News - March 2022

Cheers rang out from the 3B classroom as students watched their ZOOMED-in classmate, Alexandra Eissing, clinch the school’s top speller spot in the 9th round. The next step for our winner is competing in the 2022 Boston Citywide BCYF Spelling Bee that will take place on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square Branch. Congratulations to Audrey Bahnsen, our 2nd Place winner and Jack Hughes, our 3rd place winner and to all our superb SBCA spellers for their diligence, determination, and school spirit! A Special Thank you to Mrs. Theresa Evans, our Upper Elementary Literacy Coach, for organizing this Annual School Spelling Bee. New families are welcome to email Mrs. Jamie Brown at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org for more information about South Boston Catholic Academy.

On Wednesday, March 2, our Pastor and celebrant, Father Casey, South Boston Catholic Academy students, families, and parishioners attended the Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Brigid Church. Grade 4 wonderfully participated in the Mass as greeters, did the readings, and led the Prayers of the Faithful, while our new 5th grade Altar Servers did a fantastic job assisting at Mass. Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Holy season of Lent, which begins 40 days prior to Easter. This year, Lent began on Wednesday, March 2, and ends on Saturday evening, April 16, 2022. Lent is an old English word meaning 'lengthen'. Lent is observed in spring when the days begin to get longer. It is a period of waiting and preparation for the big day-Easter when Jesus was resurrected from the dead. In church, we are reminded to focus on forgiveness and how we can be better Christians. The traditional Lenten practices are: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Pope Francis has referred to Lent as a time for renewing faith, hope, and love, all things greatly needed during these challenging times. On Monday, March 7, Sister Evelyn Hurley celebrated her 107th Birthday! The 4th Graders made beautiful birthday cards to celebrate her 107th Birthday and sent them to her. Sister Evelyn Hurley says she “…has loved every minute of her 60 years as a classroom teacher, and that God has Blessed her in many, many, many ways.” She tells us that we have all been in her Prayers daily! We in turn love and pray for her and are very grateful to her. We Thank God for her and her many years as an amazing teacher and friend to generations of students, families, and Parishioners here in South Boston. Dear Sister Evelyn, all of us at South Boston Catholic Academy hope and pray that you had a Wonderful 107th Birthday and wish you all the very best! Thank you and God Love and Bless you always, Sister Evelyn! New families are welcome to email Mrs. Jamie Brown at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org for more information about South Boston Catholic Academy.

Black History Month (February 1 to March 1) is a time to honor the contributions and legacy of African Americans across U.S. history and society. Students at South Boston Catholic Academy have learned about these contributions via many hands-on projects and activities across grade levels and curricula. Students in Grade 4 researched and wrote biographies about leaders and role models such as Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela. Their class theme for this project, “Black History is American History”. Students in Grade 6A worked on graphing coordinate points which, when completed, produced the image of Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his "I Have a Dream" speech. Grade 6A is also working on a Black History project that reflects their choice of researching the life and contributions of significant and influential Back people who make our story so special! Grade 6B students started off Black History Month with a novel study of “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” by Christopher Paul Curtis as well as learning about the struggles and victories of poet Maya Angelou. Here are famous quotes from some of our inspirational leaders and role models…“Each person must live their life as a model for others.”- Rosa Parks; “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars, to change the world.”― Harriet Tubman; “The time is always right to do what is right.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”- Nelson Mandela; “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”- Maya Angelou, and “Where there is love, there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi. New families are welcome to email Mrs. Jamie Brown at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org for more information about South Boston Catholic Academy.

On Thursday, February 17, 2022, the students and teachers at South Boston Catholic Academy had a great day Celebrating our 100 Day of School, especially the students in K2, 1st, and 2nd Grades, as you can see from the photos! "1A had an exciting 100th day of school. We came to school wearing a hat or shirt decorated with 100 items. Wow, what creative ideas everyone had! We pulled together our daily activities such as; tallying 100 days of school, putting 100 days of weather on bar graphs, grouping our tens and ones finally into a group of 100, making different combinations of 100 cents, as well as some writing activities. What a fun day of learning!" “The children in 1B class did a 100th Day project using M&M's. They used hundreds of M&Ms. But they couldn't eat them!! They had to sort the M&Ms by color and then count them using tally marks. Some people counted by fives and some people counted by tens. They had to check to make sure everyone agreed with the sums so they could answer questions. When the project was done, those M&M's were thrown away. Subsequently, each child got a small bag of M&M's to take home!!” “The students in 1C also had a fun, exciting, and creative day of learning and celebrating their 100th day of school. They put a ton of thought and effort into designing their hats/shirts, just as all the other students did on their class projects! Happy 100th Day Everyone! Families are welcome to email Mrs. Jamie Brown at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org for more information about SBCA.