St. Paul Lutheran, Bonduel
St. Paul staff wish to thank Jodi Lindsey for organizing this year’s Jump Rope/Hoops for Heart activity. Students, parents and members of the community made it a huge success. We are pleased to announce that St. Paul raised a total of $4,020 for the American Heart Association. God has given us the blessing of modern medicine and technology, and we pray that our donation can help more people prevent and fight heart disease.
It doesn’t look like we should be thinking about planting flowers yet, but the PTL flower sale is under way. Vision your yard green and ready for color! St. Paul students can help you with locally grown, high-quality accent plants, four-pack annuals or 12-pack flats of flowers and vegetables in time for Mother’s Day weekend. Members of the congregation or community are encouraged to pick up order forms from the church/school office or church narthex until April 22. Proceeds support PTL projects, such as helping with field trip expenses and classroom needs.
The fourth quarter has begun, and we are pleased to congratulate 36 students in grades 5-8 for achieving high honors in academics for the third quarter. That’s over 50 percent of the students eligible. Keep it up, students!
This week we began our second year of participating in Prevea’s Luv2Run program. Students, parents and teachers can choose to “run for fun” and train for the Cellcom 5K in Green Bay on May 16. The program was begun by Prevea to encourage children via their participating schools with a reason to stay active and motivate them with a longterm goal. For six weeks, coaches teach students how to stretch, hydrate and gradually build stamina to be able to run for about 30 minutes. In addition to providing information on proper nutrition and proper running technique to avoid injury, the objective is to introduce children to what can become a healthy, enjoyable, lifelong activity.
Shawano Community Middle School
We would like to thank all who were interested and able to attend our bullying and electronics presentations here at the middle school. We thank you for your positive feedback and are so glad that you learned this great information.
Summer school registration ends Friday. If you have not yet registered your student for summer school, please make a point to meet this deadline. Remember, we now also have electronic registration, which we see many people are utilizing. We are excited for yet another successful summer school session.
Sixth-grade students this week were visited by two people from Kenya (one is a principal and one is a teacher). The students learned about the cultural differences and also about the villages that benefited from the donations of the soccer balls.
We have our last dance of the school year, sponsored by the Student Council, from 6:30-8:30 p.m Friday. All students who have fewer than three referrals to the office this month will be eligible to attend. Cost is $2. We are looking forward to a fun evening, and PTA will run concessions.
St. James Lutheran
The last two weeks Grade 4 has been studying the metric system in math class. They have been converting measurements in the metric system. The class measured objects in meters, decimeters and centimeters. The study of the metric system is part of the core curriculum for Grade 4. They were very proud to be catching on to the ease of using the metric system.
On March 29, 18 vocal and instrumental musicians from St. James participated in 15 events at the Wisconsin School Music Association District Music Festival at Peshtigo High School. Students were evaluated on their performances by nine judges from across the state. Performances were divided into classes A, B and C, according to the difficulty of the music. Events at the class A level are eligible to advance to state festivals on April 26 and May 3. Results for St. James students: Class B, first division awards, Nicole Hoefs, alto sax solo, Nicole Hoefs, vocal solo, Erin Cerveny, oboe solo, Christopher Parker, clarinet solo, Lindsey Roloff, flute solo, Grant Andrada, trumpet solo, and Christopher Parker, Sam Rusch, Erik Johnson, Will Hoefs and Kristopher Kraus, vocal ensemble; Class C, first division awards, Will Hoefs, snare drum solo. Performing for critique only were Sophia Horsens, flute solo, Abi Vomastic, trumpet solo, Lydia Dobberstein, solo, Kyra Klement, trumpet solo, Elija Etten, trombone solo, Emma Etten, french horn solo, and Kyra Klement and Abi Vomastic, trumpet duet.
Bonduel Elementary
Did you know that a raccoon is the smallest member of the bear family? That is one of the facts third-graders at Bonduel Elementary learned at school from naturalist Tim Ewing from the Navarino Nature Center. He came in to present facts about Wisconsin mammals. Students discussed with Tim what a mammal is. They also were tested on their recognition of certain mammal skins/furs and then given facts about those mammals. Examples of some of the animals were white-tailed deer, red fox and grey squirrel. Of course, Tim couldn’t forget the black bear (Bonduel Bears). In addition to the discussion, students made a plaster paw print of one of the animals they discussed. The third-grade teachers and students would like to thank Tim Ewing and his assistant, Jackie Wilber. And, a huge thank you to the Crawford Family Foundation, which provided the educational scholarship for this program.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
It is National Volunteers Week! We are grateful to the many people who volunteer at our school to make it run smoothly every day. Some go unmentioned, but we would like to recognize some of our star volunteers during this special week: Jeanne Boyd, Sue Dietz, Tanya Myerchin, Michelle Bunker and Mercedes Bayless. We are very appreciative of all you do for our school.
The second-grade students had their First Eucharist retreat Saturday. They came together to pray, reflect and focus on what it means to receive Christ fully into their bodies and their hearts. We continue to pray for the students preparing for First Eucharist, which will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Parish at the 10:45 a.m. Mass on April 27. Everyone is welcome to come celebrate with us.
All students and staff at Sacred Heart Catholic School have been taking time to reflect on the blessings we are fortunate to have during this season of Lent. While reflecting on what we have, we ask students and staff to give generously to those who are less fortunate. Our school participates in the rice bowl mission. The mission provides meals for families in less fortunate parts of the world. Students will turn in their rice bowls during Holy Week.
At 8:40 a.m. April 17, the second-fourth grade will perform Living Stations of the Cross. We have had many opportunities to reflect on the stations during this Lenten season. This is an opportunity for our students to really feel the stations and have them live in their hearts before celebrating Easter Sunday. Anyone from the community is welcome to join us.
We are still taking registrations for the 2014-2015 school year. We offer opportunities for students in 3K through grade 8. If you or someone you know would like more information about what we have to offer, please contact the school office at 715-526-5328 or email our admissions director at admissions@shcscardinals.org. We offer an education to students of all faiths, provide a quality education and are an affordable alternative to day care! Check us out on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/sacred-heart-catholic-school or on our school website at www.shcscardinals.org.
St. Martin Lutheran
The St. Martin Lutheran School upper grades will present their musical production of “The Music Man Jr.” at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the St. Martin School gym. The story follows fast-talking, traveling Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys band he vows to organize. The catch? He doesn’t know a trombone from a treble chef. He plans to skip town with the cash. The performance is based on the timeless Broadway classic. The public is invited. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for children 6 and older. The Friday musical will be preceded by a dinner, sponsored by the Board of Elders, served from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. They will serve baked fish, broasted chicken strips, shrimp and cod. The cost is $9 for adults and $5 for children under 12. All-you-can-eat is $14. If you purchase a ticket for the musical, you get $1 off the dinner ticket. Proceeds go to the St. Martin kindergarten scholarship fund. Supplemental funds are provided in part by Thrivent Financial. Tickets for the dinner and play are available at the church office at 100 S. Clinton Ave. in Clintonville.
— Grace Kirchner, correspondent