Second grade students continue to increase their knowledge in a safe, positive environment. Each child is accepted and valued for who they are as a child of God. Building success and becoming independent workers are stepping stones to an enjoyment of learning throughout the year. Caring, respect, and responsibility are emphasized as character traits for second graders.
Religion: Focus is on the Mass, sacraments and that Jesus is always with us.
Language Arts: This includes phonics, vocabulary, reading, comprehension, skills, grammar and writing. Excitement and a love of reading is stressed.
Math: Students learn place value, problem solving, money, time, fractions, graphs, geometry, and measurement. The main focus is addition and subtraction with regrouping.
Social Studies: Main areas are geography, the beginnings of U.S. History, government and biographies of famous Americans.
Science: Emphasis on plants, animals, and the human body. A dinosaur unit includes a diorama, report and a presentation.
Signature events: Reading to seniors at a nursing home Field trip to the Interstate Fair Super Student: honors a student plus invites parents to come into the classroom