Math Pentathlon

 

Math Pentathlon

 

Four middle school students competed in the National Math Pentathlon Tournament last Saturday at St. Jude Catholic School.  They each played five very challenging games involving many mathematics concepts, critical thinking skills and lots of strategy.  Jalil Burnett-Fields and Rosemary Bickel received Math Pentathlete certificates and ribbons.  Jarrod  Hutchings received an honorable mention and Clark Hutchings was awarded a bronze medal.  Congratulations to all!  Also many thanks to Sarah Batt & Kim Burrell for monitoring games throughout the day.

Chicago Field Trip!:)

Our big Chicago field trip is coming up March 14th! This field trip is a new privilege for our middle school students. We will be having a brief meeting before school on Monday, May 3, for parents to learn about the Chicago trip. The meeting will begin at 7:30am in Room 23. We hope to see you there!

Thanks, Mrs. Powroznik

Oz Production at Bishop Chatard

The Middle School students will be attending the "Oz" production at Bishop Chatard High School on Thursday, April 22nd. Earlier in the school year, we had our own production of "Oz", so it will be an excellent experience for the students to compare the two performances!

6th Grade Science

In science in 6th grade, we have just finished up learning about bacteria, protists, and fungi, and boy, was it fun..guys! Now, we are moving on to the Animal Kingdom and taking a closer look at vertebrates and invertebrates. Hopefully in a few weeks we will be doing a dissection!

Students will be finishing up their Bacteria labs this week and next week. The students went around the school to different locations and swabbed "specimens" to plate on freshly-prepared agar plates. After plating the bacteria, the students then added a square (on one side of the plate) covered in anti-bacterial hand sanitizer to see if the sanitizer was truly helping us or if it may just be a waste of time. The result? Some groups had an enormous amount of growth, meaning a lot of bacteria, while other groups barely saw a few colonies and some fungus growth (meaning the bacteria was inhibited by the hand sanitizer!). The students will share their results with one another, graph the data, and their analyze the information. They will be given class time to type up their responses and then submit their first real lab report! This is to prepare them for the following years of middle and high school.

Hope you had a great spring break!

Ms. Klee

Spring Break

Have you seen the signs of Spring? Tulips are beginning to pop out from the ground and the birds are back! The students Spring Break will start March 22nd and they will return to school on March 29th. This will give everyone a chance for some rest and relaxation. Enjoy!:) 

Middle School Spring Flower Sale

Ready to plant some spring flowers? You're in luck! It's that time of year again - the Annual Middle School Flower Sale!

Please help our middle school students at St. Joan of Arc raise money to attend the end of the year trip to Chicago! All proceeds from the sale will support the trip.

We have a wide variety of flowers and plants this year to fit all budgets. Order forms have been sent home with all middle school students; however, extra forms are available in the school office. All orders must be in by Friday, April 23rd. Plants may be picked up on Thursday, April 29th from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. All orders must be prepaid. Please make checks payable to St. Joan of Arc School. Thank you in advance for your support!

Mrs. Jeatran and Mrs. Funk

Living Stations of the Cross

The 6th grade class is very excited to present the Living Stations of the Cross for the Good Friday mass on April 2nd. The mass will be at 8:45am. Please join us that day! Also, that will be an early dismissal day (1:00pm). The students will celebrate with Easter break and return to school on Tuesday, April 6th. Thanks!