Regina Jr Sr High Newsletter
March 2021
From the Principal
As I started to organize this month's newsletter, I was reminded that at this time last year COVID-19 was not in Iowa (that we knew of) and barely in the U.S. Our Italy trip for spring break was still on - though in doubt. This past year has had its challenges, but now we are starting to see a light at the end of our "COVID" tunnel. We must remain vigilant in following health and safety protocols (wear face coverings, stay apart, clean and disinfect, wash your hands) in order to keep each other safe and get to the end of that tunnel as soon as possible.
This month's newsletter has the following:
- Op-Ed concerning fans returning to events
- Department updates
- The Lenten mural painted by our seniors and created by Mr. Demory is shown above.
I had not seen the prayer Blessed Are Those by Pope Francis. I liked the similarities between it and the Beatitudes and then found that he proposed these 6 new Beatitudes for our present situation in 2016.
Blessed are those who remain faithful while enduring evils inflicted on them by others, and forgive them from their heart.
Blessed are those who look into the eyes of the abandoned and marginalized, and show them their closeness.
Blessed are those who see God in every person, and strive to make others also discover him.
Blessed are those who protect and care for our common home.
Blessed are those who renounce their own comfort in order to help others.
Blessed are those who pray and work for full communion between Christians.
All these are messenger's of God's mercy and tenderness, and surely they will receive from Him their merited reward.
Your in Christ,
Glenn Plummer
Upcoming Events
3/5: High School Musical @ 7:00
3/6: High School Musical @ 2:00 & 7:00
3/7: High School Musical @ 2:00
3/15-3/19: Spring Break
3/25: Kairos retreat
3/26: Kairos retreat, Boys soccer scrimmage @ City High
3/27: Kairos retreat
3/28: Kairos retreat
Regina High School Musical
Kairos Retreat - March 25-28
JUNIORS and SENIORS - Save The Date for Kairos 2021!!! March 25-28, 2021
If you have any questions in the meantime, please email Shelly Conlon at shelly.conlon@icregina.com or Stacy Sueppel at stacy.sueppel@icregina.com
OP-ED: ANXIOUSLY AWAITING RETURN OF FANS IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, PERFORMING ARTS
Feb 26, 2021 | Editorial
By: Karissa Niehoff, executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations; Tom Keating, executive director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association; Jean Berger, executive director of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life for almost a year at this point. There is hardly anyone who would dispute the validity of that statement. In order to survive and continue moving forward during the past 12 months, we have been faced with finding new ways to accomplish our daily tasks.
Instead of meeting face to face with a group of people, we converse with people in rectangles on computer screens.
Instead of sitting together with family and friends in crowded restaurants, we pay someone to bring the food to our homes.
Instead of those shopping sprees at the nearest mall, we order online and provide more business for the army of overnight delivery vehicles in our neighborhoods.
In high school sports and performing arts, everyone from the students to coaches, officials, parents and administrators have had to adjust to new ways of doing things. In many cases, students must wear masks even in competition and isolate from their friends away from school in order to continue playing. And while students and others have been willing to do whatever it takes to provide participation opportunities, everyone is looking for that light at the end of the tunnel.
Hopefully, most of these protocols that limit interaction will vanish when the pandemic subsides, although some aspects of the “new norm” may continue, such as online meetings.
However, there is one thing in the world of high school sports and performing arts that we desire as soon as possible at high schools throughout the state of Iowa and across the country – stadiums and auditoriums with crowds of family, friends and other fans cheering for the 12 million-plus participants in high school activity programs.
While the cardboard cutouts and piped-in music have been creative attempts to make it feel like people are in the stands, nothing can replace parents, students and others in the community lending positive support to high school students involved in sports and performing arts.
We are grateful that the NFHS Network has allowed fans to watch high school events online during the past year. Many schools have taken advantage of the NFHS Network’s High School Support Program that includes two free automated-production cameras (Pixellots). And while these units will continue to be used going forward as an option for watching events, nothing can replace fans in the stands, gyms and auditoriums.
