More pictures of feast day fun!
Primary students made stained glass mosaics this afternoon as a way to celebrate our Feast Day! They also made a lion craft and watched a short video on the life of Saint Mark. They finished the afternoon with a special treat!
Fourth grade students were working on stained glass art for the Feast of St. Mark today. Saint Mark is the patron saint of stained glass workers and the stained glass in our church is some of the most beautiful religious art we have.
Third grade students drew and painted lions for the Feast of Saint Mark. Saint Mark is often seen with a winged lion, which is one of his symbols, referring to Christ's power and regal dignity.
Kindergarten, first and second graders walked over to the statue of St. Mark, laid flowers at his feet, read from his gospel and prayed the prayer to St. Mark.
Happy Feast Day! We celebrated as Marksmen today with prayer and thanksgiving for the gift of St. Mark to our Church. Pre3 enjoyed donuts today after mass!
In preparation for their First Communion, the second grade students painted Blessing Cups and today the cups were blessed and presented to them. These cups and the sharing of them are a rich symbol of unity and blessing, which families can use on special occasions or meal times.
Students in 3rd and 4th grade led us in the Rosary on Friday. It's always special to see our faith traditions continue in our children.
Kindergarten started their ABC countdown today, which means after today, there is only 25 days left until summer 😎. Today is A for Alphabet Celebration - this is our alphabet stations, focusing on letter rec and letter sounds.
Our classroom teachers have some fun things planned to celebrate our Feast of Saint Mark on April 25th. Join us for Mass at 8:00am and show your Saint Mark pride! Jeans may be worn.
8th grade is building bridges in the STREAM lab. 🔨🌉
First grade continued in their celebration of Easter with a little jelly bean graphing) and eating)!
Kindergarten students had some hands on math fun building shapes!
Want to know what the PSA is all about? The PSA is made up of parents who want to support their students and school to succeed! If you are interested in being on the PSA board, reach out to the office to let us know! Everyone has something to contribute!
As we wake on Good Friday, we reflect on Christ's love. What the witnesses saw on that seemingly hopeless day looked like the end, it was the beginning; they saw death but we know it was life; what looked like failure was victory; darkness gave way to light and despair to hope.
Jesus shows what it means to be a servant leader in the washing of the feet of the apostles at the last supper. In the act of washing their feet, Jesus shows us that the basic identity of all in service, is that we are equal in dignity, united amid diversity.
The SMS 8th grade students wrote and performed Living Stations of the Cross for our school today in preparation for the holy Triduum. They concluded the Stations with the Divine Mercy Chaplet. They did a beautiful job acting out Christ's final days and gave us time to reflect.
Preschool students are preparing to celebrate Easter on Sunday. Today, they painted eggs with liquid watercolors.
Don't forget to order your yearbooks! The link was in Friday's Marksmen Memo!
Our students participated in the Day of Grace last week. Mass was celebrated and then they processed from our church down to Bradley University, where Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was held all day long.
