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St. Henry School Newsletter
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“Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated.” Corinthians 13: 4
We have information that some of you
“old-timers” have been eagerly awaiting. We now have a “tradition”
entering its fifth year of a late May weekend in Wisconsin Dells for school
families at the Treasure Island Resort and Indoor Waterpark. Presently,
there are 60 rooms set aside for us for Friday night, May 18th and
Saturday night, May 19th. This year, although the Friday night
room (for four or less occupants) normally costs $114, we will be charged $69;
the Saturday night room normally costs $174 but for us it will be $90.
With the room comes the wristbands which give availability to all the
indoor waterparks at both Treasure Island and the Parthenon and to whatever
outdoor attractions are available, weather permitting. Last year, a
number of families were even able to ride the roller coasters and go-karts that
were running at Mount Olympus, a partner now with Treasure Island. So it
has been a fun weekend for a number of families in the past. Last year,
58 families from St. Henry School participated. That was a little over
half.
To make your reservation and/or to get further information, please call
Treasure Island’s toll free number at 800-800-4997. (Yes, there are two 800’s.)
The voice mail option you should pick is the one for “Reservations.”
When you get a real live person, just let her know that you are interested
in the group reservation with the “lead off number” of 468507. That
should do the trick! This weekend, by the way, is the one that precedes
Memorial weekend. That Friday has also been the day that the eighth
graders in good stead on the Safety Patrol have spent the day in the Dells as a
thank you. Given how time truly flies, May will be upon us before we know
it.
Catherine O’Connor emerged as our National Geographic Bee champion at our
assembly last Friday. Congratulations, Catherine – and to all the participants.
The amount of pure knowledge necessary to do well in even the local bees
is astonishing. The world is a big and complicated place. They should
have Geography Bees for adults! Most of us would feel pretty inadequate.
Always lots to learn.
Mrs. Mallow would like to invite anyone interested in playground equipment,
especially issues related to the protective surfaces, to come to the next
meeting of the Home and School Association subcommittee on the playground in
the computer lab on Wednesday, January 24th at
We have such a treat in store for us on our Parents’ Night Out during Catholic
Schools Week. The free and delicious HASA-sponsored chili supper here
will be served between 6:15 and 7:00 pm and then we will go over to St.
Bernard’s for an evening performance by Frank Runyeon.
He is an actor who starred opposite Meg Ryan on “As the World Turns,” as
Michael Donnelly on “Santa Barbara,” and as Simon Romero on “General Hospital.”
He’s been on a number of other TV shows and starred in the film Sudden
Death. Mr. Runyeon is a man who has degrees in
religion and divinity studies and has used his talents to write and present a
one man play about the first eleven chapters of the Gospel of John called Signs
which is what he will present to us that Thursday evening. In one write up
about it, we are told “As characters and settings and lights constantly
shift, the Gospel engages the audience’s imaginations, surprises them with
flashes of humor, and drives relentlessly forward with all the dramatic
suspense you would expect from great theater.” Wow. And all they are asking is
a free will offering. Doesn’t that sound like an entertaining and yet
inspiring night? People who have seen this have said, “It’s wonderful!”
And “It’s spellbinding. . . Don’t miss it!” So let’s not! Please
set February 1st aside and line up the babysitters. We deserve
this special gift to ourselves.
INTRODUCTORY SKILLS FOR
BUSINESS, SCIENCE, AND BEYOND
Is there an equal number of M&Ms in every fun-size bag? How many of
each color of M&M are in each bag. Recently fifth graders were able
to answer these questions while participating in an activity focusing on
statistics in math. Although finding the answer to these questions wasn’t
really of any great significance, it was a fun way to enhance their skills in
obtaining, organizing, and displaying data. Students utilized both
archaic and contemporary methods to develop grap
Why would
orange juice be made as part of a science lesson? It was a tasty way to
capture students’ attention in order to more clearly understand solutions,
parts of solutions, dilution, and concentration. Several cooking
ingredients were mixed to demonstrate the making of solutions and suspensions.
Physical and chemical changes were also demonstrated.
Although chemistry is an exciting
branch of science, students were strongly cautioned on the dangers of mixing
any substances together. Since fifth grade science encompasses the study
of life, physical, earth, and physiologic science, students receive an
introductory knowledge base to many science topics.
Mrs. Lemminger
BAND
NEWS
Happy New Year to all! The band and choir are busy putting the final
touches on the pieces for their concert on
As the end of the quarter draws near, band students should be counting up
practice minutes. Students should continue to practice 100 minutes a
week. Not only is it important for students to attend the next few weeks
of lessons regularly for concert preparation, but showing up to lessons and
bringing all required equipment also counts in the band grade. Let’s have
a great end to the quarter, band!
Mrs. Oestreicher