ST. GABRIEL SCHOOL GAZETTE
April 17, 2008

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

4/18 DARE Graduation - 1:45 p.m.
4/20 Children's Choir (Practice at 9:30 a.m., Sing at 10:30 a.m. Mass)
4/22 Book Fair Begins
4/28 Book Fair Ends
4/23 Grandparent's Day - 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
5/2 In-Service (No Classes)
5/26 Memorial Day (No Classes)
6/6 8th Grade Graduation
6/10 All-School Picnic
6/11 Last Day Of School (Dismissal At 11:00 a.m.)

End Of The Year Picnic: Our annual School Picnic is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10. We will need volunteers in the kitchen and adults for grilling. We also will need to borrow some grills - either gas or charcoal. Please contact Lanae Weyer to offer your assistance in the kitchen, to help with grilling or to bring your grill. Thank you!!

Also, volunteers are needed for the games. Contact Mr. Hamilton to offer your help. A form is attached. Please return the form by May 30.

Work Camp Flower Fund-Raiser: An order form was sent home last week. Please return your order form by Sunday, May 4. Additional order forms are available in the School Office or at Church.

Book Fair: Help is needed to have the Book Fair open over lunch hours. If we don't have anyone sign up to help, we will not be able to have the Book Fair open to the students. Tentatively the Book Fair will run from Tuesday, April 22 - Monday, April 28. If you are able to help, please call Jill Sheehan at 262-670-9990 (home) or 262-215-6696 (cell phone). Thank you!

Humane Society Drive: St. Gabriel Girl Scout Troop #2951 is having their third annual Humane Society Drive from April 18 to May 2. Remember your animal friends next time you're shopping and drop off supplies in the boxes in the school's front lobby or at St. Gabriel Church in the Fellowship Hall. The Humane Society is looking for bleach, paper towels, paper plates, laundry detergent as well as Purina Puppy Chow, Kitten Chow or Purina Dog chow. See their web site at www.washingtoncountyhumane.org

Honor Roll: We would like to congratulate the following Middle School students for making the 3rd Grade Honor Roll.

6th Grade High Honors: Alec Hryciuk, Lindsay Sheehan
6th Grade Honors: Cade Beedie, Adam Gerrits, Mary Jo Ludin,
Eric Papenthien

7th Grade High Honors: Lindsey Casper, Adam Hastings, Karina Klotz
7th Grade Honors: Alex Ludin, Mike Malucha

8th Grade High Honors: Marco Blise, Keenan Fliss, TJ Giesen,
Nicolas Muelder
8th Grade Honors: Aaron Felhofer, Jake Karls, Ruby Martinez,
Jenny Rodig

Keep up the great work!!

$crip: Don't forget about Mother's Day coming up in May! Why not buy your Mother a certificate from the $crip program or buy $crip when you go out to eat. We're happy to announce that the Copper Dock has joined the $crip program. The Copper Dock will be a special order. The certificates are in $20 denominations and offer a 5% profit.

From The Principal's Office:

Dear Parents:

Spring is in full swing! Such a beautiful, busy and buzzing time of year! It is easy for all of us to get a little "spring fever" and let schoolwork slip as a priority. Sports, social events and other activities are important to a well-rounded life style. However, as you look at the season's activities, please help your young scholars stay focused on school as their "job."

As of today, we have 14 students registered for our K4 program starting in September. We are happy and proud to have our very own faith-based and academic developmentally appropriate K4 program.

Three members of our staff and I will be attending a seminar on test analysis. Last year was the first year that this opportunity was offered. It was so highly successful that the testing company is coming to Milwaukee again. Each participating school receives the most recent test scores in various formats along with recent reports. We will be presented with a longitudinal study of our students' growth throughout their journey at St. Gabriel School. We always do well but we're always reaching higher, too.

If you haven't registered your child for the 2008-2009 school year, please do so as soon as possible. We are busy preparing and ordering materials for next year. I am happy to report that one of our grades is full for next year.

This has been such a long winter. Everyone around here is very happy to experience the Spring weather!

Dr. Judy Mortell