Contributed Photo DR. SUESS DAY: Gresham Assistant Principal Newell Haffner and senior Kevin Ile read to the elementary classes on Dr. Suess Day.
St. James Lutheran School
The sixth-grade earth science class is completing its study of volcanoes. During the unit the students had to build a model volcano that could erupt. There were many concoctions and mixtures thought up to demonstrate a volcanic eruption, including fire extinguishers, “elephant toothpaste,” Mentos and Coke, and baking soda with vinegar. One student built a wide and gently sloping shield volcano like the ones in Hawaii. The students had a great time presenting their projects to their classmates and spending a day outside watching the eruptions.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Our top walker of February was second-grade student Destiny Webster. Other top walkers by grade were Dacey Webster, 4K; McKenna Yeager, K; Alexia LaTender, 1; Maddie Krueger, 3; McKenzie Kaquatosh, 4; Dakota Miller, 5; Paul Meisner, 6; Lelo Garcia, 7; Erika Oreskovich, 8. Congratulations to all of our top walkers!
Our boys A team took third place in the Tournament of Celebration held at Sacred Heart Catholic School last weekend. Congratulations, A team (with a little help from some B team players). Thank you to Scott Marohl for all of the time and dedication to our athletic program this school year. Thank you to all the parents who were committed to making our athletic program a success. Thank you to Randy Panzer as athletic director and all of the coaches for a job well done.
Our Winter Walk to School Day is Wednesday. Safe Routes to School provided prizes, which include hats, gloves, headbands and Subway gift cards. Each person who walked laps will have his or her name entered in a drawing. Parents and staff were invited to participate, too!
The Cat in the Hat was our guest walker Tuesday.
Please sign the registry in the school office if you would be interested in participating in a communitywide talent show from 5:30-8 p.m. April 29 at Sacred Heart. The talent show is in the early stages of organization, and we want to check the level of interest before proceeding. The talent show is not a competition and would give participants of all ages an opportunity to showcase an individual or group talent. If there is enough interest to proceed, registration forms will be available shortly.
Gresham School
Gresham School was busy last week. On Thursday, the elementary students had their drama performance. On Friday, the first- and second-grade classes took a trip to the circus while the rest of the school had a half day.
Monday was a very eventful day as the Pennies for Patients campaign began, encouraging the students to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Also, the K-1 grades traveled to the Weidner Center and the children’s museum in Green Bay, the senior boys had dinner at the Woodland and practice began for our combined Gresham/Bowler high school track teams.
On Tuesday night, families came out to enjoy a visit from the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers mascot, Fang, and played games.
On Wednesday, there is a Quiz Bowl meet at Marion, as well as a performance of the play “Honk” by the high school drama club. There will be showings at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Admission is $5 per person. Ages 10 and under get in for free.
Olga Brener Intermediate School
On Friday, Opera for the Young will be coming to Olga Brener. The performance will be at 9:30 a.m. and will showcase 16 of our students. What a wonderful opportunity for these students to sing with professional opera singers. This was made possible through grants obtained from the Community Foundation of the Fox Valley Region, Shawano Area Retired Teachers Association and Shawano Schools Grants for Excellence.
The Hawk Trait for the month of February was trustworthy. The following students were chosen by their teachers as the Hawk Award recipient for their class for demonstrating the trait of trustworthy: Lance Wendorff, Maddigan Bakeberg, Christian Norman, Sormie Pyatskowit, Alex Montour, Jermaine Perez, Neveah Selle, Kylaya Schwitzer, Ava Bendtschneider, Tyler Evans, Braden Teetzen, Kasmira DuChesne, Owen Curran, Madeline Heling, Aidan Preston, Shawn Tourtillott, Ania Hoffman, Aubrey Christian, Brady Anderson, Brieanna Luebeck, Dominic Helder, Riley Dreier, Nathan Ahlers, Aliegha Prokash, Isaac Hill, Kylie Bellingrath, Emerson Prey, Courtney Drengler, Sophie Guetschow, Josh Tomashek, Walker Theis, Kaylee Rindt, Jaden Lobermier, Emma Nunway, Gage Gorman, Hannah Hutchcraft, Elise Pyatskowit and Sam Edwards. Keep up the good work!
Upcoming: Opera for the Young, Friday; half day, Friday; Brener Showcase of Students, March 24; Grandfriends Breakfast, March 25; Spring Break, March 30-April 3.
Bonduel Elementary School
Bonduel Elementary first- through fifth-graders participated in the Jump Rope for Heart program the week of Feb. 9 in their gym classes. We used long jump ropes one day and short jump ropes the next day. The younger students learned how to twirl the long rope, and a lot of the older students learned how to get into the middle while the rope was twirling. They all discovered that jumping rope is great exercise!
We had 50 students collect donations for the American Heart Association this year, which was even more than participated last year in this community service project. The students collected $1,746! The top fundraisers were Evan Wilcox, a second-grader, and Joshua Zak, a fourth-grader. Thank you to all the students who went out and collected donations for the American Heart Association to benefit their research and educational programs.
We appreciate everyone who supported all of the students who collected donations for the American Heart Association.
