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Holy Cross Central School celebrated Thanksgiving with a family-style turkey feast! Fr Dufresne led the blessing and enjoyed visiting with the students. Our students enjoyed the meal, decorations and eating as a whole school. Thank you to our wonderful cafeteria staff and parent volunteers who made this possible!
Central Catholic recently held it's fall family math night. Over 125 families attended this great event which featured fun math games for all ages. Coats for Kids from the local Knights of Columbus and free flu shots from our partners at Ascension St. Vincent were also available. We were able to vaccinate over 50 children and gave away 84 coats due to our generous sponsors.
Judge Clayton Graham from the Marion Superior Court Criminal Division Seven came to Holy Angels to present to our 4-6 grade scholars about Constitution Day. Scholars were able to learn more about the Bill of Rights and ask questions related to the first ten amendments, especially the first amendment. He provided the scholars with educational packets to supplement their learning. After he took a tour of the Holy Angels to see all the classrooms inaction and even stopped in the PreK classroom.
Rolls Royce recently provided a day of service at St. Anthony. Volunteers pulled out bushes, weeds and planted new mums in the front of the school. Other were in classrooms, reading and talking with students. They discussed the education they received for their current position, what the company does, how many people work there and how long it takes to create an engine. Volunteers also sat in the lunchroom while the students ate and talked with them. Both volunteers and students said that they had a great day! We are grateful to Rolls Royce for giving this opportunity to our students.
Holy Cross Central School is pleased to have hosted Dr. Lori Desautels from Butler University to check out the new Social-Emotional Learning classroom. She is a nationally recognized expert on Educational Neuroscience. She was excited to see this research being applied at the school level to benefit all children. During a recent SEL lesson, students were taught about the neuroplasticity of the brain and created brains out of clay, one of which was presented to Dr. Desautels.
HCC students are taught a core curriculum in SEL skills (self-regulation, coping, problem solving, conflict resolution, and communication) in the classroom. They have an additional SEL class each week taught by Lisa Moore (Tiger Coach) and Brandy Sawyer. Students with specific SEL needs have individual plans and are personally instructed by the Tiger Coach.