School Events

Tues., March 1 PTSA Meeting 6:30PM

Wednesday, March 2

All School Mass 8AM

Friday, March 4

$1 for Quarters for Kids means jeans and polos!

Stations of the Cross 9AM

2nd Trimester Awards Ceremony 1:30PM

Saturday, March 5

Middle School Academic Decathlon

Monday, March 7

All School Rosary 1:25PM

led by Fr. Chris

Tuesday, March 15 Spirit Night at The Elm

Thursday, March 24
Holy Thursday

Friday, March 25 Good Friday

No School

Monday, March 28 - Friday, April 1
Spring Break

No School

Saturday, April 9

The Big

Event

Westin Hotel Downtown
RSVP Now!

Monday, April 18

Spirit Night
The Kitchen Next Door

Dear Parents,

I hope you've been enjoying the unusually warm weather! We just completed the 2^nd trimester of the year; this year seems to be moving quickly! Our awards ceremony will be Friday, March 4 at 1:30PM in the Gym. I hope to see you there!

Each grade at BSCS implements many great activities and events that we can consider "hallmark" activities which the students look forward to and enjoy working on! Two weeks ago, I outlined the robust activities that take place in the Middle School. This week I want to take the opportunity to share with you the compilation of activities in the Preschool - 5^th Grade classrooms as they are an integral part of each grade and part of the fabric that make our classrooms the rich learning environments that they are!

Preschool: Academic activities such as storytelling language acquisition, literacy, faith activities, science, math, social studies lessons, field trips (Museum of Nature and Science, Denver Zoo, Downtown Denver Aquarium).

Kindergarten: Students learn to read and write (write the alphabet and sentences), counting by 1's, 5's, and 10's to 100. They complete 100 acts of kindness by Easter, they learn Bible stories, memorize the Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, Guardian Angel and St. Francis of Assisi prayer.

1^st Grade: Students participate and take lead roles in Mass, all school Rosaries, and Stations of the Cross. They complete a weather project and the 100^th Day of School project, they conduct publishing parties to share their writing, engage in various STEM projects such as wind vanes, solar system models, and experiments and go on the annual Pumpkin Patch Field Trip. They serve the community with the book drive: Reach out & Read.

2^nd Grade: Students prepare for reconciliation and for First Holy Communion, and participate in the choir for Wednesday Mass. Academic projects are the biography day paper and presentation, solar system project and presentation. Students also learn to write cursive.

3^rd Grade: Students participate and take lead roles in Mass and the choir for Wednesday Mass, lead Stations of the Cross, and participate in reconciliation. They create the US states projects, various science projects, book projects, and go on the 4 Mile House Field Trip. Service projects include Quarters for Kids and canned food drive. They participate as elected officers in Student Council.

4^th Grade: Students participate and take lead roles in Mass, all school Rosaries, and May Crowning and participate in the choir for Wednesday Mass. Academic activities include the Junior Achievement Finance Park and accompanying classroom lessons, earth science and Colorado history that culminates in a field trip to Rocky Mountain National Park and the Colorado History Museum. Science activities galore, the physiology lesson culminates in a field trip to the Museum of Nature and Science for the Heart & Lung Dissection Lab.

5^th Grade: Faith activities include participating in the annual Archbishop's Mass and the field trip to the Mother Cabrini Shrine, the students learn to make rosary beads and learn prayers and all of the mysteries, and they lead all school Rosaries and Stations of the Cross. In academics, the students participate in Junior Achievement Finance Park and accompanying classroom lessons, they engage in a rigorous independent reading program, and creative book projects. The 5^th Grade classes organize the canned food drive and participate in the buddy program.

All of our students are highly engaged, they all excel and achieve their potential. The Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin and Agile Mind, Inc. say that "The culture of learning has a profound impact on students' academic behaviors. All educators have experienced the phenomenon of a classroom charged with energy and enthusiasm for learning. But it can be challenging to replicate that experience every day to create an environment that increases the likelihood that all students will engage and learn." For us, the culture of learning encompasses academics, faith, and service. It is replicated in all classrooms every day!

God bless you and your children,

Carla

Weekly Prayer

For love of me you came to earth;

You gave your life for me.

So every day you give me now I give back happily.

Take all my laughter, all my tears,

Each thought, each work, each deed,

And let them be my all-day prayer

To help all those in need. Amen.

Parish Events

Mass Times:

Weekdays: 8:00AM

Weekends:

Saturday

Anticipatory Mass:

4:30PM

Sundays:

8:00 & 10:00AM

Children's Liturgy
of the Word
During 10AM Mass on Sundays

Adoration:

Saturdays

8:00AM - 4:00PM

Reconciliation:

Saturdays

8:00AM until finished

and again from

3:00 - 4:00PM
Sundays during Lent 9:15 - 9:45AM

Monday, March 7
Praise & Mercy Night
7 - 8:30PM

Mondays

Middle School

Youth Group

5:30 - 7:00PM

Fridays during Lent

Stations of the Cross

6:30PM

Preceded by Soup Supper at 5:15PM

April 3
Easter Sunday
Mass at 8AM & 10AM

Assurance Statement of Compliance with the Purposes of the Title IX Education Act

The Catholic schools of the Archdiocese, under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop, and at the direction of the Superintendent, attest that none of the Catholic schools discriminate on the basis of sex in its admission policies, treatment of students or its employees.

Notice of Student Non-Discrimination Policy

The Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Denver, under the jurisdiction of Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L. and at the direction of the Superintendent, state that all of their Catholic schools admit students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to the students at the schools. Furthermore, Archdiocesan schools admit handicapped students in accord with the policy on Admissions, 4.2.1. These schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, age, handicap, color, national origin in the administration of their educational policies, employment practices, scholarship and loan programs, or athletic or other school-administered programs.