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Super Spiritual Student Kalen Ordaz was recognized for showing compassion toward fellow classmates like Sabrina Erran and Diego Valencia.

Teachers at St. Catherine of Siena selected their first round of Super Spiritual Students for the new academic year. These students — one per class — are basically recognized for celebrating their faith in action by modeling one or more of the school’s Student Learning Expectations.

Teachers select a new Super Spiritual Student every two weeks.

The first set of kindergarten through eighth-grade Super Spiritual Students include:

• Kindergartner Kalen Ordaz for being helpful. “She always helps our new students and [is] concerned when someone does not feel well,” her teacher wrote.
• Seventh grader Ramon Candia who did a great job with his assigned “buddy” from the lower grades during a school Mass. His teacher said he served as a great example for fellow classmates by trying his personal best both academically and spiritually at all time.

Others were recognized for their preparedness, enthusiasm and manners.

St. John Bosco School has a similar program in which it honors students for showing LASER skills that are the set of Student Learning Expectations required for graduation. The school presents them with a certificate, which they can redeem at local businesses. Workers sometimes ask students how they earned the certificate.