One of the key differences in education-based activities conducted within the school and out-of-school club sports is the support of fans in the community. Students in high school activities are playing for the love of the game and to be involved in positive programs with their peers.
On a normal Friday night prior to the pandemic, more than seven million fans attended high school football games weekly across the country. And it is estimated that about 350 million people attended high school sports annually prior to the pandemic. While we recognize it may take some time before those numbers are equaled again, things are trending in the right direction.
Recently, several states have increased the number of spectators allowed for winter sports, such as basketball, being conducted indoors. In Tennessee, attendance at games is limited to one-third of the gym’s capacity; in Michigan, attendance is capped at 20 percent. In Arizona and West Virginia, however, the decisions can be made by individual schools with no set restrictions, although social distancing must be maintained. In Iowa, the Governor has asked that event organizers take reasonable measures under the circumstances of each gathering to ensure the health of participants and members of the public. We have asked each school to continue social distancing and to require masks of our spectators.
These are great signs that we are moving the needle in the right direction regarding our return to a semblance of normalcy, and one day soon one of the tenants of education-based high school sports and performing arts – parents and other fans – will be back in full force throughout the state of Iowa to support high school activity programs. We encourage all school and their fans to continue to be diligent in their efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 so that day comes sooner than later.
This op-ed has been issued on behalf of the NFHS, IHSAA, and IGHSAU. It may be republished by member schools and media members.
Karissa Niehoff is executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
Tom Keating is executive director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA).
Jean Berger is executive director of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU).
National Science Bowl Results
Mr. Foley administered the National Science Bowl to both a high school and junior high team. This year it was a virtual competition. The format is split into two types of questions. The first is a toss-up questions (worth 4 points) and students have 7 seconds to answer. If they get a toss-up question right they get a bonus question (worth 10 points) and they have 25 seconds to answer. All questions are read to the students (no visual to help them).
High School team: Adam Boblenz, Aniruth Venkedesh, Nicholas Abusada, Jack Goedken, and Peter Chen.
Junior high team: Caitlin Martin, Sophie Houses, Andrew Hiaring, Ethan LaLumiere, and Max Franklin.
Here are some samples of high school toss-up questions:
2) CHEMISTRY Short Answer Find the mass of 1 mole of cuprous oxide, or Cu2O. Assume the atomic mass of copper is 64 and oxygen is 16.
5) EARTH SCIENCE Multiple Choice The overall charge at the top and bottom, respectively, of a towering cumulonimbus cloud during a thunderstorm is: W) positive, positive X) positive, negative Y) negative, positive Z) negative, negative
8) BIOLOGY Short Answer What are the 2 basic categories of lymphocyte cells?
Remember, you only get 7 seconds to answer.
Answers:
2)144
5) X) positive, negative
8) T and B
Both teams did well. The high school finished with 82 points and finished in 8th place. The junior high finished tied for 5th with 64 points.
This year’s science bowl had the top four teams from Iowa advancing to the final round to determine the champion. In both competitions, the top four teams were 4A schools.
The 10 students who were able to participate did a great job of representing Regina.
Rosary Every Wednesday
Chromebooks
Also, please remind your students to charge their Chromebook every night.
Department Updates
School Counselor
News from the School Counselor:
The months of January and February have been busy ones. I started the new year with a virtual STEM field trip with all of the 7th grade students in Mrs. Coffin's Integrated Science class. We explored careers and tried to find careers that match their interests.
On January 18th, we hosted an ACT prep workshop from the Doorway to College organization--20 students completed the course.
On January 26th, the annual PSAT test was unfortunately cancelled due to the blizzard. Juniors still hoping to apply for the National Merit Scholarship program can use the alternate entry option. Information can be found at www.nationalmerit.org.
The bulk of January was spent preparing for next school year--helping Seniors with college applications and scholarships, "Discover Regina" informational videos, formatting course schedule information online and helping students register for Kirkwood Academy courses.
