St. Louis Catholic School News
March 4, 2020
Principal's Corner
Archery Help
We are looking for help supervising Archery Team. Mr. Gy Kern and myself both have commitments that make being at every practice challenging. And it is always good to have 2 adults at practice, because there is much to watch to keep everyone safe. So if anyone would like to help, please let us know. We meet every Tuesday from 3:10-4:30 in the old gym.
Mr. Kern and Mr. Moeller
Calendar of Events
- March 6th - Jr. High Youth Group, 3:00-5:00
- March 8th - Super Sunday Bingo
- March 9th - IRead Testing begins
- March 11th - Monthly Pizza Hut fundraiser
- March 13th - End of 3rd grading period
- March 13th - 6th grade field trip to Cincy Museum Center
- March 14th - BAAC Dance Auditions at BHS, 1:00-4:00 pm
- March 16th - Girls' Bball awards, 6:00 pm in SLS cafeteria
- March 18th - All School Mass, 4th grade
- March 18th - PTO Meeting at 6:30 pm
- March 19th - 2nd grade field trip to Indy Children's Museum
- March 19th - Report cards sent home
- March 20th - Spring Break begins!
Preschool Registration
Enrollment is Now Open. Please call (812)932-1731 to schedule a tour today, or visit slsschool.org to find our online registration.
Registration link: Preschool Registration
Stations of the Cross
Ash Wednesday--February 26 at 2:15 - Staff
Friday, March 6 at 1:20 --7th Grade
Monday, March 9 at 9:15 --6th Grade
Thursday, March 19 at 2:15 -- 5th Grade
Tuesday, March 31 at 9:15 -- 4th Grade
Thursday, April 9 at 1:20 -- 8th Grade with Buddies (day before Good Friday)
Athletic Events
PTO NEWS
PTO Meeting
Wednesday, March 18 @ 6:30pm at The Sherman (Hillenbrand Room)
Please join us! This is a great way to find out more about the positions that are available for next year.
PTO is looking for volunteers for next school year. At the meeting last week, we began talking about the opportunities that are available. Please let us know if you are interested in any of the executive or committee chair/co-chair positions available. It is always great to have fresh ideas! This may mean that you join PTO for the first time or maybe you are interested in a new position. Contact us with questions.
Executive Committee -- (if multiple candidates, elections will be held at PTO meeting on 4/21/20)
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Chair/Co-Chair -- (No elections)
Enrichment (4 co-chairs)
K-3 Parties (1co-chair)
School Supplies (special committee)
Jill Weberding- President
Amy Streator - Vice President
Natalie Wanstrath - Secretary
Jane Lieland - Treasurer
Contact - nurseadvocates@jillweberding.com
Rube Goldberg Competition
A HUGE CONGRATS to our Rube Goldberg/STEAM Team members for placing 1st and 2nd place, respectively, at the Regional Rube Goldberg Competition. They are headed to NATIONALS!
The 5th and 6th Grade Team (Bridget Lohmueller, Meg Ritter, Campbell Miles, Ethan Rahschulte, Ethan Meer, and Cayden Lieland) placed 2nd for Division 1 and was awarded the People's Choice Award.
The 8th Grade Team (Kate Weber, Claire Saner, Hannah Wells, Sady Hirt, Catherine Streator, Megan Batta, Madison Wanstrath, and Paul Meer) placed 1st for Division 1. They were the only team in D1 to have two perfect consecutive runs on their machine!
Both teams compete at Nationals on April 4th, 2020 in Lawrenceburg, IN.
Good luck to all on this next adventure!
Spanish Club
First meeting will be held on March 10th
Description: The Spanish club is an environment outside of lecture time where those who have curiosity, enthusiasm, or desire to learn more about Spanish speaking cultures can learn more through food, arts, entertainment, outings, socialization, and more.
A sign up sheet is available in Mrs. Brooks room. For additional information please email cynthiabgeisen@gmail.com
Preschoolers Explore the World using their Five Senses
We worked with our sense of sound, experiencing the sounds in our Big School's Music Room with Mrs. Pederson, our school's music teacher, who shared some of her instruments with us. We danced and played along with her Boom Whackers and used our hands to create sound vibrations with her giant drum.
We worked with our sense of touch exploring sensory bins, as we were blindfolded to see if we could determine what each item was using only our sense of touch.
We also had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Macias, learning how she navigates the world without her sense of sight. She read to us, Five Little Monkeys in Braille and we explored each of our own names in Braille too, closing our eyes to touch each dot, that together makes our name. Mrs. Macias gave us a chance to try her cane and experienced how she plays ball with her daughter, using a ball with bells inside.
Finally, we put it all together and enjoyed some Popcorn, as all of our senses came alive in one delicious snack. On Friday, our Pre-K students visited their 4th grade buddies and worked with their Popcorn snack, determining words that described the smell, feel, sounds, taste and look of their Popcorn treat.
