St. Louis Catholic School News
January 6, 2016
Calendar of Events
- Jan 7 - Report Cards Go Home
- Jan 7 - Gr. 7/8 Bball vs Sunman Dearborn, 6 pm
- Jan 8 - Jr. High Youth Group
- Jan 12 - Gr. 7/8 Bball vs St. Nicholas @ Milan Elementary, 6 pm
- Jan 13 - Gr. 6 All School Mass
- Jan 13 - Spanish Club, 3 - 4 pm
- Jan 13 - Pizza Hut Fundraiser - Coupons attached
- Jan 14 - Gr. 5 Mayors Youth Council - Healthy Kids, 12:30 - 2:35 pm
- Jan 15 - Jr. High Youth Group
- Jan 18 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - School is in session
- Jan 18 - Gr. 7/8 Bball SEIIT #1 vs South Dearborn, 5:30 pm
- Jan 19 - Gr. 7/8 Bball SEIIT #2 @ South Dearborn, 5:30 pm
- Jan 20 - Gr. 5 All School Mass
- Jan 20 - Statewide Readiness Test for I-STEP 10 -11 am
- Jan 20 - Gr. 5/6 Girls Bball vs St. Mary, 6 pm
Kindergarten Volunteer Assistant(s) Wanted
Are you retired, have a morning or afternoon open each week or maybe you just love to work with children? St. Louis School Kindergarten is looking for volunteer assistants to help with daily activities in the classroom. Activities could include distributing materials for lessons, tying shoes, working one-on-one with students, etc. Please contact Missy Cooper if you are interested or you need more details. No experience in education is necessary but utmost confidentiality is expected.
812 - 934 - 3310 (School)
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Happy New Year!
Just a reminder that we will have Jr. High Youth Group this Friday, January 8th after school. We will be celebrating the Baptism of the Lord. The annual Snow Tubing trip is February 12th. This is open to students in 6th - 12th grades. Cost is $20 which includes pizza, transportation, and tube rental. The January newsletter and Snow tubing waivers are available by clicking the link. http://tinyurl.com/z8wkbpj
Spanish Club Toothbrush and Toothpaste Drive
Spanish Club is sponsoring a toothbrush and toothpaste drive to benefit small villages in Haiti the week of January 11-15. St. Louis Parish is partnering with St. Anthony's Haiti Ministry on a healthcare mission trip in January. They asked SLS to collect new toothbrushes and toothpaste to hand out to families in need while on their mission trip.
Our goal is to collect 350 toothbrushes and 350 tubes of toothpaste as a school to send to Haiti. Please turn in your donations to the box in your homeroom by Friday, January 15th. Gracias! Please see Mrs. Brooks with any questions.
Spanish Club
Our next Spanish Club meeting will be Wednesday, January 13th from 3:00-4:00 in Mrs. Brooks's room. We will be making bracelets and flowers for our upcoming fundraiser for the Food for the Poor ministry in Central and South America.
YMCA Family Fun Event
Yearbook Sale
Begins today and ends on Thursday, January 31. An order form was sent home with each student this week. Price is $16.25 per book. Don't let the school year pass you by without collecting those memories in print. Get your yearbook reserved before the end of the month.
Catholic School's Week Help!
Hello Friends! Catholic School's Week is quickly approaching and we need your help! The Friday of Catholic School's Week (February 5th) the teachers and staff of St. Louis School have a pitch-in lunch to take a moment and celebrate Catholic School's Week all together. We are in need of some wonderful parent volunteers to watch over and take students to and from lunches, monitor inside recesses, and help out in the cafeteria and office. This would be from around 11:10 until 12:30 on Friday afternoon. If you are able to help please contact Amanda Farmer at afarmer@st.louisschool.org . Thank you so much in advance for all you help and continued support!
Catholic Schools Week Correction
5th Grade Boys Basketball
6th Grade Boys Basketball
Thank you.
7TH GRADE BOYS BASKETBALL
The St. Louis 7th Grade Cardinals travelled to South Ripley on Thursday night and saw their undefeated record come to an abrupt end. The Cardinals faced a very talented Raider team and were beaten by the score of 46-32. South Ripley showed an impressive display of shooting last night as they hit nine (9) three pointers and missed only a few. In the 1st quarter, the Raiders came out hitting four (4) three pointers to take a 12-6 lead. St. Louis fought back in the 2nd quarter and narrowing the gap to 23-18 going into half time. The Raiders made some defensive adjustments at the half and were able outscored the Cardinals 10-2 in the quarter taking a 33-20 lead going into the 4th quarter. St. Louis used their press to make a run at the Raiders in the fourth but South Ripley held them off with their free throw shooting as they were perfect at the line hitting 7 out of 7 for the quarter and were 10 for 10 for the game.
The Cardinals got their scoring from Kurt Siefert with 3, Wil Freeland 2, Riley Schebler 7, Andrew Oesterling 6, Lleyton Ratcliffe 4, and Sam Voegele 10. The Raiders were led by Lane Sparks with 19 points. St. Louis record now stands at 16-1.
The St Louis 7th grade boys basketball team started the new year off on a winning note as they hosted the visiting Greensburg Pirates and came away with another victory. The game was close in the first quarter as both teams played good solid defense and the quarter ended with St. Louis up 7 – 6. The Cardinals continued to play tough defense in the second quarter creating some turnovers overs and got some buckets on the inside allowing them to pull away from the Pirates. The half ended with a with a buzzer-beating 3 point shot by Jack Forbeck that put St. Louis up by the score of 24-11. The second half saw the Cardinals continuing to play good defense not allowing the Pirates to get close and the game ended with St Louis winning 42-27.
St Louis scoring consisted of Jack Abplanalp with 2, Kurt Siefert 3, Jack Forbeck 5, Wil Freeland 2, Andrew Oesterling 11, Lleyton Ratcliffe 13 and Sam Voegele 6. Defensively the Cardinals were led by Riley Schebler on the perimeter and Voegele and Ratcliffe pulling down the rebounds. The Pirates were led by Toby Brogan with 7 points and Devin Winkler with 6 points.
The Cardinals record now goes to 19-2. The next game is this Thursday at home against Sunman Dearborn. The game time is 6:00.
8th Grade Boys Basketball
8TH GRADE RECOGNITION NIGHT IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7TH,
BETWEEN THE 7TH AND 8TH GRADE GAMES.
to improve. Adam Cox led the Cardinals in scoring finishing tied for game high with 12 points. Eli Tuveson knocked down a couple of 3's for 6 points. Charlie Dice and Jacob Deutsch added 4 points each. St. Louis record is 8 wins with 8 losses.
The St. Louis 8th grade boys basketball team lost to a very talented Greensburg team by a final score of 55 to 19. Jacob Deutsch, Adam Cox and Charlie Dice provided the scoring for St. Louis.
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