I was able to visit all sections for grades 6th-11th grade to discuss next year's class schedule options. The course registrations request forms have been rolling in nicely. The deadline was Friday, February 26th. If your family still needs to return the paper form, please do so as soon as possible. It helps Mr. Foley and I as we coordinate the planning process and to meet as many student requests as possible.
Upcoming events:
March Madness: Career Edition--students will help us select the most popular career fields of interest for grades 7-12. Which career will make the Sweet 16...Final 4...and the Career of the year?
April 1st: Juniors and Seniors are invited to sign up for the Build Iowa Career Fair held on April 1st in Cedar Rapids from 10 AM - 1 PM. The deadline to sign up is March 12th. There they will meet master builders from several trades across Iowa. See Mrs. Zoulek for more details or go to http://www.buildiowa.org/
Business
Personal Finance - Mr. Moeller
The past few weeks the students have been learning about savings and budgeting. With our savings unit the students looked at the three basic reasons why people save money as well as the power of compound interest. In our part of the class we looked at the fundamentals of budgeting 101, basics of banking and the importance of having a zero-based budgeting system. This week and next we will now be moving on to the concept of debt. With this unit we will be looking at the costs and benefits of it, the myths that surround credit, and what a credit score is. We have also begun tying all the topics into our life outside of school. For instance, lately we have discussed what are needs versus wants. We have a few students in class that have a Starbucks coffee every single day...if I had told them I would give them a $1,000 check to begin the year and all they had to do was drink no coffee they all would have taken it, however, @7 a coffee x 180 days of school those same students are spending approximately $1,260 in coffee every single school year...times the next 3 years of high school and that same student has spent almost $4,000 just on coffee. If that same student had invested that money instead of spending it they would have approximately $4,500 in a savings account to use toward the purchase of a new car.
Economics - Mr. Moeller
The students have just finished our Economic systems unit. In the end the students were able to make comparisons between the material they learned and the real world around them. The economics class is now able to take a particular scenario and apply it to real applications instead of just “book material”. The focus in this unit was getting the material to mean more than just a grade or something that I need to know because a teacher or school says so. We are now pushing forward into our unit on production possibilities frontiers and comparative/absolute advantage. Ultimately, the focus here is on the fact that we all face scarcity in our life - not enough money, not enough time, not enough hands, etc...so how do we decide what to do and why. The end goal after the unit is for students to realize that we all gain through specialization and trade. We no longer live in a world or society where I can produce everything I need, instead I must rely on others. However, at the same time others rely on me to do my part.
Introduction to Business - Mr. Moeller
We are just wrapping up our second unit on marketing. The students are beginning to see how the whole marketing process applies not only to business but also to consumers. At the same time we are learning about the stock market through an interactive stock market challenge. As we continue through the course students will begin to see the connections that business and consumers have on a daily basis, oftentimes without our knowledge or thinking about.English Language Arts
7th grade English - Mr. Koch
We are starting The Outsiders.
7th grade Language Arts - Mr. Rouse
We are in the middle of our Science Fiction Unit, where we read the short story The Last Dog and discussed what details in that story tell us about the setting that makes it a sci-fi story. We also discussed if the dystopian society in the story is one we would like to live in or if our current world is better off. Now the students are writing their own sci-fi stories, which they are having lots of creative fun with. Next we move on to Pronouns!
We are studying active and passive voice and the moods of verbs. We are finishing To Kill a Mockingbird and discussing themes relating to race, gender, and social status. The students have been analyzing symbolism in the novel and comparing and contrasting the concept of coming of age in the South in the 1930s with coming of age in the United States today.
8th grade Language Arts - Mrs. Sprengelmeyer
Students are reading the nonfiction book Before Columbus. We are starting to learn how to construct research paragraphs and include in-text citations. Students are currently using the book and information online to compare and contrast the Aztec, Maya, and Inca cultures we have been reading about.