Special visitor
Jr. High students were honored to meet Mrs. Macias in language arts class this week. Mrs. Macias spoke about how she reads Braille and adapts to life situations that we take for granted. They learned how to write their names in Braille and saw games and devices created for the visually impaired.
They also got to use her walking cane to maneuver the classroom. Thank you, Mrs. Macias, for sharing your time and gifts with us!
Mrs. Jenny Lents
Language Arts teacher
St. Louis School
Young Hoosier Party
Our Young Hoosier Party for this year is quickly approaching!!! Hopefully our participants are getting excited to go to Skyzone located in Fishers, IN on 4/14/20. The deadline for books is 4/1, so that I can ensure that all waivers for Skyzone are completed as well as permission slips are signed. We will have a pizza party following their hour of jump at Skyzone, and a snack. Just like during lunch at school, if there are allergy concerns, just go ahead and pack something special for your child to enjoy while there. I will be attending the field trip as one of the chaperones, Principal Mr. Moeller is as well, along with our 2 other awesome parent volunteers. Closer to the date you will be receiving a link to complete the required Skyzone waiver, and the SLS permission form as well.
I am hopeful that this enrichment trip has spurred encouragement, and excitement for advancement in reading for your child. Thank you in advance for helping this to be a success!!
Jenny Groemminger
SLS Librarian
Safety News
Lenten "Haiti Bowls"
Thank you for your generosity and your prayers for our ministry.
St. Louis Haiti Ministry
Musical Notes
Our junior high students will be performing in the "Frozen, Jr." musical in May. Our red classes will perform on Thursday, May 7, and our white classes will perform on Friday, May 8. Our after school cast will perform both nights. Colors are determined by how students see Mrs. Pedersen for grades 6 and 8 - for 7th grade, please use your child's math class color. If you are unsure of where your student falls, please contact Mrs. Pedersen cpedersen@st.louisschool.org. Thank you!
Book report
Chocolate Sales
CPR training
Energy Kits
We recently hosted the Energy Endgame energy-saving program at SLS and have an opportunity to start saving energy in our own community! If you haven’t yet, you can sign-up for your FREE energy efficiency kit and reduce your home’s carbon footprint – and help our school win cash rewards!
Request your kit by going to MyEnergyKit.org, calling 1-855-386-9548, or mailing one of the postage-paid forms we sent home.
Pizza Hut Fundraiser
Mark your calendars! Our next monthly Pizza Hut fundraiser will take place on Wednesday, March 11th, from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm. Enjoy some great tasting pizza while helping out St. Louis at the same time. Thank you for your support!
Support the SLS Jr. High AR Auction
Lost and Found
Uniform Exchange Dates
"THIS INSTITUTION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER"
Cafeteria News -- REMINDER!!
We have several students with a negative lunch balance!
Anyone that has a negative lunch balance of $10.00 or more will NOT be able to get extras. If you need to know what your student's current balance is, you may check online at www.EZSchoolPay.com, or contact Tammi or Carla in the cafeteria at slscafeteria@st.louisschool.org.
Thank you!
Carla Prickel & Tammi Wintz
Cafeteria co-managers
St. Louis School
~~Volunteer Schedule below~~
BINGO NEWS
Super Sunday Bingo
Thank you!
Michael Brelage
St. Louis Girls 5th Grade vs Laurel
The St. Louis Girls 5th Grade team returned home on Thursday February 27, 2020 after a 5:00 game road trip to take on the Laurel Yellow Jackets. The Lady Cardinals came out strong with a balance attack jumping out to a 14-0 1st quarter lead. The strong balance attack continued into the 2nd quarter as the Lady Cardinals used turnovers to score their points and take a 26-1 halftime advantage. The offense stalled out in the second half but the Lady Cardinals were able to keep the strong defense going to a 36-3 final score. This takes the Lady Cardinals record to 11-0 on the season. Mimi Smith, Ella King, and Madden Showalter all had 8 points while Belle Young added 6 and Gina Grote finished with 4 points.
The Lady Cardinals will play their final two games of the year next Monday vs St. Lawrence and Thursday against St. Nick, both 6pm start times.
Coach Brent Young
St. Louis 5th Grade Girls vs St. Lawrence
The St. Louis Girls 5th Grade team improved to 12-0 on the season with a 53-5 victory over the St Lawrence Lady Panthers on Monday March 2, 2020. The Lady Cardinals came out hot as they took a 14-0 1st quarter lead behind Mimi Smith who had 6 of her game high 15 points in the 1st quarter. The second quarter followed suit as Madden Showalter and Grace Gutzwiller each had 4 points as the Lady Cardinals took a 28-2 halftime lead. Madden Showalter finished with 10 points. Ella King kept things going for the Lady Cardinals in the 3rd quarter as she scored 8 of her 14 points on the way to a 44-2 3rd quarter advantage. Belle Young also contributed 6 points for the Lady Cardinals.
