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February

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A Winter Wonderland  However, the beauty had to be viewed mostly from  the indoors due to the extreme temperatures. The Jr High and High School had a 2 week Monopoly Game going The Icicles were amazing Finally made it through The highlight of February was having Rev. Mother here.  We had our first parish board game day.  It was a wonderful success! Heartchery Tournament Our senior designed and built these bows for the younger students.  The students have been able to participate in several tournaments lately.  Our targets needed to be redone so once again our senior came to the rescue Science Time He donated his tooth for a science experiment While prepping classes I had crossed this experiment off because where are you going to get a tooth, right?  What are the odds! He pulled it out that morning at school.  labeling the digestive system and parts of a tooth Art Class The jr high and high school have been getting art classes from one of our ...
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Convent Update

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This needs a page of its own... Unfortunately, we have had very little work completed on the house in over 2 weeks   We are currently at a standstill with the convent as some plumbing issues are a cause for concern, namely the old cast iron piping   What the bathroom looked like mid-demolition Now lonely as can be  Here is the basement which is the closest to being completed The kitchen  The dining room... ceiling is patched but much work to do with the wood and corners of the walls On the bright side, we did pick out the flooring for the house 
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Some Old and Some New

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Happy New Year!  Going back, we held St. Nicholas' feast day a little later... Surprise! We got the students gloves and personalized them Even the Junior and Senior students were pleasantly surprised  Happy Students Sr. Maria Magdalena's veil after taking some pictures leaning a little too close to the chalk board  We were able to make a trip down to Colorado for a former students graduation from nursing school  And saw some more former students from years past  Hamster update....  Felipe is a Russian White Dwarf so that means he changes during the winter time! Look at the difference from August! Our students were able to sing some Advent Hymns and Christmas Carols for the rehab occupants  Afterwards they shared some refreshments and conversations  Just a typical football day but it's always more fun in the snow! The elementary grades classroom won the battle for the best Christmas Tree. They took the theme from their literature book, "Banner in t...
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