9th grade English - Mrs. Moore
We just finished reading Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the students enjoyed the tragic play. We are writing an essay on negligence to complete our unit. Prior to Spring Break, we will continue our review of grammar and study some Greek and Roman mythology in preparation for reading an abridged version of The Odyssey by Homer.
10th grade English - Mr. Koch
We are wrapping up Julius Caesar and will shortly be transitioning into our Dracula unit.
11th grade English - Mrs. Moore
We are finishing our unit on Realism and Naturalism. We have enjoyed some interesting short stories by Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, and Jack London. Prior to Spring Break, we will begin our study of the 1900s and modern literature as we prepare to read The Great Gatsby. We will continue our review the elements of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
11th grade AP English Language and Composition - Mrs. Moore
We are practicing our multiple-choice test-taking skills as we prepare for the May exam. Additionally, we are perfecting our understanding of rhetorical analysis, synthesis of information, and elements of argument.
12th grade English - Mr. McFerren
We are finishing up Shakespeare's Hamlet and will be moving on to Dante's Inferno (the first part of the Divine Comedy. They are also doing a significant amount of free-reading and have approached that part of the curriculum with great enthusiasm.
AP Literature & Composition - Mr. McFerren
We have begun to read Richard Wright's Native Son and will move into 1984 followed by the Inferno and then Pride and Prejudice. They are also spending nearly two hours per week on College Board exam preparation.
Mrs. Belknap
Library News
Students had the opportunity this week to score some free books. Multiple copies no longer being used, along with various books from other sources were made available for students to claim as their own. While a lot of students read on their digital devices, most of them would agree that sometimes just the feel of a good book in your hands can calm a hectic day. There is research to show that there is greater brain activity happening when reading a physical paper book than reading on a digital device. We hope whoever claimed them will enjoy them.
Since Mrs. Sueppel and the Social Justice club made a push to highlight and celebrate Black History Month, I came up with Google Slides highlighting books in the Regina Library. It is by no means a comprehensive list, but might serve as a guide to future reading choices. If you are interested, here is a link to that slide deck.
https://tinyurl.com/RHSBlackHistory
Computer Applications
Continuing on with the Black History Month theme, the Computer Application students just completed a drawing unit. We explored a range of applications, but their final project was to create a design promoting Black History Month using Google Drawing. The designs were printed on sticker paper and forwarded to the Social Justice Club. The club members were going to choose their favorite, and use the stickers to share with students around school. My students were encouraged to be creative with shapes, colors, fonts and to create something original rather than mash up images from Google.
We have since moved into the spreadsheet unit where they will be using the Iowa Varsity Bound archives to gather sports data of their choice and create a spreadsheet showcasing their skills.
Learning Center
If your student is assigned to I -Ready Math or Reading, it is hard to fit into a school day when they are working to get current assignments done for the day. If at all possible, it would be an awesome thing for them to work on i -Ready at night. It is self- paced and can easily be done on any computer. It has been proven to help students achieve grade level, making it easier to do all their other work as well. Once they are performing at grade level, they can “graduate” out of it.
Mathematics
Pre Algebra - Mrs. Welter
In Pre Algebra, we have completed the chapter on graphing y=mx+b. We finished with a project called Stained Glass and Graphing. Pictures are included. We started Scientific Notation and Exponent Rules. The students will find real life examples of very large numbers and very small numbers. After Spring Break, we will be doing our Geometry units which include angles, area and volume.
Geometry - Mr. Staab
We are just starting Trigonometry after a review of Pythagorean theorem, and learning about special right triangles. Students will be learning how to find missing sides of the triangle and missing angles of a right triangle.
Algebra 2 - Mrs. Hill
We are finishing up our chapter on Polynomials and Polynomial Functions and starting in on Radical Functions and Rational Exponents.
Precalculus - Mr. Staab
In Precalculus we are finishing our unit on Trigonometric Functions. This is the biggest unit we do all year covering topics from the angular velocity to the area of oblique triangles. Our next unit is coving the graphing of the sine and cosine functions and how to change the period, midline, and amplitude of those functions
High School Calculus - Mrs. Hill
We are working on a variety of applications of derivatives and will soon start studying relative extrema of functions, one of the most important topics of the year.
