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St. Henry School Newsletter
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“My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.
I give them
eternal life, and they shall never perish.” John 10: 27-28
Mrs. Misako Nimiya, also addressed as Misako Sensei (Teacher), joined our school this week for the beginning of almost a year-long adventure here at St. Henry. Mrs. Nimiya comes to us through an organization called the International Internship Program out of Tokyo, Japan. She has taught middle school English in Japan for a number of years so she comes with a great deal of experience, as well as a gentle, inquisitive spirit and a cheerful, grateful heart. We are so very blessed to have her in our community. Please give her a warm welcome when you see her and feel free to invite her to your homes for a meal or to accompany you on an outing. She may be able to say, “Yes!” St. Henry parishioners (and former school parents) Donna and Bill Neeman are acting as hosts for Misako. We are very thankful to them for sharing their home and hospitality with her and making it possible for us to have her at our school.
The Athletic Association Annual Banquet for the St. Henry athletes in grades five through eight, their parents, coaches, and coaches’ helpers is THIS Sunday. It is a good time to again thank all the good, good people who make these fun sport seasons a reality for the students. Only God knows how much time, work, and energy is spent on behalf of the children by the adults involved. Only God can adequately reward them. Yet a sincere thank you that evening to the board members and coaches would be in order!
We are SO PROUD . . . on two accounts. Mrs. Smedema, our eighth grade social studies teacher, was informed this week that one of her Wisconsin Stock Market Simulation teams placed third in the South Central region’s junior division. While taking part in this activity sponsored by EconomicsWisconsin, the participants gain an understanding of “real world” investment strategies and market operations without using (or losing) real money. They learn about business and the economy while they compete in managing hypothetical $100,000 investment portfolios in a ten-week program. Stocks are checked daily and the teams are allowed to complete fifty transactions over the time frame. Her winning team consists of David Olguin, Kate O’Connor, Megan Feilbach, David Schuett, and Nancy Vega. The students are invited, with their teacher and parents, to a special awards banquet and will split a small monetary prize to be awarded a little later this spring. Good work, students (and teacher)!
On the second account, our own fifth grade homeroom teacher, Mrs. Catherine Lemminger, was named as one of the two recipients this year of the Educational Foundation of Watertown’s “Class Act” awards. As was quoted in the Daily Times article of April 25th, “She (Mrs. Lemminger) works very hard to make difficult concepts crystal clear and even spends time after school tutoring children who need that extra touch to enhance their understanding and self-esteem. (She) expends an enormous amount of time and energy giving her best so her students can grow to their fullest potential.” Congratulations, Mrs. Lemminger! Well-deserved indeed.
Flash: The Love and Logic DVD “Hope for Underachieving Kids –Opening the Door to Success” is here. You’re welcome to stop in the office to check it out. Have a lovely weekend!
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
As the fifth grade continues on the quest for scientific knowledge,
they delved into several hands-on activities.
The students were “shocked” to discover how simple electrical circuits
were to make. Problem solving and
troubleshooting spread like electrons through a current as students worked
diligently to get light bulbs glowing.
Students got wired when they produced series and parallel circuits. The making of electromagnets “sparked” their
interests also. “Watt” else did we
do? Fifth graders made quiz folders by
utilizing the conductivity property of aluminum. These science investigations are cool; they
may even be hot (especially with bare metal wire), and they are electrifying!
Throughout the school year, fifth graders have used technology as
a valuable tool to enhance their learning.
The Inspiration program was often used to denote facts extracted from a
variety of text including current events articles from the Internet. The Word program was used frequently as the
foundation for a variety of writing projects including poetry and creative
writing. To spice things up, students
utilized the program’s tools such as text boxes and watermarks to enhance
documents’ organization of text and presentation.
Recently, fifth graders quickly learned Powerpoint
and are now in the process of developing a class presentation on the topic of
Earth Day. Let’s all remember to
celebrate Earth Day every day since we are caretakers of the Earth.
Mrs. Lemminger
TRAVELS AND CONCERTS
Just before spring break, the band students traveled to Milwaukee
to see the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra perform. It was a wonderful concert and a fun
trip! Many thanks to our parent
chaperones! We hope to go again next
year!
Choir and band students are working hard preparing music for our
final concert of the year on Thursday, May 31, at
Mrs. Oestreicher
Dates to Put on Your Calendar
APRIL
Sunday 29 Athletic Association Banquet, PC,
MAY
Wednesday 02 Grade
three fills many liturgical roles for
Grades
1-8 to Madison for Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Performance, approx.
Play
Group meets
Thursday 03 Grades 1 & 2 to Golden Living (Beverly Terrace) for
special visit,
Friday 04 Grades 4 & 5 to Jefferson for “Law Day”
Grades
6-8 speaker on engineering careers,
First set of AR points due for the fourth
quarter
First
Communion Retreat
Sunday 06 First Communion at the
Tuesday 08 Education Commission mtg.
Wednesday 09 Grade
one fills many liturgical roles for
Athletic Association mtg.,
Friday 11 Student Council Career Day
Monday 14 Home and School Association mtg.,
Wednesday 16
Friday 18 Safety Patrol THANKS trip to Wisconsin Dells
Market
Day
Fri-Sun
18-20 St. Henry School
Families Weekend in Wis. Dells
Tuesday 22 Protecting God’s Children workshop
for volunteers, St. John’s Jefferson,
JUNE
Sunday 17 Protecting God’s Children workshop for volunteers, St.
Bernard’s Watertown,
Memory verse for April 30 –May 4 John
13:35
“This is how all will know you are my disciples,
if you have
love for one another.”