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American Civics and Economy (Current)

My high school American History II class just finished the Spanish American War and were sailing into the twentieth century when discussions came up surrounding President Obama’s State of the Union address. Upon their own initiative, the students are working on letters to President Obama expressing their concerns for the future of our country.
Some food [...]

Posted 01 February 2010 † Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. § Fathers § History § Mothers § School Life § Society ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Pius XII & Hitler

I recently came across John Cornwall’s Hitler’s Pope, published in 1999 by Viking Press. Just reading the Prologue and the first chapter was enough to convince me that this was not the type of solid research I was looking for. Not only was the author’s bias obvious, but his facts were more than dubious. In [...]

Posted 22 January 2010 † Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. § History § School Life ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Why I like America – Student Compositions

Walking down the school hallway this week, a new bulletin board display caught my attention. Mrs. DeLalla’s Third and Fourth Grade students had written patriotic paragraphs (February 2009). The children’s outlook was so dear; I thought you might enjoy these paragraphs, too.

Posted 06 March 2009 † Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. § English § History § School Life ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , ,