade religion class read Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” They dissected King’s message and discussed the difference between just and unjust laws. 

January 22, 2021

• January 27th is picture day and FREE DRESS for students; 7th and 8th grade students should BRING their gym uniforms

• MIDDLE SCHOOL Winter Milestone Testing - Week of February 8 - 12, 2021

• January in Native Month where we celebrate Native People’s history and culture.  If you or someone you know would be willing to share with a class, a division, or multiple groups either in person, via zoom, or through a pre recorded clip, please email jmyers@holychildacademy.com , and we will make it as easy as possible. 

• Looking forward, February is Black history Month, and March is Women’s Month. Please email jmyers@holychildacademy.com if you have any ideas. 

• We will again be offering MS students in Grades 6-8 the opportunity to participate in the PA Media and Design competition.  For more information https://mediadesigncompetition.org/

Back to School

 So nice to have a full week of school in person.

We accomplished quit a bit this week and are playing out month.

7th and 8th grade have started math projects,

 7th and Pre Algebra will be building a Popsicle-stick bridge for Geometry.

Algebra 1 will be working a math project provided by NASA

We also celebrated Cornelia Connelly's birthday on Friday.

Happy Birthday!!!

January 15th

• No School on Monday, January 18th for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  

• January 27th - School Picture day (Individuals only)

• January in Native Month where we celebrate Native People’s history and culture.  If you or someone you know would be willing to share with a class, a division, or multiple groups either in person, via zoom, or through a pre recorded clip, please email jmyers@holychildacademy.com , and we will make it as easy as possible. 

• Looking forward, February is Black history Month, and March is Women’s Month. Please email jmyers@holychildacademy.com if you have any ideas. 

• We will again be offering MS students in Grades 6-8 the opportunity to participate in the PA Media and Design competition.  For more information https://mediadesigncompetition.org/

• Tech Girlz is offering free webinars to girls in Grades 5-8 this weekend.  Learn about podcasting, designing mobile apps, animation with python, and computer simulations. For more information https://www.techgirlz.org/techshopz/category/workshops/

1/15- It's Good to be Back!

It's good to be back!

 

(They are all there. One is just under a desk.) 

The 7th grade has been busy this week 

finish up peer-editing, self-editing, and final drafts;

starting Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream;

discussing and processing current events; 

and studying verbs. 

 

12/7

Congratulation to Molly and Kadin 

who both received their Confirmation.

 

Religion

In religion class the students are finishing up a unit on all religions in connection with out Diversity and Inclusion work with projects on religious holidays from religions other than their own. 

Here is a look behind the scenes: 

 

Literature

The students finished reading Piecing Me Together while virtual and are now working in rotating partner sets to eventually create a whole class project. Stay tuned. 

Story Time

The first day back to in-person school, the students reported that it felt strange, and they would need some time to recover from virtual school. When asked what they think would help them recover, they said just talking with each other, telling stories. So at their request, homeroom in the morning is spent telling stories. They are silly stories, and they are right. Just sitting and talking, laughing, joking, and being silly together has seemed to help them retrieve a previous animation. What clever children.