Ortega River Run Training Awards Presented
During the weeks leading up to the Ascension St. Vincent’s Ortega River Run, Coach Holly and Coach Cherry worked with students in Kindergarten through Grade 6 to prepare them for the 1- and/or 5-mile race. Their training included running laps, drills, and other activities but, most importantly, they encouraged perseverance and good sportsmanship. Congratulations to […]
Ascension St. Vincent’s 2021 Ortega River Run
The 43rd Ortega River Run was held on Saturday, February 27, and proved once again to be a true community event! It was a wonderful morning of fitness, fun, and social distancing to benefit Episcopal’s St. Mark’s Campus’s financial aid program. Congratulations to the 2021 Ascension St. Vincent’s Ortega River Run winner Jake Wightman, who […]
Spanish Lessons Teach More Than Language
Students recently read “All The Colors We Are” By Katie Kissinger in Spanish class. The bilingual book is full of science concepts and vocabulary such as colors, family vocabulary, and body vocabulary including the word for our skin pigment: melanin, “melanina.” The kids enjoyed naming their skin tone with a creative “paint swatch” style name as […]
Advanced Honors Mathematics Participates in Math Modeling Challenge
Students in Advanced Honors Mathematics participated in an international math competition last week, working toward the solution of a large, open-ended problem about widespread internet needs and access on Friday, February 26. They worked from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., researching internet bandwidth and coverage, creating models for future internet needs, prices, and city coverage, and […]
Track and Field Excels at Invite
On Saturday the girls’ and boys’ Track & Field teams participated in the Danny Brown Invite hosted at Bishop Snyder. The girls team placed fourth overall while the boys team placed ninth. Leaders for the girls were: Harper McEvoy ’21 – second place in 800m (2:25.83); Chloe Selmer ’24 – first place in Long Jump […]