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This week in PLTW Science Class, Mrs. Virga's 6th and 7th grade students are learning to build electromagnets with wire, nails, and 9 volt batteries. Students challenged each other to see who could pick up the most paper clips with their magnets.

It's that time again! Our St. Benilde School Book Fair will be open to the public following the 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Masses on Sunday, October 17 in the school library. We will also be open on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday after school during the week of October 17-22! We look forward to reading with you!

As a school, we are excited to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month! Each morning, our student council has been teaching our school a Spanish word of the day. Our students in 4th-7th grade created a collaborative mural to celebrate notable Hispanics and our 2nd - 7th graders created papel picado to decorate our school bulletin boards!

October 4th is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Benilde celebrated the day with a blessing of the animals. St. Benilde families and friends brought their pets to be blessed by Father Matthew. Our youngest students had their stuffed animals blessed too!

Thank you to all of our students and families that attended our beautiful Children’s Mass on Sunday.

Fridayluia! Our Pre-K3 and Pre-K4 students enjoyed a wonderful Praise & Worship with Fr. Matthew today!

On Wednesday, September 29th at Student Mass, we honored our SBS Students of the Month for the month of August. These students were nominated by their teachers because they were great examples of our virtue of the month: courtesy.

This week in Science Class, Mrs. Virga's 6th and 7th grade students are learning to apply the steps of the design process to design, sketch, and build models using a decision matrix. Our students designed models of tables and chairs intended to be used in college dorms. They followed specific criteria and worked within given constraints to present their work.

Fall has arrived and our students are enjoying this beautiful weather!

We would like to thank Huey P’s Pizzeria and our generous donor for the special lunch today. Our students were extremely grateful and excited for this amazing treat!

It was a glorious day in our Rainbow Building with lots of new Pre-K3, Pre-K4, and Kindergarten students filling our hallways with smiles! We are so excited to start the year with you!

Our 1st-7th Graders had a wonderful first day back on 1801 Division Street. We are so excited to have all of our students back on campus for another amazing year.

On Sunday, August 8th, all St. Benilde School families were invited to attend the 11:00 a.m. and to bring their backpacks to receive a special blessing from Fr. Matthew. Our students and parishioners celebrated with a donut social in the cafeteria afterwards.

Please click on the link to see the end-of-the-year pictures.

Congratulations to the winners of our Spelling Bee! We are so proud of all of your hard work and dedication!

This week in Science Class, Mrs. Primeaux’s 3rd grade students are learning about forces in flight. Our students designed gliders to see how Newton’s Laws of Motion applied to flight. After they tested their gliders and recorded the distance each one traveled, they discussed how forces affected the flight and why certain designs flew further.

Ms. Linss' 1st grade class has been learning about the Sacrament of Baptism in Religion Class. Each student found facts and pictures of their own Baptism with help from their parents and family members. Through this project, our students were able to share their own Baptism Stories.

Our St. Benilde School Choir was asked to sing the National Anthem at the Toronto Arrows vs LA Giltinis Rugby Game at NOLA Gold Stadium. We are so thankful that we had this awesome opportunity!

Our SBS Kindergarten Class took advantage of the beautiful weather on Friday to visit the Stations of the Cross by the gazebo. Our students explored each station, then sat in the gazebo by our Blessed Mother. While sitting by Mama Mary, our kindergarteners spontaneously began praying the Hail Mary. #ChristCentered

Sometimes, dreams DO come true! Our top fundraising runners were able to PIE and SLIME Mr. Huck, Magic Maggie, Goofy Grady, and Mrs. Wilson. We are so thankful to all of our donors that helped us to reach our goal of $25,000 for our basketball pavillion. #IRISHproud