Contributed Photo Representing the junior class on the 2015 prom court at Shawano Community High School were, from left, Kathryn Kugel and William Teetzen, Allison Raddant and Tom Trinko, Dylan Enno and Kelly Mastey, Queen Hannah Zuiches and King Jared Tavernier, Miranda Friedrich and Simon Moesch, Sarah Dickmann and Adam Bartz.
Contributed Photo NUTRITION EDUCATION: Second-grader Kyle Rickert puts his food item on the proper category for Sheena Arnold, a nutrition educator from the University of Wisconsin-Extension, during a recent program at Bowler Elementary School. Waiting patiently for their turns are Danica Peters and Janay Kirkland. Arnold travels to schools presenting nutrition lessons to elementary students.
Bonduel Elementary School
- Studying for a test can be fun? Really? It sure can! Our fifth-grade students are using SMART Notebook 11 to create games to help them study for tests. For example, when studying for their vocabulary test, they can create a multiple-choice game. They can also create a game that as they drag the letters up to spell the correct vocabulary word, they score a basket or kick a goal in soccer.
When they’ve completed a game, they show it to their teacher to make sure everything is good to go. Then students will e-mail it to their classmates for them to practice for their upcoming test. Additionally, their fifth-grade teachers have created games to help them study for their tests and will e-mail those to their students as well.
It sure has improved their test scores, and it makes studying for a test fun. Really!
- Fourth-graders have been doing many neat things in science this quarter. We have learned about sound, chemical reactions, simple machines and other fun topics. During our simple machines unit, we were able to use the LEGO Robotics kits to create some neat robots. The students then used the computer program WeDo to program their robots to move and make noise. The first robot each group made was Dancing Birds. After that, the groups were challenged to create Drumming Monkey. Each robot used different pulleys, gears and levers to operate. We are very lucky to have the LEGO Robotics kits available to us. It was a great learning experience for the kids.
Coming up in science, we will be doing more hands-on activities using electricity and magnets. This is an exciting time of year in fourth grade!
Bonduel Middle School
“When you’re down and troubled, and you need some loving care, and nothing, nothing is going right … I’ll be there. You’ve got a friend.”— “You’ve Got a Friend,” Carole King
Our United States employs thousands of migrant workers throughout the continental states. Many of these families are constantly on the move from season to season, which means that the children within each family must change schools often. That can be a rather scary thing, considering they oftentimes speak little, if any, English, and their parents might not be able to afford school supplies.
In view of our good fortune and stability, two homerooms of seventh- and eighth-graders have taken on a service project to let the children in migrant worker families know that we care about their well-being. We are making friendship boxes. The boxes are plastic school boxes, like the ones many elementary children have in their desks. Among the items we plan to include in the boxes are handmade dream catchers and friendship bracelets, pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, note pads, a few small toys and a personal note.
These friendship boxes will be sent to the Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation program in Mexico, New York. We are sure they will be appreciated and, hopefully, we’ll each make a new friend.
Shawano High School
This year’s “Rustic Romance” junior prom was held at the Shawano County Park. Representing the junior class on the prom court were Sarah Dickmann and Adam Bartz, Miranda Friedrich and Simon Moesch, Kathryn Kugel and Jared Tavernier, Kelly Mastey and Dylan Enno, Allison Raddant and Tom Trinko, Hannah Zuiches and William Teetzen. Following the grand march, Jared Tavernier and Hannah Zuiches were named the 2015 prom king and queen. The theme song was “Mean to Me” by Brett Eldredge.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
- Father Dan Schuster joined us for Mass. He shared with us that some days we need strength, and he, as well as other adults, find that coffee helps them get through the day. He recommended another way to get strength is to pray. If we take just a few minutes during each day to pray, we will find strength in Jesus.
- The 3K and 4K student were busy studying the anatomy of worms. They were very interested in each of the many parts.
- The Spring Showcase starts at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 14, and includes art and science displays, an all-school concert and the eighth-grade play. Please help us congratulate the winner of the cover contest — Nicole Piantek!
- The 4K class with their sixth-grade buddies planted seeds as part of our Arbor Day prayer service.
- Our third-graders received compliments from the manager at Dairy Queen after their visit for a Junior Achievement activity. She commented that it was a joyful experience for her.
- On Monday, April 27, students in grades 4K-8 spent an educational day at Camp Tekakwitha. The trip was made possible by our Home & School Association. All families as members are asked to help raise funds to support these type of activities.
St. James Lutheran School
- Congratulations to our St. James band and choir! The fifth- to eighth-grade students performed this week at the Large Group Music Festival in Gillett. Performing in front of three judges, both groups received three firsts, with a combined score of first for each of the groups. Since 2008, our band has received a first place for eight consecutive years, and our choir has received one second place and seven first places. What a wonderful achievement for our school.
- First grade is learning about presidents. They took some center time to put together a president puzzle, look at president books and make their own book about the president.
- After two days of interviews, observations and reviewing the school’s accreditation documentation and evidence, the accreditation team gave its stamp of approval and is recommending our school for accreditation! Covering seven standards, as well as a complete self-study and goals for our school for the next five years, this was a tedious process for our entire staff. Everyone was involved in one way or another to ensure that our school performs to the highest standards. The process is designed to make sure that our school is doing all it should be doing to give your children the best faith-based education they can. In the next week we will be receiving the full report, which we will share with our staff, school families and the congregation — all those stakeholders who support our ministry in so many ways. Thank you for all your support and encouragement as we went through this process. It was a bit of a tough year, but we made it through it, and we are better for it!