Kristin Steede from NBC's The Biggest Loser Visits Holy Cross Campus

Kristin Steede was brought to us on behalf the KEEN Foundation. The Keen Foundation encourages new and unique learning experiences in Kaukauna and promotes activities that benefit the community. Today is the first in a series of "Healthy Start" events that they have planned for the community.

Kristin Steede is a natural leader and tenacious young business entrepreneur who has never been afraid to address challenges head on. But with her fast-paced, always on-the-go lifestyle, a healthy diet and exercise often fell to the bottom of Kristin's priorities.

That all changed when Kristin, along with her -mother Cathy, were selected as contestants on the hit NBC reality TV show the Biggest Loser. After losing a total of 167 lbs, Kristin is ready to share what she has learned in hopes that it can help others.

Our students participated in a POP challenge from the show which is harder than it looks. A few teachers at the Holy Cross Campus participated in a "wall sit" challenge. Ask a student from Holy Cross how the teachers did and who won that challenge!

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Advent

Advent is a time of preparing and waiting for the coming of Jesus. The children of St. Aloysius campus of the Kaukauna Catholic School System are eagerly awaiting the coming of Jesus. During this Advent season they are preparing by performing their Christmas program, making Advent chains, opening doors on the Advent calendar, and lighting the Advent candles.

The students in fifth grade have been busy making a little Advent gift for the neighbors around the school. Now the fourth grade students will be taking the gift and going through the neighborhood leaving a little surprise on the doors of all the neighbors around the school. This is something that has become a very big part of the school life here at Holy Cross. The students come up with different gifts to give to the neighbors just to let them know they are appreciated and thought about by the students. Giving and do for others is something the students are learning here at school to do and do often.

Holy Cross Campus Band

The Holy Cross 6-8th grade band students, under the directions of Ms. Michelle DeGroot, were invited on December 3rd to play at The Bank of Kaukauna. The students played some favorite Christmas music that went right along with the Christmas Cookies the bank was serving. It was just a special time for everyone to sit back with a nice decorated cookie and listen to beautiful Christmas music. Then adding in just a touch of snow outside it really put everyone in the Christmas Spirit.

What's-a-Matter??

As a culmination to a science unit, Mrs. Kortz’s 2nd grade class had a "WHATS'S-A-MATTER" party. They made root beer floats. The ice cream is the solid, the root beer is the liquid and the carbonation in the root beer is the gas. Science is fun and good-tasting!

Food Donation & Fun

The students at St. Aloysius Campus enjoyed a juice box and popcorn Friday afternoon with a donation of a canned food item which will be donated to the Food Pantry. This activity was sponsored by the Kaukauna Catholic School System Home & School Association.

Story Time for Children Ages 3-5

Join Us! Story Time for children ages 3-5 The second Wednesday of each month from 12:30-1:15pm @ St. Aloysius Campus-Preschool Room

Please call to register (920)766-5199 (No charge for story time) Walk-ins and siblings are always welcome!

Kaukauna High School Volleyball Team Send Off!

On November 5, the Kaukauna High School Volleyball team is going to State this year and before they left they came past St. Aloysius Campus and Holy Cross Campus so the students could wish them well. Good luck from KCSS!

Invitation to Lunch

The third graders did a great job with this project. First we talked all about community and what a group like the Packers mean to a community. Then for creative writing the students wrote recipes (funny ones) which will be sent along with this pictures. In computer class the students have been typing letters to NFL teams. What the letters spell out is the following: Please come for lunch at Holy Cross School. We will see if we get an answer - no matter what it was a fun time for the students.

Dictionaries and Book Marks

These pictures are showing the two gentlemen from the Elks club presenting all of our third graders with dictionaries and book markers at Holy Cross School in Kaukauna. This picture is taken with the third graders of Mrs. Becky Haen receiving the gifts. The students were so excited when they started looking through the book and found it also contained information on each and every state in the United States (which they are studying about right now in Social Studies Class). Plus on the back page the there was the longest word in the English language which contain 1,909 letters and was a term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8.

