Catholic School Chronicle

November 25, 2011November 25, 2011

The Advent 2011 Project Is Open!

If you’re looking for a way to help your students enter more deeply into Advent this year, the Advent 2011 Project may fit the bill. Coordinated by Catholic school teacher Barb Gilman, the project invites Catholic schools and students to share pictures of Advent wreaths, nativity scenes, and/or Jesse Trees.

I really enjoyed being a part of the project last year, and I plan to expand my participation by getting even more pictures from my students this year. You can see last year’s project here if you need ideas.

The Advent 2011 Project is a great way to connect with other Catholic schools and see how others decorate for Advent.

October 14, 2011

iPad takes learning at All Saints Catholic School into the future

Via Scoop.it – Catholic School Chronicle

NORWALK — For students at All Saints Catholic School, notebooks and chalkboards have company: The Apple iPad. After a successful fundraising campaign, the school on West Rocks Road has purchased 30 of the glossy tablets, introduced into classrooms this week.
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October 10, 2011

Partnership in Philadelphia could be model for inner-city Catholic schools | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/10/2011

Via Scoop.it – Catholic School Chronicle

St. Martin de Porres School in North Philadelphia may have found the key to survival for inner-city Catholic schools.
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October 7, 2011

Shout out and plea for Catholic schools

Via Scoop.it – Catholic School Chronicle

Catholic schools got a shout out, of sorts, in the opinion page of The Wall St. Journal Sept. 30. The column praised Catholic schools for all their achievements but also lamented their increasi…
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September 16, 2011

Can’t Keep From Singing About Catholic Education

These students from Jesuit Academy in the Archdiocese of Omaha can’t keep from singing about Catholic Education. Hat tip to @BarbinNebraska for passing it along to me.

September 2, 2011September 1, 2011

How YouTube Can Increase Students’ Awareness of God

A while back I wrote a post about using YouTube videos in the Catholic classroom. Here’s one of my favorite YouTube videos to use at the beginning of the school year to help students be more aware of God’s presence. It can also be used in faculty meetings to help remind teachers to look for the ways God works in their school day. If you teach in a Jesuit school, it might be a good video to use when teaching the examen.

I’ve written a few points for discussion but watch the video closely yourself first to avoid spoilers.

For Meditation/Discussion:

God is always present in our lives, but we often fail to see him. We get caught up in the details, the busyness, the distractions of our day-to-day lives–in other words, we get so busy counting the passes that we miss the moonwalking bear. God is the moonwalking bear, and when we notice him, we can’t help but break into a smile.
When was the last time you noticed a “moonwalking bear” in your own life? What was it?
What are you so focused on that you miss the moonwalking bear?