Fifth-grade students Jacob Martinez, Margaret Rodriguez and Lillie Roseboro work on their Lego Stations of the Cross stop-motion presentation during class in Saint Peter School, Merchantville. Their STEM class project is just one of the ways Catholic schools in South Jersey brought Lenten lessons into the classrooms this season.

(Photo by Peter G. Sánchez of the Catholic Star Herald)

St. Peter School was featured in an overview of Lenten activities at Catholic Schools around the Diocese of Camden. Highlighted was St. Peter School STEM program, where our 5th grade students spent most of the Lenten season creating a LEGO-animated Stations of the Cross re-enactment.

The fifth grade STEM classes were divided into groups of two to three students, and each group took charge of several stations. Students learned the details needed to  Mrs. Marisi, St. Peter School's STEM and Computer Science Instructor, compiled each set of static images and titles into a slideshow. 

Read the full article on the Catholic Star Herald's website here!

Here's the full video below (music and other post-production dramatic effects completed in Canva!)