We are looking for coaches for the upcoming school year. This past year we had volleyball, cross country, track, futsal, basketball, swimming, golf, and tennis. We hope to have even more teams this coming year.
These students are having a blast in their GT (gifted & talented) class. During their meeting times, these student demonstrate self-directed learning, thinking, research, and communication skills.
Special thanks to Coach DePugh and Coach Bradshaw for hosting summer volleyball skills for our incoming 5th through 8th grade students on Wednesdays. We appreciate your dedication to our students.
Our school community gets to come together in so many ways. We love our regular pep rallies that we host to support our athletic teams. Our cheer club does an outstanding job performing dances, cheering, and raising school spirit. Additionally, we love to recognize each student athlete and coach. One more part of our pep rally is the fun competition or game that our classes participate in. We have built snowmen, played human hungry hippo, musical chairs, and more. In May, we had a tricycle race and even Mrs. Alvarado competed.
"Instruct the wise, and they become still wiser; teach the just, and they advance in learning. The beginning of wisdom is fear of the LORD, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." - Proverbs 9:9-10
At our last Little Flowers Girls' Club in May, these girls put together their scrapbooks for the year. Throughout each month as they work on learning about a new virtue and receive a flower petal patch for that virtue, they also make a scrapbook page. The page has information about that virtue with pictures, quotes, and Bible verses. At the end of the year, these girls had fun putting it all together as a keepsake. Additionally, the girls themselves took photos at this meeting and we are posting their photos.
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God." -Colossians 3:16
Preschool water and bubble day! These kids enjoyed water balloons, bubbles, and more.
We are blessed to have so many amazing advisors, coaches, room parents, and volunteers to work with our students and support our school. Thank you for the time, talents, and treasures that you pour into our school. You are truly a gift to our school.
Happy 4th of July from James L. Collins Catholic School!
We are thrilled to have Miss Huerta on campus again this coming year. Miss Huerta has been a preschool aide, substitute teacher, and YMCA Aftercare assistant at JLCCS. She is also a JLCCS alum! We look forward to having her on campus to work with our littlest learners.
We are blessed to have Mr. Arnold back on staff this coming year as our STEM SmartLab & IT Coordinator. Mr. Arnold just got back in town from the Annual STEM SmartLab conference and he cannot wait to implement all that he has learned into our classes. Mr. Arnold has been coordinating our technology on campus this past year and has also been a coach for our basketball and golf teams.
Here are some photos from our elementary Accelerated Reader party sponsored by PTC and our library. Our students worked hard to be complete their reading goals. Last year our students read over 4,516 books through the AR program and that comes out to over 19,795,229 words read. We are also blessed to have an incredible library on campus with thousands of books. Special thanks to Ms. Starek and Mrs. Bonilla for cataloguing and re-organizing our entire library these last couple months.
JLCCS is looking for a part-time science teacher for the upcoming school year. If you are interested in applying, please email your resume to info@collinscatholicschool.org.
We are excited to announce that Mrs. Laura Whiteside will be our new principal! Mrs. Whiteside has been on staff at JLCCS since 2008. She has served in various capacities throughout the years at James L. Collins Catholic School including: curriculum champion, accreditation committee member, student council advisor, 4H advisor, parent, middle school science & history teacher, and more.
DEAR Time (Drop Everything And Read) in first grade. These students love reading in their classroom and with their classmates.
More photos from our fabulous Art Camp last week. Special thanks to all the families that joined us for this camp!
We cannot thank the Westerman Foundation enough for their generosity!
Students in Mrs. Gibbs' 3rd Grade Class experienced mosaic art as their end of year project. They used broken dishes to make coasters and enjoyed the messy fun!
Check out these amazing pieces of art that these students have been working on this week during art camp. We especially want to thank Mrs. Huerta for hosting this camp!
