St. John the Baptist School 

Our kindergarteners were visited yesterday by the Cincinnati Museum Center for an enrichment program about bats. In addition to learning fun facts, they got to see some live bats.

Our preschoolers and kindergarteners were visited yesterday by the Colerain Fire Department. They learned about all the different components of a firetruck and even got to hop inside for a peek. Every student received a hat, a coloring booklet, and sticker to take home. A big thank you to our local firemen for their time, and Nationwide Insurance for providing the hats and coloring books.

Grades K-3 welcomed their grandparents this morning in the church with a prayer service and then some singing performances led by our wonderful music teacher, Mrs. Jennifer Ossenschmidt. Students then enjoyed some refreshments and showed their grandparents around their classrooms. Thank you to everyone who helped make this a special morning for everyone.

We celebrated the Feast of St. Francis today after mass with Father Kyle saying a special blessing for our pets. Students were permitted to bring a picture of their furry friends to school today.

Sixth-grade reading students participated in a thrilling classroom Breakout created by their classmates. Accelerated reading students used skills of creativity, collaboration, and communication to author an exciting Breakout based on a soccer theme. Players used teamwork to solve intricate puzzles to determine the correct combinations to four different locks on a box they needed to break into. Players had loads of fun as they worked to beat the clock and save the day, with all seven teams breaking out successfully before time ran out. Players attributed their success to strong communication skills, to trusting their teammates, and to being open to working with all classmates. Players asked to be able to do more Breakouts in the future and even expressed interest in creating their own. We continue to be grateful to the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, who made the Breakout experience possible through a generous grant to purchase several Breakout kits, and look forward to providing more Breakout challenges in more classrooms during the year. To view a video of the breakout, please visit our Facebook page, St. John the Baptist School.