“It is impossible to find Jesus without Mary, and much less to find Mary without Jesus.” -Msgr. Joao S Cla Dias, Founder of the Heralds Every May the students of Guiding Light Academy celebrate the crowning of Our Lady.
The bond between father and child was strengthened on Father’s Day with the theme of ‘Children are like Kites.’ The children covered the room with a décor of personalized kites that they made for their fathers. The fathers relived their…
For the final field trip of the academic year, the students of Guiding Light Academy were treated to a special experience – the African Lion Safari! It was a wonderful field trip where the children had the opportunity to learn…
The lawns of Schaumburg resounded with the grandeur of the graduation ceremony of our Senior Kindergarten and Grade Six students. Each and every student received a merit certificate for his / her accomplishments. Daniel thanked the Brothers of the Heralds…
For Mother’s Day, our Kindergarten students entertained us with their performance of ‘Mortimer’ by Robert Munsch. Students designed and made personalized badges with their mothers. Each student included a special message on the badge for his or her mother. Some…
In order to give back to the community, a group of Guiding Light Academy students took part in the 4th Annual Village Litter Blitz. The day started with a meeting with Councillor George Carlson and his team. The students were…
Salve Maria! On April 22, the students at Guiding Light Academy celebrated Earth Day! Earth Day is an event celebrated worldwide to celebrate our Earth as well as to bring awareness to keeping our planet healthy and clean. On Earth Day, our…
As a part of the Easter Celebration, the students of Guiding Light Academy went on a field trip to Crock A Doodle Pottery Centre. The children were encouraged to paint their tiles with the theme “He has Risen…”
Today students focused on story writing and developing characters. Students had an opportunity to ‘interview a character’ by visiting the younger grades. These interviews served as a brainstorming activity as our young writers worked on developing ideas for a great…
On Day #3 of our READATHON, students began to look at developing character traits and use the idea of “showing not telling”. In order to improve students’ inference skills and develop their writing, we worked with the idea of characters…