January 26, 2012

School Theme For 2011-2012

"God Has Chosen Me"

ST. GABRIEL SCHOOL GAZETTE

January 26, 2012

"What's Happening"

1/29 Catholic Schools Week Begins

Open House/Pancake Breakfast

2/3 Forensics Meet - Silverbrook in West Bend

2/8 HSA Meeting - 6:00 p.m. (Fellowship Hall)

2/10 Forensics Meet - Badger in West Bend

2/17 In-Service (No Classes)

Blood Drive

2/20 In-Service (No Classes)

2/22 Ash Wednesday - Mass at St. Gabriel Church

2/23 Forensics Meet - St. Frances Cabrini in West Bend

3/2 Forensics Meet - Silver Lake in Oconomowoc

3/5 IOWA Testing Begins

3/10 Forensics Meet - Webster in Cedarburg

10th Annual Dinner Auction

3/19 In-Service (No Classes)

3/21 Gr. 6-8 Field Trip to Milwaukee Symphony

3/24 State Forensics Meet - Neenah

3/26 3rd Quarter Ends

3/27 Gr. 3-5 Field Trip to State Capitol

4/27 Lifetouch Spring Photos

5/4 Spring Art and Talent Show (This was usually held

during Catholic Schools Week.)

More School News:

Basketball Season Home Games: The schedule for our home games are:

January 28 St. Gabriel vs. Port Catholic 1:00 p.m. - 5th Grade Boys

2:00 p.m. - 6th Grade Boys

3:00 p.m. - 5th Grade Girls

4:00 p.m. - 7th Grade Boys

January 31 St. Gabriel vs. St. Joe 5:30 p.m. - 5th Grade Boys

6:30 p.m. - 6th Grade Boys

7:30 p.m. - 7th Grade Boys

Basketball Parent Appreciation Day: Mark your calendars for January 28. All parents and siblings of St. Gabriel basketball players will receive free admission to the games. The Athletic Committee would like to thank all the parents for volunteering their time as coaches, working concessions and admissions and for their help setting up and cleaning up our gym. We couldn't have done it without the help of our wonderful families. We will also be having a drawing during halftime of each game for one lucky player's family to win a $10 $crip Choice Certificate. So come and enjoy watching some great basketball and thank you again for all your help this basketball season.

School Closing Information: Please listen to the following stations for information: Channel 12, WTKM 104.9 and WTMJ 620 or 94.5.

St. Gabriel School Yearbooks: We are pleased to announce that it is time to order your child's 2011/2012 yearbook, "Among The Stars!" To order, simply complete the yearbook order form and enclose your payment of $16/book. Make checks payable to

St. Gabriel. Orders are due by Friday, January 27. Yearbooks are distributed at the end of the school year. For more information, please contact Julie Malucha, malucha6@yahoo.com

Spring Art and Talent Show: Although our date for our Spring Art and Talent Show seems like a way off, we are asking students to submit their "best" or favorite work from Art Class. Please hang on to those priceless works of Art. The deadline for submitting art work will be late April. More details to come.

The Catholicism Project: Parents check out this worthwhile program offered by our parish to help grow your faith. Four sessions will be offered: Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. and Sundays after the 8:00 a.m. Mass. To register or with any questions, please contact Lynn Ann Reesman at lareesman@sgabrielp.org or call

St. Gabriel Church at 628-1141.

Blood Drive: The St. Vincent de Paul Society will sponsor a Blood Drive on Friday, February 17 from 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in the School Gym. Make an appointment either on-line at www.bcw.edu/StGabriel217 or call Linda Mikolainis at 628-0340.

Congratulations: We would like to congratulate the following St. Gabriel graduates for making the Honor Roll at Catholic Memorial High School: Lindsey Casper, Jake Karls and Nicolas Muelder.

HUHS Math Meet: Congratulations to the 12 St. Gabriel students who participated in the 2nd Annual Hartford High School Middle School Math Meet on January 20. The 7th Grade Team of Nathan Balistriere, Ian Boho, Nate Goeman, Zachary Nasgowitz, Lindsey Palmersheim and Cassidy Sheehan tied for 2nd Place. The 6th Grade Team of Nicolas Consiglio, Ashley Donovan, TJ Driver, Amanda Goeman, Abigail Piotrowski and Wil Martinez tied for 1st Place but lost in a tie-breaker to finish 2nd. A special recognition to Amanda Goeman who earned 2nd Place in the overall scoring of the individual events. Great job, everyone!!

Rejoice in every day of life.

The Giving Tree update.

The Giving Tree offers the families of St. Gabriel's a way to support the classroom needs of the creative and progressive teachers we have been blessed with. Please consider providing one or more of the following items. The teachers have placed snowflakes on the Giving Tree with the needed item listed. You can pull the snowflake off and attach it to the item when you return it to the teacher or you can notify me at mdmhennes@att.net to let me know you are purchasing the item. Thank you everyone for helping support our teachers in their quest to provide our children with fun and creative ways to learn.

Science
Human Genetic Disorder Poster Nasco http://www.enasco.com/product/SB35354M or catalogue page 86 $21.50

Phy Ed
Nerf Frisbees

K5
Small and Large Plates
Colored lick and stick tape http://www.amazon.com/Lick-Stick-Tape-Pack-10/dp/B001KVO0C2 or http://www.shoplet.com/Lick-N-Stick-Art-Tape/12489/sgdv
Mini tape rolls

1st Grade
Jumbo cotton balls 2 packages

7th Grade
Cover for Smart Board : We have two families interested in contributing to this purchase. It would be nice to find about 5-6 more families. Please contact me mdmhennes@att.net if you are interested in helping.

8th Grade
Books on Ancient Egypt (especially with pictures)
Candy from the 1950’s (i.e. candy buttons, peeps, pixy stix, candy necklace, etc.) for 9 students (history lesson)

Thank you for all your help with this project!
Dawn Marie Hennes