ABC Club is sponsoring a parish breakfast on Sunday, December 11, from 8:00 to 11:00 am in the cafeteria. Serving French Toast!! Everyone is welcome. Put it on your calendar!
ABC Club Wreath Sale Fundraiser
All students received an envelope and order form for the ABC Club Christmas Wreath Fundraiser. The ABC (Activities Booster Club) does so much to help our school. ABC supports a broad spectrum of activities ranging from field trips, after school academic programs and competitions, athletics, and high school scholarships. The wreath sale replaces their annual Red Wheel frozen food sale.
5th Graders Learn Body Basics
Creighton Medical Students taught our 5th graders (right) about the eye, heart, bones and lungs. They dissected a cow's eye, a sheep's heart, looked at human bones, and a smoker’s lungs and healthy lungs. The Creighton Students said our school was the first school to know all the answers to the questions at the end of the presentation!
Thank You Home & School
The Home & School Association recently helped us to purchase 900 new Scholastic books that our teachers can use with their Guided Reading groups. The books are assigned a particular level, A-Z, that corresponds with the reading level of students. We are so excited to have so many great new titles!
Latina Storyteller, Olga Loya Visits St. Cecilia Students
Olga Loya, Latina Storyteller
Latina Storyteller Olga Loya, shared stories with the Kindergarten through Grade 5 students on September 19. Loya is a Durham Museum September Scholar in Residence. She engaged the students with vivid stories her Mexican grandmother and father would tell. Olga’s stories are "an impassioned quest to keep alive not only the fabric of her family but the larger Latino culture, richly robed in folktales, ancient myths, and history." The stories not only engaged the students in song and movement, but taught them life lessons about valuing oneself and being kind to others. This is one of the school's activities to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 - Oct. 15.