The Lady Cardinals play their final game Thursday night as they take on St. Nicholas at 6pm at the St. Louis Activity Center.
Coach Brent Young
6th Grade Girls St. Louis v. Laurel
The Cardinals are in action again Monday at home as they face St. Lawrence.
Coach Anne Suttmann
St. Louis 6th Grade Girls vs. St. Lawrence
The Cardinals will be in action again Thursday at home for the final game of the season against St. Nicholas.
Thank you,
Coach Anne Suttmann
St. Louis 8th vs St. Nicholas
Last night the St. Louis Lady Cardinals 8th grade team went to St. Anthony to play St. Nick. They won with a final score of 49-10. Scoring for SLS were Claire Saner with 10pts, Catherine Streator with 6pts, Kate Weber with 6pts, Madison Wanstrath with 6pts, Lilly Schebler with 5pts, Lea Cossentino with 4pts, Ava Owens with 4pts, Sadie Wachsmann with 4pts, Rhea Miller with 2pts, and Iza Wonnell with 2pts. These girls played well together and were never playing with the same 5 all game. Such a diverse squad that can play with any of their teammates and accomplish all goals set while doing so. Nice job ladies.
Next week is the SEI tournament we play Monday at South Ripley against South Ripley! Go Cards!
Coach Trenkamp
Batesville Friends of the Library Book Sale
Batesville Library Used Book Sale & Etc., March 12-14
The Friends of the Batesville Memorial Public Library are having their used book and media sale March 12-14. Over 10,000 books, videos, CDs, DVDs, and books on tape will be sold 9:00am to 5:00pm each day at the library annex building, located at 10 W. Boehringer St. Prices are $1 for hardbacks, CDs, and DVDs, and 50 cents for paperbacks.
Proceeds from the book sale will be used to help pay for library materials and programs. The $2 bag special sale starts on Saturday the 14th at 3:00pm.
The BAAC Young Artist Showcase
The BAAC (Batesville Area Arts Council) holds a yearly Young Artist Showcase where students in grades 6-12 can receive feedback on their artistic endeavors and the chance to earn ribbons or medals, which are distributed to winners at their school awards ceremony at the end of the year.
All students are encouraged to enter at least one of the following contests. You do not have to be in any certain classes to enter!
Do you write short stories or fiction? Consider entering the BAAC Writing contest. Entries are due March 1. Information here: https://sites.google.com/oldenburgacademy.org/baacyas/writing
Do you dance? Sign up online and prepare to perform on March 14. See the website for information and to sign up for a time slot! https://sites.google.com/oldenburgacademy.org/baacyas/dance
Do you make videos? Sign up for the video contest! Entries are due March 20. See https://sites.google.com/oldenburgacademy.org/baacyas/video for more information! **Grades 9-12 only**
Do you draw, paint, or make anything artsy? Sign up with your art teacher to participate by April 1. Items are to be turned in by April 15th to your art teacher. See https://sites.google.com/oldenburgacademy.org/baacyas/art if you need more!
Park Hop
Ripley County is full of parks for you to explore! The Park Hop is a fun way for families to visit parks across the community. From city parks to state parks, there's something for everyone, right here in our backyard! Go outside, have a hopping good time being active in nature and win great prizes! In March, Ripley County Reads will be releasing a Park Hop Passport for families and individuals to complete.
Visit as many of the parks as you can, and have fun exploring as you answer the clues on your passport. Bring your passport to the Park Hop Finale on May 2nd at Versailles State Park to collect your prize. Prizes available for those who answer clues at 1, 5, or 10 parks. Those who answer clues for 10 or more parks will be entered for the grand prize drawing. Families can have fun and claim kids' prizes at Versailles State Park Oak Grove Shelter on May 2nd from 11 am - 1 pm during our Park Hop Finale! The finale will include nature walks, activity booths, light refreshments, and swag bags and door prizes.
Tell a friend, make a post to social media, and show the world that you're having fun with the
#RipleyCoParkHop
Thanks so much!
-Sarah Bush
Tyson Library
325 W. Tyson Street
P.O. Box 769
Versailles, IN 47042
812-689-5894
Information about Kids Discovery Factory STEAM Summer Camp
Registration is open for Kids Discovery Factory's 8th Annual STEAM enrichment day camp, July 13-16! Students entering K-6th grade will enjoy exciting hands-on activities centered around science, technology, engineering, art and math. Students entering 7th grade and up will have a blast earning service hours as volunteers.
Camp Registration
Please share the attached flyer and/or following link with parents of all students entering K-6th grade: https://www.kidsdiscoveryfactory.org/steam-camp.
Student Volunteers
Youth entering 7th grade and up can register to volunteer using the following link: https://forms.gle/Ag5i53P5APSzg7BV7
Please contact me with any questions.
Vanessa Beetz
Program Director
Kids Discovery Factory
Mobile: 812-212-4080 Office: 812-932-KIDS
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