Shawano Community High School
The Shawano FFA held a teddy bear toss at the boys varsity basketball game Dec. 13. Anybody from the community was encouraged to bring a teddy bear to toss or buy a teddy bear for any donation at the game. All donations and bears were donated to the Safe Haven domestic abuse shelter in Shawano. At halftime, we had the kids and then the adults throw their bears onto the court. The top three closest to or in a bin won a prize. The toss was sponsored by Charlie’s County Market, Body Essentials, Tractor Supply, Angie’s Main Cafe, Papa Murphy’s, Caroline Implement, Perkins, Twig’s Beverages, Adams Meats and the Shawano FFA Alumni. The sponsors donated prizes to the teddy bear toss that we gave away to the winners. The top prize was $50 cash. Makayla Bolonga, who won the kids’ toss, was generous enough to donate her prize to Safe Haven. The first-prize winner of $50 cash in the adults’ toss was Brett Ainsworth. The second and third prizes consisted of gift cards from our sponsors. We also had a drawing for raffle prizes, also donated by our sponsors. Overall we raised $156.51, and we donated 72 bears to Safe Haven. We are looking forward to doing this event again next year.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Happy 2014! We are excited for the new year and all the events that 2014 has in store at Sacred Heart Catholic School.
We are having an early childhood open house for families with students who will be eligible for 3K through grade 1 for next school year. The open house is on Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon. There will be activities for the children so mom and dad have a chance to meet our teachers and see what our school has to offer. For more information or to RSVP, call the school office at 715-526-5328.
Mark your calendars for Jan. 26 for our Winter Wonderland open house. We will have many activities for kids of all ages. The Home and School Association will host a spaghetti dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This event will kick off our celebration of Catholic Schools Week. We also will be accepting registration for the 2014-2015 school year. We hope you can join in the fun and come see what our school has to offer!
St. Paul Lutheran School, Bonduel
January chapel offerings are going toward a Camp Luther Wish List item — 50 new life jackets. We are going to try really hard to meet our goal of purchasing all 50 with student offerings each Wednesday this month, so that we can present the full amount needed to the Camp Luther representative who is coming to school on Feb. 3. Check out our display in the office hallway to follow our progress.
St. Paul is participating in the fourth annual Great American Can Roundup School Challenge. The aluminum cans that are collected by school and congregation families until April 22 will be part of a national recycling initiative. Last year, St. Paul was the winning school in Wisconsin, collecting just over 11 pounds per student, earning us $1,000. The winning school in the nation will receive an additional $5,000. Community members are welcome to help our efforts; save your aluminum cans until February and then drop them off at the trailer in the parking lot beginning Feb. 1. Thank you in advance.
Plans are under way to celebrate this year’s Lutheran Education Week from Jan. 26-31. The week will begin with all students singing in one of the Sunday church services. Once the school week begins, the entire student body will be participating in a daily online mission trip through Lutheran Hour Ministries. “Online Mission Trips” is going to take us to the mission field via several types of media. Videoconferencing makes it possible for live presentations from LHM international headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., and LHM-Kenya ministry center in the capital city of Nairobi. Short pre-recorded videos will engage our senses and pique our curiosity while students and teachers alike gain insight into ministry in a different part of the world. This will be something new for us, and we are very much looking forward to it. Other classroom activities are still being planned, but the culmination of the week will again be Parents Day on Friday, Jan. 31. Following a chapel service, activities for parents are being planned by the pastors and principal. Teachers will organize classroom activities for parents and their children. Following lunch, everyone will enjoy the annual Lutherlympic competition in the gym.