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St. Henry School Newsletter

May 1, 2009

“This is why the Father loves me,

because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.”

John 10:17

Most of you received information about the swine flu concern that was sent home with the K-8 students yesterday. If not, it should be in your envelope today. Obviously, we all have to use common sense and precautions. So wash those hands often and well, cover those coughs, and contact your doctor at the first sign of a moderately high to high fever! And, please, please keep sick children away from school. Thank you. We’ll get through this.

MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS to all our Second Graders on the reception of their First Holy Communion this Sunday during the 10:30 Mass. What a gift the Lord has given us! Since the earliest days of the Church -- in those first couple of centuries until now -- it has been the continuous belief that the consecrated host and the wine are truly Christ, -- body, blood, soul, and divinity. And given for us. There are some truly wonderful, thoughtful, ADULT-oriented CD’s by Dr. Scott Hahn and others that can truly enliven and deepen your own appreciation of this great Sacrament. I’d be happy to either loan some out and/or purchase them for you. They are $3.00 – but truly priceless. Just ask. And may the faith and appreciation of these children just grow and grow and grow . . . into eternal life. “If anyone eats this bread, he shall live forever; the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.” Reading the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John makes it pretty clear how adamant Jesus was on this teaching – and he never backed down despite the fact that “many of his disciples broke away and would not remain in his company any longer!” So again . . . Second Graders, welcome to the Table of the Lord!

I had this nagging feeling that I never put in this newsletter the Third Quarter Honor Roll.

It’s been on the website (sainthenryparish.org) and in the Daily Times, but not here. So…

The third quarter honor roll students of St. Henry Catholic School of Watertown with a grade point average of 3.2 to just under 3.8 are as follows:

Grade Four Joseph Brebeck, Robert Craig, Gabriel Elsen, Caitlynn Hesse, Natalia

Olguin, Caitlyn Schroeder, and Brenna Smedema

Grade Five Megan Bacchi, Jennifer Brebeck, Kirsten Evans, Rochelle Gray, John

Hertel, Jesse Jones, Christopher Justmann, Callaway Kemp, Mara

Lapp, Gabriel Linskens, Stephanie Narvaez, and Grace O’Connor

Grade Six Brian Hogan, Jacob Turner, and Sarah Wagner

Grade Seven Abigail Beltz and Justin Drebenstedt,

Grade Eight John Brebeck, Yolanda Narvaez, Brendan O’Connor, and Ben Uecker

The high honor roll students with a grade point average of 3.8 to 4.0 are as follows:

Grade Four Emma Cole, Erin Haeger, and Karli Kohls

Grade Five Sarah Bradow, Brett Caine, Alexander Denault, Trey Jahnke, Lacey Mehltretter, and Joshua

Schroeder

Grade Six Noah Cole, Isaac Elsen, Janelle Hamilton, Cole Keller, Jeffrey Schultz, Leah Uecker, and Caleb

Walter

Grade Seven Jill Brebeck, Angela Breunig, Sara Hogan, Jessica Mallow, Kristin Miller, and Nikki Williams

Grade Eight Megan Heiden, Juliena Herritz, John Tesensky, and Gerald Tracy

We’ve been asked to put in our newsletters that there are still openings in the Watertown 4 Kids Public Preschool Program for Four-Year-Olds. It’s tuition free in community settings like . . . HERE! If you know anyone who hasn’t registered yet, please encourage them to call 262-1460 and let them know they can specifically request St. Henry as their site.

Speaking of next year. This past week there was a front-page article about the public school test results. (A lot of dissatisfaction with those, by the way, since it takes so long to get results. They take them in the fall and this year’s spring results were a month earlier than usual! In contrast, we take the ITBS tests in mid October and have them back in time for parent-teacher conferences in November.) Toward the end of the article the Director of Curriculum is quoted as saying, “Of course, our large class sizes in the elementary grades can make it very difficult to deliver instruction to what is an increasingly diverse student body.” Do we have a solution for that!

Dates to Mark on Your Calendar

MAY

Friday 01 Second Graders have First Communion Retreat; begins in church at 4:45 pm.

Sunday 03 Second Graders receive First Communion during 10:30 am Mass; meet in

school’s first floor hallway at 10:00 am.

Basketball League meeting at St. Bernard’s, 3:00 pm

Tuesday* 05 Special visit by Barbershop Quartet in AM at 9:30 am in PC. Visitors welcome.

Wednesday 06 Grade Three students fill liturgical roles at 8:15 Mass

Fourth Grade field trip to Jefferson for Agra Day

Athletic Association mtg, 6:30 pm in computer lab

Thursday 07 Grades Three and Six help with Bread and Roses set up in afternoon.

St. Bernard’s Grade Three joining them.

Joint St. Henry/St. Bernard Band and Choir Concert at 6:30 pm in P.C.

Friday 08 Student Council “T-shirt Day in the USA”

VARIETY Show in the afternoon – all students invited to participate.

Mid-quarter reports go home.

Monday 11 St. Henry Eighth Graders leave on their trip to D.C. with St. John Princeton

students. Home Saturday.

Home and School Assn. mtg. at 6:30 pm in the rectory hall.

Tuesday 12 Grade Two field trip to Pick n Save

Education Commission, 6:30 pm

Wednesday 13 Grade One students fill liturgical roles at 8:15 Mass

St. Henry Dress Day

St. Henry/St. Bernard Play Group meets in PC from 9:30 – 11:00 am

Friday 15 Grade Six and Seven Safety Patrol trip to Wisconsin Dells

Grade Four field trip to Old World Wisconsin

Tuition Aid Applications due to school office today.

Fri nite –Sun

15-17 Joint St. Henry/St. Bernard School Families Weekend at the Wilderness

JUNE

Thursday 04 Eighth Grade Graduation, 7 pm, St. Henry Church followed by

reception hosted by Grade Seven in the Parish Center

Friday 05 Joint St. Henry/St. Bernard cook out lunch (weather permitting) at Lincoln Park

followed with games for K-7. Dismissal from the park at 2:55!

SEPTEMBER

Tuesday 01 First day of school year 2009-2010 (We’ve had questions about this date.)

*Had been previously scheduled for the next day.