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12 p.m. and coming to our house and kitchen and baby Ariel I come here all the time. hi I'm Mary Ellen Stewart and I am the Pre-K 25 Days full day teacher come on welcome our class starts at 8:38 welding class so we not only do a full morning program academic programs we have lunch we rest we have afternoon play and then at 2:30 they close home and we have negative set up at the table for them to play with us we have three times once we check in with each child and get them settled for the day come on over here we are we discuss what our project of the day is going to be please sing songs and we read books and we look at the weather we look outside and we do weather per day after that we saw our projects and then the children will do Play-Doh and coloring and then we always have a project and it usually it is seem based week this week we're working on our morning program is over we have left you forgot to and we said we'd help them in the afternoon they have a short rest time and then we have afternoon blessed we also have access to the playground and the gym that we take advantage of special even with we hope you have a great day and look forward to seeing you and I she took my money and I want to show you some of the things we have table we have what we call our conversation and every morning they are for the weak and they will have different minutes to live is that they have the ideas that they're having fun while learning so we can also do separated by colors this is one that they absolutely love where they can choose a letter drill in the hole overhears RCN Cable you don't pull it out all the time but love it so this is kind of a fun treat that we do but not the whole week and has their fine motor skills as well is there I hand coordination so it's a wonderful thing. he has to look their friend in the eye and say good morning to them so it's a little bit of this a little bit of getting used to reading someone's by looking at the Horizon. Just always looking down or take her and then we have a class B are petunias a spot jobs is one person spot so we have all sorts of jobs they can choose over here you can see where they are having free play time there's a very over here today is so chock full of activities learning I hope you have a question hi Karen welcome it's the Monday Wednesday and Friday Pre-K 3 class has a non right now is actually Independence in certain ways they come in they unpacked the put some of their things away from assistant directions to listen to walk in a straight line and we always talk about that so few in our class the week every week so we work on the upper and lowercase having them identify the letters and the sound of the letter and we also have them and they can bring in the show until every week so they have a lot of fun with that another thing that we work on Start calendar and our weather so this is a great way to learn the days of the week in front of the class taking their turns and all of that so the other thing that we do have specials every week, which is the music I make Christmas concert with wonderful on the church steps a job we also Spanish Target in our Pre-K we also do a religion lesson every week this is our work book is called God made me so every week we either bass lesson out of this book and we also read another book about they can be anything depending on the holiday or it could be about sharing with others or giving back to the community we always try to base it on a certain lesson that they should learn based on our faith loving and kind to each other so we all could do projects every week based on the letter R things for Catholic schools week is Jesus is our lanterns so we assisted them with this project they also learn about different shapes some of the lessons that they learned and their colors so she's a star lantern that will be put outside on our bulletin board for Catholic schools week I'll give you a little tour of the so here's our classroom here is some works of art we made some snowflakes out of different taping and different color here's our little kitchen area a little grocery store we love to read books in pre-k 3 for this is our little Book Nook if the down look at books are calendar and our lesson where we sit for Circle time AR STAR student indoor play area dollhouse class rules I'm using the letters we've learned so far welcome to high Pre-K 4 Teachers here at Academy of our lady I teach both regular Pre-K which takes place in the morning and I also teach Pre-K enrichment which is in the afternoon of the other four year old teacher I teach a morning Ford class and then in the afternoons I work with the tattoos and the three here at Academy of our lady we hope to strengthen your little ones friendship with Jesus we make learning fun in order to instill a love of learning a love of learning we provide a safe and nurturing environment that promotes all areas of growth the children learn to work together but we also fought for their independence and personal responsibility are number one rule is treat others as would want to be treated our Pre-K for morning curriculum follows the New Jersey state preschool guidelines guidelines we were listening and speaking skills fine motor skills gross motor skills Reading Readiness math reading and social studies and science skills the children experience passive and active learning throughout the morning with small group work and free play at centers of their choosing that lady's enrichment program is offered to Children enrolled in our four-year-old full-day pre-k program in addition to Social and emotional development and FreePlay enrichment offers other ways for your chin meant to be active Learners and they include bookmaking which develops vocabulary or language listening skills and encourages imagination and creativity appreciate explores The Works of artists and their styles of Art in hopes the children are inspired by them and gain confidence create one of their own masterpieces science