Class of 2020!

Dear Eighth Grade Families,

Happy Fall, y’all!  As October graces us with its presence, Eighth Grade is off and running with exciting classroom happenings.  I’m pleased to share some of the highlights with you! 

Our first month of Religion time together afforded us the opportunity to host the first school mass with Father Mark Ruiz presiding.  What an awesome treat to see not only our kids in leadership positions, but alongside our former staff member! Thank you to all of our kiddos who volunteered to participate with mass.  Our next opportunity to present in the church will be our Christmas Program in December. What a blessing! We’ve also spent our first full month together covering the Apostolic roots of our Church in our textbook.  The class has been working hard on studying our lesson notes and trying to understand the deeper meanings of the Sacraments.

During Social Studies class, we’ve been hard at work on early European exploration of the Americas.  Each student chose an explorer as their subject for a short research assignment, and they are proudly displayed on our “explore” bulletin board by our homeroom class.  Our kiddos have also survived their first two summative chapter tests in Social Studies! Please make sure you are checking on your student’s progress by accessing their online grades through the PowerSchool portal.  

Looking ahead, October will be a busy month for us.  Please check the reminders below for our holidays and half days this month, and please remember to check our class website weekly!  I hope that you and your family will enjoy this additional time together during our harvest season! May Fall bring blessings and health to you and yours.

Date Reminders:

10/1- St. Joe’s High School trip

10/2- Cathedral Day for all 8th graders

10/4- St. Leander dance

10/9- parent, teacher, student conferences (3:15 start time)

10/10- noon dismissal (conferences)

10/11 noon dismissal (conferences)

10/14- no school (holiday)

10/17- 7th grade led mass (at 12:15pm)

10/22- picture re-takes

10/25- Family Halloween party (at 6pm)

10/31- noon dismissal (Halloween)

Blessing to you all,

Ms. Tiedemann