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Charles Kolterman – Eagle Scout Project at ELA Thank you to Charles Kolterman for your dedication and hard work on your Eagle Scout project at East Lake Academy this summer.We are so appreciative of Charles’ wonderful design and installation of a flag pole, landscaping and retaining wall at ELA! Charles, age 17, is a 2016...
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Mandatory Back To School Night for All Parents  Visit your child’s classroom to learn more about curriculum and your child’s day. Thursday, September 15East Lake Gym6:30-7:00pm       Information on clubs, events, and extra-curricular activities7:00-7:30pm       Update from Mr. Calk, Mrs. Echavez, and alumni speaker 7:30-8:30pm        Curriculum overview in classrooms with teachers  Please save the date for...
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Private Chicago Catholic Elementary School
On Thursday, April 21st, the East Lake Academy middle school put on a show for the ages as they celebrated Shakespeare on stage.  Performances included the 6th grade’s “Scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the 7th grade’s “Scenes from the Tempest,” and the 8th grade’s modern, cell-phone infused adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.    ...
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For the 3rd year in a row, East Lake has received a grant from the Westerman Foundation.  This year, we used funds to purchase several cordless, charging stereoscopes and a cart to store, transport, and charge them.  A stereoscope is a microscope that can look at slides and can also “zoom in” on any solid...
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East Lake Academy’s Preschool 3 year old and 4 year old classes use a multi-sensory systematic approach to begin teaching reading, spelling, and phonics. We present concepts and skills in a cumulative manner, beginning with our 3 year olds. The students in Pre K 3 are introduced to lower-case letters, how to form lower-case letters,...
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Fourth grade is the year when our students learn about the United States of America. As an extension of this, each student was assigned a national park to research. They began by writing a formal letter to their assigned national park, requesting information for their report. After receiving maps, books, etc. from the park, the...
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Is it a bird? An ice cream cone? A dog? No, it is a cloud! The Kindergartners are studying nephology, otherwise known as the study of clouds! They have learned about the three main types of clouds: cirrus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. They have studied the altitude the clouds are in, the type of particles they...
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Hooray for another successful Poetry Café! I am so proud of all my students who wrote and recited their original poems for their parents. They presented with poise and confidence five different kinds poems; a couplet (our only rhyming poem with four to six lines) a simplified haiku (a three line poem that talks about...
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Matzah, wine, a perfect lamb, and bitter herbs are some of the most important parts of a traditional Jewish Passover meal. On Thursday, March 24th, our class set up their own rendition of the Passover feast to celebrate a Christian Seder Meal. The Christian Seder is a remembrance of the Last Supper that Christ celebrated...
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