ROCKET RECORDER Dear St. Nicholas Community, A huge thank you to Mrs. Shinners, the eighth grade class, and all the volunteers who made the Thanksgiving meal such huge success. Also, the students had a fun time working on making different turkeys and then parading them around school to show each other what they made. We finished that wonderful Tuesday before Thanksgiving with an all school prayer. The third graders explored different ways to make floats based on a book. They were split up into different groups and each group was given certain materials to make the float. The third graders did an excellent job in their float making. The Rocket s of the Month for this month for teamwork were: Jack Oudenhoven Kelcie Conrad, Luella Van Rossum, Bentley Urban, Reed Calmes, Matthew Murphy, Gramm Calmes, Noah Clark, Andrew Steinbarth, Uriah Van De Hey, Cole Schmidt, Owen Delforge, Ben Steinbarth, Adria Ponschock, Addison Conrad, Peter Van Grinsven, Jovie VerKuilen, Brady Janssen, Tucker Brockman, Tayah Conrad, Lucas Cropsey, Angelina Jochman, Joey Krejcie, Matt Malvitz, Savannah McSorley, Meghan Meulemans, Ethan Roskowski, Lucas Van Grinsven, and Greg Westemeier. I had a parent meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 5, but I will not be here that day, because I will be home with my baby. I apologize for any inconvenience and I hope to reschedule this meeting in the future. As the weather is getting colder make sure that you are sending your children with hats, mittens, and boots for recess. The layout for recess has changed for recess because of construction, if you could help me with this that would be great. Thank you! Thank you everyone for your support of St. Nicholas School. Blessings.save Scott Vanderloop Rocket Recorder 1
Activities from the week - Floats in 3rd grade and Thanksgiving Dinner Rocket Recorder 2
Athletic News Our next Athletic Board Meeting is on Sunday Dec 2 at 6:30pm in the parish office. We welcome any new members come see what we are all about. It is an exciting time to be on the board as we work to get our new Gym set up for our school! Last Tuesday night, we celebrated Parent s Night! A big thank you to all of the parents for all you do to support your athlete and our school countless hours of running them to practice and games, cheering the team on at games, washing uniforms, etc. We appreciate all you do. We have a busy week of basketball this week. -Saturday, Dec 1 7/8 th grade plays at 10am; 4/5/6 th grade plays at 11am at home (Freedom Elementary Gym) -Tuesday, Dec 4; 4/5/6 th plays at 7pm at Lourdes Catholic School in Oshkosh. -Wednesday, Dec 5; 4/5/6 th plays at 5:30 at St. Mary Central in Neenah. -Thursday, Dec 6; 7/8 th grade plays at 6:45pm at home (Freedom Green Gym) Home and School News -Last call for donations to the nonhomeroom staff Christmas gifts! We ll start shopping next week. Thanks to everyone who has been so generous this year! -The H&S Christmas Store will be on Friday Dec 14 th this year. The Christmas Store is set-up by H&S and has small gifts for sale that students can purchase for their family members. Gifts range between $1 and $3 each and all gifts are wrapped for the students. We will send out a sheet with more information next week in the family envelope. Please come and watch our boys play basketball! Rocket Recorder 3
Thank you to all the families who donated to the Girls on the Run birthday boxes last month. Our Freedom team collected enough supplies to make 68 birthday boxes!! Wow!! The girls decorated and filled the boxes and we donated them to Feeding America. They will be distributed to local families and will help 68 children have an extra special birthday!! Congrats to Adria Ponschock, Clara Conrad, Makayla Evers, and Lydia Evers who participated in Girls on the Run and completed their Celebration 5K on Nov. 10th! Rocket Recorder 4
Enclosed in Your Envelope This Week December Lunch Menu Advent Calendar and Family Devotional Booklet Rocket of the Month Letters Guidelines for Assessing Your Child s Health Policy Dates to Remember Sat Dec 1 Freedom Christmas Parade 6:00 p.m. Thurs Dec 6. All School Mass Planned by 4th Grade Thurs, Dec. 13 All School Mass Planned by 3rd Grade Thurs, Dec. 13: Christmas Concert, Dress Rehearsal 1:00, Performance 6:00 p.m. Fri Dec. 14 Middle School Retreat to Mount Tabor Fri & Mon, Dec. 14 & 17 Home & School Christmas Store Thurs Dec 20 All School Mass Planned by 2nd Grade Fri, Dec 21 Early Release 12:10 p.m. Christmas Vacation Jan. 2, 2019 Classes Resume Thurs Jan 3 All School Mass Planned by 8th Grade Mon. & Tues., Jan. 28 & 29 Freshman Registration at Xavier Mon - Sun., Jan 28 - Feb 3 Catholic Schools Week & Scholastic Book Fair Sun., Feb 3 Catholic Schools Week Mass Website: www.stnicholasfreedom.org/school Rocket Recorder 5
Student Leadership will be setting up their Christmas Post Office next week. Cards will sell for $0.10 each. Students and staff may purchase cards to write out to others in the school. Cards will be delivered daily. Watch for more details next week. Type to enter a caption. Rocket Recorder 6
Hello Middle School Families: Love Begins Here (LBH) REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!! Contact the Parish Office to sign up. 2019 SUMMER DATES GBRESOURCES.COM/LOVE-BEGINS-HERE.HTML $100 PER STUDENT ADULTS FREE JUNE 9-12 JUNE 30-JULY 3 JULY 7-10 HOST: ST. GABRIEL PARISH HOST: ST. JOSEPH PARISH HOST: SACRED HEART PARISH $120 PER STUDENT ADULTS FREE JUNE 16-21 JUNE 23-28 HOST: ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI PARISH HOST: ST. MARY MAGDALENE PARISH SPONSORED BY FAMILIES & SCHOOLS OF DISCIPLESHIP CONTACT: CALLIE KOWALSKI CKOWALSKI@GBDIOC.ORG Rocket Recorder 7
Brought to you by Home & School Committee Thanks to everyone who stopped for a cup of coffee or juice on Monday morning! B's Brew is great coffee! We'll have coffee again this Monday starting around 7:45am. Please stop by, even if you can only stay a few minutes! Rocket Recorder 8
Registration for FAA summer sports (baseball, soccer & softball) will take place online this year. The registration website will begin taking registrations on November 1st, 2018. A late fee will be automatically added to any registration completed February 1st or later. No registrations will be taken after February 28th. If your son/daughter is planning to play on a tournament team for softball or baseball, please try to complete your registration earlier than the deadline (ideally by December 15). Many of the tournament teams will have optional workouts throughout the winter months and it is helpful to know who is interested in playing. Please direct any questions about registration to: freedom.athletic.association@gmail.com Registration Link: https://freedomathletics.sportngin.com/register/form/383897061 Rocket Recorder 9