School Notes

Sacred Heart Catholic School

The second- and third-grade students at Sacred Heart Catholic School will present Living Stations at 2 p.m. Thursday. Everyone is welcome.

Friday will be the last fish fry sponsored by our Home and School Association this school year. Please consider coming for the food, fun, raffle and community building.

Did you notice the new Lenten item? This week we added another candle, a white flickering one. We learned in the Gospel, “Whoever lives in the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.” (John 3:21) One more week, and then it will be Palm Sunday.

The Rev. Luke Ferris will be blessing rice bowls Wednesday at the all-school Mass.

Please sign the registry in the school office if you would be interested in participating in a communitywide talent show here at Sacred Heart from 5:30-8 p.m. April 29. 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. If interested, contact Autumne Gee, development director.

We have been busy taking registrations for the 2015-2016 school year. Spots are filling fast. We are excited to offer a new 3K program with the extended care option. We have opened enrollment to the community for grades 3K-8. If you would like more information, please stop in the school office between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays or give us a call at 715-526-5328. You can reach our admissions director by emailing creuter@sacredheartshawano.org.

Gresham Community School

These past two weeks at Gresham Community School, the student council has been collecting for “Pennies for Patients” and has raised over $900. The sixth-grade class took first place with $173.78. In second place was the fifth grade with $114.55. Since all of the elementary did such a great job raising money for leukemia and lymphoma, all the students will be rewarded with a pizza party next month.

Culture Club went on a field trip to tour the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and listen to guest speakers.

On Saturday, Christian Haffner went to Madison for a three-point contest and tied for fifth place.

The National Honor Society inducted members Tuesday night.

St. James Lutheran School

Congratulations to Elijah Passehl, Kyle Krueger and Abigail Bystol, who took first place at the Tri-Star Basketball competition this past Saturday.

Pulaski Community School District

The Pulaski Community School District is going to referendum on April 7 to ask for $685,000 each year for four years from taxpayers to fund a 1:1 technology initiative. District funds will cover $515,000 of the $1.2 million annual cost.

Classroom tours where area residents see a 1:1 classroom in action are being offered from 9:45-11 a.m. Thursday at Glenbrook Elementary School and 11:25 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. at Pulaski Community Middle School.

Olga Brener Intermediate School

On March 13, Opera for the Young came to Olga Brener Intermediate School. Opera for the Young is an opera company that specifically does children’s opera, introducing thousands of school children each year to the world of opera. This year’s production was based on Andre Gretry’s “Beauty and the Beast” in honor of the Opera for the Young’s 45th anniversary. Sixteen of our students performed, as children of beasts and a chorus of birds, alongside four professional opera singers. The waterfall was played by Hillcrest’s music teacher, Craig Pynenberg. A big thank-you to Lynn Johnson for organizing this production!

Upcoming: March 30-April 3, spring break; April 14, fourth-graders to Madison; April 21, fifth-grade concert; April 24, half day and Walk in My Shoes.

Bonduel Elementary School

The month of March so far has been filled with different fun activities for the kindergarten students at the Bonduel Elementary School.

The first week began with the celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday. The kindergarten children heard a large variety of stories written by one of their favorite authors, Dr. Seuss. We had a great time celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday throughout the week with a variety of literacy activities. To conclude the week the students wore their pajamas to school. They played a game of “Jeopardy” based on Dr. Seuss’s stories, graphed their favorite Dr. Seuss story, made turtles from his famous story “Yertle the Turtle,” and even got to eat some green eggs and ham! It was a great way to conclude the week.

During the second week, the children had the opportunity to see the program “Marvelous Mammals” sponsored by the Navarino Nature Center, courtesy of the Crawford Family Foundation. Tim Ewing and Jackie Wilbur presented the program to each kindergarten classroom. The students had the opportunity to learn about a large variety of different mammals from our wonderful state of Wisconsin. They could actually see and touch at least 20 different skins. The mammals included a black bear, a gray wolf, a deer, a skunk, a beaver and a red fox. The children were amazed by the presentation. They got to make a plaster animal track from their favorite state mammal.

Our month will be winding down with exciting St. Patrick’s Day activities, our yearly Child Development Day and the beginning of spring, which will be followed by more great math, science and literacy projects.

The children also have our upcoming field trip to the Building for Kids in Appleton to look forward to. The museum has many hands-on activities to keep them all actively engaged. They will be participating in a class exploring the five senses, which will address a unit in our science curriculum.

There is never a dull moment in kindergarten at the Bonduel Elementary School!