Monday's Roman Banquet was a huge success thanks to the amazing efforts of all the wonderful sixth grade parents! It was an incredibly fun finale to our ancient Greece/Rome unit and the sixth graders are so excited to continue their Roman studies next year in Latin class. Thank you everyone! Click here for more Roman Banquet pictures on Laguna's Flickr account! Apologies for missing last week's post! These past couple weeks of May have been packed with some exciting activities and solid learning. Last week, sixth graders worked in Language Arts class to write four-paragraph essays about whether the main character of our book, Jonas, has truly been given a job that is an honor (as the community claims) or if it's more of a punishment. We've enjoyed reading through the book together in class; this class has embraced some of the difficult and engaging topics fully in class discussion and debate. In History class, sixth graders learned about the formation of the Roman Republic, the expansion from Republic to Empire, and a little about daily life in Rome before enjoying the wonderful Roman banquet this past Monday! This week in History, we also introduced Christianity as a major world religion that arose during the time of the Romans, and read Christian parables to learn about some of the religion's key values.
Last Friday's middle school service day allowed 5th and 6th grades to both enjoy and 'give back' to a part of our community that makes Santa Barbara very special: our beaches! A representative from ChannelKeeper met the students and reviewed what students can expect to find, information on "microtrash" great Pacific Garbage patch, and how to properly clean and log finds. Sixth graders then enjoyed a pizza lunch and beach time, courtesy of our room parents!
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