The theme for Catholic Schools week this year is: Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed. That aptly sums up what happens here at Sacred Heart. Our kids learn, then they put their learning into practice by serving and leading both here at school and in the broader community, and lastly they succeed. Their success can be seen in such things as how they are confident public speakers, how they live their faith daily, and how they care about their families and of all of God’s creation, as well as their academic success in high school and college. In a nutshell, our kids are awesome and we thank God for their gifts and joy they bring, helping to make our school the neat community it is.
I chose our 7th graders essay this week because when I read her idea about performing for people it made me think of our Talent Show we had on Tuesday. It was another example of our kids serving, leading, and succeeding.
Radical Community Care
Innovative and Creative Ideas
by Angelee
Here in our Catholic Christian Community we have young children with great curiosity and creative minds, along with senior adults who have great responsibilities and kind hearts, who take charge in very helpful and kind ways that is pleasing to the Lord and good for the world. For us kids here at Sacred Heart Academy we do a lot of good deeds for others such as bringing canned foods to church, donating old belongings, donating money for the poor, and many other things. Things like this don’t just bring joy into our lives, it brings joy to other people’s lives as well. These are some things you and your community can do. But what people don’t know is how creative they can be while doing them. Here are some things I suggest for those who need more ideas.
I love toys, like slime and squishies. For the past year now many girls and boys around the world have been in love with slime and squishies. However, not a lot of kids can play with toys like this. My creative idea is to buy more than one dozen squishies and make slimey slime to donate to them, so that way they won’t miss out on the fun! To make these toys even more appreciated, we could teach the kids to make slime. There are more ways to teach without being at their side showing them step-by-step: we could buy the ingredients and attach instructions we have made.
Another deed we can do is write letters for the poor. These people really need to be loved, especially because of what some of them are going through. I think a kind and simple letter would make their day. Anyone can do this deed. For some of the younger children who don’t know how to spell, they can draw pictures.
The last deed I thought of is to do perform for others. For those who have special gifts and talents they can do some kind of performance for a person in need, such as dancing, singing, or playing an instrument. Everyone can participate in this activity because everyone has a talent.
I also love finding inspirational quotes on the Internet. Here is one that really stood out to me and I thought it could help someone today: Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.
Giacomo Manzù was an Italian artist known for his simplified sculptures. One of his sculptures can be seen at the @GettyMuseum here in Los Angeles. The video 7th grade watched showed him creating one of these bronze sculptures: “The video ties into faith because God shapes us just like how the sculptor sculpts his work.”; “This represents God’s commitment and care into creating each of us.”; “This is a reflection of how God shapes us into something beautiful. We are the clay and God is the hands molding us into great things.”; “They take time to make the sculptures like how God takes time to lift our souls.”; “It’s like how God puts so much thought in every living creature he made.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgHMj9ACkdA
Thank you,
Mrs. Alhadef