Shawano Community High School
The American Legion of Wisconsin annually provides the Americanism and Government scholarship program, which fosters interest in all levels of government and citizenship, and provides students the opportunity to receive recognition and scholarships. A 50-question test is administered to test a student’s knowledge of U.S. government, Wisconsin government and county government. In addition, a student must answer an essay question.
Annually, 32 winners from the entire state are selected by the Americanism Committee of The American Legion, Department of Wisconsin. This year, Shawano Community High School is pleased to announce that Emily Jones, a sophomore, was one of those winners. For her efforts, she received a certificate of recognition and a $250 scholarship. Emily is the daughter of Timothy and Sally Jones.
Gresham Community School
On May 13, the Gresham high school students went on an incentive field trip. The kids visited Badgers Sports Park and went bowling at Super Bowl.
The freshman and sophomores had ACT Aspire testing throughout the week.
On May 15, there was a blood drive at Gresham Community School. Staff and students 16 and older were encouraged to donate blood.
There was a middle and high school choir concert on May 15. On May 18, there was an elementary choir concert.
The plant science class and FFA are holding a plant sale from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday through June 6.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Our music department is raising money for a new piano. Keys may be purchased in honor of or in memory of a loved one. White keys cost $50; black keys, $25; treble/bass clefs, $10; music notes, $1. Checks can be made out to Sacred Heart Catholic School.
The third-graders were busy creating a volcano in a bottle and discussing how volcanoes work.
After attending Mass Tuesday morning, the eighth-grade students along with their chaperones, Wendy Lundt, Father Luke Ferris, Amy Piantek and Randy Panzer, left for their service trip to Chicago.
Bowler School District
Who would want to build something only to break it when they were done? What do you get when you give students 300 toothpicks and a bottle of glue?
Well, in Katie Hansen’s class, you get toothpick bridges! Students spent 10 days building their bridges only to destroy them in the end. Students needed to figure out the best way of making bridges that weighed little but held a lot. Some bridges had very classic designs while others had a basic form.
All the bridges were required to be 35 centimeters long and able to have the wooden down be attached with the bucket that would hold the weights. The students then placed weights into the bucket to find out the mass that their bridge would hold. This year there was one bridge that held every weight, as well as a lead ore rock! Congratulations to Alissa Rickert on that bridge.
