Weekly News from SJOA

March 3, 2010

We are always proud of our students’ achievement on standardized tests! We received the testing results of the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations for Grades 4 and 8 on Friday! The tests are comprehensive and take approximately seven hours over five days in November to complete. Once again, 100% of our students in Grades 4 and 8 placed at the Advanced and Proficient levels of performance.  While the test score is only a tool, it is an important tool…a tool by which we measure and assess our students’ achievement….and a tool by which others evaluate our school’s academic proficiency.  Congratulations to our students and our teachers for this academic accomplishment!

Let’s talk St. Joan of Arc’s Basketball Season! What a year, it has been! Excitement and Challenge all the way to the last second of the last game!!  Four basketball teams not only had a successful season on the court but also enjoyed and learned the ins and outs of the game!  Grade 5 Girls with Coach Stephanie Gilmore ended the season with 11 wins and the WACC Championship title; Coaches Rick Hills and Lori Fenske taught the skills of the game to 6^th Grade Girls and the team topped off the season with 9 W’s and the Championship title at the St. Mary’s Hales Corners Tournament with their opponent being Brookfield’s  St. John Vianney! Coaches Bill Burg and Roger Maio refined skills of the 5^th Grade Boys team all season long to conclude with 9W’s, as well! The SJOA 8^th Grade Girls, coached by Peter Duffey, Tim Aicher, Rick Hills, and Brian Inloes, played for the tournament’s First Place trophy at Catholic Memorial High School on Sunday, February 28^th! Their opponent was St. Matthias! It was a great game, and we came away with the Championship title!  Both the 6^th Grade Girls and the 8^th Grade Girls were nail biters right up to the last seconds! We couldn’t be more proud of our girls and boys…at all levels of play!  Go, Knights!

Our students are participating in the Operation Rice Bowl this Lenten Season. This sacrificial giving is a concrete way to witness to those who hunger or face poverty. Let us pray and sacrifice so that we can make a difference in the lives of our brothers and sisters in need. Rice Bowls may be found in the Narthex at the Church entrance.

                                                            School News…

v     Congratulations to our February P.R.O. Award recipients! During the month of February, “They were called…to live in the freedom of the City of God”.  The following students were honored at a recognition program on Thursday, February 26^th:  Javin Warren (JK), Nicholas Schoenauer (Gr. 1), Tyler Hendee (Gr. 3), Maddie Pabst (Gr. 4), Alyssa Ritter (Gr. 5), and Christopher Kneiser (Gr. 6).

During March, our P.R.O. message is: “We are called…to be hope for the hopeless”. The scriptural passage is “The scriptures say, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind.’ They also say, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27.

v     Congratulations to our F.R.O.G. Award recipients for the Week of February 22-26! They are:

Emily Clausen             JK        “picked up a lost item for a friend!”

Zoë Goodmanson        Gr. 3    “put down chairs!”

Lindsey Heinzel           JK        “encouraged her friends to be good and listen!”

Kaci Keleher               Gr. 8    “She volunteered to serve at mass.”

Katie Koltermann       Gr. 8    “She volunteered to serve at mass!”

Alayna Ritter               Gr. 2    “sharing her book!”

Kaya Sarajian             Gr. 1    “following directions!”

Miller Wallace Gr. 3    “never failing to put down chairs!”  

v     Please join us for our Third Lenten Prayer Service on Monday morning at 7:40 in the Multi-Purpose Room.  Our prayer leaders will be:  John Chupka, representing our primary level, Miller Wallace, representing our intermediate level, and Alee T., representing our Middle School level.

v     Please join us for an informative Home and School Parent-Teacher meeting on Tuesday, March 9^th, at 6:30pm, in the Multi-Purpose Room.  We’ll learn about our Marketing “pillars” and will discuss more ways to successfully market our school!

v     A note to all who are in our building after school, evenings, or weekends…The alarm on the west corridor emergency exit door has been activated. This door is not to be used except in case of an emergency.