Happy Friday! We are so excited to have made it through a full week of school. This week we… Talked about making assumptions race or skin color and to choose kindness over ignorance as we get to know each other better..We met with the other class again so we could see all our 6th grade...Read More

This week has been very warm but we are blessed to have AC in our classroom. We reduced outside time to 15 minutes and we had a coupe days of indoor recess. 1) Continuing with our discussion of assumptions, we began reading Wonder. It is about a middle school boy with face deformities. There are...Read More

Mid-March News:This is a friendly reminder that our upcoming field trip to the Museum of Science and Industry is on Thursday of this week! We’re looking forward to an exciting day, and want to ensure your child is prepared. We leave at 8:45am and will return to school around 1:30pm. Please make sure your child...Read More

Hello families!I hope you are all having a blessed Lent. Congratulations to all junior high students who were in the play! It was a spectacular show! Recap for Advanced Algebra:We are finishing up with systems of equations with Chapter 7 test 3/4/2026. The students seemed to enjoy deciding which strategy to pick–substitution, setting them equal...Read More

Hello families–If anyone would like to retake the eighth grade picture-please let me know and we will confirm with the company a date to come back to St Cletus-Thank you!Friday 2/6 is a day off for students–NO SCHOOL!Valentines Party will be on Friday 2/13 afternoon. We also have a 2pm dismissal this day!Monday 2/16–NO SCHOOLFlyer...Read More

Thank you to all those who contributed to the teacher gift fund or bought a special gift for me! Our Advent Mass was amazing!  The students did so well – and their buddies were so proud :).   Dates to remember: 1/16 – 2pm dismissal and MLK 1/19 no school   What’s next? Vocab: Week...Read More

Hello–If you have not let me know your intent for the trip – please do so by Wednesday of this week. I only have 6 RSVP’s for “yes” and 5 RSVP’s for “No” so at this point the Springfield trip is not moving forward. We would need at least 20 participants. Thank you-Mrs Van Wyck...Read More

Tomorrow Friday 10/24–FREE Dress Down Chicago Fire (Red, Blue, Gold colors) Next week Red Ribbon! Monday $1 Dress Down Pink Breast Cancer Tuesday Crazy Socks-bring canned food Wednesday–Decade Dress Down (70’s, 80’s, 90’s etc) Thursday Dress Down Comfy Baggie clothes Friday-Halloween Costumes!Read More

Hello families! Hope all i well on this beautiful Fall morning. 1) Please turn in the permission slip for Feed My Starving Children if you have not done so. If you are virtus compliant, it would be great if you could volunteer. We need 7 volunteers for 8th grade so if you are able –...Read More

Hello SC families!  A couple of reminders–   Grand Friend mass is on 9/25. No School September 26th, No School October 13th   Vocabulary:  The students learn 20 words of vocab each week and take a test on Friday.  There are various activities each week to aid students in understanding the words.  These activities include...Read More