Undergraduate science education students from Georgetown University's Sparklab! visit WMSG at THEARC twice a month to conduct experiments.  Here, students explore the results of certain chemical reactions.  Slime anyone?

George Washington University graduate art student, Marie Warren, teaches an art appreciation class to fourth and fifth grade students at TheVIEW Campus each week.

Mike Conley and Mary Anne Clancy from the Sovereign Order of Malta, Federal Association, present a check in support of WMSG's science lab, to Sister Mary Bourdon, RJM, Head of School, as Brianne Wetzel, Science Teacher and students look on.  WMSG is grateful to the Order of Malta for its faithful support of the science program at THEARC over the years.

 

Fourth grade students open an Advent Calendar from Haiti to officially begin WMSG's Christmas season.

October 2010 Courage Award Winners - an award that is given to those students who have shown academic improvement.

Two 8th grade students and Director of Special Projects, Kathy Shorter, plant fall seedlings in WMSG's plot in the THEARC's community garden, yielding vegetables and herbs which can be used in nutrition/cooking classes.

  
At left, Sr. Mary Bourdon, Director, speaks to guests who were gathered at the Blessed Sacrament Queen of Peace Sodality's Kentucky Derby Day Event, which benefitted WMSG, and at right, WMSG development staff members, Kathy Shorter and Kathy McMackin join Board Members Joe Horning, Sr. Janice Farnham, and Barbara Fennell.

WMSG's Modern Dance Club was among a number of club's which showcased their activities at WMSG's Annual Extended Day Program's "Extravaganza!"

  
                               
At left, 6th grade students listen to one another's words at a special "publishing party", a part of the VOICES program, which goes beyond the language arts classroom in both its focus on the social and emotional growth and development of our students and its engaging reach to families and caregivers.  The program is designed to promote literacy, values, and prevention, and is a unique and meaningful blend that will take our students to higher levels of reading, writing, and thinking, and engage them in critical discussions of their own development and connection to the world around them.
At right, a small group of students celebrate the fact that 57% of our students made the 2010 2nd quarter honor roll!
At center, A 2009 graduate, now attending Archbishop Carroll High School, visits with Sister Mary Bourdon, RJM, Director, and Kim Hopwood, Director of Graduate Support.

 

At top left, teacher, Katie Thornton, leads students in yoga exercises during WMSG's Extended Day Program. At top right, 8th grader, Latea, and Chef Monica prepare a nutritious meal through Share our Strength's Extended Day nutrition class. At bottom, 7th grader, Joey, and Doreen Gentzler, co-anchor of WRC-TV NBC 4, celebrate the power of women working together at the Washington Area Women's Foundation's annual luncheon.

 

WMSG received a new "makeover" at the VIEW Campus from the Christ Child Society- fresh paint, new furniture, and supplies- plus lots of hard work! Above, Sr. Mary Bourdon thanks representatives from the Christ Child Society. 4th and 5th graders admired their new classroom on the first day of school.

Sister Mary Bourdon and science teacher Brianne Wetzel greet astronaut Buzz Aldrin- and one very lucky student was able to help welcome astronaut Leland Melvin and musician/producer Quincy Jones to WMSG at THEARC.

   WMSG's class of 2008.

Representatives of the Gonzaga College High School Mothers’ Club present a check to Sister Mary Bourdon, Director, and students.  Sister Mary spoke at the Club’s annual Mother-Son Breakfast.

Karen Noonan Center staff teach WMSG students the art of “seining”, using a large net to catch fish.

 

DARCARS Vice-President, Tamara Darvish, visited WMSG and spoke about entrepreneurship and later shared lunch with students.

 

Fourth and fifth grade students celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy.

Visitors from Connelly School of the Holy Child celebrate the beginning of the Christmas holidays with WMSG.

"Speak Up, Speak Out" poetry session at THEARC

Class of 2007 along with Sister Mary Bourdon, RJM, Director and Angela Stepancic, Campus Administrator.

CBS Anchor Katie Couric welcomes WMSG students to the United Nations in New York.

WMSG sponsored a Spring Fling for the Honor Roll students at the Washington Jesuit Academy.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi thanks WMSG students for their participation in a liturgy at Trinity University in a Mass in her honor, remembering the children of Darfur and New Orleans.

 

WMSG's 6th grade class celebrates the opening at the Corcoran Art Gallery of "A Portrait of My Community", sponsored by the National Cooperative Bank.

 

 

Summer School/Camp at both campuses began in July, and students are hard at work on math and language arts - and having fun too!