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Yesterday started ACS’s kindergarten through eighth grade Apple Education field trips. We started with third and fourth grade attending a coding class. Since coding is essential to helping students thrive in a future driven by technology, teachers specifically selected this topic. This program teaches skills like critical thinking and problem solving and is used in conjunction with the “Everyone Can Code” curriculum with lessons on using the iPad. Today, Kindergarten and first grade were exposed to Tynker, an educational programming app that showed them how to make games and programs. Instead of typing the source code, you visually drag blocks of code and snap them together. Next, they used the Procreate app where they used the Apple pens to draw and create their favorite food and dessert. ACS is always looking for opportunities to introduce students to new concepts and technology. We will be incorporating what we have learned into our computer science curriculum in the fall. Stay tuned for the further Apple Adventures of Assumption Catholic School Students!

On Holy Thursday, as part of ACS’s spirituality day, the first and second grades worked together. They reviewed the events of Holy Thursday and Good Friday accompanied by worksheets. In addition, a fun part of the day was a bread tasting experience. Each student sampled sour dough and pumpernickel rye breads as well as matzo. They noted their visual observations, the bread’s texture, and of course its taste. All agreed that the best part was the grape jelly on the matzo!

This week the 3rd grade students learned all about the moon. To help them understand about the different phases if the moon we created the “Phases of the Moon” using Oreo cookies! It was both educational and delicious!

Our little knitters club is finally starting to see the fruits of their labor! For the past few weeks, a group of dedicated 2nd and 3rd graders have been working hard during their recess time on Mondays and Thursdays with Miss Lawrence. They’ve learned the basic knit stitch while working on a small project. Each student completed one small knitted patch which will get sewn together to make a cute pillow the students plan to give away as a gift. Some students have even moved onto a new project – making a headband – which will include the new skill of working with multiple strands of yarn to create different color blocks and stripes. The yarn for our pillow project was provided by each of the students. Most of the yarn for our headband project was donated to our group by a friend of Miss Lawrence. The students have been learning a crafty life skill and have also shared a lot of laughs and fun times along the way.

The Classes of 2018 and 2019 gathered together on a recent afternoon to focus on their Lenten journey. With Good Friday quickly coming upon them, they put their thoughts on the ultimate sacrifice made by Jesus on that day.  As they thought about what He did for all of us, they used water colors to make their own artistic remembrance of that day. Students enjoyed the quiet time and were quite happy with their work.

The third grade students have been very busy learning about our planet, Earth. Last week we learned about how the weather, wind and water, has sculpted the Earth’s surface.
We also learned about the different types of clouds. We learned their position in the sky and how to tell the weather from the types of clouds we see in the sky. We then created our own clouds out of cotton balls and paint.
We enjoyed reading the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as we imagined if our weather was made of food instead or wind and water.
This week the students are enjoying a new comfy chair , thanks to a special donation, and using the computers to listen to and read their Studies Weekly as we learn about the moon, sun and the star
They really enjoy sitting in different spots and I find that they are more engaged in their learning when not sitting at a tradition desk.
In Math we are working hard learning about measurement. We have learned about using inches, feet, yards and miles to measure things.
We are also learning about measuring capacity of liquids. In order to help the students understand gallon, quarts, pints and cups we have created a conversion chart and called him our Gallon Bot.
His body is a gallon, his arms and legs are made up of quarts, pints and cups.
The kids really enjoyed creating their gallon bots and now understand the equivalent units.

ACS’s 2018 Teacher Spirituality Day was a beautiful day of sharing, prayer, and reflection.  Father John Zeyak prepared a meaningful program with personal reflection on the significance of being truly present as educators and Christians.  Father John and the teachers sang a Moleben prayer service and had time to spend together. All present enjoyed the day and truly felt it was a time to reflect and grow closer to God.

The 8th grade students get taste of Ukrainian culture, as they learned to make pyrohy (the Ukrainian term for pierogies) a task that’s as much an art as a science. The fun event was organized and supervised by Sr. Yosaphata.

Recently the Class of 2019 and the Class of 2021 completed their studies of genetics in science. As a completion to this topic the students teamed together to do some further research on genetic disorders. They put together a poster that highlighted the characteristics of different disorders that are inherited through the genes of one or both parents. 

Mrs. Billy, the homeroom teacher for the Class of 2021, brought her daughter Abbey, a Down syndrome child, to school for both classes to meet. She explained about Abby’s life from when they found out she would be a special needs child until the present. While Mrs. Billy was telling Abby’s story, students eagerly took turns holding the very happy and excited  Abby. Hopefully, all of the students were able to see the preciousness of every life that God gives to us.