Mini-Me

Last Thursday during Catholic School's week  was "Dress as Your Favorite Religious Person" Day. (Most of the teachers, including myself, dressed as ourselves. Rather arrogant of us, don't you think? =D) We actually had quite a few "Mr. Simonses" running around the halls as well. Best representation definitely goes to Cecilia here for her apt depiction of myself, complete with glasses, cardigan, and suspenders:

The Schism of 1056

Back in November, the 8th Grade was learning about the Schism of 1056, when the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic churches split due to political and theological differences. Here we have Kevin, Connor, and Grant acting as representatives of the West (the facial hair is due to the fact that the Eastern Christians thought that the Westerns were barbarians. . .and barbarians have beards. Get it?!). Would only that the 11th Century Orthodox Christians heard such moving testimony for the beliefs of the Catholic faith. Perhaps the world would be a better place. . .maybe. . .probably not.

To the victor. . .

Sorry for the delay. Above we have Jerry and Tessa, two newly inducted "Clark Scholars," reaping the rewards of diligent study. Students who achieve the highest possible scores on my evaluations are inducted into the Chlark Scholars (by having their names included in the monthly "Good News"). They are then given the choice of receiving candy, a homework pass, or holding my snake, Clark (hence the name).