Donation gives students equipment and supplies to do forensic science activities and qualitative analysis of household chemicals
(SAVANNAH, Ga.) – Blessed Sacrament School’s science instruction is getting support this year from a unique source, the American Chemical Society (ACS). Kelli Whitney, the school’s Science Laboratory Specialist, has joined the Science Coaches Program through the ACS.
Online math competition nets the school free math software
(SAVANNAH, Ga.) – Fourth graders at Blessed Sacrament School recently won a mathematics competition against several other Chatham County schools, while Blessed Sacrament School student Brendan Coleman was the overall individual winner. By winning the competition, students earned free mathematics software for the school.
Blessed Sacrament School will welcome prospective students and their parents at our Open House-Sunday, January 29th from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. They will get a tour of the school, meet the teachers and have the opportunity to fill out registration applications. Call to sign up for Open House at (912) 356-6987. Drop-ins are welcome
The 8th Grade Girl’s Volleyball team won the SPAL volleyball tournament with a 3-0 win over St Andrews. It is the first volleyball Championship since 1999. In the first game, the Irish won 25-15 behind the solid serving of Sarah Wong, Lauren Bicknell and Gabi Tawil and strong front court play of Maddie Coomer, Sydney Sanders and Ireland Sheahan. The Irish won the second game 25-10 behind strong serving of Gabi Tawil, McKenzie Maxheimer and Sydney Sanders and strong all around play from Kelly Risch, Amanda Ganser and Maddie Coomer.
The Blessed Sacrament Irish won 22 - 14 in dramatic fashion. Trailing 8 to 0 just before half the Irish came down the field in 40 seconds as #36 John Ryan Macdonald caught three successive passes from #20 Nick Iannone and then Travis Blackshear #6 scored on a screen pass from #20 Nick Iannone to tie game at 8 at the half. The Raiders scored on the opening drive of the second half, but the Irish answered and drove the ball down the field culminating with a swing pass that Blackshear took just inside the pylon for a tie of 14 to 14. The Irish threatened again late in the 4th
Blessed Sacrament School students participate in The Global Water Experiment
Local students were the first in the Southeast to take part in international project that includes global water quality map.
(SAVANNAH, Ga.) – Students in the Blessed Sacrament School Science Club were the first group in the Southeast United States to contribute to The Global Water Experiment, an international project.
(SAVANNAH, Ga.) – Blessed Sacrament School second-graders will present the Red Cross with money the raised for tornado victims at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 31.
The students made cookies at home that they sold to other students in the school during lunch time Thursday and Friday of last week.
The Cookies for a Cause class project incorporated math, writing, computer, social studies lessons and a service project. The students polled the school to find out the favorite types of cookies and decided how many of each type to make according to demand.
(SAVANNAH) March 14, 2011 – You might not remember any of the formulae you had to use it in, but you probably remember the name and maybe even the symbol: Pi, or 3.14159. It is mathematics’ equivalent to a rock star, popping up in popular culture and used in many formulae from mathematics, science and engineering.
Blessed Sacrament is celebrating Pi day March 14 (3.14) starting at 8:30 a.m. and lasting until noon.
(SAVANNAH) – Blessed Sacrament School students are staying after school, doing extra work – and having a blast in the process. More than 40 Blessed Sacrament School students attended the school’s first two meetings of the Science Club, which began in March.
Chemistry professor helps students discover scientific conclusions and see concepts from the textbook come alive
(SAVANNAH) – January 2011 -- Blessed Sacrament School sixth grade science students are busy figuring out some pretty complex scientific conclusions on their own – with help from hands-on activities and “guided inquiry,” where teachers design lessons to let students discover the concepts and answers.
Savannah, GA -- October 2010 – Blessed Sacrament School will be joining schools from around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Month on October 8, 2010.
Class lets students have hands-on experience to learn about physics, machines, and programming
(SAVANNAH) – Robots have taken over the Blessed Sacrament School media center, but it’s not a science fiction plot – it’s a hands-on technology mini-course where the kids learn to build and program robots from a Lego kit.
(SAVANNAH) March 5, 2010 -- Blessed SacramentSchool's fifth through eighth grades participated in Career Week March 1-5 with a variety of speakers from all walks of life.
Speakers included a GBI medical examiner, an air traffic controller, a judge, a U.S. Attorney, an industrial engineer, a campaign manager, an accountant, a financial planner, a banker, a museum curator, a graphic designer and author and a teacher and artist.
Shakespeare, DaVinci are fun features of annual event
(SAVANNAH) March 31, 2010 – Blessed Sacrament School students enjoyed feasting and merriment Renaissance style as they sampled several fun-filled and educational activity stations at their annual Renaissance Festival.
Second-graders used polling and spreadsheets to calculate demand for different types of cookies
(SAVANNAH) May 26, 2010 – While BSS second-graders were busy learning, the other students were happy to help out by eating cookies. The second-graders sold cookies to other students during lunchtime to raise money to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Professors give demonstrations explaining chemical interactions; pharmacy students explain dangers of poison
(SAVANNAH) May 14, 2010 – Blessed Sacrament School students recently were able to pick up some valuable lessons about the dangers of poison and about chemical interactions.
South University School of Pharmacy studentsgave presentations about the dangers of poison to students at Blessed Sacrament School.
Event helps make math fun while students learn about the ratio that’s used in so many math, science and engineering formulae
(SAVANNAH) March 12, 2010 – You might not remember any of the formulae you had to use it in, but you probably remember the name and maybe even the symbol: Pi, or 3.14159. It is mathematics’ equivalent to a rock star, popping up in popular culture and used in many formulae from mathematics, science and engineering.
(SAVANNAH) March 5, 2010 - Blessed Sacrament School's fifth through eighth grades participated in Career Week March 1-5 with a variety of speakers from all walks of life.
Speakers included a GBI medical examiner, an air traffic controller, a judge, a U.S. Attorney, an industrial engineer, a campaign manager, an accountant, a financial planner, a banker, a museum curator, a graphic designer and author and a teacher and artist.
Students finding ways to help the environment, from recycling to reusable bags
(SAVANNAH) May 4, 2009 – Students at Blessed Sacrament School are helping make the school greener, and are starting to see they’re making a difference.
They’ve put a recyling bin in every room, and every Thursday as they empty all the full bins they’re reminded of the difference they’re making. Last school year, all that paper would have been thrown away. Parents and teachers are also filling up the ink jet recycling bin.
BSS was the only school from Savannah participating in the event
(SAVANNAH) March 2009 – Blessed Sacrament School 6th and 7th graders participated in the 11th Annual Middle School Model United Nations competition sponsored by Georgia Southern University Continuing Education Center at the Coastal Georgia Center this month. Blessed Sacrament School was the only school from Savannah participating.
