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Subjects to Study
Awards and Prizes
COVID facts
Here comes Autumn
100

The Holiday after which school used to begin

Labor Day

100

In a survey, over 90% of responders said this was their least favorite subject in school

Math

100

These awards are given yearly to honor films and film stars

Oscars

100

Saint Paul Hermitage closed down to visitors on this date

March 11

100

Date on which autumn officially begins this year

September 22

200

The color of most school transportation

yellow

200

In this class, you might study Monet, Picasso or Georgia O'Keefe

Art

200

This award is given for television shows and their stars

Emmy

200

Most of our rules and regulations come from the CDC.  What does CDC stand for?

Center for Disease Control

200

The 3 autumn months

September, October, November

300

Name given to the place where rural schooling happened in the 1800's 

One room school house or little red school house

300

Rarely taught now, this subject helped young people become acquainted with cooking and household management

Home Ec

300

These awards are named after the man who invented dynamite

Nobel prize

300

The 2 measures we are all asked to take to prevent the spread of COVID

masks, social distancing

300

September birthstone

sapphire

400

Name for the schoolbag that most students carry to school these days

backpack

400

In high school, rather than taking academic courses, some students could choose to follow this tract to learn shop, floristry, cosmetology, etc.

Vocational training

400

Mother Teresa received the Nobel prize in this area

Peace

400

Time that visitation begins and ends on Residential Visitation days

1 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

400

These creatures spend most of the Fall migrating

birds

500

New England city that was the site of the first pubilc elementary school

Boston

500

In this class, one might learn a song to recall the names of all the presidents

history

500

The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to this senator (soon-to-be president) for his book, Profiles in Courage

JFK

500

Name 2 treats you have received from Sr Susan during the pandemic

possible answers:

puzzles, jello parfaits, raspberry cakes, strawberries and cream, wine and cheese, applesauce cake, devil's food cake, mandarin oranges

500

The chemical that causes the leaves to change colors

Chlorophyll