Spartans Basketball

Congratulations to the Boys' Basketball team as their two victories this weekend assure them of back to back League Championships! On Saturday the Spartans defeated St. Anastasia 46-21 and then beat St. Mark's on Sunday 38-19. The Spartans remain undefeated in CYO play with a current record of 23-0. Please come out and support the Spartans Thursday night as they complete League play against St. Joseph at 6:30 in Spartan Gymnasium.

Congratulations also go out to the undefeated Lady Spartans as they advanced to the Sweet 16 of the CYO playoffs! The ladies play this Wednesday at 7pm at Providence High School in Burbank. I would like as many of the boys as possible to make the game so we will end practice this Wedneday at 4:15 in an attempt to give as many people a chance to drive out to Burbank as we can.

Good luck Lady Spartans!

Spartans Basketball

Just a quick update about this week's schedule. We will have regular practice Wednesday (3:15-4:45). Thursday we will have an abbreviated practice from 3:30-4:15 in the backyard. This way all our parents can enjoy a wonderful Valentine's Day Dinner!

Saturday we play St. Anastasia at 2pm at St. Anthony School in El segundo. Sunday we take on St. Mark's at St. Anthony's gym at 4pm.

Finally, our game for Saturday the 23rd has been moved to our gym on Thursday night the 21st at 6:30pm. It is our final regular season game before playoffs start on march 1. The playoff schedule will not be posted until approximately Thursday, Feb. 28th.

Harriet Tubman at the Forefront

Harriet Tubman is a symbol of strength and leadership in the face of conflict and injustice. he 8th grade will spend the next two weeks learning more about the Underground Railroad and slave narratives through a biography on Tubman, Internet research, and class lectures. At the end of the week students will begin prewriting as they prepare to write a historical fiction short story about a runaway slave.

Vocabulary this week:
third-person narrative (131), Fugitive Slave Law (133), fugitives (133), incentive (135), disheveled (135), guttural (135), mutinous (137), cajoling (137), indomitable (137), fastidious (139)