About Brittany Byrne

Announcements

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Annual Christmas Pageant 2018

All families, friends, and neighbors are invited to join us for our annual school Christmas Pageant.  First through seventh grade students will sing and perform Christmas carols under the direction of our music teacher, Mr. Eric Mendoza.  The Kindergartners will process in and tell the story of the birth of Jesus in full costumes and songs – a tradition not to be missed! Church doors open at 6:00pm and the program will begin at 6:30pm. Seventh grader students will report to homerooms no later than 6:15pm.

Industrial Revolution Unit

The 8th graders are currently studying the Industrial Revolution in social studies. In place of an exam on the inventions of the time, students will be participating in “Industrial Revolution Shark Tank“. This project is based on the popular NBC reality show, Shark Tank, in which entrepreneurs pitch their inventions to industry titans in hopes they will invest in their product. Students have chosen inventions from the Industrial Revolution and will take on the persona of their inventor(s) to pitch their invention to “sharks” (potential investors). Shark Tank sales pitches will take place in class on Thursday, December 13th. Students are expected to dress professionally and may bring props that support their presentation.

Junior High Christmas Dance 2018

Seventh & eighth grade students are invited to the Junior High Christmas Dance on Friday, December 14th! The dance will take place in McDonough Hall from 7:00-9:00pm. Permission slips are due to homeroom teachers by Wednesday 12/12 and will not be accepted at the door. Students must arrive to the dance by 7:15 and must stay until 9:00pm. Any phones brought to the dance will be collected  upon arrival and returned to students at dismissal. Although this is not a formal dance, students are expected to dress nicely.

Links & Resources

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Links & Resources

360 Cities This website allows students to search nearly any location on Earth and interactively explore it through the use of high-quality panoramic photographs. Through these, students may explore the geography, architecture, and beauty of foreign places. This is best used on the iPad.

FreeRiceThis website quizzes users in a variety of subject areas and adapts questions to ability. For each correct answer, 10 grains of rice are donated through World Food Programme to help end hunger.

50 States Interactive Map This interactive map games allows students to study the geography of the United States my dragging the shape of the state to its correct location.

NewsELA This website is a database of current events that has been adapted for students. Students may narrow their article search based on the following categories: war & peace, arts, health, science, law, finance, history, etc.).

Bernie’s Book Bank 2 out of 3 children from low income families have no books of their own. Bernie’s Book Bank, Chicago’s largest provider of quality children’s books is changing that with 12 books a year for 12 years!