Catholic Schools Week

Catholic Schools Week was a great time for our school to come together. We had opportunities to play games with our buddies and compete in the Olympics with the rest of the school. We celebrated an all school Mass at the end of the week and a prayer service and pep rally in the beginning. Students wore pajamas to school and dressed like twins, and had extra reading time with blankets and pillows. We even several people from our class honored: Javier won the award for most effort, Jessica for being the classroom peacemaker, and Alicia for a schoolwide poster contest. Congratulations!

This past week allowed us to have some fun as a class, and it hopefully marks a turning point for the rest of the year. Very few people got to participate in the bead activity last Friday, due to lack of attention, people being unprepared for class, and work not getting completed. Mr. Bennett came into the room today to talk to students about how we have high expectations for them and do not give them any work we do not think they can complete, and we expect to see them put in the effort to meet (and hopefully exceed) our expectations. Their only homework from me for this past weekend was to study for science, yet only three people filled out the study guide to prepare for the test today. Only five people last week had all of their homework turned in on time last week, and only four had all the papers they needed to get signed returned to me today. I am hoping that as we continue in the third quarter, that the students' work ethic and responsibility improves.