5-2 Mrs. Maureen O'Loughlin

February begins with the Feast of St. Brigid and the promise of Spring. Although we are still in the Winter season, there is a sense of having "turned a corner" and a perception of lengthening days. Each morning dawns a little brighter and the sun lingers above the horizon just a few minutes longer in the evening. We begin to look forward in hope...

This is the Christian message: to always look forward in hope, the hope given to us by the Risen Christ. We believe that, even in the darkness of Winter, the Light of the World has overcome the darkness. The February dawn encourages us to walk in hope, for we are a Resurrection People. 

February  11th is the beautiful feast day Our Lady of Lourdes. We pray to Our Lady: "When you appeared in the grotto of Lourdes, you made it a privileged sanctuary where you dispense your favors, and where many sufferers have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and corporal. I come, therefore, with unbounded confidence to implore your maternal intercession." Our Lady of Lourdes, Pray for Us.


 In Math we have  begun Chapter 6, Fractions. The students are learning how to find equivalent fractions in order to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. They are reminded of the old adage "you can't add apples and oranges"...you have to make them all fruit!

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