Category 2nd Grade

The class tamed their dragons with the painting of St. George.

2nd and 3rd graders cleared a garden row to plant spring wheat. In the spring it will be harvested, dried, and then we will grind the grain.

Third grade worked as carpenters with our special guest Chris Kies to build a Sukkot for the harvest feast. The Sukkot Feast celebrates all God provided to the Israelites during their forty years of wandering through the desert. Second graders…

Third grade continued with the story of Moses and his encounter with God as a burning bush.

Second and third grades finished a block in saints and heroes with the story of St. Werburga whose healing hands saved a goose, and saved the nuns’ corn.

The second block of study for the second grade year began with fables illustrating the trickery and cunning of animal characters. In this story Eel and Crane get into a fix, and rather than relent, they each argue until they…

Students hand modeled canoes from the story Deganawida. In this legend the hero Deganawida paddles a stone canoe from tribe to tribe along the shores of the Great Lakes delivering a message of peace. In painting students further explored the…

Third grade celebrated the Hebrew holy day of Rosh Hashanah with the telling of the Old Testament story Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac. This is a time of renewal toward obedience of authority, and one of joy for our blessings.

Second grade began the year with stories of saints and heroes. This exploration guides students this age toward a reverence for the highest acts of humanity.