Eighth Graders share stories and cookies with Kindergarteners

Throughout Deer Park‘s Saints Cyril and Methodius School, students, teachers and staff got into the spirit of Catholic Schools Week with a variety of activities and celebrations. With key themes of kindness and acts of mercy, SSCM staff planned a fun-filled and thought-filled week for all. Starting the week with age-appropriate discussions on ways each of the students could practice their own acts of mercy and ending the day with a prayer service, SSCM students went home with hope in their hearts and a mission of good will.

In a moving display of how meaningful it can be to have grades Nursery through 8 in one building, students from the upper grades spent some valuable time in the lower grade classrooms. Seeing the 8th graders engaged and sharing with the Kindergarteners was a treat, as they read books, chatted and shared cookies and milk, all donned in their PJs for Pajama Day. Likewise, 5th graders shared quality time reading and snacking with the Pre-K class. The little ones enjoy spending this special time with the upper grades whom they so look up to and the older students learn patients, gain perspective and have an opportunity to practice acts of kindness by reading to their young partners and reminiscing on a simpler time.