On "Teacher Appreciation Day," Catholic Schools Week concluded with the 8th grade teaching a class to better understand the responsibilities and joys of being an educator. Students instructed elementary students across all subject areas. Math topics ranged from basic addition to angles. From public speaking to nonfiction fact/opinion differentiation, 8th graders also led English Language Arts lessons. A group of 8th graders even facilitated a hands-on timeline craftivity in a social studies class! The 8th grade student leaders demonstrated great patience, enthusiasm, and quick-thinking while teaching!

The 8th graders received informal lesson plans from their supervising teachers, allowing them to prepare and be confident in the classroom! The 1st grade teacher planned an exceptionally meaningful and thoughtful lesson for her two 8th grade helpers! The 8th graders frontloaded key vocabulary, modeled fluency and inflection in a fiction read-aloud, and helped the first graders make super relevant, text-to-world connections through a Superbowl class vote! Thank you for giving the 8th graders such an awesome teaching experience, 1st grade!




Two 8th graders helped kindergarteners add 2 to numbers using counters!





Two 8th graders read aloud, Pierre the Penguin, and led the 2nd Grade in a fact/opinion lesson about the arctic animals! A coloring activity concluded the fun!




In a SmartBoard-based lesson, two 8th graders taught 4th grade angles using a protractor!




A group of 8th graders modeled folding techniques to help the 5th grade build "paper"scrapers in a hands-on building challenge in technology class!