and math exam is a variety of topics such as the water cycle space exploration and the human body just met with you they put stay participate in Hands-On experiments with guidance where they make predictions collects data and make and share observation we hope you choose Academy of our Lady we look forward to meeting you and your child will see you soon welcome to message me child's room welcome to mrs. Materials room kindergarten I have two children in 2008 this is our religion. legend of the guard license Bible stories. this is the phonics reading program at home it has a lot of hand on YouTube first grade here at Academy of our lady name is Joyce Coleman and I am first grade teacher I've been teaching here for 19 I'd like to share a little bit about some of the things that we do here in first grade this is our classroom a very loving nurturing environment I believe that children learn best with a Hands-On dispensary program we have a very large Library here in our classroom with a variety of genres and levels for reading is the first grade program The Superkids Reading series that we use which is a K22 reading program and we have the first grade program the program not only teaches our reading skills but also license with The Superkids we have our religion program which is be my disciple and the children learn about God Jesus Family Family Life getting along and also see a little bit about that our handwriting program Blends in with the religion program letter formation also has fought within The Superkids program I'm at the program is south of your math is the same a series that kindergarten uses so it's a nice flow I also have here at our school a science program and also social studies program you can find our curriculum guide on our website we follow the Archdiocese of curriculum programs in our classroom here we also have the variety of Hands-On experiences through science labs and also social studies activities with mapping if you like more information I'd like to share with you you made contact our office and set up an appointment for an in-person tour classroom for a little bit more information about our program and our curriculum you made contact office or you may contact me Jay Coleman at Academy of our Lady. Org thank you hello my name is no fall, and I'm one of the second grade teachers at Academy of our lady I've been teaching here for Seventeen years 11 as a first grade teacher and six as a second grade teacher I love the school and couldn't picture myself doing anything else we get to start in and our day God and grow our students and loving environment not only academically but socially as well students learn to be respectful and to think of the needs of others hello I'm this is Christina and I'm the other s what I love about being at the Academy is all the love that is evident from the students the faculty and all of the family such a warm and loving place to come and learn and explore we got in second grade we continue learning with The Superkids program and this include reading language arts and writing one of the wonderful things about this program is how it encompasses van spelling and grammar all while while reading really fun stories and exciting stories as well as literary writing we write a lot in second grade and we ought to start Keeping the Faith cursive writing we also follow the Sadlier math program students learn and use many strategies for problem solving in social studies and science students learn about the world our country communities and how to become a good citizen and to do their part lastly and religion students learn about treating everyone the way that they were want to be treated and to be thankful for all of their blessings students also receive to Sacrament with their Parish during Second Grade reconciliation and communion and they're they're preparing for that now we sell free as a class in the spring and it's a very special day thank you so much for visiting our school please reach out with any questions you have our emails are on the website and our dresses can be a found on the academics tab and thank you so much and stay well hi everyone my name is mrs. Louis shorn and I'm the third grade teacher here at the Academy of our Lady Welcome to our virtual house and we thank you for showing an interest in our school I've been at the Academy teaching 3rd grade for about 7 years now but I've been a teacher for over 20 years here in third grade we like to combine academics with fun and our faith in our experiences everyday in reading and language arts we strive to become more fluent readers and writers we learn how to write more detailed sentences and turn those sentences in a paragraph do we do lots of creating writing project and we get to do illustrations as well in math our focus is on the math operations of addition and subtraction and we also learn a multiplication and division facts and social studies are focuses on learning about communities and how we can be at members in our own communities and we also learned how the United States actually became a free country and science we focus on the environment we learn about living and nonliving things natural resources and we do units on climate weather in space here at the Academy our faith is the foundation of all that we do and all that we learn in school we learn how to be Disciples of Jesus and how to treat each other with kindness and respect every day the highlight of 1/3 here is something we call biography Jay and this is a year-long project for third graders when they come in and September they have to decide on a famous person whether from the past or the present they are interested in learning about they spend couple months reading a biography book and taking notes about the life of that famous person and then they use their creative writing skills to write a report so that they can share with the rest of the class all that they've learned about their famous person at the end of the here we do several art projects and we have the students come dressed