News - February 2022

We hope everyone had a wonderful St. Valentine’s Day! The students at South Boston Catholic Academy thoroughly enjoyed their St. Valentine’s Day by making a variety of colorful artwork, crafts and decorations. They, also, handed out Valentine’s Day cards to their classmates and friends during their Valentine parties in their classrooms. One of many accounts/stories about St. Valentine is that…Saint Valentine is the patron saint of love. Believers say God worked through his life to perform miracles and teach people how to recognize and experience true love. This famous saint, an Italian doctor who later became a priest, inspired the creation of the holiday of Valentine's Day. He was sent to jail for performing weddings for couples during a time when new marriages were outlawed in ancient Rome. Before he was killed for refusing to renounce his faith, he sent a loving note to a child he had been helping to teach, the daughter of his jailer, and that note eventually led to the tradition of sending Valentine's cards. Prayer: Dear Jesus, Help me to love You in the same selfless way in which St. Valentine did, and by my example may others know that You love them. Amen. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller, Author. Families are welcome to email Mrs. Jamie Brown at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org for more information about SBCA.

January 30, 2022, marked the beginning of our annual celebration of National Catholic Schools Week, The theme — “Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service.”— During this school-wide celebration, we were able to focus on faith development, academic excellence, and dedication to community service. We are so very proud of each and every one of our wonderful students and very thankful to all our families, teachers, and staff for their dedication, hard work, and support. Each day of this week had activities planned around a special theme/acknowledgment such as … Our Community, Our Students, Our Nation, Our Vocations, Our Faculty, Staff and Volunteers, and Our Families. Thursday was Student Appreciation Day and everyone got to enjoy pizza for lunch. Grades 3-6: had a Classroom Spelling Bee. Thank you to Mr. Chance Hebert, the Coordinator of Catholic Identity, for organizing these themes, to the students, families, teachers, and to all who helped to make this past week a very special, faith inspiring and fun week for all! “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old, they will not turn from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 In 1A - Students did a fanatic job writing about why they love attending our Catholic School. Some said, “At SBCA I learn about Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.” And “At SBCA I learn about Jesus and pray to God and learn the Bible.” In 1B - One of the songs we sing in the morning to start our day is- "Thank You God For Giving Us SBCA!" The children in Grade 1B were engaged in a brainstorming session to share ideas of what makes our school, " A Special Catholic School!" Then, they got a picture that was close to their idea to color. In 1C- We wrote about why we LOVE SBCA. The students were so excited to share the many reasons they love going to this school, specifically for the teachers, being with their friends every day, and learning in math, reading, writing, and religion. We are so thankful to be a part of a great school and community! A little about SBCA… We are inspired by the traditions of our Catholic faith, family spirit, and academic excellence, we are committed to meeting the spiritual, academic, physical, and social needs of individual students within a learning environment that is both stimulating and supportive. New families are welcome to email Mrs. Jamie Brown at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org for more information about South Boston Catholic Academy.

In the winter season we can cozy up with a good book; draw and color a snowman or wintery scene; play in the snow and make a snowman; enjoy a warm bowl of soup and a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows; cut out and make decorative snowflakes; go for walks, sledding, ice skating and skiing in the great outdoors and so much more… As you can see from the pictures, the students of South Boston Catholic Academy are enjoying this winter season. The Kindergarten students read the book, A Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats during story time in their classrooms and had fun making a picture based on this story. Some students made pictures of a colorful snowman and a big cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows out of construction paper, crayons, glue and shaving cream and some cut out beautiful snowflakes. The older students have gone for walks to the park to play while enjoying the cool crisp fresh air and winter scenery. Here are some other popular Winter Books the children in the Early Childhood Program like to have read to them during story time... The Biggest Snowman Ever by Steven Kroll; The Mitten by Jan Brett; The Hat by Jan Brett; Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright; The Itsy Bitsy Snowman by Jeffery Burton; Ten on a Sled by Kim Norman and Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak. Happy Winter Everyone! “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?”― Percy Bysshe Shelley “You can’t get too much winter in the winter.”– Robert Frost. New families are welcome to email Mrs. Jamie Brown at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.orgto learn more about South Boston Catholic Academy.