City Mission Schools

Purposed Painting! 🎨✨

Everyone was excited to paint with Miss Diane! She made painting exciting, uplifting, and full of purpose.

Her encouragement and positive energy inspired creativity and brought smiles to everyone in the room. What a wonderful experience of art, expression, and joy!

Artistic Adventures 🎨🏴‍☠️

Art Hub is a fantastic resource for inspiring young artists and sparking creativity in the classroom. Our lower elementary boys are setting sail on imaginative pirate ship adventures during art class, bringing their creativity, storytelling, and artistic skills to life. We love seeing their excitement as they explore, create, and learn through art!

Math Manipulatives 🧮

Math centers are a must! For our lower elementary students, we make it a priority to create engaging centers and provide additional support that strengthens each child’s individual academic needs.

We are so grateful for the volunteers who generously give their time to help our students thrive in every area of their education.

Speaking Spanish! (Hablar Español) 🇪🇸🎤

Our high school students are building confidence, learning new words, and practicing conversations together! Having fun while growing their Spanish speaking skills one conversation at a time. 

Spelling Spotlight ✏️📚🎉

This week, our students are diving into the power of words—with a fun twist! From silly spelling games to friendly classroom competitions and creative word challenges, learning spelling has never been more exciting.

Whether its patterns in writing or laughing through a round of “spell it to win it,” our students are building confidence while having a blast. 💥

Relate through Reading 📖

Reading readiness starts long before children can decode words—it begins with connection. In kindergarten, it’s all about building bridges between stories and real life.

Through play, art, and meaningful activities, children learn to connect with stories in ways that feel exciting and personal. When they act out a story, draw their favorite parts, or talk about how a character feels, they’re doing more than having fun—they’re building the foundation for reading.

When children become excited about storytelling, they *want* to read. And from that excitement grows a love for writing, creating, and sharing their own stories. ✨📚

Our upper elementary and high school students have been diving into the art of storytelling in a meaningful way! 📝✨

This week, they created “life maps” — visual timelines highlighting key moments, memories, and experiences that have shaped who they are. From small everyday joys to big turning points, each map tells a unique story.

Next, they’ll use these maps as a foundation to craft personal narratives, turning their reflections into powerful pieces of writing. It’s been inspiring to see their creativity, self-awareness, and voices come to life in such thoughtful ways.

We can’t wait to read their stories! 💙

enCOMPASSing Christ 💫

In Bible class, we made special compasses based on Proverbs 2 🧭

Each direction reminded us to walk in the way of goodness, follow the paths of righteousness, and grow in wisdom as we listen to God each day.

A reminder to “encompass” Christ in everything we do, letting Him guide our path. 🏞️

Last week, our students had a special visit from Mia, a local high school senior, and Robert, a recent graduate of Southern Connecticut State University’s music program! 🎶

They led a fun and engaging mini music lesson, sharing their talents and singing songs with our students. It was a joyful experience filled with learning, rhythm, and great music. We’re so grateful they took the time to inspire our students and spark their love for the arts!

Give Local kicks off tomorrow!

For 36 hours, you have the opportunity to give, share, and help expand the reach of City Mission. Every donation—big or small—moves our mission forward.

Be ready to give and spread the word: www.givelocalccf.org