During the Reading Festival students participated in a Genre Hoop game. The purpose of this game was to have the students use titles and book jackets to help them determine what genre the book fell under. Students learn important literary…
As part of our Reading Festival, our students participated in Fables Friday! We dedicated this Friday to the study of traditional literature which includes fables, myths and legends. The students put on a skit in costume acting out a few…
For Thanksgiving, the students of Guiding Light Academy created beautiful wreaths that stated what they were thankful for. The student went above and beyond and exceeded expectations of what they were thankful for by giving thorough reasons for choosing what…
On Thursday October 15th 2015, our grades 3-6 participated in the Student Vote program. This program is designed especially for students to become involved and informed about the current election occurring across the country. Over the past weeks, students have…
Grandparents Day at Guiding Light Academy was celebrated on October 16th Friday. The day started with mass at St. Joseph’s Church which was attended by many grandparents. To make it more memorable for the grandparents as well as to take…
During the fall semester the Kindergarten students of Guiding Light Academy discussed seasons and the weather. Our main focus was discussing FALL: What we see? What we hear? What we smell? To enhance our fall experience we decided to go…
Welcome to the academic year 2015-2016 for Guiding Light Academy! After an enjoyable summer the students are all set for another exciting year! To celebrate the start of the new academic year, Guiding Light Academy has a new art piece…
Every September we begin the academic year with our annual field trip to the Canadian Martyrs Shrine in the Midlands. The field trip was a memorable one to say the least! After a 2 hour bus ride, we had finally…
“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…