Bonduel Elementary School
This first full week of March has been filled with literacy activities for the kindergarten students at Bonduel Elementary School.
The kindergarten children heard a large variety of stories written by one of their favorite authors, Dr. Seuss. We had a great time celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday throughout the week. To conclude the week, the students wore their pajamas to school on Friday. They also tried “green eggs and ham,” played a game of Jeopardy based on Dr. Seuss’ stories, graphed their favorite Dr. Seuss story, made turtles from his famous story “Yertle the Turtle,” and even got to meet the Cat In The Hat and hear him read a story! It was a great way to conclude the week.
The children also have our field trip to Building for Kids in Appleton to look forward to this month. The museum has many hands-on activities to keep them all actively engaged. They will participate in a class exploring the five senses, which will address a unit in our science curriculum.
There is never a dull moment in kindergarten at the Bonduel Elementary School!
Shawano Community Middle School
Tracy Laude’s and Laura Mielke’s seventh-grade math students had the privilege of hearing about money matters from Jackie Suehring, a personal banking officer at Premier Community Bank, during their classes March 12. Mrs. Suehring visits local classrooms as part of a community outreach education program. She discussed with the students the importance of opening and maintaining a savings account, what interest is and how it is accrued, and provided the students with the opportunity to work with a cash register and some real-life situations, such as buying groceries at the store or paying a bill at a restaurant. Each student was able to take away some new piece of information from the presentation, and we thank Mrs. Suehring for stopping by to share her knowledge.
Principal Daniel Labby and Associate Principal Tami Bagstad would like to thank the parents who attended the presentation on middle school minds and the bullying report. We received great feedback and appreciated the conversations and involvement. Please remember to mark your calendars for March 27 for a presentation on middle school students and the use of electronics. The presentations, at 1 and 6:30 p.m., will inform you about cyberbullying, websites and apps that students have unfiltered access to and how they are using them. This presentation will include handouts to take home. Parents, grandparents, guardians only; please, no students or children.
St. James Lutheran
The sixth-grade earth science class is just completing a study of volcanoes. During the unit the students had to build a model volcano that could actually erupt. There were many concoctions and mixtures thought up to demonstrate a volcanic eruption, including smoke bombs, Mentos and Coke, and baking soda with vinegar. We even had a student build a wide and gently sloping shield volcano like the state of Hawaii. The students had a great time presenting their projects to their classmates and spending a day outside watching the eruptions.
Gresham School
Jump Rope for Heart was held March 6 at Gresham Community School for students in K-5. Sixty-one students raised money for the event. They combined to raise a total of $2,800.56. We doubled the amount raised during last year’s event. This year’s top fundraiser was kindergartner Cierra Ninham. We would like to thank all of the participants for their hard work, everyone who donated money, and the parents and staff for all the help they offered to make this event very successful. Since our school raised more than $1,500, our school will receive $100 to spend on equipment.
This week we also started Pennies for Patients. It is a fundraiser for blood cancer. The money benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The class that has the most change wins a pizza party.
Olga Brener Intermediate School
Olga Brener had the schoolwide Knowledge-a-thon on March 13. This is a fundraiser in which each student gets 100 questions to study based on their grade-level curriculum. Students are asked to go and collect pledges for each question they answer correctly. Thank you to all of the volunteers who came and helped with this; without you, it wouldn’t have been possible.
Students have been busy getting ready for the Showcase of Students Learning and Arts Fair coming up on March 25. There will be many project displays, art displays and music/dance performances by students. Concessions will be available for purchase.
Congratulations to the following students for demonstrating the February Hawk Trait – Trustworthy: Drake Lorge, Ava Huntington, Collon Griffin, Macie Wincentsen, Raven Marquette, Joryn Koelbl, Landan Gretzinger, Leslie Lemerond, Luke Guenther, Ashley Warren, Jacob Polzin, Jack Reed, Jorden Thompson, Elizabeth Rosario, Mitchell Soto, Austin Hill, Jadyn Madlon, Jared Sackett, Ally Popp, Brady Sischo, Brady Stomberg, Brad Puffe, Gracie Onesti, Jeffery Teske, Selena O’Kimosh, Libby Lang-Smith, Will Myers, Anna Cuenca, Carson Cummings, Sarah Carlson, Sophie Hanauer, Aiden Nielsen, Taylor Powell, Kendra Kristof, Camden Kroll, Matthew Bohm and Emma Krueger.
Upcoming: Family Night with author Marla McKenna, March 19; Showcase of Students Learning and Arts Fair, March 25; spring picture day, March 27.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
The students and staff have been blessed with time for reflection during this Lenten season. Each week our school takes time to pray the stations of the cross. Students and staff have taken turns leading the stations in a variety of ways. During Holy Week, our second- to fourth-graders will be acting out the Living Stations at 8:40 a.m. Thursday, April 17, in the church. All are welcome to join us.
On March 18 we had a very special guest in our building. Author Marla McKenna came to share her love of reading, writing and following your dreams. She is a Wisconsin author who wrote “Mom’s Big Catch” after she had an exciting family outing to the baseball park. St. James students also came to learn about following their dreams from Mrs. McKenna. In the evening our Home and School Association sponsored a family literacy night that kicked off with a free spaghetti dinner. All families that attended the literacy night were able to purchase a copy of Marla’s book and get it personalized on the spot. All students who attended received a free writing kit with a blank book so they can write and illustrate their own story.
Students are grateful for the warmer weather this week because they walked to the public library for their monthly visit. All students in grades K-5 enjoy time at the public library each month. They have stories read to them and have the opportunity to check out books to bring home. We are appreciative of the great local library and staff in Shawano to help us spread the love of reading with our students.
Mark your calendars! The Home and School Association will sponsor a family fun Bingo night Saturday in the school cafeteria. The event will be from 6-9 p.m. Refreshments and snacks will be available for purchase. The next fish fry will be April 11 starting at 4:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria. All Home and School events help to supplement student experiences at our school.
We are excited to have so many new families show interest in our school for next year. We have registered many new families for our new 3K/4K program. If you or someone you know might be interested in what our school has to offer, please contact the school office or email Carolyn Reuter, admissions director, at admissions@shcscardinal.org to set up a private tour and information session.
Think spring!
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