Bonduel Elementary School
Tracy Albrecht’s kindergarten class has been learning about plants in science. We have learned all about the leaves, stem and roots and how they help plants. Our class has been out in the school forest to do some hands-on work and observation with many different kinds of plants. We took a look at a variety of leaves, and then we painted them and made our leaf print T-shirts.
Second-graders are busy reading, writing, and doing math. However, we also are busy with science and social studies. At the second-grade level, we incorporate many reading and writing activities into these subject areas, but we also do hands-on experiments and group projects. Some of our science topics include matter, weather, space, animals and habitats. For social studies, we look at maps, landforms, America’s history and study famous Americans. We use our Smartboards, iPod apps and Internet websites to research these topics further. Science and social studies are an important part of the second-grade curriculum.
Sacred Heart Catholic School
The students and staff of Sacred Heart Catholic School have been extremely busy. We enjoyed bringing together our fellow north Catholic schools for a day of fellowship, faith and fun on Oct. 8. We had more than 350 students and more than 40 adults on campus. We enjoyed team-building activities, prayer, lunch and a speaker. We are excited that we got to meet new friends, and we hope that we can see them again throughout the school year.
Friday afternoon we spent time as a whole school creating rosaries to represent our homeroom classes. Scott Marohl’s seventh-grade class made a rosary of the periodic table of elements. Holly Montoure’s third-grade class made a flower rosary and Carolyn Reuter’s fourth- and fifth-grade class made a states and capitals rosary. All the rosaries were unique, and they are on display at school for all to appreciate.
Monday was our fall day at Camp Tekakwitha in Shawano. The camp is part of the ministry of the Green Bay Diocese. Our students took part in the trees program, gym class and art class at camp. We had a lot of fun learning outside of the classroom. Our staff and students appreciated the great weather and the beautiful fall colors at camp. We look forward to enjoying our winter camp day in February.
Bowler Elementary School
Bowler Elementary fifth- and sixth-grade students were excited to meet and listen to a mystery guest who stressed the importance of doing their best in school while infusing his own life story living on the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation.
Dan Terrio, a graduate of Bowler Schools, made it very clear to students that their education is very important and their journey starts now. Terrio’s inspirational talk emphasized respecting teachers - and each other - and doing their best in school. He recently completed his master’s degree in college.
Terrio told the students how he has been given many opportunities to serve youth and adults and has been fortunate enough to travel and serve on national boards. The students were amazed that he has been to all 50 states and has met and even danced with first lady Michelle Obama.
Terrio is the national education learning facilitator at Humana in De Pere. His presentation was coordinated by fifth- and sixth-grade reading teacher Jody Siahaan.
St. Paul Bonduel
This past weekend, the preschool, 4K, and kindergarten classes sang for the 10:15 a.m. worship service. After that, the evangelism committee sponsored a homemade lunch for those students and their families as a “thank you” for entrusting their children to our school for a Christian education. The Fellowship Hall was packed, and a good time was had by all.
This evening is a free performance of this year’s school musical, “I Love to Tell the Story,” written by our very own staff, seventh-grade teacher Peggy Buchholz and music director Lorraine Doell. Feel free to join the kindergarten through eighth-grade students and their parents for the 6:30 p.m. performance in the school gym for some all-time-favorite Bible story skits.
On Friday, we will celebrate another Grandparents’ Day! Following a chapel service, grandparents will visit classrooms and enjoy craft projects, SmartBoard activities and more. After the parents and PTL serve lunch to about 400 students, grandparents and staff, the final performance of the musical will take place. Students (and teachers) will be busy all week preparing for the special day.
St. James Lutheran School
The kindergarten class traveled to the Navarino Nature Center last week to enjoy some outdoor education in God’s beautiful creation. We were blessed with great weather and some awesome fall color.
The children learned about seeds and the different ways they travel. They also got to pick out some of those colorful leaves and do leaf rubbings. We walked along a prairie trail and hid in the tall prairie plants. We saw the bee hive and learned some very interesting facts about bees. We got to see and touch turtles and a corn snake, too! This weekend the nature center will be hosting a family weekend with wagon rides, face painting and other activities. For more information, call the center at 715-758-6999.
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