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All students here at Brener are starting to gear up for the Jump Rope for Heart/Hoops for Heart program. We are thrilled to be supporting the American Heart Association to help teach our students and families how to take care of their hearts. Our school will be holding our own event during all physical education classes the week of Feb. 23-27. Every class will participate in healthy heart activities, jump rope activities and basketball activities. Parents and family are welcome to participate with the students. Students are encouraged, but not required, to fund raise for this event. Eighty percent of the funds raised go to teaching children the importance of the heart, how it works, how exercise affects their hearts and how to stay fit for life, and funding extensive research efforts and programs to help us all live healthier lives. When your child participates in this program, they will feel good knowing that they are making a difference in people’s lives. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of all Americans, and more people die of heart disease than all forms of cancer combined. The American Heart Association is second only to the U.S. government in funding research in heart disease and stroke. In addition, the school earns money for physical education equipment so we can keep our kids moving!
Upcoming: Feb. 5, Family Write Night; Feb. 11, Picture Day; Feb. 16, no school; Feb. 27, PTO family movie night.
Sacred Heart
On Jan. 28, we celebrated St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Angela Merici. Both were very involved in Catholic education. St. Thomas was a Dominican priest who thought all young men should have the opportunity to have a Catholic education. St. Angela thought that all boys and girls should have the opportunity to have a good Catholic education and was involved with the Sisters of St. Joseph, who started our school. Depend on God.
Scott Marohl, Elizabeth Sanders and Carolyn Reuter were the teachers chosen to receive a pie in the face at the pep rally on Monday of Catholic Schools Week. Everyone enjoyed the events planned by Mr. Marohl.
Second-graders made potato pancakes, which they shared and enjoyed, by doubling a recipe.
More than 160 people came together for Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church to celebrate Catholic Schools Week and enjoyed a delicious ham dinner served by Tanya Myerchin in the school cafeteria after Mass.
Our Geography Bee contestants were Eric Krueger, Autumn Bunker, Paul Meisner, Riley Tucker, Antonio Garcia, Adam Piantek, RJ Waukau, Nicole Piantek, Susan Shawanokasic and Dakota Miller. Congratulations to all students for a job well done. Our winner, Autumn Bunker, might have the opportunity to represent our school in the national Geography Bee in Washington, D.C.