Edition 2012 #12 - The 2nd Annual Eagle Way Art Contest

Fame. Fortune. Artwork!

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2nd Annual St. Ethelreda

Eagle Way Art Contest

Last year's artwork was really great. Remember?

1st Annual Eagle Way Art Contest Results

Here are the contest rules for this year:

• Who - The Eagle Way Art Contest is open to any St Ethelreda student from kindergarten to 8th grade.

• What is art? - You can submit any form of artwork you like: photo, video, short story, painting, haiku, drawing, sculpture, poem, etc.

• Theme - The theme this year is LOL. Submit your artwork on people, places, or things that make you laugh, smile or feel good.

• Winning - A winner will be chosen from each class. Winners will receive a prize package worth many many $$$. Also, the winner's artwork will appear here on The Eagle Way!

• Deadline - All entries my be submitted by Wed May 30. We will visit each class, or you can email your work to senior_editor@stethelreda.org.

• Judges - All entries will be judged by The Eagle Way staff and other (yet to be determined) celebrity judges. Entries will be judged on how they follow the theme, creativity, originality and quality.

Good luck to all!
yow, bill

PS - Here's an example of my own. I like trees. I like honor's students. I like honor's students pretending to be trees.

"Honor's students as trees"

Edition 2012 #11 - 6th Grade Debate

by William K.

The Eagle Way visited 6th grade as they were debating global warming.

Sister Bruno's lessons is in this exercise: critical thinking and public speaking.

Students on either side of the room contributed their comments to the debate. As I prepared to leave, the next group of students began to debate solutions to gang violence.

We decided to something a little different than the usual class picture. Here is Sister Bruno and her 6th Grade class... in stick figure form. Each student drew him or herself as a stick figure. Ha! Click on the picture to make it full-sized so you can see all the individual drawings and names.

Thank you to Sister Bruno and 6th Grade. It was a wonderful debate... educational and a lot of fun!

PS - All the photos from our visit are available here:

flickr - 6th Grade Debate

Edition 2012 #10 - 3rd Grade Interview

by Chanel B

Mrs. Leonard Interview

Q; How was the experience with having Sister Theresa here with you?
A: Working with Sister Theresa has been a great experience. She has passion and love for children that makes learning exciting.

Q: What new thing did you learn from working with Sister Theresa?
A: She introduced me to a book about teaching that I have read front-to-back that would be useful to my classroom. She has also inspired me to reflect about my catholic faith.

Q: How did your 3rd graders adapt to having Sister Theresa as their teacher for 1 month?
A: Third graders are awesome kids. Whenever we have guests in our classroom they always welcome them. Our students have grown attached to her in a short time and will miss her!

Q:What was your reaction when you saw Sister Theresa?
A: I  wanted to learn about why she wanted to become a teacher and how I could help her. I am always excited when people have a calling for teaching. I felt very privileged to be chosen  as her co-teacher. She has been a great asset to the classroom.

Sister Theresa Interview

Q: How long were you here teaching at St.Ethelreda?
A: I have been teaching here for 1 month.

Q: If you had to come back to St.Ehelreda would you and why?
A: I would like to come back to St.Ethelreda because I like helping the students excel in their learning and the principal, staff, and students are very welcoming and friendly.

Q: What were your reactions when you walked into 3rd grade room?
A: A positive reaction. The students were friendly too.

Some Question from the Students

Q: How did you all react to Sister Theresa teaching in religion?
Noadiyah J: I was happy because she explained it in a nice way so I reacted very claimly.
Ryan R: I felt happy to learn more about God.
Arion R-I felt happy because I never have read to her before.
Juquentin T- Happy cause I was kind of lost sometimes when I dont understand Mrs.Leonard help.

A special Thank You to Mrs. Leonard, Sister Theresa, and 3rd grade for letting me use their time on the interview. Thank You so much!!!!!!!!