News - May 2022

All the students at South Boston Catholic Academy had a chance to show how much they love, care for and are grateful to their mothers and grandparents by making them special cards and letters. The students in Grade 1B made badges in honor of Grandparent’s Day! Some of the children wrote- Thank you for taking me to the park. You are Super, Mimi! You are #1, Grandpa! I love you, Nanny and Pa-you are the Best! The children also worked on their paper for Mother's Day-"How well do you know you’re MOM?" They answered questions pertaining to- her favorite food and flowers, what to wear, works at, and what to drink. Their teacher, Ms. Peggy Byrne enjoyed reading their responses!!! As you can also see from the photos, the students in K0E, K1A, 2B, and 5, as well as all the other students at SBCA made beautiful cards for their moms and grandparents. Friday, May 6, 2022 was a very special day that SBCA set aside to honor and celebrate our grandparents. We started the day off with a school Mass at St. Brigid Church which many of our grandparents, families and friends attended. The students did a wonderful job as greeters, readers and bringing up the gifts. Father Robert Casey, our Pastor, was the celebrant at this Mass. At the end of Mass, Dr. Helenann Civian, our Principal, had a chance to say a Special Thank You to all the families and especially the grandparents for all their continued support. Then they were able to come to school for refreshments and to visit with their grandchildren, to check out the new Early Childhood Center, attend the Art Show at SBCA where they had a chance to see all the terrific art work the children did. A BIG Thank You to, Ms. Valerie Szmurlo, our Art Teacher, for doing such an amazing job teaching the students the many different and beautiful types of art form. She, also, coordinated the Art Show and set up all the great art work the children did for this special Art Show. New families are welcome to email Mrs. Jamie Brown at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org for more information about South Boston Catholic Academy.

On Saturday morning, May 7, 2022 the Second Grade students at South Boston Catholic Academy and in the Parish Religious Education Program received their First Holy Communion at Gate of Heaven Church. The Celebrants at this Mass were, our Pastor, Father Robert Casey; our Parochial Vicar, Father Christopher Boyle and Monsignor Liam Bergin. Thank you to Father Casey, Father Boyle, Monsignor Bergin, our Principal, Dr. Helenann Civian; Vice Principal, Mrs. Denise Moriarty; our Second Grade Teachers, Ms. Stephanie Olsen and Ms. Meghan Leslie and to all the families and staff at South Boston Catholic Academy and to our Parish Religious Education Director, Mr. Chance Hebert; our Second Grade Rel. Ed. Teacher, Mrs. Joan Dixon and all the families in the Parish Religious Education Program and to all who helped to make this First Holy Communion extra special. Congratulations and God Bless all these wonderful children and their families! New families are welcome to email Mrs. Jamie Brown at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org for more information about South Boston Catholic Academy.

Grade 2B…What’s The Scoop you ask? It’s a very important concept when reading and also a delicious summer snack! The “SCOOP” helps students pull out the important topics in books that they read. As they go down the line they are Able to find the S. setting C. characters O. oh no! The problem O. order of events and P. problem solved. This was a fun activity that allowed the students to really visualize the importance of details within a story and how to pull those details together! “Grade 3A celebrated Women’s History Month by conducting interviews of remarkable women that were in each student’s life. Students interviewed former teachers, family members, god parents, and others and created posters to share what they found with the whole school.” Grade 4 at South Boston Catholic Academy worked and collaborated on a poster for Earth Day. Each student made a square that tells their commitment to help the environment. Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The week of April 18 we had Spring Camp 2022. Here are some of the activities the kids did at Spring Camp. They had a fun filled week doing outdoor activities with a walk and playing at M Street Park, walks to the beach to collect shells, going to Story Hour at the library, and indoors activities, such as, coloring, painting, making Sand Art, Snow Globes, Lego challenges and Fitness Fun. On April 25, 2022 we were excited that our newly renovated SBCA-Early Childhood Center was able to open its doors to our current K0 (A, B, C, D) classes. We were so happy to be able to welcome our K0 students, families and faculty to the new building! (YAMA) Young Audiences of MA came to school on April 28 and we were totally amazed with the wonderfully talented Acrobatic Performance they did at SBCA. The students thoroughly enjoyed watching the acrobatic performance. The students not only got a chance to actually participate in this program, and they also had a chance to learn a little about some of the Chinese Customs, Traditions and Language. We are so proud of our SBCA acrobats, too! Thank you so much, Li and YAMA for such a wonderful performance! New families are welcome to email Mrs. Jamie Brown at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org to learn more about South Boston Catholic Academy.