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<![CDATA[St. Philip School - So..What Happened at School Today? -SPS Blog]]>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:06 -0500Weebly<![CDATA[May Crowning]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:44:46 GMThttp://spsangelway.org/1/post/2013/05/may-crowning.html

]]><![CDATA[Thinking Caps Olympiad]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:14:27 GMThttp://spsangelway.org/1/post/2013/05/thinking-caps-olympiad.htmlThinking Caps students finished out the year with great performances at the Thinking Caps Olympiad. Among the 8th graders the Blue team of
Luke Rattay, Walter Bonds, Jimmy Hurley, and Jack Pulford took top honors while the Purple Team of Andalushia Reilly, Aidan Wrabley, Margaret Begg, Olivia Clark, and Logan Hipkiss placed first in the Grade 3-7 round. The student built an airplane from popsicle sticks, solved word puzzles, located countries, bodies of water, and land forms on maps, tested their powers of observation, and dealt with grocery gremlins. to earn the title of Olympiad champs.

]]><![CDATA[Track and Field Champs]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:07:16 GMThttp://spsangelway.org/1/post/2013/05/track-and-field-champs.htmlCongratulations to the following students who were medal winners at the Diocesan Track & Field Competition: Sarah Green, Sydney Bonds, Hope Grefenstettte, and Hannah Gamrod who finished 1st in the 4x100 relay and to Sarah who took 1st Place in the Shot Put and Javelin Throw and 3rd in the Long Jump.
Congratulations also to Chuckie Rackaczky for taking 3rd in the boy's Javelin Throw.

]]><![CDATA[Super Speller]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:02:30 GMThttp://spsangelway.org/1/post/2013/05/super-speller.htmlCongratulations to 5th grader Jannesselle Umalin who represented St. Philip School at the Diocesan Spelling Bee.Jannesselle finished in 15th place out of 49 spellers represented and was the 2nd to the last 5th grader standing during the bee. This was a great achievement for a first time participant and we are proud of her!

]]><![CDATA[Step-Up Day in Kindergarten]]>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:02:26 GMThttp://spsangelway.org/1/post/2013/05/step-up-day-in-kindergarten.htmlToday was step up day in Kindergarten with a visit from the 4 year olds to see what fun is in store for them when they start Kindergarten in the fall.They enjoyed meeting the Kindergarten teachers, listening to stories, sampling a snack, and making a craft. This year's Kindergarten class were great hosts and had fun sharing their day with the younger children.

]]><![CDATA[Shakespearean Actress Among Us]]>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:34:10 GMThttp://spsangelway.org/1/post/2013/05/shakespearean-actress-among-us.html Congratulations to 7th grader, Erin Sheedy, who received an Honorable Mention Award at the 18th Annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest sponsored by BNY Mellon and the Grable Foundation. Held at the O’Reilly Theater, the annual event encourages elementary, middle and high school students in grades 4 – 12 to portray either a scene or monologue from a Shakespearean play. Performances are judged on understanding of the text, emotional connectedness, physical & vocal performance character development, pacing and the interaction amongst the actors in a scene. All students who participated received a t-shirt and two passes to a Public Theater show.

]]><![CDATA[And ALL That Jazz!!!]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 18:45:40 GMThttp://spsangelway.org/1/post/2013/05/and-all-that-jazz.htmlSt. Philip students were treated to a concert by Royalty from the world of Jazz music. Led by Marty Ashby, the Grammy winning group from the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild put on a concert that would rival the Stones and Springsteen. The sextet play some serious jazz pieces and added the theme from the Flintstones to demonstrate to the students how influential Jazz is in Music World. St. Philip 5th graders who play the Recorder were invited to join the group for a rousing rendition of When the Saints Come Marching In. Next, members of the SPS band jammed with the acclaimed musicians on Blues Train and 8th grader, Eric Ashby sat in on drums and Mr. Miller, SPS Music teacher was on guitar. Highlight of the performance came when the band surprised the students with a rendition of Blues Fairy Mama from this year's school musical, No Strings Attached, once again showing that the beat of Jazz is all around us!.

]]><![CDATA[NO Strings Attached - Box Office Smash!!!!!!!]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:20:17 GMThttp://spsangelway.org/1/post/2013/05/no-strings-attached-box-office-smash.html

]]><![CDATA[Kindergarten and Cinco de Mayo]]>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:48:07 GMThttp://spsangelway.org/1/post/2013/05/kindergarten-and-cinco-de-mayo.html

]]><![CDATA[First Holy Communion Treasures]]>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:37:37 GMThttp://spsangelway.org/1/post/2013/05/first-holy-communion-treasures.htmlDuring Religion class, the students in 2A who had recently received their First Holy Communion had a wonderful time sharing the beautiful treasures they received as gifts that day Statues, books, bibles. holy cards, prayer books, rosaries, and pictures were displayed lovingly by the students.

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