Contributed Photo Tigerton Elementary School held its inaugural Spring Forestry Event on May 1 at the Tigerton School Forest and Environmental Lab. Students rotated among five stations to learn about forestry and some of the species that make forests their home. From left, Elizabeth Robbins, Ashley Awe, Brylee Jueds and Izzy Zychowicz check out the nostrils of the American kestrel handled by a volunteer with the Raptor Education Group Inc. of Antigo.
Contributed Photo Fourth-graders at St. Paul Lutheran School last week planted begonias as a service project to beautify the school’s property. Pictured, from left, are, front row, Karlee Ziemer, Patiance Downs, Abby Stoltenow and Abby Ard; back row, Andrew Schauder, Judah Griesbach, Trey Vanden Brook, Gaven Vance and Ayden Dunst.
Bowler School District
The Bowler Elementary School music department will present its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the school.
The concert will feature performances by the jazz ensemble, high school band and choir, grades six-eight intermediate band and choir, and fifth-grade beginning band. A variety of music will be presented.
On May 2, Bowler High School music students performed at the State Music Festival in Stevens Point. Thirteen Bowler entries received a first rating; seven entries received a second rating.
Receiving firsts were the saxophone choir; trumpet choir; heritage polka ensemble (26 members); alto sax duet, Lyndsey Agar and Allison Stewart; vocal solos, Bryton Kratwell, Cody Montez, Drew Payne, Maranda Brei, Lyndsey Agar; musical theater solos, Lyndsey Agar, Savannah Schwantes; vocal duets, Cody Montez and Drew Payne, Bryton Kratwell and Lyndsey Agar. Receiving seconds were the brass choir; men’s ensemble; SATB vocal ensemble; ladies triple trio; vocal solos, Taylor Matsche, Savannah Schwantes; music theatre solo, Taylor Matsche.
Accompanists were Debbie Emmel, Katrina Resch and Marelyn Krueger. Directors are Amanda Hein and Alan Marquardt.
St. Paul Lutheran School
The early and warm spring weather gave the fourth-graders at St. Paul Lutheran School an opportunity to combine math and science lessons with some outdoor, hands-on learning. Friday, the students planted begonias, purchased from the school’s PTL flower sale this week and donated by their teacher, as a service project to beautify the school’s property.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Top walkers for April are McKenna Yeager, kindergarten; Davis Lyons, first grade; Hannah Yeager, second grade; Dugan Webster, third grade; McKenzie Kaquatosh, fourth grade; Dakota Miller, fifth grade; Paul Meisner, sixth grade; Demetrius Kaquatosh, seventh grade. Congratulations to our top walkers for April.
Elizabeth Behnke won lunch with Father Luke Ferris for raising the most money for Jump Rope for Heart. Elizabeth and her mom, Abbey, enjoyed some ice cream for dessert.
Our parish will be blessed to have Jim Lonick ordained as a deacon on Saturday. Congratulate him the next time you see him. Please keep Jim and his family in your prayers.
“Blast to the Past” is the theme for Vacation Bible School this year. VBS is being held from 1-4 p.m. June 15-19. The fee is $25. VBS is for children entering grades 1-5. There will be transportation from summer school. If you are interested in helping with VBS, call Susi Kurek at 715-526-4104. Registration forms will be available at the parish center.
The community is invited to our second annual Spring Showcase beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday. There will be a science fair, art fair, writer’s walls and a concert at 6 p.m. The eighth grade will perform its play at 7 p.m.
St. James Lutheran School
We had an amazing response to our Race for Education fundraiser. As of Friday, our total came to $22,822! Friday afternoon, the students and lots of volunteers and staff got outside to “Race for Education.” It was a beautiful afternoon. The students in kindergarten through third grade stayed on the school grounds, while the older students walked over to the middle school and did their walk at the track. Thank you to everyone. It was a wonderful response to this year’s fundraiser, and we are so grateful. Once we are sure we have gotten in all the donations, we will let everyone know what the final total is and how we plan to use it.
Congratulations to fifth-grader Ananya Wilson, fourth-grader Braden Barkley and first-grader Trevor Schwartz for reaching their Accelerated Reader goals. They will be going out with Principal Susan Longmire for pizza before the end of the year. It takes a long time to accumulate that many points. It is a great accomplishment for these students. Great job!
The Preschool 3’s held their Mother’s Tea on May 7 and 8. The children made fruit salad for their mothers and sang some special songs. The tea ended with the song “Four Hugs a Day” and a bit of pampering for their moms.
Tigerton Elementary School
The school’s inaugural Spring Forestry Event was held May 1 at the Tigerton School Forest and Environmental Lab. The event involved all K-5 students and staff. The students and staff rotated around to five stations that related to forestry and habitats that were taught by Dale Zaug, Raptor Education Group Inc., Tim Ewing, director of the Navarino Nature Center, and several Tigerton High School forestry students. The stations included tree cookies, where students learned how to determine the age of the tree by counting annual rings, determine the springwood and summerwood of a tree, and parts of a trunk; tree identification; determining a tree’s diameter; pond study; and raptors, including the American kestrel, barn owl and red-tailed hawk.
Gresham Community School
The sixth grade had state testing for reading and writing Thursday.
Gresham had a health fair Friday. There were stations featuring the Stockbridge-Munsee Police Department, Gresham FFA, Menominee Clinic, Gresham Area Firefighters, COM Nursing Program and the county health department, to name a few.
The Gresham FFA had its spring roadside cleanup along County Road A.
Freshmen and sophomores are taking the ACT Aspire standardized test.
Olga Brener Intermediate School
The following students were chosen by their teachers and/or peers for demonstrating the Hawk Trait “Leadership”: Lyneesa Mendez, Jenna Arens, Turina Schreiber, Baelyn Putz, Kaitlin Rancier, Brady Kristof, Dominick Aguilar, Dylan Hodkiewicz, Ben Rouse, Drake Herm, Brady Glysch, Hailey Rancier, Arland Dillenburg, Madeline Heling, Ania Hoffman, Felix Lyles, Morgan VanEperen, Evelyn Lyles, Blaize Fernandez, Brandon Reed, Julian Perez, Jayden VanOss, Brianna Goetsch, Norma Roubideaux, Wyatt Braun, Ray LeMieux, Carly Knope, Kaden Marcell, Caitlyn Kroeger, Makaylla Sackatook, Joey Sperberg, Elliott Lowney, Kate Williams, Austin Hill and Margo Gull. Keep up the great work!
The fourth-grade students are learning about dairy farms in Wisconsin. In conjunction with their learning, the students visited a local dairy farm and participated in the FFA-led Adventures in Dairyland. The students learned about different dairy cows, the uses for the cows, how dairy farms operate and more. They also made butter. The classes are led by high school FFA members.
Upcoming: May 18, Ice Cream Social; May 18-21, Book Fair; May 22, half day of school; May 25, no school; June 4, last day of school (half day).