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| Students and parents alike enjoyed the challenge of building a structure to support a tennis ball. |
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Everyone came up with their own unique design. |
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| We used popsicle sticks, tape, paper plates, and yarn with our STEM challenge. |
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| Another successful Parent Appreciation Day here at St. James! |
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| In this STEM activity, students had to design and build an iceberg for their penguin to jump on and float away from the polar bear! |
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| Groups of students tested out their icebergs with the penguin Dixie cups. |
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| Each group came up with their own unique design for the icebergs. Printable penguins were taped to a Dixie cup and then placed on top of the icebergs. |
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| Students used Popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, string and tape to build an iceberg. |
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| We used a tray of water to act as the Arctic Sea. Every group was successful and able to see their penguins float away from the polar bear predator. |
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| 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students participated in the presentation of Our Lady of Guadalupe play. |
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| All of the students did a wonderful job. |
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| We recalled the time when Mary appeared to Juan Diego and asked him to build a church. |
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| Juan Diego explained to the bishop the wonderful thing that had happened but he asked for a sign from God to prove that what he said was true. |
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| When Juan Diego opened his cloak, a picture in shining colors of the Lady herself appeared in place of the sweet-smelling roses he was carrying. |
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| People all over North and South America still turn to Our Lady of Guadalupe for protection. |
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| We enjoyed another year gathering together at our pep rally to support members of various sports teams. |
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| Classes participated in the pig races again this year. |
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| Everyone was excited to see which pig would win the race. |
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| Our pig came in first place! |
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| Students and teachers alike had a wonderful time encouraging school spirit and participating in the activities. |
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| Our 8th grade students did an excellent job providing upbeat music for our special event. |
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| Our class learned about landforms, or shapes of Earth's surface. |
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| Students made dioramas using shoeboxes, paint, modeling clay and various materials. |
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| Students made mountains, hills, valleys, plateaus, volcanoes and oceans out of clay. |
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| We learned how people adapt to landforms and water in their communities. |
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| Everyone had a fun learning and building each landform. |
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| All of our dioramas look terrific! |
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| Another successful Grandparents' Day! |
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| Everyone had a wonderful day spending time with loved ones! ❤ |
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| ❤ Family and Friends ❤ |
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| Students have been studying plants and their parts in Science. |
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| We have been discussing how roots and stems help plants. |
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| Students discovered how roots take in water, nutrients, and hold the plant in place. |
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| Students learned how the stem holds the plant upright so its leaves can take in sunlight.. |
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| Students observed how material is transported through a plant stem using celery stalks with leaves, water, and jars with blue food coloring. |
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| Students noticed colored water moving up the celery stalks. |
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We observed that the colored water rises through the stem and eventually colored the leaves and that stems transport materials throughout the plant. |