Heart of the Shepherd Award

Congratulations to Father Gron for winning the Heart of the Shepherd award. Dr. Rigg, Superintendent of Archdiocese of Catholic Schools, and Dr. Kari King, Regional Director for Vicariate IV Schools, presented Father Gron with this special award, that was rewarded to only three Chicago Archdiocesan priests.
Sixth grade students did a wonderful reading the Reading of the Day, Responsorial Psalm and Prayers of the Faithful, and serving as gift bearers and altar servers. Great job, 6th grade! I'm one blessed teacher to be able to work with such outstanding students and their families.

May Students of the Month

Congratulations to the May Students of the Month!

6th Grade Students of the Month--Yay!!

Kids Fitness Challenge & Keeping Kids Healthy 2019

What a fun day!
More videos and a photo album are posted on Facebook. The link for FB is below the title of this webpage.

KFC 2019 Warmups

KFC Hockey

KFC Soccer

Break Time!

Just spending time together on a well-deserved break.

Science

6th grade students worked with lab partners to measure the mass of water and irregular objects (rocks) using triple beam balances, graduated cylinders, water, and rocks/minerals.

5th Grade Social Studies

Jig-Saw Notes

Students worked in groups to complete one aspect of the chapter notes. Then students worked with members from other groups to discuss and share the notes. Basically, jig-saw notes are small pieces of notes that are put together to make one complete picture.

Novel Study

Part of the joy of teaching how to read a book on a deeper level is becoming part of the book. While reading The Giver, by Lois Lowry, 6th grade students are taking on roles of Assignments or jobs that are in the Community. Our Recreation Directors and Committee Members have been planning, organizing, and running a game for our Recreation Time. It has been fun watching the students get into this novel and taking on leadership roles.
Here are a couple of photos and a short video of the Recreation team running a game of animal tag.

SWS Talent Show 2019

Thank you Student Council, Mrs. Robertson, and Mrs. Koscienlniak for organizing and running such a fun event for SWS. Kudos to all our students who shared their amazing talents! To see more photos, visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/stwilliamschoolchicago/