Gresham Community School
On Dec. 4, the middle school sixth- and seventh-grade boys basketball team and the eighth-grade boys basketball team both beat Marion. There was a middle school boys basketball game at Gresham against Tigerton on Monday night. It was also parents night for them, and both teams won. On Saturday, there is a middle school boys basketball tournament starting at 9 a.m.
Last week, we had a fundraiser to raise money for choir stoles by selling ice cream sandwiches for $1 at lunch.
This week, the student council will sell candy canes during lunch hours to get in the spirit of the Christmas season.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Advent is a time for waiting and preparing. Our students are preparing for Christmas by helping others this season. We have been collecting items to share with SAFPARC and Safe Haven. We are proud that our students are taking their resources to share with others in need this holiday season.
Our first story time focused on the letter A for Angels. Our story time is open to everyone on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. in the school library. Come join us this week to see what the theme is!
Did you know that our school can earn money free just by you doing your shopping with gift cards? Scrip order forms are available in the school office or the parish office. When you use Scrip gift cards, you don’t pay any extra; the vendor donates a portion to our school. For more information on how you can use Scrip for your Christmas shopping, call the school office.
Mark your calendars. Our early childhood open house will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 10. This is open to anyone who has a child that would be age 3 by Sept. 1, 2015. We will have activities for children who are eligible for our 3K, 4K, 5K and first-grade classes for 2015-16.
Our students will present our Christmas program, “Sing with us, The Christmas Story,” on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m. in the church. Everyone is welcome. We are asking for nonperishable food donations as admittance into the program.
Congratulations to our top walkers for the month of November: Elizabeth Behnke, Isabella Martens, Davis Lyons, Destiny Webster, Dugan Webster, Lilly Montour, Alexis Myerchin, Max Oreskovich, R.J. Waukau and Erika Oreskovich. Our students are participating in the program Transform Wisconsin. Each student has a free pedometer to track their steps during morning and lunch recess.
Wolf River Lutheran High School
Wolf River Lutheran High School is pleased to announce that it has entered into a partnership with Concordia University Wisconsin, a regionally accredited university.
The Dual Credit Program allows students to earn both high school and college credits through online courses taught by CUW faculty. The program allows students to complete dual credit courses online either during the school day or at home for a fraction of the traditional undergraduate cost.
Highly affordable tuition is made possible through Concordia Promise scholarships which reduce tuition from $200 per credit to $50. Concordia Promise is available for students currently enrolled in a Christian high school or homeschool who are not eligible for state, district or outside funding. Students at WRLHS may choose from 13 semester-long courses and will also have access to CUW’s online library holdings and databases. For more information, please call 715-745-2400.
St. James Lutheran School
We are going to have men’s basketball open gym on Saturdays this school year from 8-10 a.m. There are a great group of guys that came last year. The schedule will occasionally be adjusted, due to other events scheduled in the gym, but weekly e-mails will be sent to regular attendees to keep them informed.
St. Paul Lutheran School
Yesterday, the fourth grade class, along with some adult helpers, learned how to wrap Christmas presents! Their teacher, Louise Reisler, applied for and received a $250 action grant from Thrivent to purchase Christmas gifts for the 20 families that, up until November, have been utilizing the Bonduel Food Pantry, located at St. Paul Lutheran School. Those 20 families will receive Christian and devotional material, as well as toys and other gifts, as a sign of Christian love and care. The community service idea was inspired by this year’s school theme, “Know, Grow, Sow” (the love of Christ). Others interested in receiving nonperishable and household supplies from the Bonduel Food Pantry need only to be a member of the Bonduel community and bring identification and financial information to the pantry location from 4-7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month. Please call 715-853-8578 for more information.
Wednesday is a busy day at St. Paul. There will be a Red Cross Blood Drive in the fellowship hall from 12-5 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome. From 4-7 p.m. is another community food pantry pick-up day. At 6:30 p.m. we will host for the second time a former Muslim who has since become an ordained LCMS pastor. He will speak about the current conflict in the Middle East and what this means for the Christians both here and abroad. The public is welcome to come to this free event.
Students have been busy preparing for this year’s Christmas programs which begin this weekend: 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, preschool, 4K and kindergarten present “The Many Shapes of Christmas”; 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, grades 5-8 present “The Light of the World”; and 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, grades 1-4 present “The Special Christmas Lamb.”