Check out the Visitation Debate Club--here they are preparing for their next debates:

• Smoking should be banned in public places
• National security is more important than personal privacy

Join the 6th Grade

Join the 6th Grade at a new blog! 

6th Grade studied what life is like in South Sudan. Each student created a day in the life of an imagined girl living in South Sudan, and detailed the day in a series of posts. Check them out at:

A Day in My Life in South Sudan

8th Grade studied US expansion overseas from the 1850s to the 1940s. We created annotated Timelines by researching the date, location and manner of acquisition. We also investigated whether the inhabitants of occupied territories are US citizens. Then we mapped the locations on the classroom pull-down world map, and together made observations and drew conclusions based on our Timelines and the labeled map. 

Next up, we will conduct in depth examinations about how we acquired Hawaii, territories from the Spanish-American War, and the Panama Canal Zone, and consider the lasting positive and negative effects of American expansion for our country today.

8th Grade + 4th Grade = Cooperative Learning

8th Grade studied the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of March 25, 1911. After learning about the unsafe conditions in the factory, the fire department's unpreparedness, and the reforms that were inspired by the tragedy, students wrote books aimed at a 4th Grade audience. 

They shared the books with 4th Grade, and then 8th Grade presented a collaboratively-created kahoot interactive quiz with the girls.

Check out 2 video Voter Education Guides produced by Grade 7, on the VIDEO tab at Visitation's Office 365 site...

Clinton-Trump Rap

3-Way Voter Guide Rap

This is it----Election Day (finally!)

The great British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill said...

And, it is true, our democracy is far from perfect. So, We the People must continue to demand the best of our elected leaders. To do that, we have to vote...

And...as John F. Kennedy said, "The efforts of the government alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose, and the people must help themselves."

So, when it is your turn, at age 18, I hope you will say...

because...

8th Grade has been in high school prep and testing mode since September, and now is preparing hard for the upcoming TACHS test.

All of the Visitation community's prayers go with you on November 5! Just remember, girls...