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Our 7th graders had a wonderful time on their first overnight Magnolia field trip to San Antonio. They visited the five missions: Espada, San Juan, San Jose, Concepción, and De Valero (the Alamo).

While every Monarch Day is memorable, the first in each year is particularly special as new Monarchs and faculty members participate in the festivities for the first time. Our first Monarch Day this school year was this past Monday, December 8th. Our December Monarch Day is fittingly placed amidst a week full of feasts celebrating Our Lady -- the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th, Our Lady of Loreto on the 10th, and Our Lady of Guadalupe on the 12th. Our day began as always with the Poet Laureate competition, followed by an all-school Mass, House games, Chick-fil-a lunch, and a candy cane treat. We look forward to sharing the current House standings in an upcoming edition of The Monarch!

5th Grade studied Greek mythology in Literature & Poetry class last quarter. The students read various Greek myths as a class, including The Golden Touch (the story of King Midas), The Kidnapping (the story of the seasons), and The Chariot of the Sun God. Literature class was full of book club discussions, where they analyzed virtues and vices present in characters. Looking at the story plots and endings, they reflected on the results of choices in life, such as “What kind of fruit does virtue produce in our life? What kind of (bad) fruit does vice produce?” Using Joseph Campbell’s Four Functions of Myths, students studied the educational, scientific, social, and mystical functions of Greek myths.