Due to the storm, Good Shepherd Catholic Academy will be closed on Wednesday, March 21st. We hope everyone stays safe.

Good Shepherd Catholic Academy will be closed on Friday, January 5th, due to unsafe  weather conditions.

Due to the impending storm, Good Shepherd Catholic Academy will be closed on Thursday, January 4th.

On Monday, December 18th, students in K-8 gathered for our First Trimester Academic Awards Assembly. The students did an incredible job during the first trimester, as 63% of eligible students earned academic honors!

 

Our vocal group was recently featured on NET TV in anticipation of the parish Christmas tree lighting this Saturday after the 5pm Mass. Click the link below to watch the video.

https://netny.tv/episodes/currents/brooklyn-students-prepare-annual-christmas-tree-lighting/#.Whwu97jIrVY.email

Dear Parents/Guardians:

 

Good evening. As our first month of school concludes, I hope you continue to find these principals updates informative and useful.

 

Please see below for some important updates and reminders.

 

Upcoming Events

 

9/25 8th Grade Graduation Pictures will be taken

Student Council Assembly

9/26 Final Day to order October lunch in Option C

9/27 Boy Scouts Visit to grades K-8

Bishop Loughlin Visit to 8th Grade

10/2 Candy Sale Ends

10/3 Xaverian Visit to 8th Grade

10/4 First Day of Band Practice

10/6 First Friday Mass at 11am/12:30 Dismissal for  Jr. Pre-K and K-8

FDNY Smokehouse – Grades 3-8

10/9 School Closed – Columbus Day Observance

10/12 Buddy Day for 8th Grade Girls at Fontbonne Hall Academy

10/13 Radio Bingo

10/14 Confirmation Retreat 11am – 3pm

10/10 Terra Nova Exams Begin

10/20 Terra Nova Exams End

Buddy Day for 8th Grade Girls at Bishop Kearney

Buddy Day for 8th Grade Boys at Cathedral Prep

 

Academic Highlights

 

From Ms. Dwyer – Pre-K B: Pre-k B has been off to a great start! We have had tons of fun getting to know one another and making new friends.The last two weeks have been focusing on what we will learn and do in Pre-k. We learned new songs, and read exciting new stories. We created name mosaics and last week, we explored feelings and what our feelings mean. We shared our feelings, and then we created feeling portraits of ourselves using paper plates, mirrors and art materials to decorate them. With this, we have been discussing everyday about classroom rules, and how we respect one another and make good choices in school. This week we just finished our unit on All about me and the people in my community. We created self portraits of ourselves using different materials to replicate our own physical features. They created beautiful work!

 

In our Building Blocks curriculum, we have been learning how to count verbally from 1 to 10 in connection  with the song ‘This Old Man’. We have been learning and practicing in centers in our small group how to connect number words to quantities they represent. We have been focusing  this week on grouping. (I.e. groups of 2, 4, 6 ) We have been learning through modeling. I will show each child a group of a number I have made using counters on a paper plate and they have to count and say how many counters are in the group on the plate. Once they have guessed the correct number in that group, they have to replicate the same number group using the counters on their own plate. We have some great mathematicians in Pre -K B!

 

From Mrs. Federico – 2nd Grade: Our Second Graders are off to a great new school year- filled with learning and fun! We especially enjoyed celebrating and wearing red for Johnny Appleseed.

In ElA, we just finished a Superkids warm up unit and started unit one. We’ve focusing on understanding characters and citing text evidence. We also learned and practiced how to write A-Get-to-Know-Me-Letter.

In Science, we were excited to visit the lab for the third time this week. We practiced our lab skills as we examined the weight and volume of solids and concluded that the larger object is not always heavier than a small object.

In Social Studies, we’ve been learning about compass rose and how to read map directions. To put our skill to the test, we created a map of a kings castle.

In Religion, we’ve learned about how God sent his son Jesus Christ to be with us and discussed how he continues to be with us always.

 

From Mr. Dillon – 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades:

 

6th Math: We learned how to find the part of a value given the percent and the whole.

7th Math: We learned how to construct graphs and identify proportional relationships.

8th Math: We learned how to find square and cubic roots on the calculator and perform operations with them.

6th ELA: We read several stories and talked about how to extract details in order to answer questions on plot and theme.

6th Religion: We discussed how humans are made in God’s imagine and responsible for looking over all of God’s creations.

 

Heard in the Halls

 

We used hydrochloric acid and nobody got hurt! – Teacher

 

Saliva is good. – Teacher

 

Words of Wisdom

 

Today is the wonderful feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Archangels. Allow me to share with you the great prayer of St. Michael:

 

Saint Michael Archangel,

defend us in battle,

be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil;

may God rebuke him, we humbly pray;

and you, O Prince of the heavenly host,

by the power of God, cast into hell

Satan and all the evil spirits

who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen

 

Have a great weekend!

 

• Mr. OBrien

On Monday, September 18th, Good Shepherd Catholic Academy students attended an assembly with Dominican Father Michael Ford. The students had the incredible opportunity of seeing and venerating relics of several saints, including the Apostle, St. Jude. Click the link below for NET TV’s video coverage of the assembly, which was made by Good Shepherd graduate Michelle Powers.

http://netny.tv/episodes/currents/students-view-rare-relic-st-jude/

 

From Miss Rampulla – 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades: The 6th and 7th grade students will be introduced to Properties of Matter in Science. They will understand that elements are categorized by group and period in the Periodic table.They will be introduced to elements and compounds and the relationship between them. The 8th grade will be learning about Heat and Heat. Students will understand the relationship between heat, thermal energy, and temperature.

 

From Mrs. Seliste – 4th and 5th Grade: Welcome Back!

The fourth and fifth graders have been very excited to visit the new Science Lab. They are very serious about their investigations. And they look like real scientists with their lab coats on. The fourth grade is learning about the nervous system and the fifth grade is using the microscope as well as concave and convex lenses to conduct their activities.

The fifth grade is learning about order of operations in Math and looking forward to learning about the relics of St . Jude when we visit the church Monday afternoon.

The fourth grade is working on a chapter about Reconciliation and God’s forgiveness in Religion and in Math we are practicing multiplication and problem solving.  

From Mrs. Robin – Kindergarten: The Kindergarten class is off to a wonderful start.  We have explored the Story of Creation and know that God made each and everyone of us special in our own way.  We have promised to treat each other with kindness and respect.

In our new reading series, we have met our first Superkid Character and her name is Cass.  Please ask your child to discuss Cass with you over the weekend. They should be able to tell you about her pet, some of the things she likes to do and what happens when she is getting ready to go to school.

We made our first trip to the Science Lab on Thursday.  We read a book “Goodnight Lab” and we discussed different ways to make observations.  We explored some of the science tools we will be using in the lab this year.