Third grade students are currently working on a collage based off Pablo Picasso’s artwork Three Musicians . Picasso was one of the artists who coined the term collage in the beginning of the 20th century and it still is a popular art term used today! Each student draws a musical instrument while incorporating...Read More
It is exciting to announce that East Lake has received a grant from the Westerman Foundation in order to develop our Science curriculum. This organization provides financial support to several types of programs that promote virtue, including educational institutions with emphasis on Catholic Education. We have been recipients of this generous grant for the past...Read More
The most exciting thing we have recently been doing in 3rd Grade is observing and experimenting in Science. Through inquiry and trial and error, students learn so much more than reading a book or watching a PowerPoint. The unit we are currently in has to do with plants and how they grow. Each student...Read More
Second Grade has had a wonderful second trimester! We have really delved into our curriculum and many new concepts have been introduced, particularly in math. Our class has been learning about how to find fractions within sets and groups. More recently, we had some lessons on how to find fractions within a hexagon! Using triangles,...Read More
In fifth grade, we enjoyed an afternoon of Science hands-on centers to wrap up the first trimester of learning. Each center gave the students a chance to use their previous knowledge to delve further into their group work. The centers included microscope work, ramps, planes, scale work, and the students built shapes to test weight...Read More
On Friday, January 29th, East Lake Academy held its annual All-School Spelling Bee. Classroom winners and runners-up from grades four through eight competed, and winners and runners-up from grades one through three were honored with VIP seating. After well over an hour of competition, two spellers were left standing: 5th grader Isaiah Echavez and...Read More
Ever wonder what a kitchen counter is made out of? How about how a diamond forms? The First Graders read about these interesting and fascinating facts and worked with other rocks and minerals. They were put into groups to examine different types of rocks; granite, sandstone, basalt and obsidian. Each group listed and observed rocks...Read More
The kindergartners are proud to announce the grand opening of their new grocery store: Gorman’s Gangs’ Grocery Store. We are currently open for business Monday- Friday during regularly scheduled school hours. Upon our opening, each student received a bag of dimes and pennies which they keep in their desks and use to grocery shop a...Read More
In the fourth grade, we use literature circles during our novel studies to encourage thoughtful discussion and a love of reading in our students. We do this by assigning each student in a small group a role; Artful Artist, Discussion Director, Passage Picker, or Word Finder. The students then read the required chapter on their...Read More
East Lake Academy provides students with complete formation in body and soul and in order to execute this mission, we must form “virtue and integrity and lead our students…to become sensitive toward the needs of others.” This formation begins with our youngest Seraphim in the Pre K program and is accomplished through the structured and...Read More
