{"id":2212,"date":"2010-12-07T05:13:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T13:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=2212"},"modified":"2010-12-06T21:50:22","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T05:50:22","slug":"csc-video-news-advent-bingo-and-chicago-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/csc-video-news-advent-bingo-and-chicago-schools","title":{"rendered":"CSC Video News &#8211; Advent Bingo and Chicago Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"450\" height=\"278\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iLs3o0STJrU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a fun way to engage your students in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Loyola Press has posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loyolapress.com\/advent-bingo-activity-center.htm\">free Advent Bingo activity<\/a> for use in Catholic classrooms and religious education programs.<\/p>\n<p>The bingo activity is available as a free download on Loyola\u2019s website, and includes three leader guides and thirty <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2228\" title=\"Bingo Card\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bingo_card_-_02-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bingo Card\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bingo_card_-_02-229x300.jpg 229w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bingo_card_-_02-782x1024.jpg 782w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bingo_card_-_02.jpg 1311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>different bingo cards.<\/p>\n<p>Great news out of Chicago this week as <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicschooladvocate.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/03\/fantastic-news-for-catholic-schools-in-chicago\/\">The Soul of a Nation<\/a> reports increased enrollment for the archdiocese for the first time in 60 years. The article attributes this growth to, among other things, strong leadership and an experimental model of governance for 16 of its schools.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about this amazing achievement at <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicschooladvocate.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/03\/fantastic-news-for-catholic-schools-in-chicago\/\">The Soul of a Nation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, this month we\u2019re asking the question, How willing are you to make Advent more meaningful? Would you be wiling to refrain from Christmas carols or putting up a Christmas tree until the Christmas season actually begins? Let us know by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/poll-how-willing-are-you-to-make-advent-more-meaningful\">CatholicSchoolChronicle.com<\/a> to take our poll or leave a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for a fun way to engage your students in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Loyola Press has posted a free Advent Bingo activity for use in Catholic classrooms and religious education programs. The bingo activity is available as a free download on Loyola\u2019s website, and includes three leader guides and thirty &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/csc-video-news-advent-bingo-and-chicago-schools\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CSC Video News &#8211; Advent Bingo and Chicago Schools&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prZ8V-zG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3091,"url":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/advent-and-christmas-videos-for-the-catholic-classroom-and-a-bonus-christmas-carol-puzzle","url_meta":{"origin":2212,"position":0},"title":"Advent and Christmas Videos for the Catholic Classroom (and a Bonus Christmas Carol Puzzle)","author":"Deacon Nick","date":"December 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On today's #CatholicEdChat, I shared a few YouTube videos that I sometimes use with my students. Here they are in one convenient place for you to use, along with a special word puzzle, Translate that Christmas Carol. 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Coordinated by Catholic school teacher Barb Gilman, the project invites Catholic schools and students to share pictures of\u00a0Advent wreaths, nativity scenes, and\/or Jesse Trees. I really\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/category\/news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nativity Scene","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nativity-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2104,"url":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/advent-as-a-time-of-perseverance-for-teachers-and-students","url_meta":{"origin":2212,"position":2},"title":"Advent as a Time of Perseverance for Teachers and Students","author":"Deacon Nick","date":"November 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"As always, the latest issue of iCatholic magazine has some excellent articles. 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