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Entries for October 2023

SCS & Hollywood Soundtracks
Our 3rd and 4th grades were thrilled by the music of the Bloomsburg University Orchestra. The orchestra brought to our students the music from famous Hollywood movies. Movie themes included Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars. The students were thoroughly entertained and enjoyed learning how...

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Knoebels Hall-O-Fun & SCS
St. Columba School had the first annual Hall-O-Fun day at Knoebels Amusement Park. Families brought a wonderful wide variety of foods for everyone for lunch. Then the kids and their families went out into the park for some Halloweenie frightful fun. Thanks to Father Mowery, Mrs. Howe, the H.S.A., an...

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Kindergarten Spooky Haunted Houses
St. Columba School's kindergarten students built their own haunted houses. These students, using their classroom Smart Boards, picked what they wanted their haunted house to look like then they placed their choices on their houses to make a spooky fun Halloween house. Pictured her...

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Fall Time is Apple Time
St. Columba School's Kindergarten class celebrates the fall with an apple tasting lesson. Mrs. Benscoter diced up the apples for her students. The students removed the seeds and counted how many each apple had. They then counted their slices of apples and matched them to the seeds. Finally,...

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Time to Bless Your Pet
Father Mowery and St. Columba School celebrated the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi with our annual Blessing of the Pets. Students brought in their favorite stuffed pets and families brought in any and all their living furry friends for this special day. Father Mowery as always, was generous with...

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Teaching Moment with the Monstrance
After our school mass, Father Mowery took the time to teach our elementary students about the Monstrance. He showed them how it is used. He asked students if they knew who belongs in the Monstrance. He also asked our students if they knew why the Monstrance was used. Some of our students were on the...

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3rd Grade Building Bridges
St. Columba School's 3rd grade investigated bridge construction. The students had to create their own bridge designs then build their bridges using toothpicks and marshmallows. These tasty bridges taught these students about the tensions bridges must endure in order to be saf...

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SCS Friends and Family Come Through
St. Columba School benefited from the generosity of Weis4Schools program and the generosity of the friends and families of this school. During the last six months, St. Columba School has earned almost $600.00 because our community has chosen SCS as the school in the area to receive these donations. ...

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Mrs. Berger Stomps at the Bloomsburg Fair
Our own Mrs. Berger stomped her way through the Bloomsburg Fair. Well, not the whole fair. Mrs. Berger, just for fun and St. Columba School, volunteered to smash or rather squish grapes with her feet! She smooshed, and squished away. The contest was called a tie, but we know Mrs. Berger won based on...

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