8th Grade - Get ready to use your power tools!
Wrench set? Check. Screwdriver? Check. Hammer? Check? Morality? Huh?
We may rarely think of them, but God often gives us a tool box full of intangible things to carry with us throughout our lives. Just as you wouldn't think of driving without spare, fixing something without a hammer, or going shopping without a cell phone (yes, times have changed), you don't want to go through life without God's tool box. With graduation and high schools coming in the next year, this class focuses on instructing eighth graders about the tools that they will carry with them throughout high school, as well as the rest of their lives.
What kind of tools are we talking about? First, students will learn how to use God himself in the Holy Spirit, the first and most powerful tool. Next, students will learn how morality is a great compass that God gives us to navigate our lives. The rest of the year focuses on tools related to morality, such as reverence, humility, respect for authority, value for life, sexuality, truth, and justice. Use these well, and happiness will follow. Use these poorly, and it will be life trying to fix a pencil with a sledgehammer. So clean out that tool box, sharpen those tools, and be ready to learn to use the greatest toolbox ever provided to us in life!
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Religion Class Homework
6th, 7th 8th Grade All classes are to make a card for Father Dalton.
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Confirmation Information
Calendar for the Confirmation Program
Date: September 11th, 2008 First Parent/Sponsor/Candidate Meeting
Time: 7:00 PM in School * Presentation on Confirmation
* Explanation of the Program
* Confirmation information forms
Date: December 7th , 2008 Enrollment Ceremony
Time: 9:00 AM Mass *Celebrated at Sunday Eucharistic liturgies
* Forms due before enrollment
- Confirmation information form
- Sponsor certificates of approval
- Confirmation Fee
- Baptismal Certificates Due
Date: January 15th , 2009 Second Parent/Sponsor/Candidate Meeting
Time: 7:00 PM in School Explanation of parent/sponsor/candidate program
Date: February 14th , 2009 Confirmation Journals Due
* All students must do this project
Date: February 14th,, 2009 Spirit Day
Time: 9:00 AM ending with * Spiritual preparation for candidates
4:00 PM Mass
Date: March 26, 2009 Confirmation Day
Time: 7:00 PM * Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation
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Parents: All students in the 6,7,8, grades must have the following items for class everyday.
Bibles,Books,Notebook (3 ring binder with loose-leaf paper and dividers),index cards,and pens .
Discipline:
Mrs. Garcia's 5 Rules for Religion Classroom
RULE ONE:
Respect God and God's name. Show reverence during prayer.
RULE TWO:
Talk only when you are allowed to talk. Raise you hand.
RULE THREE:
Control and channel your energy. Don't let it control you.
RULE FOUR:
Respect Mrs. Garcia. Pay attention to her and be polite.
RULE FIVE:
Respect your classmates. Put-downs are not allowed.
Warnings and Cards for Minor Class Rule Violations:
FIRST TIME:
A warning, in which Mrs. Garcia signals the number of the rule broken.
SECOND TIME:
The student fills out a "yellow card" form, reminding them not to let it happen again.
THIRD TIME:
The student sits outside the classroom for 10 minutes, and fills out a "red card" form. The student also takes a point slip, begins filling it out, and gets it signed and returned by the next class.
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7th Grade- Show Me The Way!
Just like the old song from Styx, we are longing for God to "Show us the Way". Take that, add the Truth and the Life, and it all adds up to this year's seventh grade religion class. In seventh grade, students will study Jesus Christ, learning about his life and how is actions 2,000 years ago affect our lives today. Students will begin with a history and geography lesson on life in 1st Century Palestine, and will learn the culture and norms of Jesus' time. As they continue, they will study the "role players" around Jesus such as Mary, Joseph, John the Baptist, and the Apostles. Finally, we will take a deeper look at Jesus' miracles, bold teachings, and parables, before re-tracing his steps up Calvary hill to understand his death and resurrection. Through it all, students will learn more than they ever dreamed to know about Jesus. However, they will also learn to have their own relationship with Jesus themselves, which it really is all about anyway. So add a cup of way, a dash of truth, and a pinch of life, and cook them together for seventh grade religion this year.
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6th Grade-Take your place in the story...
How did we begin? Can we believe in evolution? What was the deal with Moses and that Red Sea thing? Sixth graders have plenty of questions, and the answer to many of life's questions can be found by breaking open the greatest story ever told, the Bible. Sixth grade religion classes are designed to immerse all students in the Old Testament stories of the Bible, beginning with the creation of the world in Genesis. Students will learn the sacred stories that defined the Ancient Jewish people, and will be reminded throughout that the stories are not just ancient tales from thousands of years ago, but stories of their own faith that ring true today. Through it all, students are challenged to take their place in the greatest story ever told by following God's will, for God wants to make another great Bible story out of all of us!
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