Statistics - Mrs. Hill
We just finished the chapter on Distributions (normal, geometric, binomial, negative binomial, and Poisson) and are starting the chapter on Foundations for Inference. We'll learn about confidence intervals and hypothesis testing.
AP Calculus AB - Mrs. Hill
We are just finishing up the unit on Differential Equations (unit test before spring break) and will start in on Applications of Integration next week (our last unit of material before we start reviewing for the AP Exam).
AP Calculus BC - Mrs. Hill
We finished the Parametric/Polar/Vector unit and will take the assessments for that material before spring break. We are also working on Infinite Sequences and Series, which is our final unit before preparation for the AP Exam.
Science
7th grade science - Mrs. Coffin
7th graders will be starting a new unit: Ecology. We will review biotic and abiotic factors that influence an organism’s ability to survive in a specific environment.We will look at populations and invasive species. Hopefully the weather will cooperate so we can spend some quality time outside in our environment.
8th Grade Science - Mrs. Goldsmith
Science 8 students are working through their unit on Chemistry. We are currently looking at phases of matter and how thermal energy plays a role in how substances behave. Students recently did labs where they made a clay ball float and where they analyzed oobleck to determine its state of matter. Topics for the current chapter also include air pressure, buoyancy, hydraulics, and the gas laws. There are a lot of great, real-life examples we can tie in to this! Next, we will move on to atoms, compounds, and the periodic table - topics that are very near and dear to my heart! The goal is to get them a nice, strong foundation for when they see me again in Chemistry class.
Earth & Space Science - Mrs. Coffin
We are learning about earthquakes. So far we have covered the locations and causes of earthquakes. We are going to learn about the impact of earthquakes, focusing on the P and the S waves. Students will face the challenge of creating a two story house that can withstand a 7 magnitude earthquake. We will be building and testing after we get back from spring break.
Biology - Mr. LaKose
Biology students have finished up their investigations on taxonomy, viruses, and prokaryotes. We are transitioning into our investigations of eukaryotes, starting with the Kingdom Protista. We’ll be looking at live specimen examples such as Amoeba, Paramecium, Euglena, Volvox, and Stentor!
Chemistry - Mrs. Goldsmith
Chemistry students just finished their chapter on chemical reactions. A portion of the test included a lab analysis, which has been a wonderful learning experience for them. The current unit is Stoichiometry, where chemical equations are used to complete mathematical calculations of chemical quantities. Students are understanding how all of the previous information we’ve learned this year ties in to the new topics we are covering. To make it fun, students made S’Mores to help understand limiting reactants and how mole ratios are used in calculations. The big lab for this chapter will be the Quantitative Analysis Lab - students will make salt out of hydrochloric acid and sodium carbonate and then calculate their percent error. For Chemistry, this really is the most wonderful time of the year!
Anatomy & Physiology - Mr. LaKose
Students are investigating the nervous system, including the major divisions of as well as the physiology, such as how nerve impulses are conducted. Students will perform labs on reflex physiology as well as each of the special senses (olfaction, gustation, vision, and hearing & balance/equilibrium).
AP Biology - Mr. LaKose
Unit 6 is approaching, moving into Mendelian inheritance. We’ll dig deeper into dominant vs. simple inheritance patterns, special forms of inheritance, polygenetics, etc. This ties in nicely with our previous conversation of molecular genetics, such as gene expression and biotechnology!
Principles of Biomedical Science - Mr. LaKose
Students are continuing to play various roles, currently as a genetic counselor. We are researching neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), including its effects, treatment, and overall outlook for our patient. We are brushing up on our knowledge of the cell cycle, mitosis & meiosis, protein synthesis, and much more along the way!
