Annunciation Catholic School - Minneapolis, MN

📸✨ Before we headed into Easter Break, our Faith in Action K–5 Leadership Team beautifully led a Holy Thursday prayer service for our school community. Students reflected on the meaning of Jesus’ love and sacrifice through prayer and a thoughtful reenactment of the Last Supper.

Witnessing our young leaders bring Scripture to life was a powerful reminder of the heart of Holy Week. 💜🕊️

🌎As part of their IB Unit of Inquiry: Where We Are in Place & Time, first grade explored the Mill City Museum today!

🌎Tomorrow, Tuesday April 22 is Earth Day!

One of our 5th Grade Exhibition groups is sponsoring an Earth Day out-of-uniform day. Please bring a donation and wear your favorite Earth Day colors and attire to support the cause!

🙏Rest in peace Pope Francis🕊

Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.

🌍✨ IB Exhibition in Action! ✨🌍

Our amazing 5th graders put their years of learning into practice through the IB Exhibition! Using research, communication, social, thinking, and self-management skills they've built from K–5, students are diving deep into real-world issues.

Working in small groups & with a mentor, they explored a shared passion tied to both a Global Goal and a Catholic Social Teaching. They developed their own central idea, created lines of inquiry, conducted in-depth research, shared their findings, and most importantly—took action! 💪📚✝️

🌱 Topics included:

World Hunger (Haiti & Minneapolis)

Deforestation

Clean & Affordable Energy

Global Warming

Wildfires

Poverty (NYC & Haiti)

Pollution in the Pacific

Endangered Animals

Protecting Midwest Wildlife

These young changemakers are thinking globally and acting faithfully. We are so proud of their hard work, compassion, and leadership! 💡🌎❤️

✨From Death to Life!✨

Just as Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, our students learned about Lazarus species—animals once thought to be extinct, but later rediscovered alive! 🐟

🐠They explored the fascinating story of the Coelacanth, a deep-sea fish once believed to have disappeared with the dinosaurs. 🦕➡️

To bring the lesson to life, the children also got hands-on with the fossil record, creating their own fossils out of Play-Doh. What a fun way to connect faith, science, and creativity! 👐🌍✝️

🎶Today, our 3rd through 5th grade students presented their Spring Creative Arts Showcase, "Who I'd Be".

🌟Yesterday, our Middle School students wowed us with their talent and teamwork as we kicked off a new tradition—the debut of our Middle School Musical, Shrek Jr.!💚

🎤From acting and singing to light and sound crew, set design, and more, it was truly a student-powered production.

🙌A huge shoutout to Ms. Stang for her dedication, creativity, and countless hours of work with our amazing students. We’re so proud of everyone who helped bring Shrek Jr. to life!

🛍️ Market Day Magic in 2nd Grade! 💰

As part of their IB Unit of Inquiry: How We Organize Ourselves, our creative and entrepreneurial 2nd grade students hosted Market Day!

They designed and ran their own shops, offering goods and services to classmates — all while practicing real-life skills like budgeting, spending wisely, and tracking earnings. 📊💡

It was a fun, hands-on way to explore how communities function and how businesses operate. We're so proud of our young thinkers and doers!

Our 6th grade students visited Feed My Starving Children today.

🎉Way to go 6th grade!

Over Spring Break, we checked another project off our Centennial Funds list! ✅

New windows were installed in the Spirit Center offices and in our first and third grade classrooms.

Huge thanks to Facilities Manager, Corey Copps, for overseeing the work crew and to our amazing cleaning crew for getting everything sparkling clean for our return! 💪✨

☀We look forward to seeing everyone back tomorrow!

🎉This morning we celebrated the last day before Spring Break with a Spirit Day!!

👏We awarded Spirit Awards, Math in Action and Dreambox winners.

🌞We wish everyone a fun Spring Break!

🏅Congratulations to several of our 2nd-5th grade students who participated in our Math Challenge Tournament today.

👏A big thank you to Mrs. Loschy and our parent volunteers who made this possible.

🎉Thank you to everyone who joined us tonight for our "March into Spring" Party.

🎈A big thank you to Balloons by Kevin for sharing his talents & entertaining countless children tonight.