April, 2010
Student of the Month
February
K Hugo Rojas
1 Anya Hoerchler
2 Chris Patton
3 Hannah Mense
4 Greg Cockrell
5 Hannah Ervie
6 Blake Luechtefeld
7 Mitchell Hummert
8 Shelby Robertson
Many students enjoyed
the Basketball Fun Night on March 26th. Thank you Tim Lange for
heading up this event, and the Saturday activities leading up to it. Also
helping were many fathers who came up and spent some time here on Saturdays
helping the students.
Awards 3rd Quarter
8th Grade
High
Honors
Emily Bergkoetter
Shelby
Robertson
Honors
Abby Lealaimatafao
Perfect
Attendance
Emily Bergkoetter
Tim
Cockrell
Shelby
Robertson
Trevor
Waller
Mary Wolf
100%
Club
Emily Bergkoetter
Amy
Dressler
Tori
Gipson
Abby Lealaimatafao
Shelby
Robertson
Brooke Sommer
Trevor
Waller
Mary Wolf
Hard
Worker
Amy
Dressler
Tori
Gipson
Ashley Honer
Brooke Sommer
Maddie
Sutherland
Trevor
Waller
7th Grade
Perfect
Attendance
Mitchell Hummert
Doug Stroder
Nick Buescher
100%
Club
Nick Buescher
Mitchell Hummert
6th Grade
Honors
Tess Wolf
Mackenzie
Gipson
Perfect
Attendance
Delynn
Eckert
Ben Triefenbach
Tess Wolf
100%
Club
Ben Triefenbach
Mackenzie
Gipson
5th Grade
High
Honors
Hannah Ervie
Honors
Colleen
Kehoe
Max
Schaefer
Perfect
Attendance
Hannah Ervie
Dylan Sandheinrich
Max Schaefer
100%
Club
Hannah Ervie
Courtney
Patton
Dylan Sandheinrich
Max
Schaefer
4th Grade
Honors
Skyler
Ellison
100%
Club
Greg
Cockrell
Macy Koeneman
Hard
Worker
Greg
Cockrell
Garrett Fromme
Macy Koeneman
Jason Lealaimatafao
Marino
Rojas
Perfect
Attendance
Greg
Cockrell
Marino
Rojas
3rd Grade
High
Honors
Deric Maurer
Honors
Lacey Terveer
Hayley Strotman
Hannah Mense
Devin Koeneman
Glenn DePuy
Colleen
Cockrell
100%
Club
Colleen
Cockrell
Glenn DePuy
Deric Maurer
Lacey Terveer
Perfect
Attendance
Glenn DePuy
Ethan Haege
Deric Maurer
Hannah Mense
Reagan
Schaefer
Hayley Strotman
2nd Grade
Perfect
Attendance
Maddie Mense
Abby Sandheinrich
CLASSROOM NEWS:
PreK- Pre-K
has been very busy over the past few weeks.
We finished our unit on community helpers. The parents helped us learn about the postal
service by mailing us letters and packages.
The children loved getting mail.
We had a special treat when we were invited to go to the post
office. We took a mini walking field
trip there. We are now learning about
spring. In our spring unit we talk about
bugs, weather and plants. We each
planted a lima bean in class, but this year they did not grow very well. On our last day before spring break we had
a party. The children were excited to
get to go on an Easter egg hunt and to dye eggs. We will be learning about animals next.
We will have the opportunity in May to go to the zoo. We will get to see all the animals we are
learning about!
2nd
Grade- I can't
believe it's already the 4th quarter! We've been very busy in the 2nd
grade. In math we learned a lot about money and time. Now we're
learning about solid and plane shapes. In English we just finished up
learning about adjectives and how they can make our writing more
descriptive. We're currently finishing up our third literature set, Flat
Stanley. We each made a flat person to take on an adventure over
Easter break. I look forward to hearing about everyone's
adventures! In science we learned about matter and energy, and
we just started a new weather unit this week. In social studies
we've learned about our nation's symbols and different kinds of holidays
we celebrate. We're currently learning about people and their jobs.
Second grade has also successfully learned all their lowercase
letters in cursive. We just started working on the uppercase
letters. Like always, we've also been doing several writing
projects. Our latest class books have been about spring, tricky
leprechauns, and what we'd like to find in our Easter baskets. Keep
working hard everyone. Summer vacation will be here before you know
it!
Third
grade news- The
third graders are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our earthworms so we can
start our mini compost. Our tadpoles are growing fast. We have
spotted little bumps where we think the hind legs will grow.
Capitalization and punctuation are the topics of discussion in English
these days. We are learning about fractions and mixed numbers in
math. The class is extremely excited about our next compare/contrast
writing assignment. We will be comparing/contrasting our last reading
story with the movie "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." On
Monday, April 12 we will be taking our bi-annual trip to the Memorial Hospital
Health Fair.
Fifth and
Sixth Grade News-
This year
is really flying by! Fifth grade is about to start their last novel, James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl. It is a great book! Sixth grade just finished
reading Island of the Blue Dolphins.
We also watched the movie. It is great to hear students say that the book was
better than the movie! Our next novel will be Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. I can’t wait to start this book;
it is one of my favorites. Fifth grade
is currently participating in the D.A.R.E. program and writing their D.A.R.E.
report. They are learning a lot about drugs and alcohol, as well as how to make
good decisions in everyday situations. We just finished a language unit on
capitalization and punctuation in both fifth and sixth grade. Next, we will be learning
about pronouns. Fifth grade is still
learning about fractions. This is a difficult concept for them. They are
currently learning how to add and subtract mixed numbers. Next they will learn
how to multiply and divide fractions. Enjoy this wonderful spring weather and
keep reading!!
7th
Grade News
The 7th
grade is very excited to go to SWIC on Wednesday, April 14th for a “Welcome to
the Real World” field trip. The students
have selected careers they are interested in pursuing and are anxious to find
out about the workings of the real world.
We will also be enjoying our pizza party, along with the second graders,
for winning the Pennies for Patients contest on that day. In reading we are reading a mystery novel, The
Westing Game.
Trying to solve the mystery is really making the kids pay attention to
the details of the book. They are of
course looking forward to the next 2 months flying by so that summer will be
here.
THANK YOU
for supporting our continuous ‘fundraisers’ we maintain;
*
*Target
Take Charge of Education.
*General
Mills Boxtops for Education
*Aluminum cans may be put in the barrel by the front door. Bags of cans can be placed beside the gym.
*We also
collect printer cartridges and old cell phones in the office.
REMINDERS:
+4th
Quarter Progress Reports- April 26
+1:50pm dismissal-
April 30
+Awards Dinner- May
13; 6:30pm
+Spring Concert- May
5; 7:00pm
+8th Grade
Graduation- May 21; 7:00pm
+No School- May 24;
Teacher Workday
+Last Day of School-
May 25; 7:55-8:50am
It’s GREAT to be a SAINT
