Contributed Photo Gresham Community School students who attended a tour of three Shawano businesses recently with teacher Brenda Hoffman, left, were Kevin Ile, Emma Lau, Kalen Fischer, Breanna Juga and Marisa Jensen.
Contributed Photo Queen River Otradovec and King Beau Hoffman reigned at Gresham Community School’s prom Saturday.
Olga Brener Intermediate School
Our fourth-grade after-school wall climbing club recently finished. Together they learned wall climbing can prepare them for the challenges in their lives. The following students were selected by their peers for showing good sportsmanship during after school wall climbing: Sarah Carroll, Aubrey Christian, Alexander Paque, Acacia Rancier and Marie Blake.
The following students were chosen by their teachers for demonstrating the Hawk Trait of Responsibility: Natalie Ahlers, Andon Chelberg, Courtney Dillenburg, Markus Koehler, Kylee Boda, Robert Schroth, Macayon Bosetski, Jamison Johnson, Evian Matchapatow, Emily Westphal, Bailey Parsons, Rachael cooper, Ashton Henning, Deacon Carroll, Ariana Albert, Cordell Mendez, Makaila Blanke, Abrielle Schmidt, Tagen Miles, Jakobe Baumgartner, Evelyn Schmidt, Chad Norton, Brayden Koenig, Cole Wesener, Noah fike, Ava Scheffler, Ashton Richards, Allison Langlois, Kersten Stueck, Austin Weckler, Ruby Phillips-Levin, Jacob Polzin, Angelina Steinhoff, Braden Eiden, Grace Beyer, Ethan Schwitzer, Faith Lammers and Leo Liu. Thank you for Learning, Living and Leading the Hawk Way!
Upcoming: April 21, fifth-grade concert; April 24, half day; April 24, Walk in My Shoes Day; April 30, Good to Go Walk.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Top walkers for the month: 4K, Dacey Webster; 5K, Isabella Martens; first grade, Alexia LaTender; second grade, Hannah Yeager (top walker); third grade, Dugan Webster; fourth grade, McKenzie Kaquatosh; fifth grade, Dakota Miller; sixth grade, Paul Meisner; seventh grade, Demetrius Kaquatosh; eighth grade, Kaleigh Smith.
Adam Piantek did a fantastic job on his piano solo at the solo and ensemble festival. Adam received a first, which is the highest possible rating at the festival, and will receive a gold medal as well. We are proud of Adam’s accomplishment and congratulate him. Thank you to members of our staff for their support of Adam during his competition.
Christopher West is best known for his comments on “Theology of the Body.” We will be hosting the best-selling author, who will speak about his new book “Fill These Hearts: God, Sex, and the Universal Longing,” from 7-9 p.m. April 24 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. In 2004, West helped establish the Theology of the Body Institute near Philadelphia, where he is a senior lecturer of theology and Christian anthropology. West has written several books, audio and video programs, and lectured across the world. The program will also include musical guests Mike Mangione and Jason Clark. This event is partially funded by the Bishop’s Appeal. All middle school parents are encouraged to attend.
The total our school collected in our rice bowls was $335.20. Thank you for thinking of others during the season of Lent. Good job!
Our top sellers of Seroogy’s chocolate and coffee were Isabella Martens and Cora Flaig. Thank you to everyone for supporting our Catholic school with your fundraising efforts.
Bonduel Elementary School
A quick glance inside the Bonduel Elementary Art Room:
As we finally move away from the dark days of winter, Bonduel Elementary students have been making sure that the hallways stay bright as always. Each grade has been working hard and creating works that they should be proud of.
In kindergarten, students finished up learning all about ocean creatures after reading “My Visit to the Aquarium” by Akili Brandenburg and creating their very own ocean aquarium with fish, sand and seashells! Now, as Earth Day approaches on April 22, students are learning all about the story “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss and how they can help take care of the Earth. They are learning all about the term “landscape” and how art can be made of recycled objects. They even get to use leftover Easter grass to create crazy trees that the silly old Lorax can protect.
In first grade, students are continuing their unit learning all about improvising objects in art. Before spring break, they got into spring fever by creating dandelion flowers using paint and forks! Now they got to sing along to the song “Sly the Dragonfly” and learn the differences between warm and cool colors. They’re using coffee filters, markers and water to get the tie-dye effect and water color to create the background that their dragonflies will be flying over.
Community is important to any person, and second grade is starting to learn what makes up a good community. Using the idea of background, middle ground and foreground, students are creating a three-dimensional image using construction paper and foam. By gaining a basic understanding of architecture and how it takes up space, students will create a community that you won’t be able to help but want to explore.
This is just a small snapshot of what some of the younger grades are doing in art. Keep an open eye for what third-, fourth- and fifth-graders have been creating in a future article.
St. James Lutheran School
Many thanks to the family of alumnus Eric Herrmann for the saxophone in his memory. This is an important addition to the inventory of the St. James Elementary School band. Since the tenor saxophone is a somewhat large instrument, most fifth-grade students do not start on it as beginners. Now we are able to transfer students to this instrument as they grow larger and taller. Thank you!
Congratulations to second-grader Trevor Schwartz, who met his accelerated reader goal of 75 points. Great job, Trevor! It looks like it’s time for another trip to Pizza Hut with Principal Susan Longmire. Keep up the good work!
This year’s Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser at St. James was a huge success. We raised $2,040 for the American Heart Association. Samantha Richter was our top fundraiser with $370 in donations. Thank you to all those who helped with the event. We couldn’t have done it without you. Way to go, St. James students!
Gresham Community School
On Thursday, a representative from the University of Wisconsin-Stout came to Gresham to talk to high school students about attending the school and a free summer camp.
Students went on a business trip to Shawano to Farm Inn on Main, Body Essentials and ANew to view the entrepreneur side of each business.
On Friday, juniors set up the gym for the prom, which was held Saturday. The theme was “Midnight Masquerade.” Students wore masks, and a great time was had by all. River Otradovec and Beau Hoffman were the queen and king.
Pulaski Community Middle School
The fourth annual Run for Your Mother 5K run/walk will be held May 9 at the Pulaski Community Middle School. The run is an event that benefits the PCMS garden and environmental education initiatives. The run will start and end at the middle school, and the course goes all around Pulaski.
A kids race, which is a 1/8-mile run around the track at PCMS, is free and open to ages 2-9. They can register the morning of the event. After the race, the children will help plant flowers in the garden at the middle school.
The second race will be the 5K, which begins immediately after the kids’ race at 9 a.m. Registration is $20, which includes registration fees and a T-shirt, or $10, which includes registration fees only. Participants can register from 7:30-8:30 a.m. the day of the event or at https://sites.google.com/a/pulaskischools.org/run-for-your-mother/.
Awards will be given for the top three places in each age division.