Fire Safety

The Kaukauna Fire Department visited classrooms at St. Aloysius campus during the month of October and talked with the students on Fire Prevention. The theme this year is “Stay Fire Smart”. This year’s theme emphasizes what everyone can do to prevent fires in our homes by being fire smart. They stressed the importance of having working smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, testing and cleaning them monthly and changing the batteries twice a year and having a home escape plan. The fire department provided some valuable fire safety tips if fire should break out in their school or home.

Explore at Holy Cross Campus

The 6-8th grade students are very busy with their Explore classes this semester. The students have the opportunity to sign up for one of the class offerings to be held each Friday during the 1st semester for 40 minutes. The students could select from the following: School Store, Forensics, Liturgy Planning, Service with a Smile, Church Choir, Dive into Books, Public Relations and Mathematical Art. Right now the Service with a Smile group is sponsoring cancer awareness which the whole school system is participating in. Then some of the Public Relations group is putting together a newspaper called the “Shinning Times” which is given to all the students at our other campus St. Aloysius for the Pre-school-2nd graders to enjoy. Then another part of the Public Relations group has been busy putting together a Power Point for our website and the final group of students, which are in Public Relations, have been busy writing original stories with the third graders which they will be putting in one hardbound book. The students all look forward to taking part in these different groups because this is another way for them to take responsibility for planning events the rest of the student body can participate in.

October Band Concert

This was a wonderful event on October 15. The cafeteria was all decorated in the Halloween theme - students were serving punch and decorated Halloween cookies and the music the students played was wonderful! They played to a packed cafeteria and a good time was had by one and all. Ms. Michelle DeGroot is the band director and she did an outstanding job getting the students ready to perform.

Neighbors are Wonderful!

Students in grades 4 & 5 made and delivered special treats to neighbors that live around the Holy Cross campus on Thursday, October 15th. This is just something to let the neighbors know just how much we appreciate them and to thank them for maybe, at times, putting up with some inconveniences as our playground balls fly over in their yard or having to work around our school buses each and everyday. This is just one way we to show our neighbors how special they are to us.

Crazy Hat Day

One of the Holy Cross Explore Groups is sponsoring a “Crazy Hat Day”. Oh, this isn’t just any hat day it is one where you purchase the hat at the school store and decorate it anyway you wish. The hats will be worn during classes that day which will allow all those creative students time to show off their creativity to the rest of the student body. There just might be several teachers also taking part in this fun activity and showing their decorating skills off to the students! This is just another way of building school spirit in a fun way.

Stay Fire Smart

The Kaukauna Fire Department will be presenting Fire Prevention classes to all children in K through Grade 2 at St. Aloysius School for fire prevention week during October 4th – October 10th. The Pre K will be visiting the Kaukauna Fire Department on a different date. The theme this year is “Stay Fire Smart”. This year’s theme emphasizes what we can do to prevent fires in our homes by being fire smart. The Kaukauna Fire Department will discuss the importance of fire prevention and to provide some valuable fire safety tips if fire should break out in their home or school.

KCSS Story Time

Ice Cream Social

St. Aloysius Campus of the Kaukauna Catholic School System will be having a Family Ice Cream Social and Open House for Preschool, Pre K, and Kindergarten families on Tuesday, October 6th from 5:45-7:00 p.m. Families will be able to meet other KCSS families, visit their child’s classroom, and make ice cream sundaes. Students will be performing various songs, poems, for their families to enjoy.

Band Concert

Holy Cross Band students will be sharing their musical talents with others on Thursday, October 15th in the school cafeteria. From all the practicing that the students in grades 6-8 are doing (which we get the chance to hear during the day) it is going to be a terrific concert. It is open to the public and will be starting at 6:30 pm. So please come and show your support for these students working hard to develop a real appreciation for music.

Moving Stories

Fourth Grade students have been busy writing very moving stories about “What Happened to Them on Their Summer Vacation”. The stories were printed on filmstrip paper to give that moving affect. What a fun way to show their writings.

Buddies

On Thursday, September 24th, both Holy Cross and St. Aloysius Schools came together to do a buddy activity. They were making bookmarkers for Grandparent’s Day. Grandparent’s Day will be held at both campuses on Thursday, October 8th. There will be a Liturgy at Holy Cross Campus at 8:20 am followed by tours of the classrooms. This is the time for the students to show their grandparents or special person just what they are doing in school these days. Then at 10:00 am St. Aloysius Campus will be giving tours of their classrooms and showing off all they are doing. All the students look forward to this very special day.

Catherine Street Mural

For the past several years, students in Mrs. Opsteen-Van Dyke’s 8th grade literature class at Holy Cross School have read the short story, “The War of the Wall.” The story tells the tale of a community that has a wall that is full of graffiti, gum, etchings, and various marks that hold memories for the youth.

One day, an artist comes in and starts painting over the wall. The kids of the community are irate, but after watching and waiting, they are surprised with a beautiful mural that depicts all of the important people, places, and events of their community.

As a pre-reading activity, Mrs. OVD’s students created their own mural that depicts what makes Kaukauna special. Then the students walked down to the Catherine Street mural and compared their murals with the beautifully painted wall. They took note of what the two murals had in common and also observed what special parts of Kaukauna could still be added to the wall. It was a great community tie-in with the literature curriculum.

Pinwheels for Peace

Both St. Aloysius Campus and Holy Cross Campus will be observing September 21, 2009 as International Day of Peace. This day was declared by the United Nations General Assembly, as the International Day of Peace, a day devoted to remembering and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples. he students have made Pinwheels that will be displayed outside each school building as a reminder to all who see them to continue to spread peace in their daily lives.

Little Theater

KCSS Second Graders Invite You To “Little Theater”

On Wednesday, March 25th @2pm you are invited to join us for Little Theatre. Our second grade students will be putting on two plays: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Six Little Pigs. They will also entertain us with songs and dance. The Little Theater will be held at the St. Aloysius Campus in the Social Hall.

First Annual Beach Bash

Turn Up the Heat Beach Bash

On February 28 we held our first annual Turn Up the Heat Beach Bash in the volleyball courts at The Checkered Flag. The event included food, children’s games, a volleyball tournament and bands throughout the evening. The feature band was our own 1st Degree!!

Schedule of Events
§ Food served from 4pm-8pm
§ Children’s Games 4pm-8pm
§ Volleyball Tournament (Grades 7 & 8)
§ Silent Auction 4pm-10pm (KCSS Student Art Gallery & More)
§ Bands-Subtle Chaos, Adam’s Way and 1st Degree

We look forward to seeing you next year.

Kaukauna Catholic School System provides a faith filled, safe environment for all children.

Our Mission: Kaukauna Catholic School System-Excellence in Education and Catholic Faith

Did you know?
KCSS offers activities for nearly every interest:
· Advanced Math
· Art
· Computers
· Music/Band/Choir
· Spanish
· Theatrical Opportunities

KCSS offers a variety of sports activities:
· Girls Volleyball (Grades 5-8)
· Boys & Girls Basketball (Grades 5-8)
· Boys Intramural Volleyball (Grades 5-8)
· Boys & Girls Intramural Basketball weekend (Grades K-3)
· KCSS sponsors/runs a CYO basketball program for any members of the two parishes (Grades 9-12)
· 8th Grade Mother/Daughter, Father/Son Basketball Event
· Ski Club (Grades 6-8)
· Boys & Girls Track (Grades 6-8)
· Girls Softball (Grades 6-8)

KCSS offers options for preschool and pre-kindergarten:
· Two or Three Day Preschool (3 year olds)
· Three, Four or Five Day Pre-Kindergarten (4 year olds)

KCSS offers Child Care:
· Before & After School Care
· All Day-7am-6pm Year Round

For additional information, call:
St. Aloysius Campus (920) 766-5199 (Preschool – Grade 2)
Holy Cross Campus (920) 766-0186 (Grade 3-Grade 8)