Physics - Mr. Staab
In Physics we are in the process of finishing our projectile motion unit. Students are currently working on building and testing a catapult model projectile motion. Our next unit will be looking at momentum and how it interacts with the world around us.
Social Studies
7th Grade Global Studies-Mrs. Wallace
For 7th grade Global Studies, the students have just started their Junior Achievement unit called the Global Marketplace! Over the course of the next couple of weeks, the students will be learning about economic concepts such as:
-The relationship between the business and the customer
-Business and culture throughout the world
-Global Trade
-Why countries specialize?
-Trade barriers and currency
-The Global workforce
We will be working through this unit for the next couple of weeks and will have a final assessment towards the end of the first week of March.
U.S History 8th Grade - Mr. Kahler
We are working on an immigration project, students selected an ethnic group to study and put together a presentation. Our next project is making History themed monopoly boards- students design a board, then have information cards for each spot on the board.
We finished up our Biography IV project, students read a biography and put together a presentation. Our other units coming up in march are the Whig party, US Mexican War, we will do a mini DBQ project on that lesson.
World History - Ms. Osweiler
AHOY!!!!!! Students are starting their adventure with the Age of Exploration after completing the modules on the Renaissance and Reformation. The picture of the Renaissance Funko Pop Project is down below. Students are working in groups to make an online game board on the topic of exploration. Using guided topics, students will be making the questions, game board, chance cards, rules, game pieces, and so much more for their project. Students will then be playing other groups’ game boards to prepare for their upcoming test before Spring Break. After Spring Break, our next major topics will be REVOLUTION, IMPERIALISM, WWI, and WWII.
US History - Mr. Pohren
We just finished up WWI and will begin a unit on the Roaring Twenties and Great Depression.
Psychology - Mr. Pohren
We are working on a unit that discusses the neuron, nervous system, endocrine system, and the brain.
Government - Ms. Osweiler
What rights do you as a citizen have based on the Constitution? Are you more liberal or conservative in your thinking? What are the pros and cons of the Electoral System? How does the media affect our civic duty to vote and be informed, citizens? These are just a few of the many questions students are exploring throughout Unit 2. In this Unit, students are taking some political party quizzes, exploring the democratic and republican websites, and researching the platforms of both parties. Students will be taking part in a primary/caucus simulation and walk through the road to the presidency. After Spring Break, we will dive into the legislative branch.
AP World History - Ms. Osweiler
Imperialism is our focus up until Spring Break. Students are discovering the effects of both the conquerors and the conquered. Students participated in a Scramble for Africa simulation and had an in-depth conversation on the long-term effect it has had on Africa. Students also learned of the other locations affected by imperialism including China and the United States. After Spring Break, students will be learning about World War 1 and World War II.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D_fY5qhMiAs2CCij1_vKePtc3iu6O7CX/view?usp=drive_web
AP US History- Mrs. Wallace
In AP US History, we have just started Period 7! We will be just starting the 1900's this week and will be examining events such as WWI, The Great Depression, and WWII. We will then jump right into Period 8 right after spring break with the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War. Lots of information to cover, but some topics that I know the students have a great interest in as well. I have been proud of their efforts so far! Finally, make sure to mark your calendars for the AP US History exam to be taken in-person here at Regina on Thursday, May 6th at 8 am. I have scheduled our review to start on April 16th which will allow for a couple of full weeks to hit on each time period from the year. We will also take a full practice exam in class before May as well.
AP Government - Mr. Pohren
We are finishing up a unit on the branches of government and government bureaucracy. The exam will be Monday, March 1.
Spanish
Spanish I - Mrs. Lazarre
Students are studying Unit 3 materials: Discuss meals and food; talking about favorite
foods; Asking & answering questions; Present tense of -ER & -IR verbs; Talk about family & tell how each person is related; Ask & tell ages; express possession; give dates; and make comparisons. daily students use the four skills of listening, writing, reading, and speaking. Students are progressing in their Spanish studies!