as their character one day and they get to present their reports to an audience of family and friends this is really the highlight of our third grade here and his students doing absolutely fine Euless job with their reports here at the Academy of our lady we combine Faith fun and learning thank you for taking the time to visit our school virtually and we hope to see you very soon as a member of our family bye hi my name is Katherine Clementi and 4th grade teacher at academy of our Lady this is my seventh year teaching at Academy of our Lady and my 11th year teaching for the Archdiocese of Newark I am also an alumna of Academy of our lady I was a member of the first graduating class back in the year 2000 coming home to teach at Academy has been a wonderful experience and something I hope that you'll come and experience for yourself fourth grade is a huge learning year there is an unexceptional jump in terms of what is expected of students academically but also in what I expect of them in terms of their independence and their autonomy we really work on becoming independent Learners in 4th grade thinking for ourselves doing for ourselves and trying to keep ourselves organized in the classroom our work space and our work space at come as well I'll go through little bit of what we do and subject area will start with language arts in language arts we use the Voyages in English textbook series and the accounting workbook it includes lessons on all of the Diary of elements as well as lessons different types of writing the different types of writing obviously obviously sees me extend beyond just the language arts. We do different types of writing all across the subject areas we also have a reading series that we use as a book Anthology which is the journey series and in our reading. We do stop and shots as we're reading these Post-it notes to take notes about the different things were thinking in our reading classes so that week write about them and extend and expand upon them later in our notebooks we also use the spelling workout which just gives us a little bit extra lessons in different sort of spelling strategies and different spelling patterns recognizing our work in science we use the textbook series of closer look and we start the year in life science and we do a number of different labs and activities that include making a spinal cord out of Lifesavers we make our own biomes and huge cardboard boxes and students bringing different materials from home to create their different ecosystem that they've been assigned math class we use the Sadlier mask series and accompanying workbook we there's a big push in fourth grade to really really have learned our multiplication tables while so that we can use them to sell problems and also use them to really start learning how to do that long division which is something it always makes everybody a little nervous in our religion classes we use the series be my disciples and we also later you're usually in the springtime tackle the Family Life series which is really just an extension of what we're already doing and religion talks a little bit more about families and relationships and how all of those things are God's gift to us and how we should approach take them and treat them accordingly in religion class in fourth grade we also do a study on the Beatitudes and also do a little bit more of work with the Bible Bible passages have to find them and how reading those Bible passages really help us grow in our relationship with God in social studies we do a number of different things there's a tremendous amount in the social studies curriculum for 4th grade the first thing we start on is our state and regions and we have learned now we're at the point in the are we where we have learned all of our states and capitals in the entire country we've learned their location the state's location we've learned the states capitals and the states of postal abbreviation work actually are big test now and then after we complete the study of the states and regions we move on specifically to study our state New Jersey we learned about his history about his job and about how it has contributed to the history of the United States overall especially in the context of the Revolutionary War we do a number of projects across the subject areas I really like the idea of students Working Hands On in the classroom both together and separately I think group project learning is some of the best kind of learning we do I'm very well aware of sometimes didn't learn much better from their stuff from their classmates than they could ever learn their teacher and I like to provide those opportunities for them in the classroom we also in addition to having a religion class really try to pull in religions all of the various areas you know science offers us an opportunity to experience God's wonder and awe and social studies offers us an opportunity to see how all of those pieces kind of fit together on the global scale we also use a number of computer programs to enhance and to encourage at home learning we have their computer program IXL where students can practice their math and grammar skills and we also have a reading program called Accelerated Reader where students read books of their own choosing and then R8 to take a comprehension tests which give teachers a really good idea as to where students are at in terms of their independent reading and their independent comprehension if you have any additional questions please reach out my email address is on our web page and as well as any other kind of information you're looking for specifically on any of the different materials we use in class that's also available on my web pages. Thank you very much God bless and I hope you come to visit us hello my name is Tricia Mesler and I am a fifth grade homeroom teacher here at Academy I am responsible for teaching 5th and 6th grade language arts 5th grade reading and 5th grade social studies in language arts I stress grammar skills so that my students can construct