Well I sure hadn't until Thursday 21, 2013. I really enjoyed the Latin Mass I attended. Although I did not understand it, I really enjoyed the thought that the ancient Romans did the same mass along time ago. The mass was a great new experience for my whole class . We really enjoyed it. There are a few different things about a Latin Mass than a normal mass. One is that there is no altar in the middle of the church. Two is that the priest is turned around when doing the consecration. Another thing is that you mostly kneel and do not speak. I thought all in all it was a great religion class.
Have you even been to a Latin Mass?
Well I sure hadn't until Thursday 21, 2013. I really enjoyed the Latin Mass I attended. Although I did not understand it, I really enjoyed the thought that the ancient Romans did the same mass along time ago. The mass was a great new experience for my whole class . We really enjoyed it. There are a few different things about a Latin Mass than a normal mass. One is that there is no altar in the middle of the church. Two is that the priest is turned around when doing the consecration. Another thing is that you mostly kneel and do not speak. I thought all in all it was a great religion class.
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As I hear the field trip was a great success. My classmates started the day by waking up before the sun. They then went to the airport to go to Holy Nativity School on Oahu. When they landed and got of the plane they were met by Ms.Ogata, a very friendly person I hear. They then gave some background information about the A'o program (Ms. Enriquez taught the segment). The Sacred Hearts class then showed the website and blogs and talked about it. When the kids went to recess my class mates made a star compass and everyone sat on a house and were taught another lesson. After that they went inside and showed more of our website. They closed their lesson with Krizhna's video and went back to the airport and flew home. I stayed at school and spent a day with the seventh grade but thats another story...
Have you ever been excited to go to an art installation? Well even if you haven't, you will still love Taken By Wonder by Wes Bruce at the MAC.C . Today's learning journey started like any other learning journey until the speaker said we would need flashlights to go looking into dark rooms and spaces then perked up. She introduced us to Jonathan, our tour guide. When Jonathan said we would have 45 minutes to explore, the learning journey became super fun and fascinating! We all took off in different directions in the exhibit. I didn't realize there were secret rooms until I overheard Brooke say something to one of her classmates. She had discovered a secret area under the bed! By the time I got there, she was crawling into a little opening under the bed that opened into a smaller room, and then a bigger room. It was truly amazing! I next heard someone say, "Lets go in the treehouse!" so I ran to see what it was. David had discovered the treehouse by noticing two pieces of rope hanging down. He thought, "Why would this rope be here?" Upon further investigation, he climbed onto the cargo netting and walked into an unexplored, unfound room.
We explored for the first 30 minutes, then spent the last 15 scaring each other. It was so much fun! After that we met up with Jonathan and went into a classroom where we were able to create our own creations of forts. He helped us to connect them all together which turned out really cool. Sadly, our chaperones were waiting to take us back to school and we had to end our learning journey, where we truly were "Living in Wonder." Have you ever sailed in a 9 foot boat in 50 feet of deep ocean water? Our last sailing day on October 23 at the Lahaina Yacht Club started like all the other days but there was less wind in the morning which was boring, but then we sailed out deep sea and found light wind by the big trimarans on moorings. We raced three races which started out great for me every time but in the end I would end up last. On the third race I got fourth which is still kind of bad. Curtis, the fleet captain, later told us we were the only class they have ever taken out past the reef. We sailed in to get lunch which was a salad with pizza! The pizza had a ton of cheese so it was great. After lunch we gave the volunteers our thank you burgees and they loved them! We played "pirate" and capsized each other until it was time to end of sailing. I had a great over all experience at the Lahaina Yacht Club.
On our third sailing lesson we started by carrying down the Bics because the Sabots were already in the water. Once we were in the water and had rigged our sailboat we sailed around in light wind. Our substitute was our math and science teacher who capsized in the first minute with light wind. I would have been very embarrassed if i was him. We raced three races and every single time some one cheated and turned my boat into the irons which makes in very hard to steer and I lost after being in third! The lunch started with goulash and ended in a very rich and peanut buttery brownie. It was excellent! After lunch David and I sailed together on a Bic. The Bics are very small and I thought it would be very hard to sail and crammed. It turned out to be super fun and easy we went super fast and even sailed out to the big sailboats over the reef. We sailed in, washed our gear, and carried up the Bics and ended the best sailing lesson so far. disition
We started off the day by meeting at school. David, Max, Brandon, and I then got in my mom's truck and found a surprise... mini white doughnuts and orange juice. After stopping at the train station and putting on sunscreen we drove to the top of the Kaanapali Coffee Farms and the class transferred into the chaperone's trucks. I rode in the back of my mom's truck when we drove into the valley. When we got there Auntie Puanani was waiting and we started off with a pule(prayer). We then got the tools we needed and walked down to where we would work for a few hours before our lunch. We started by weeding and raking. After that we walked back up to the lunch area. I had a bagel with cream cheese and an apple. The whole class walked down again to the area we weeded and started digging with O'os and shovels. We planted a few plants like the Uki'uki and Pili Grass. After we were done planting we went back to the trucks and went home. Auntie Puanani said we should remember at least two things we learned about the native plants we studied. I learned that Noni cures stings and bites and that kukui nut sap can cure sore throats.
On Friday, September 27 our class took a learning journey to O'o Farms and learned so much. I learned how to chop firewood and build a fire: We collected kindling to help start the fire, then made a pyramid shape with the logs so the air could flow through. I learned how to make a great pizza with fresh ingredients from the farm. It was delicious! Our whole class then went to sleep together in a yurt. In the morning we got up to see the sun rise. We all helped to make breakfast and we made another fire. Then we took a tour of how O'o Farms creates coffee from the plant to the cup. Afterwards we learned about good and bad insects (good: parasitic wasps & ladybugs) (bad: slugs, moths, snails) The parasitic wasps eat the bad bugs and luckily there were a ton of them around the farm (a 4:1 ratio). Then we sadly got in our cars and headed home.
On the 26 of September the class of 2014 walked down to their second sailing lesson. We started out by dividing into two groups the experienced and the inexperienced. The inexperienced group learned more about tacking and jibing. The experienced group learned more about rigging a sail. After that we got in our boats and were off while the sailing instructors set up the corse we caught waves on our Bics. We then raced with barely any wind which got boring so we went in to lunch. After a great lunch of chicken fingers, we got back in our boats and started sailing. It was SUPER windy so it was a boat load of fun. We sailed and capsized a lot for another hour. All in all it was another great day at the yacht club.
On September 18, 2013 the Sacred Hearts Class of 2014 walked down to the Lahaina Yacht Club and took our first sailing class. We started off the day by learning how to tie knots. Then we learned how to sail the fastest using the wind. After that we were taught the parts of a sail boat and how to rig a sail. Next we put on our lifejackets and we were into the water where we learned how to tack and jibe. After a few hours of sailing we docked and cleaned our sailing equipment. We then had a scrumptious lunch of spaghetti with red sauce. It was about 1:15 pm so we headed back to school and started counting down the days till the next sailing lesson.
On September 10, 2013, Sacred Hearts Eighth grade students recorded "Where In The World Are The Whales.", a song about whales at Lahaina Sound, a recording studio owned by Lynn Peterson. The studio was owned by George Benson before Lynn bought it. The song will be on Steve Grimes' newest album.
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AuthorMy name is Carter Stockham. I play basketball and football and have been at Sacred Hearts for 11 years. Archives
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