Steinkamp's Scoop

 Happy Friday!  Here is what is happening:  The 8th grade is gearing up to build their churches. They are studying the architecture of Catholic churches dating back to 150 AD. They will be designing a church based around what they have learned about churches from the west (Rome) and churches in the east (Constantinople). The inside of the church will reflect what can be found in churches today. This will be a pretty big project, but I think it's important for them to understand the workings of our church.  In social studies they are learning about the constitution. They are also doing a project in this subject to. They are making a constitution book where they are highlighting, summarizing, and illustrating the main ideas of the preamble, the articles, and the amendments.  The 7th grade is just starting a new unit on the 13 colonies. This subject is so much fun to teach because there are so many fun resources! They just wrapped up the colonizing of America and the discovery of the

 Also, here are some pictures of what we are doing in the classroom/as a middle school. :)   The 6th grade did a murder mystery for Halloween.   There is Melanie... the murder ;)  The 8th grade as frat boys.  The 6th grade aliens and scientists   Pumpkin painting!  Election Day voting! The whole school voted in the presidential election. The 8th graders were the election workers.

 Hey Parents!!  Phew what a busy week.   The 8th grade's textbook is alllll about civics. So this week was right up their alley. They held the school election on Tuesday! They presented posters about each candidate to each class then led them to the "polls" aka the art room. Each student, in person and online, voted for their favorite candidate. We kept track of the votes on the gym wall. It was so much fun!  In religion the 8th grade is learning how the Catholic church was designed and what shaped the actual process of Mass. Next week they will start the initial steps of designing and building their own church based on what we are learning in religion. I think they will turn out great. Stay tuned for pictures! The 7th grade is currently making board games for the Pilgrims journey to the Americas. They will play those next week.They have been focusing on the colonization and discovery of America the last couple of weeks. In religion they are focusing on the Beatitudes and