Spanish II - Mrs. McAndrew
Most of the month of February, students have been learning reflexive verbs to talk about daily routines. We will use reflexive verbs to review the present, past and progressive tenses. Our new vocabulary is all about reflexive verbs and reflexive pronouns as well as things we need to go about our daily routine.
This week and next students will be working on a spelling pre-test and reading comprehension exercises. Later on we have direct and indirect object pronouns to learn. So much to learn and not enough time!
Spanish III - Mrs. McAndrew
We are continuing to study the differences between the preterit and the imperfect. The more they practice, the easier it will get. We also started learning the future tense for regular and irregular verbs. Students worked on a verb chart with the different verb tenses learned as a review assignment.
Right now, we are concentrating on the uses of Por and Para and on our new vocabulary on clothing and accessories. With this vocabulary students will be able to talk about clothing items, material, sizes, and styles. At the end of this week, we will be doing reading comprehension exercises using some of the verb tenses we have learned. We will have a very busy month of March!
Spanish IV - Mrs. Lazarre
Students are studying Unit 4 materials: Discuss professions and requirement for each; Ask & answer questions; Use The Present Progressive Verb Tense to talk about los quehaceres, los Derechos Humanos, and el Medio Ambiente; Use the Past Progressive Verb Tense to say what they were doing at a certain point in time; Use reflexive Verbs to talk about daily routine; Discuss skills & requirements for professions and careers; daily students use the four skills of listening, writing, reading, and speaking. Students are progressing in their Spanish studies!
Theology and Via
VIA - Mrs. Boland, Mrs. Conlon, Ms. Osweiler, Mr. Rouse, Mrs. Sprengelmeyer, Mrs. Welter
We have started our unit on Vocations. We will talk about what a loving personal communion is in their lives. We will learn about marriage and holy orders as well as the Works of Mercy. Your student will be doing a project on the Works of Mercy. The next unit will be the Bible and Ten commandments. We continue to work through the Gospel each week and discuss how the Lenten Journey is going. Osweiler VIA is doing a group rosary every day for the Lenten season as well. In Mr. Rouse's VIA they are finishing up learning about Human Dignity and how each and every person deserves respect on how to love themselves. Then they will be moving on to discussing the Ten Commandments and how they apply to different situations in our lives. Boland Via is talking about the Bible in preparation for covering the Ten Commandments. We have talked about the 3 Pillars of Lent (Prayer, Fasting and Abstinence) in a broader sense than what is traditionally associated with these customs in the Catholic faith. We will continue breaking those each aspect as the season of Lent continues leading up to Holy Week.
12th Theology - Mrs. Conlon
The 12th grade completed the long standing tradition of a mural for Ash Wednesday to help us reflect through Lent. Thank you to Mr. Demory for helping us keep that going this year! Seniors wrapped up their study of Confirmation with class presentations that were wonderful and enlightening. We are about to finish up the study of the Eucharist. They have had some profound thoughts about what has been described as the source & summit of our faith. Seniors have been reading through a chapter a week from the Gospel of Mark and providing takeaways from Scripture. Again, a lot of great discussion happening from their insights. Next week, seniors will begin working on the Stations of the Cross Prayer Service to be held Friday, April 2. More information will be coming about that.
11th Theology - Mrs. Welter
In Theology 11, we have finished the first section of Vocations which is looking at oneself and analyzing what God may be calling you to. We also have talked about the difference and similarities between a Job, a Career, and a Vocation. Our next unit will focus on Preparing for Marriage. This will look at the purpose of marriage, elements of relationships, and choices leading to marriage.
10th Theology - Mr. Kahler
We started a unit on the Gospels, and the teaching of Jesus. We finished our Divinity quiz II. Before Spring Break we are doing a Stations of the Cross project. 6th per and 2 per will have mass in March. The Soph's continue to have good discussions on our topics in Theology.
9th Theology - Mr. McFerren
Students are enjoying Lent and pursuing an in depth study of the Four Pillars of the Catholic Faith. We are currently studying the Creed.
Regina Junior Senior High School
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