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What’s In Your Heart?
Nancy Jager
The second graders have had a very busy year. They received First Reconciliation in October and First Communion in January. Lately, we have been participating in Lenten Activities. We acquired a calendar of Lent with specific activities for each day of Lent. The biggest project was that we created “Sacred Hearts of Jesus” on our bulletin board for each student. Each day we would pick a child’s name out of a hat and each student would write words of encouragement to that student. This was our form of almsgiving. The board was entitled: “What’s in Your Heart.” The children were thrilled when it was their turn and couldn’t wait to read their notes.
The 2nd graders also learned about the Paschal Candle and each created one with a recycled Pringles can. They learned about when the Church got a new Paschal Candle and what all of the symbols stood for.
 
Our latest adventure was a field trip to the Amarillo Museum of Art. They were given a tour of the museum and then were able to create an art project. Many of the children had never been to the art museum and were particularly enthralled with the Asian art. Recycled art was also featured and the children were amazed at what could be made out of everyday things.
 
Who is the Teacher?
Cecelia Adkins
In the first grade, student’s whose ages are six and seven do a lot of talking, sharing, and listening. Each student has many ideas to share and all of those ideas are important. Every day the students arrive at the door of the classroom with new knowledge to give, share and learn. Each person that enters the room, no matter the age, or the experience has something to teach the others. God created each of us different so that we might learn from the other. As we learn about something new, we teach each other with the stories that we share about our lives, we teach with our actions and reactions, we teach with the way we answer questions and how we find the answers to those questions. We teach with everything we say and do, every moment of everyday.
 
Many days we discover and learn about things that were not on the “teacher’s plans”, instead those times become “teachable moments” when any person in the classroom takes on the role of teacher. As the one that is called “teacher”, I ask myself each day what I learned. What I know is that over the years, I have learned as much or more from the students as I have taught them.
 
Spring is Here!
Christy Hutton
I cannot believe another school year is near the end. In our class, we have been learning about living and non-living things, parts of a plant, and what is needed for a plant to grow. The class planted seeds in cups, and are waiting for something to grow out of those seeds. They have been watering and are making sure the seeds are getting sunlight. The students have even named their soon to be plants.
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