well-written sentences the textbook we use is voyages in English by at Loyola press we cover all the parts of speech equation and spelling pattern writing is also an important part of language arts and students right responses to prompts right responses to lesson topics as well as longer essay an essay project unit include expository writing narrative writing and persuasive writing in Reading I focus on skills such as identifying the main idea summarizing making inferences and drawing we delve into a variety of novels throughout the year and we read short stories in our journeys textbook by Mifflin Harcourt students are also expected to read on their own for pleasure and they track their progress through the accelerated reading program vocabulary is covered with in all of the different us short stories and novels that we read in 5th grade social studies we study the history of the United States we travel all the way back to the earliest inhabitants of North and South America and we go all the way through the revolution the Revolutionary War we end our year with the study of our constitution How It Was Written and we get an understanding of how our government works in the three branches of government by the end of the year of the students leave 5th grade with an appreciation of country and an appreciation for the rights and privileges that we have as United States citizens all this is wonderful but the fifth grade is mostly known for the annual Christmas Pageant that happens every December all the 5th grade students work together and they act out the story of the Nativity it's it very exciting time for the students and each student gets and control within the pageant and all are very excited when it is pageant time it is an excellent opportunity for the students to experience performing and speaking in front of a really large audience so that is the big fun of fifth grade thank you so much for your interest in academy and it is a wonderful wonderful school and I hope you'll come visit bye-bye hello my name is Louis Perez and I am one of the fifth grade teachers here at Academy of our Lady I teach math grade 5 and 6 reading 2 grade 5 and religion to grade 5 grade 5 math focuses on multiplying and dividing lines numbers operations of decimals and fractions in geometry grade 6 math what is the numerical and algebraic expressions exponents percent in Geometry as well as a review of some 5th grade Concepts V classes I used textbooks Sadlier math math is a subject that many students can struggle with my Approach is to have the students work on application of math skills and logical thinking rather than memorization I want the students to understand that previously learned material is needed and built upon as we move through topics expanding their understanding I religion book is be my disciples by RCL benziger I focus on deepening the students understanding of their faith learning more about the church calendar symbols in scriptures we studied various things as well as well models a complete a unit on family life grade 6 reading includes vocabulary book literature book and novels a focus on skills such as identifying the main idea summarizing making inferences and drawing conclusions name a few in my class when I use the Smart Board as well as the Whiteboard to keep the students engaged if you have any questions or would like to visit the academy please contact the school office thank you good night welcome to Academy of our lady is Junior High hi my name is sooner and I am the Junior High 7th and 8th grade math teacher and the seventh grade reading and literature teacher I've been teaching for 13 years as well as the overseas school in Rome Italy a work program at the Academy of our Lady focuses on pre algebra skills for 7th graders and for 8th graders it is a combination of algebra and geometry skills in addition students are required to comply weekly math fact sheets to practice basic skills and complete iexcel supplemental lessons we also offer a 7th and 8th grade math club Advance 7th grader students small groups and are introduced to more difficult skills and Concepts in the form of enrichment activities while our eighth-grade students are challenged with high school math lessons the 7th grade reading and literature program consist of poetry and figurative language instruction and lessons contained in Our Stars program George which state has four strategies to achieve a rating success provides essential instruction for critical reading areas such as main idea sequencing cause and effect and inferencing for the more like our math program I excel lesson supplement program based on their overall map. in closing I would like to say I really love teaching at the Academy not only because it's a wonderful place to teach and I'm working with wonderful teachers but I'm also an alumnus so for me it's a great way to give back to the school by gave me so much thank you hello my name is Paola cheese den and I am the Junior High 7th grade Legend and 7th and 8th social studies teacher I have been teaching for 17 years in Catholic Education here at Academy of our lady we used to be my disciples in Christ Jesus and family life series for 7th grade religion in Fall we read and discuss kindness using the book Wonder and then spraying we read and discuss purpose using the book Five People You Meet in Heaven my objective is to help students find everyday opportunities faith into action and build a strong foundation in social studies we use America history of our nation book with the seventh grade study in history to the western expansion picking up around 1846 with the nation divided which visa to the Civil War before it's grade graduate we finish up somewhere in the Vietnam War era with a strong understanding of the causes and effects of the war keep up-to-date on world events by watching CNN 10 a daily news program created for students my students would describe me as a caring time is Susie Astic and funny teacher because I love sharing my understanding knowledge and