GSS Thanksgiving Time

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The GSS students have expressed their thankful spirit throughout the week via their artwork. What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving season?

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3rd Grade STEM Bins

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Our GSS 3rd grade students had a blast as they were challenged to create and invent real world structures using their new STEM Bins.  “STEM” is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in 4 specific disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Math.  STEM Bins are containers filled with simple manipulatives which provide a hands-on foundation of engineering for elementary students.  GSS students used the STEM Bin manipulatives along with “IQ Builder” and “Brainflakes,” two programs for young engineers to learn spatial reasoning.  Take a look at some of the creative structures that Mrs. Lana’s 3rd grade class built.  Looks like we may have some future engineers in class!

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Fall 2019 Newsletter

Thanksgiving Mass

Butterfly Garden Taking Shape 
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To celebrate everything that we are thankful for at GSS, the campus ministry department, led by Mr. John Collins, held a Thanksgiving Mass in the school cafeteria.  Fr. Henry Davis, pastor of Corpus Christi Parish and priest at St. Augustine High School, celebrated the Mass for our 4th through 7th grade students.  Students prepared and participated in the readings with the newly formed choir, led by Ms. Lewis and Mr. Calhoun-Bettis, praised the Lord through song.  Thank you, Fr. Henry for celebrating Mass for the GSS community!

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Just in time, the GSS butterfly garden is beginning to transition!  Caterpillars cover the greens and butterflies have already begun to fill the area.  Winter cauliflower and broccoli are taking root and the spring greens are preparing for the cold snap.  A special thank you goes out to Ms. Margaret Babin for organizing, constructing, and maintaining the beautiful garden near the GSS playground. 

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New Orleans, LA 70119
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GSS Mission Statement
The Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School, Inc., seeks to help low-income, urban youth in order to realize their fullest potential as productive members of society by providing them with an extended-day, year-round, quality education, integrated with personal, moral and spiritual development, and continued guidance during the students' further education.

The Judeo-Christian values which have inspired the Nativity model include a respect for the dignity and potential of each person, a responsibility to assist the poor and those in need, a strong sense of community within the one family of God, and the obligation to promote a society characterized by social justice. In this Nativity model, students are enrolled without regard to race, color, religion, or ethnicity.