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Photo credit: Nicolas Solop On Wednesday 2-17-16 the Social Studies Pod Cast recorded a special episode dedicated to the vacancy on the Supreme Court that came about due to the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The 79 year old, longest serving, member of the court was a firebrand and major proponent of conservative ideals... Continue Reading →
Photo credit: Nicolas Solop Another month brings us 2 more podcasts from 8th grade! This time around the 8th Grade Social Studies podcast tried a Boys and Girls teams for the podcast. The idea was to have the teams compete to create the best podcast. Unfortunately several technical glitches got in the way, including a... Continue Reading →
This week was Catholic School's week and Spirit Week. It's always fun to see the students dress up and have fun. Unfortunately Ms. Malissa and I didn't take picture every day. We totally missed 80's day but managed to have some fun capturing the students doing their thing on Fancy/Dapper Day and Star Wars Day.
This is the first episode of the St. Philip the Apostle School Social Studies Podcast. While listening please note that issues with recording and editing have been left in place, in subsequent episodes many mistakes will be edited out. The first episode was used as a tool to show the students who are participating what... Continue Reading →
Over the next few months I'm going to be putting together book talks for all grades. I've been wanting to do these for awhile but couldn't quite figure out the format I wanted to present them in. Until I came across Mrs. ReaderPants' booktalks. She uses Prezi and book trailers to explain the books. I... Continue Reading →
To begin the Holiday season, the first and second graders listened to the story of The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. The classes talked about what they are thankful for and what they can give to others this Holiday season. I was completely taken aback when I realized how kind, generous, and loving our students are.... Continue Reading →
Are you ready for Halloween?! If your answer is no, then don't worry you have lots of company. If you're running low on some pumpkin carving ideas, consider getting inspiration from your favorite book! Here are a few ways you can decorate or carve your pumpkins this year. Do you love fairy... Continue Reading →
It's almost Halloween and that means it's almost time to dress up as something you've always wanted to be or wish you could be. I love coming up with creative costumes and this year thought it would be fun to try my hand at making some literary costume ideas! I picked some of the more... Continue Reading →
We are getting ready to place some book orders and we want to know what books you would like to have in the library. If you are a St. Philips student please fill out this form as many times as you like with book suggestions!
Happy Belated Birthday to California! September 9th was California's birthday and first grade celebrated by reading one of my favorite books, Our California by Pam Munoz Ryan. They explored the amazing regions of California through the story and learned the meaning behind our state flag. First and Second Grade learned how to be library ninjas. Library Ninjas... Continue Reading →
The Jr. High students have been asking about our new Go Pro so we set it up and tried it out for the first time!
The Falcon's Fables 