experience is the children and I teach at Academy of our lady because it is an opportunity to change the world for the better future Generations we hope to our family and show you how we care for your child and their education thank you hi my name is mrs. green and I'm the junior high language arts and literature teacher I have been teaching for almost 30 years and a Catholic School setting what is the things I teach 8th grade literature I teach three novel I began the year with their summer reading The Outsiders and I follow that with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban I am a huge Harry Potter fan even split my kids into houses where they can earn points for the successes and lose points for their poor choices the classic novel a peach is my favorite novel of all time to Kill a Mockingbird through these novels I teach story grammar figurative language comprehension and other methods of critical analysis I often incorporate music into my teaching I've been a big fan of both Disney and musical theater and I even have my own Theater Company in Fairlawn I also teach language arts in both 7th grade I teach grammar spelling punctuation writing I have a writing lab once a week where we learn how to write a five-paragraph essays short stories personal narratives and poetry just to name a few I really enjoyed teaching because I love the kids and Academy of our lady is a great place to help well let me just say this the daunting task to follow my wonderful colleagues but I am Ann Marie Leonard and I've been a member of County of our Lady family since 1997 I began teaching here in 1998 as a 7th and 8th grade Spanish teacher with tremendous support from the school administration I was able to grow the Spanish program to Encompass all grades including Pre-K over the years I've also taught religion and math empowerment and I'm currently the religion coordinator this year or I will be teaching Spanish exclusively but to all grades I meet with the 7th and 8th grade classes twice a week and all other grades in Spanish once a week I'm truly blessed to be a member of this wonderful faith community and I'm grateful to God for the special blessing of sharing my faith Journey with my students and helping them become the people God wants to our students and their families along with my wonderful colleague help me to become the person God wants me to be I'm a product of Catholic Education and I am passionate about its mission after graduating from Assumption School in Emerson and they add me of the Holy Angels in Demarest I received a ba in Spanish from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester Massachusetts I'm an active parishioner of st. Catharine Parish to the pastors and Priests of both bathrooms at Our Lady of Mount for their unwavering support of our Beloved School and my three children Katie Billy and Kevin are all proud alumni of Academy of our Lady hi my name is Doris Drury and I teach 7th and 8th grade science and 8th grade religion here at Academy of our lady I am so very blessed as well to work with this great middle school team I have been teaching for 22 years and this year I sell it it's seven years at Academy of our Lady the students faculty and staff are truly my second family we collaborate buta beautifully together and just really enjoy educating our junior high students I believe that science is best learned by doing science there for my classroom is a place where learning is cooperative Hands-On challenging creative and christ-centered my students are in to think outside the box take risk and stretch their imaginations in science we use the Glencoe McMillan integrated series we concentrate on life science in 7th grade and begin with lab safety scientific measurement the scientific method and the engineering design process I strive to prepare my students for high school biology as we learn about the characteristics of living things classify organisms examine cellular structures macromolecules cellular division genetics animal adaptations natural selection and human body system in 8th grade science I prepare my students for high school chemistry and physics we began the year with scientific measurement including metric conversions significant figures and scientific notation next we incorporate mathematics as we learn about position and motion calculate and graph speed acceleration distance and displacement me investigate Newton's Laws of Motion create simple machines evaluate sound light and thermal energy our last trimester is totally dedicated to Essentials of chemistry students begin to understand the parts of an atom electron energy levels chemical bond building and chemical reactions We examined several elements on the periodic table learn how to balance equations and experiment with mixtures Solutions acids and bases both 7th and 8th grade students participate in an annual stem fair and use the engineering design process to define a problem brainstorm research create chest and modify unique prototype that they build them in 8th grade religion students explore church history gain a deeper understanding of the sacraments and strengthens our prayer life at Academy of our Lady the 8th grade students take on leadership roles participate in several service projects each student corresponds monthly with homebound parishioners from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and St Catherine's Church students organized food drives and raised money for st. Jude's Children's Research Hospital each year 8th grade students also prepare special liturgies and prayer services including first Friday masses a tribute to dr. Martin Luther King jr. and a very moving reenactment of Christ's passion in the living Stations of the Cross graduates come back every year excited to share that they are well prepared for high school our students know that Academy of our lady is there home away from home and we hope that you will take that choice and shoes Academy of our Lady thank you

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