Archive for February, 2009



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Mrs. Haeger - February 23-27

Voc. 6  Unit 10 due 2 /25  and  test 2/27.
Social Studies 6
We continue our study of the Middle Ages.  They have worksheets due 2/26.
Social Studies 7
We begin our study of the Judicial Branch of the federal government.  They will be staying with me until the final is taken on March 19th.
Social Studies  8
We are studying The Great Depression […]

PE Department Week of 2/23/09

7th and 8th grades will not have professional dance class on Monday 2/23.  Mr. Fuzak has been ill, but will add an additional class to the end of the session.
4th through 8th grades will finish up our unit on dance this week.  Next week we will begin our unit on basketball.
1st, 2nd and 3rd grades […]

Sustainable Saturday in Lisle

Sims Recycling Solutions & The Village of Lisle are joining together for this recycling event Saturday, March 28, 8:00-1:00 in the Rice Center Parking lot at Benedictine University.
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Mrs. Kenney - Week of February 23 -27

Reminders: 

All School Ash Wednesday Mass at 10:00 a.m.

Religion: Because Wednesday is the beginning of the Lenten Season, we will spend time this week discussing its importance.  Prayer, fasting and almsgiving  the three principal practices of Lent and will be the focus of our discussion.
 Reading:  Read!  Read!  Read!
English:  We will begin Unit 5 , Capitalization and Punctuation.
Spelling:  […]

Kindergarten News

This week we have Ash Wednesday. It begins the Church season of Lent. Lent is a time for fasting, prayer, and giving alms. We hope to see ourselves grow closer to  God. During Lent, the children meditate on prayers that are primarily based on Bible readings. It gives us a nice sense of quiet reflection. […]

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Mrs. Bock - February 23

This is the last week of the trimester!  It’s hard to believe that nearly 2/3 of the year is over.  While most of this school year is behind us, there is still much to do and to look forward to before the school year ends.  To my students in Homeroom 8B, continue to work hard and finish STRONG!  Remember to bring in a […]

The Garden of the Kinders

This week we will begin the most holy season of the Church year, Lent.  The children will attend the 10:00 Mass with their 5th Grade Buddies.  In Religion, we will suspend the text and have a daily Lenten prayer service instead.
Our new High Frequency words for this week are:  “not”, “were”, and “get” (yes, there are […]

Ms. Weber’s update: Week of Feb. 23-27

It is that time of the year again, the end of second trimester.  We have finally completed our second trimester and are almost to the third trimester.  Everyone should have handed in all their late work.  If you had been absent then you had an extension.  All other late work needed to have already been […]