Mosquito Repellent

On the first day of school, you may wish to bring some mosquito repellent to leave in you school bag. We just might be outside a bit, and those mosquitoes seem very hungry this year!

6th Grade Wish List

I have been asked from time to time if I had a wish list of "things" I wanted for the classroom. So...this year I came up with a list of "things" we could use. I know some of them may seem a bit out of the ordinary.

1) 25 flying disks (aka - frisbees)
2) 20 Foam Pool Noodles (With or without the hole in the middle)
3) 3 Colored Nylon Ropes (100'/150' - Menards - $7.99)
4) 3 Tubular Webbing (50'+ each)
5) 3 Blue/Green/Brown Plastic Tarps (8' x 12' or so)

If you can help with any of the items, I would greatly appreciate it!

Update!
I have been contacted by a couple of parents concerning the wish list. I am told that #2-Foam Pool Noodles, are no longer needed, and #3-3 of the 6 Colored Ropes have been donated. Thank you to those individuals who have donated those items.

Please let me know if YOU will be donating any of the items so I can cross them off the list.
Thank you all, and God's blessings!

May 19th Field Trip

Just a quick note to let you know that the 5th & 6th grade field trip has been changed. It will NOT be to the ropes course, but will instead be to Discovery World.

Date: Wednesday, May 19th
Time: 9:30 - 3:00

5th Grade Chaperons:B. Rohleder, M. VanGrinsven, L. Burke, T. Spaude
6th Grade Chaperons: S. Davidson, E. Olson, B. Otto, M. Williams

Forensics, part two

Everyone got a blue ribbon on Saturday. Congratulations! And St. Jacobi had more boys there than any other school! Well done!

Since they ran out of ribbons, one of our students is waiting for hers to be mailed. We will wait until that arrives before we take the picture. Don't lose your ribbons before then.

Congratulations!

Our forensics team did a great job at St. Paul's today! Thank God for your talent. Bring your ribbons on Monday so we can take a picture.
Thank you, parents, for getting everyone there on time. I hope you enjoyed listening to all the different presentations. I sure did. And I got some interesting ideas for pieces for next year.

Final forensics note

The competition is this Saturday at St. Paul's Muskego. Registration begins at 8:15.
I will be meeting with the students later this week to give them final details.
Parents, you are welcome to stay and watch. Each student presents his/her piece 3 times, before 3 different judges, and the total score determines the color of ribbon.
It's fun to see and hear all the different selections, and sometimes it helps to get an idea for a piece for next year.

Forensics

Congratulations to all the sixth graders for working so hard on this. Your critique sheets will be returned tomorrow so you know what you did well and what you need to work on.

These are the students who will continue to practice so they can participate in the competition at St. Paul's Muskego on March 27:
Brenna
Peter
Analysia
Michael
Matt
A.J.P.
Jared
Sam
Henna
Ellie
Josh
Zack

Well done!

You should continue to practice at home, though not on a daily basis. There will be no coaches or classroom presentations until the week after teachers' conference. I will post a schedule for that next week.