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As our 3rd Grade year comes to an end, let’s look back at the past few months and reflect on how blessed we are! Art Literacy Classes Service Projects STEAM Night Holiday Parties Night of Art & Music the list goes on and on… https://express.adobe.com/video/O9YCm915Aydjb

3rd Grade has been busy organizing a Lenten Coin Collection for The Missionary Childhood Association.  Each week the students collect coins from the classrooms, count, and roll them!  We are close to $600, and we still have another week to gather more!!!  We look forward to presenting Sister Eva from MCA with a BIG check… Read more »

https://express.adobe.com/video/MldX3jV738PF0 3rd Grade has been reading Dear Pope Francis and we decided to write our own letters to the pope.  A SMA parent will be running in the upcoming Rome Marathon and will be delivering our letters!  In addition to our letters, we created a video to share with our family & friends! 3rd Grade… Read more »

It’s time to celebrate Catholic Schools!  The celebration begins with a SMA Family Mass.  Many students will be participating by greeting parishioners, reading scripture, singing in the choir, and bringing up the gifts!  We have so much to be grateful for so we will be celebrating our hard working administration, our dedicated pastor, our supportive… Read more »

Happy New Year!!! As 2021 came to an end, 3rd Grade was able to participate in many wonderful activities to close the year out.  For instance, when the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima visited Mary Star of the Sea Church, students attended the rosary and prayed under Mary’s veil.  It was a… Read more »

Empathy is defined as “a trait that allows us to feel with others.”  3rd Grade has been learning about this important virtue over the past weeks.  Students recently read The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes which enabled them to use emotional moments in the story to “feel” with the characters. Through such moments, students learned… Read more »

3rd Grade completed their first Informative Writing piece on their chosen saint.  Students learned how to take notes as they read from their sources, draft their findings, and conferenced with their peers to receive feedback on their writing.  After publishing their reports, students practiced their public speaking skills before presenting their reports to the TK… Read more »