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Pulitzer Prize winner Frank McCourt visits with<br />
Kindergarten through 3rd grade students<br />
On Thursday, November 29, Frank McCourt met with students at St. Joseph’s<br />
School of the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> to share his new book, Angela and the Baby Jesus,<br />
which was just recently published for both children and adults. Set in Limerick<br />
at the turn of the century, Angela and the Baby Jesus is the story about his mother<br />
Angela as a six-year-old who is so concerned that the infant Jesus figurine in<br />
the Christmas display at church is cold in his scant<br />
loincloth, that she steals him to take home to her<br />
warm bed.<br />
Frank McCourt, is a retired English teacher who<br />
was born to Irish immigrants in New York during the<br />
Depression and raised in Ireland. He is best-known for<br />
his book Angela’s Ashes, for which he won the Pulitzer<br />
Prize for Biography.<br />
His visit was made possible through our<br />
community partnership with Kepler’s Bookstore in<br />
Menlo Park.<br />
Frank McCourt signed copies of his book<br />
for the students and faculty members<br />
after he spoke in the Foley Center on<br />
November 29. He is pictured here with<br />
3rd grader Julia Basnage.<br />
<strong>Heart</strong> of the Campus<br />
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H e a r t o f t h e M a t t e r Wi n t e r 2 0 0 8<br />
SJSH participates in<br />
FLL Robotic Tournament<br />
On Saturday, December 15, St. Joseph’s Robotic Team participated in<br />
the FLL Robotics Tournament held at Valley Christian School. Over 14 teams<br />
competed in this annual competition and as a rookie team with a late start, we<br />
did very well scoring over 135 points and completing 5 missions.<br />
The competition requires the students to build and program a robot to<br />
complete various missions. This year’s theme of Alternative Energy required the<br />
students to research a building and look at ways to make it more eco-friendly.<br />
The team which is comprised of students in grades four through eight met weekly<br />
to prepare for this competition under the supervision of Technology Coordinator<br />
and Media Specialist Jennifer Buonafede.<br />
3rd grader Daniel Begovich uses the Active Board to<br />
drag and match state capitals to the abbreviated<br />
form.<br />
Boards are “live” at St. Joseph’s<br />
4th grader Graham Hendrick, 8th grader<br />
Vincent DeZutti and 6th grader Matthew<br />
Jacobs look on as a judge determines<br />
their score during the FLL Robotics<br />
Tournament.<br />
St Joseph’s is using some of the latest technology thanks to the<br />
generosity of participants in the Annual Fund. Students in both the<br />
Middle and Lower school now have access to several Active Boards.<br />
These interactive white boards allow students and teachers to interact<br />
with Web pages, text, and graphics. Lessons in all subject areas<br />
come to life as students can be seen dragging large coins and bills<br />
to learn about money, using handheld “ActiveVotes” for immediate<br />
individual assessment, moving planets around the solar system, and<br />
interacting and manipulating angles. We currently have three Active<br />
Boards in the Lower School and three in the Middle School. If you<br />
would like to hear more about these boards and how they are being<br />
utilized in the classroom, you can contact Jennifer Buonafede at<br />
jbuonafede@shschools.org.
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