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St. Mary’s School
The
Week that Wasn’t
By Kathy Ayette
I was planning to write about the activities and events that happened
during Catholic Schools Week. However Catholic Schools Week
turned out to be pretty much the week that wasn’t due to weather.
It was more like “Catholic Schools Two Days”. It began well
enough. The weekend Masses, with the students participating, were
beautiful. The science fair exhibits were on display for
parishioners to view as they enjoyed refreshments after each
Mass. On Monday Mayor Willman came to school and proclaimed the
week of January 28 to be Catholic Schools Week in Greenville, and Fr.
White opened the week with prayer. Sam Jones, a missionary from
Damascus Catholic Mission Campus, led the students in a fun-filled
faith and learning experience. Sam by the way is an alumni of St.
Mary’s and the uncle of several of our current students.
As is our tradition, we celebrated “Bubble Wrap Day” on which the halls
were lined with, you guessed it, bubble wrap and all the students did
what you do with bubble wrap. No, not wrap fragile items for
shipping… they jumped on it. Who can resist popping bubble
wrap? On Tuesday, the sixth graders visited Sidney Lehman High
School and the families of students with last names beginning with A-K
joined their children for lunch.
Then Old Man Winter pulled out all the stops and for three days we were
hit with snow, frigid temperatures, and wind. School did not
resume until the following Monday. The families who had not
joined their children for lunch the previous week were invited to do so
on Wednesday, February 6. Most of the missed activities were
cancelled. However the principal and teachers decided that we
would reschedule two of the favorites that had been missed.
The movie that had been scheduled for Friday afternoon will be shown in
March. We decided that there was an awful long stretch between
February and Easter break, and a movie might be a welcomed treat.
Buddy Bingo will be scheduled near the end of school. Although
Special Person Day is not going to be rescheduled, the students are
welcome to invite their special persons to come and eat lunch
anytime.
I mentioned that the science fair exhibits were on display for visitors
to view after the Masses opening Catholic Schools Week. Personnel
from Wright Patterson Air Force Base came to judge the science fair
projects on Friday, January 25. Students were judged on the basis
of their projects’ content and presentation, and the student’s
explanation of the project. The judges awarded points and the top
three winners for each grade were then determined. The top three
fifth grade students were Isabel Badell, in first place, Ava Glass,
second place, and Brooklyn Kreusch, third place. The sixth grader
in first place was Charlie Pope. Ashton Noggle and Lauren
Schmitmeyer tied for second place. In the seventh grade, the top
three students were Alex Hadden, first place, Lydia Beisner in second,
and Anne Gibson, third. First place in eighth grade was Carson
Pope and in second place Lauren Wright. Mariah Kreusch, Luke D.
Rammel and Luke F. Rammel all tied for third place. Carson
scored enough points to take his project to the District Science
Day. The students do a marvelous job with their projects
and that is not just my slightly prejudiced view. The science
fair used to be held in the spring. However when Mrs. Foster
invited personnel from Wright Patterson to judge the projects, they
were very impressed with the students and their projects, and
encouraged her to have the science fair earlier so that the projects
could qualify for the District Science Day at Edison College
The spelling bee was held February 6. It had been rescheduled
from an earlier date due to… what else? The weather. The
spelling bee is open to any second through eighth grader who passes an
earlier written test. The top three spellers were Carson Pope,
Adam Edwards, and Lauren Wright. The geography bee was held
January 17. The top three students were Carson Pope, Lydia
Beisner, and Andrew Winner. Carson is awaiting the results of his on
line test to see if he qualified for the state level. The results
will be announced March 4.
The preschoolers and kindergarteners through fourth graders celebrated
Valentine’s Day on February 15. Their teachers decided Friday was
a much better party day than Thursday. The third and fourth graders had
some of their valentine boxes on display outside their classroom
doors. There were some very interesting boxes including one that
looked like a robot. I have to say my person favorite was the one
that came with a padlock. Somebody wanted to make sure no candy
or valentines went astray!
Until next month, keep warm or cool. With Ohio weather you never
know!
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