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Geography Bee: Congratulations to all participants of the Geography Bee. It's always so much fun to watch. Big shout out to the two 8th graders that made it to the final rounds and BIG BIG shout out to our 8th grade winner, Megan Pellman!! First PLACE!!! 

Look how prompt I was on photos!! Ha! McCoy! He was cheering on his team in The Grinch memory game.  This team was a little more reserved but they were the winners!! I read them similes and metaphors about the Grinch and based on the comparisons they had to draw a Grinch face.  Zoe was voted the Cheermeister of Whobalation!! Max was voted the Grinch... He is even acting Grinchy in the picture.  The 8th grade's Christmas week has been focusing on keeping Christ in Christmas. They wrote Acrostic poems with the word Christmas. Based off the letters they had to write about the true meaning of Christmas, Christ our Savior. They had some inspiration from Perry Como's C H R I S T M A S. I brought my record player and we listened to Como's whole record.  Aren't they dazzling in their class shirts? :)  Masa on Thursday as well as Secret Santa, ugly sweaters, and Christmas caroling at 12:30. This day they will nee...

Hey parents,  Heads up that it is the middle school's Mass on January 3rd, the day we get back from break. This is also their reception so parents and guests are welcome to stay after to enjoy coffee and donuts.

Hi parents! A lot going on next week so here we go... Tuesday the 8th grade would like to wear their class shirts. Please remind them, if you could. It's on my board but you know how that goes... The 6th grade is having their Grinch Who-balation on Tuesday. This class will be filled with games, educational of course, and different activities surrounding the Grinch and Common Core. I will post pictures during break. It's pretty cute. :) Wednesday is the finals of the GeoBee. We have several middle schoolers so stop by and check it out. We are doing it right after Mass, so 10:15. Thursday... The whole school is asked to dress festive for Christmas. In our wing that means ugly sweaters. If your child has an ugly Christmas sweater, Thursday would be the day to wear it! If not, it's totally fine! The 8th grade is having a Moldovan Masa. Masa means table or party in Romanian. I like to do this to bring a little bit of my Peace Corps experience to them. We will have...

Heads up...  Tomorrow the 8th we will be having Mass. Also students are to bring change for the noisy can collection. The money collected will be for our school adopt-a-family. Also, the school is collecting items for our local food pantry. Students are asked to bring kleenex, toilet paper, tooth paste, and canned food items by next Friday the 15th. We have winners for the Christmas door decorating contest! Be looking on Facebook in the next couple of days for the winners' picture. First place goes to Keely Coen. Second place goes to McCoy Haines and Abby Tallmon. Third places goes to Kolbey Bailey and Reese Glynn. Thank you to all the parents allowing their child to bring items to decorate and money to vote! 6th Grade: The 6th grade will be acting out two plays on Monday. I will try to tape them and post them onto my blog, but I am not making any promises they will actually load! After that they will move onto their poetry unit. 7th Grade just finished analyzing ...

Christmas is almost here! Can you believe it? My room is aglow with the Christmas spirit. :) Dates to remember: December 5th: Students are judging the Civics Club Christmas doors. Students are to bring $1 to vote on the doors. The money goes towards a family in need for Christmas. December 6th: Christmas Concert at the High School Geography Bee Finals are December 20th. December 22nd: NO SCHOOL and the start of CHRISTMAS BREAK! St. Malachy Trivia Night January 20th. Tables are limited so reserve your table now! Here is what is happening in language arts... The 8th grade just took their theme unit 4 test today. Monday they are going to give a formal debate. They picked the topic of: cell phones should be used in the classroom. The debate is a substitute for a written essay. Plus they get to practice their presenting skills. Next week they will start in on poetry, just like the other classes. The 7th grade start their poetry unit this week as well. Today they worked on lyri...