A big thank you to all of our school families that donated items and came to help make bags and baby blankets for St. John the Baptist Church’s “Create the Good” service project last week. They were able to fill 135 "Birthday Bags" for the Corpus Christi food pantry, 122 bags for Tri Health cancer patients filled with magazines, crossword puzzles, mouthwash, gum, etc., and 67 bags for St. VIncent de Paul filled with canned goods and personal care items. They also made 64 fleece baby blankets for Pregnancy Center West.

Fall if officially here and with the colder temperatures outside, we have several different styles of pullovers, jackets, and sweatshirts that can be worn as part of the school uniform. A few new introductions include a full zip sports wick jacket and a quarter zip lightweight sports wick pullover. For spirit wear days (usually Wednesdays unless there is an all school mass), We now offer a moisture wicking gray t-shirt with a Big Bluejay on it as well as two new colors in our cotton Blue Jay t-shirt, neon pink ($1.00 from each purchase donated to National Breast Cancer Society) and gray. For photos, sizes, and pricing of all the items available, please click on the parent tab at the top of the page and then click on spirit wear. An order form can be printed from the link at the top of the spirit wear page or you can obtain one from the school office. Orders are placed once a week and if not in stock, items usually take 2-3 weeks to arrive.

Eighth grade science students have been studying Newton's First Law of Motion. They have conducted several science labs including trying to keep a penny on their finger while flicking away a round piece of cardstock out from underneath it, and quickly removing a ring from between the top of a bottle and a stack of pennies to then have the pennies fall straight down into the bottle. Students also learned to calculate speed by measuring the distance and time of an air bubble in a bubble tube. Click on the title to view more pictures.

Our 1st Graders were visited this morning by the Cincinnati Museum Center for an enrichment called "The Reason for the Seasons". They used mini globes to learn and demonstrate why the different seasons happen. Students also learned how animals either hibernate, migrate, or adapt in the different seasons.

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.