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St. Henry School Newsletter
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“I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God you
have . . . .
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice
but rather of power and love and self-control.”
2 Timothy 1: 6-7
Our Father Bernie is leaving us! Sad for us – a blessing for Kieler and Dickeyville. Thirteen years of service here. My goodness. Many, many of our students were baptized by Father, received their First Reconciliation and First Communion from him, and celebrated the Eucharist with him week after week. Since he’s been faithful to coming into the first through eighth grade classrooms on a rotating basis every week for years, they have also experienced him as a teacher of religion. We all owe him a huge debt of gratitude, and prayers for continued blessings on him and his ministry. The parish reception for Father will be following the 10:30 am Mass on Sunday, October 21st. We trust most of you will make a special effort to see and thank Father in person. We certainly will be doing some special things in school with the youngsters as well.
If you are a
parent whose child will be part of St. Henry Athletics Association for the
first time, you do need to set aside Thursday, October 18th for a
meeting in the cafeteria at
A tradition
continues. For a number of years now we
have been able to have a special event for school families in May in Wisconsin
Dells. Even though ownership of Treasure
Island changed (and the connection we had with the former owner), the new
management has agreed to also give us special prices for our “St. Henry School
Families Weekend in the Dells.” Although
no longer going by the name of Treasure Island but Mt. Olympus, they
kept the same prices as last year.
Please understand this isn’t really a school-sponsored event, but feel
free to take advantage if you would enjoy this.
The cost for a two queen-beds room for Friday night,
With this newsletter the parent envelopes will contain a scary but important piece of information for parents entitled “Southeast Wisconsin Drug Threat Assessment Summit.” Parents of children in the older grades will especially want to take the time to read this, but I thought everyone should have it.
BAND NEWS
Looking back at the past
five weeks, students have already accomplished so much in music classes!
Grades Kindergarten through seven put on a spectacular show on
September19. Congratulations! After critiquing our performance, we
jumped right into a review of music basics in all grades. Grades six
through eight are continuing the World Music Drumming curriculum moving on to
Ensemble 3. We are still learning about music from Ghana, but have moved
on to “High Life” music. Ask your student how it’s different from our
first two ensembles.
Band and choir are also off
to a great start with a record number of twenty-one band members playing all
possible instruments (except baritone). The choir has about fifteen
members presently, and we are working on selecting music together. I
expect great things from both groups and am very excited to see where the year
will take us in music.
Mrs. Oestreicher
KEYBOARDING –
AR – “THE ROUNDING SONG”-- “EARTH SONGS”
The above highlights, plus
many more new experiences, are filling up each third grader’s September
days. In social studies, we have embarked on World--Class Tour
learning about the oceans and continents. “Name That Continent” or
“Continent Quest” are two games that the third graders enjoy plus the “Earth
Song”. Every day you can find the third graders in the computer
lab. All of them are getting a feel for the keyboarding program.
You can really see that some of the children are practicing at home.
Great! Our Accelerated Reader points are really adding up
too. Ask your third grader if they are close to having a bee “buzz”
around the chart. “The Rounding Song” is helping the third graders
remember all the steps necessary to round numbers. This is a fun song
that can help when rounding numbers becomes a little complicated.
We are off to a wonderful
start in third grade. It is my prayer and hope that all of
these third graders look forward to school and learning as much as I do every
day.
Mrs. Zache
Dates to Mark on Your
Calendar
OCTOBER
Monday 08 Grade
1 field trip to Glacier Rock, etc.
ITBS testing begins; usually
one to three tests a
day for 2-8 over next two weeks
Home and School Association
meeting,
Tuesday 09 Education
Commission meeting,
Wednesday 10 MANDATORY
basketball coaches’ meeting,
Thursday 11 Preschool
class to Fire Station
Friday 12 Preschool
class to Kraemer’s for pumpkins
Saturday 13 Parish
youth (grades 6-12) bonfire event
Monday 15
Tuesday 16 Class
with Misako Sensei for parishioners at
school,
Wednesday 17 Kindergarten
on field trip to Ebert’s in the morning
Scholastic Book Fair day for
students in school
Thursday 18 Mandatory
meeting for parents whose children are
involved in St. Henry Athletics Program
for the first
time!
Friday 19 Grade
Eight field trip to Milwaukee
Saturday 20 Home and
St. Henry hosts volleyball league
tournament at the high school
Sunday 21 Middle
School Rally (mandatory for grades 7 & 8)
Fr. Bernie Rott’s
farewell lunch and reception
following 10:30 am Mass
Wednesday 24 Grade
Three trip to Octagon House
HASA Halloween Bash,
one parent must stay
Thur-Fri
25-26 NO SCHOOL
Saturday 27 St.
Henry School Children’s Cantor Choir lead
congregation in singing at
NOVEMBER
Thur-Fri
1-2 Accreditation Visiting Team
here.
Memory verse for week of October 8:
“This saying is trustworthy:
If we have died with him, we shall also live with him.
If we persevere, we shall also reign with him.
2 Timothy 2: 11-12