Gresham Community School
It is Cystic Fibrosis Week. Gresham Community School will be having a walk for Cody Pluger on Friday at 1 p.m.
This is also homecoming week at Gresham School. Dress-up day themes were the following: Monday, opposite gender day for high school and pajama day for elementary; Tuesday, dress like a teacher or nerd day for high school and crazy hat day for elementary; Wednesday, blast to the past for high school and silly hair day for elementary; Thursday, school spirit day for high school and elementary; Friday, color wars.
Gresham School will be playing homecoming games from 8-11:30 a.m. Friday. At 11:30 a.m., the high school will start the volleyball tournament. There will be a cookout at noon. After everyone is done eating, the Cystic Fibrosis walk starts at 1 p.m. After we are done walking, the high school will finish the volleyball tournament.
Congratulations to the junior varsity volleyball team on its win at Marion. The girls took first place in the tournament against six teams. Congrats, girls!
Also, congratulations to the varsity soccer team, which took first place at the tournament in Antigo against two other teams.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Sacred Heart Catholic School of Shawano will host up to 350 students from other area Catholic schools Oct. 8 for a Fellowship and Field Day. The event will include a meet-and-greet activity and Christian speaker presenting “Celebrating You and Me in the Body of Christ.” Students will come together following the speaker for a group initiative aimed to help students process the speaker’s words.
Our Mass on Sept. 24 was planned by the third-grade students in Holly Mountoure’s class. The theme was “This Is How You Should Pray.” Students were able to offer prayers into a prayer basket, for which Father Luke Ferris said a special blessing. We were very fortunate to be the first group to celebrate Mass in the newly renovated worship space. The entire Shawano community is invited to the official ribbon cutting ceremony at 5 p.m. Oct. 8.
Sacred Heart Catholic School enjoyed a visit from Officer Scott Ruen as part of the Directed Patrol Program. An officer from the Shawano Police Department will visit us on a regular basis this school year. This program is aimed at creating positive relationships between youth and law enforcement.
Sister Kay Klackner, new assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Green Bay, visited with Principal Elisha Wagenson to learn about all that is going on with our great school. She was very impressed with the presence of Catholic identity in our school.
Students in grades 6-8 are able to attend John Bosco Youth Day at Holy Hill near Milwaukee on Saturday. This one-day event for middle school and high school students features great speakers, praise and worship music, and Mass. A bus group from Sacred Heart will catch the diocesan bus in Appleton. If you are committed, please let Bailey Hansen, youth minister, know at 715-526-4108 or bhansen@sacredheartshawano.org as soon as possible.
St. James Lutheran
As part of their science unit, third-graders discovered where grass stains come from. Students learned about photosynthesis and the importance of chloroplasts and chlorophyll. They also learned that science can be fun and that you should always keep your fingers out of the way when using a hammer.
This weekend is the first Goal Keepers weekend of the school year. At all the worship services, we will be focusing on a portion of the St. James vision statement, “Growing,” with emphasis on Bible study and prayer. The St. James Ministry 40 Days of Prayer will begin Sunday, and sign-up/ information on Bible study opportunities will also be available that weekend. Please stop by the information tables in the Narthex (or the welcome area at Celebration Service) and also look for the bulletin inserts for more information on these two great “Growing Together in Faith” opportunities. There will be special music at all services including the students in preschool-eighth grade. Students are divided by their last names, so families can attend together; students with last names A-G will be singing at the Saturday evening service at 5:30 Saturday. Students with last names H-M will be singing at the 9 a.m. service Sunday. Students with last names N-Z will be singing at the 10:30 a.m. service in the gym. If your child can’t make their scheduled time, please have them attend at a different service. The goal is to have 100 percent participation from all of our students.
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