“Dress as Your Favorite Character”: A K-4 Event
Spartan Readventure 2009
[10/19/2009. Dededo, Guam] Santa Barbara Catholic School celebrates Spartan READVENTURE 2009. The activity encourages students and families to read and raise money to promote SBCS’s new supplemental reading program, Reading Counts! Money raised is returned to the students in the form of classroom library books and prizes.
DIRECTIONS
- Students pledge to read during Spartan READVENTURE 2009 Week (October 19 – 25, 2009).
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Gather pledges after card is issued by teacher.
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Have a responsible adult initial for every 20 minutes of reading during Spartan READVENTURE 2009 Week.
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Keep track of time read.
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Collect money from October 26 to November 2, 2009.
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Turn in money and pledge card(s) to teacher on or before November 3, 2009.
Submit money by November 3, 2009 to be eligible for all prizes!
WHAT COUNTS AS READING?
- Students reading to students
- Adults reading to students
- Students reading to adults
- Students reading silently
For more information about the activity guidelines and prizes please see the following documents:
Readventure Guidelines 2009 | Read-a-thon card
8th Grade Rosary and Mass
October 28, 2009. The SBCS graduating class led the praying of the rosary in the parish before the evening mass.
Holy Rosary Devotion
October 27, 2009 • The entire school community gathered in the Petrie Gym for the annual Holy Rosary prayer devotion. Originally planned as a Eucharistic Holy Hour and Rosary in the parish church, the event was moved to the gym because of the rain. During the rosary, selected students prayed the Our Father in the following languages: English, Chamorro, Filipino, Chuukese, Korean, and Japanese.
Santa Barbara Catholic School supports Guam 350
SBCS helps plant trees for a greener Guam
October 24, 2009 • Cetti Bay Overlook
8th Grade students and some 6th graders together with their parents and teachers joined people around the island in planting 350 trees in support of the global action for climate change, dubbed 350. They planted native trees and acacia at Cetti Bay overlook. Kudos to all the students, parents, and teachers who joined in this worthy cause.
SBCS Soccer Team
Congratulations to the SBCS Soccer Team for playing their best in the recently concluded soccer season.
SBCS takes action in saving the Environment
On October 24, the International Day of Climate Action, Santa Barbara Catholic School will join people all over the world in taking a stance for a safe climate future. The 8th graders, together with their teachers will participate in the Reforest Guam 350 movement by helping plant 350 seedlings in the Cetti Bay area. Likewise, members of the Youth Crime Watch (YCW) will plant trees and participate in a clean-up activity around the SBCS campus. This week, SBCS has taken other concrete steps in increasing public awareness on the need to address solutions to the climate crisis now threatening the world.
1. Students in all grade levels joined the Island wide 350 Poster Making and Essay Writing Contest on the theme: 350 Help Save our Planet.
2. No plastic spoons and forks at the cafeteria every Wednesday starting Oct. 21, 2009.
3. No styrofoam plates, plastic spoons and forks will be used during monthly faculty meetings.
4. 350 Period: Turn off air–conditioners in all classes on the last period every Thursday starting on Oct. 22, 2009.
5. 6th graders will start a “vegetable garden” on the vacant lot in front of the Science Lab on Oct. 23, 2009.
6. 350 Awareness School Assembly on Oct. 23, 2009, 7:45 A.M. at the Petrie Gym.
To learn more about the 350 movement, visit: www.350.org
Poster design by Mr. Frederick Gonzalez.
With Love Overflowing – a benefit concert
Our deepest thanks to all who supported the concert. We were able to raise $10,000 from ticket sales and donations. God bless you for your generous heart.