November 2019

​Principal’s Corner November 2019
Last Friday was the end of the first quarter. I am very proud of all the hard work and effort our students displayed. Thanks everyone. Keep it up!
The St. Mary’s Vikings Pride Award will continue for all our students. This award will be given to them by their teachers on a monthly basis.
Teachers will be looking for students in all grades who show special acts of kindness, good citizenship skills, and display leadership, all in embedded in our environment of Catholic faith. At the end of each month, winners of the St. Mary’s Vikings Pride Award in grades K-8, will receive the award in church after mass. