Second Grade Visitor

Father Tom Pomeroy, pastor of Holy Cross Parish in Kaukauna, visited with second graders at St. Aloysius Campus of the Kaukauna Catholic School System recently and shared his knowledge of the Catholic faith. Much preparation involving parish, school, and home goes into preparing students to receive Jesus for the very first time in the sacrament of First Eucharist. Father Tom Pomeroy, pastor of Holy Cross Parish in Kaukauna, visited with second graders at St. Aloysius Campus of the Kaukauna Catholic School System to share his knowledge of our Catholic religion. Students asked many questions about their Catholic faith and how they can prepare themselves to receive First Holy Eucharist for the very first time which will be after Easter. Many months of preparation involving parish, school and at home will take place in order for the children to be ready to receive Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.

Winter Olympic Games at Holy Cross

Students at Holy Cross Campus will be gearing up to participate in their inside Winter Olympic events. Going along with the upcoming Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada the students will be having their own games on the afternoon of February 5th. They will be playing games like the following: Olympic Trivia, Pass the Olympic Rings Around, Identifying Flags of Countries, and Snowball Toss. The students will be divided up into teams with a mixture of students from all the grades on each team. Then once the games have concluded there will be an awards ceremony in the gym followed by a faculty vs. 8th graders volleyball game. The students all looked forward to playing these games at the end of Catholic Schools Week.

Welcome Sgt. Scott Van Zeeland

SGT. Scott Van Zeeland, a Kaukauna native and graduate of Kaukauna Catholic Schools System, came to Holy Cross to speak with the fifth graders about his recent deployment to Iraq. He answered all of their many questions. He spoke about the Iraqi people and their customs. He talked about the role of the U.S. military in that war. He touched on the weapons used, the food, the weather, awards and badges and life in general in the war zone of Iraq. Each student received a National Guard Coin as a reminder of his visit.

SGT. Van Zeeland presented fifth grade teacher (and his former teacher) with an American flag that had flown over his compound in Iraq on July 4, 2009. The accompanying certificate reads: “This is to certify that the Commander of Forward Operating Base Cropper has approved this Certificate of Authenticity for Ken Wydeven In Appreciation of Support From His Class. Flag was flown on Independence Day July 4, 2009. Certifying that his flag was flown proudly over Forward Operating Base Cropper during Operation Iraqi Freedom 2009-2010. May it always serve as a reminder of the sacrifices made for the defense and freedom of our great nation. Presented by: SGT. Scott E. Van Zeeland (former student)” SGT. Van Zeeland also presented Mr. Wydeven with an authentic coin from the 1st Squadron, 105th Cavalry, Wisconsin National Guard.

Collection and Prayers for Haiti

All the students have been working on doing jobs at home so they will have a little money to bring in for the Fourth Grade money collection that will be going for the Haitian people. The fourth grade teacher, Mr. Bizeau, had talked to the students about the earthquake that hit Haiti and right away the students started talking about what they could do to help the people. So, the money will be going to the Catholic Relief Services for Haiti. The students will be collecting the money up until January 29th, 2010. Right now the students have collected a little over $200 which is wonderful!

Kids on the Block

“The Kids on the Block” is a special Troupe of Puppets with an important message to teach awareness of abilities rather than disabilities, visited students in grades K-2 at St. Aloysius Campus of the Kaukauna Catholic School System recently. Each performance involves a dialogue between puppets, followed by a session in which the puppets engage the students in an educational conversation of questions and answers, leaving students with a better understanding of what they have in common with someone who has a disability than not.

Ski Club

Holy Cross School in Kaukauna went on their first Ski Club trip Friday, (January 8th). Ski Club is for any student in grades 6-8th that would like to go along and improve their skiing skills. This is just a really nice time for the students to be together and have some fun outside of school. Many parents also go along on the trip to do some skiing or just spend time watching and chatting with other parents. This club has always been a very big hit with all the students.

May Your New Year Sparkle

“May Your New Year Sparkle” was the message Pre K students gave by using glitter to decorate ice skates as they learn about the letter I. They also stamped in the New Year of 2010 by using stamp paints. Pre K made paper snow globes, snowmen using scrap paper and paint. These projects helped them with shape, color, number recognition, fine motor skills, and organizing materials to create a final design.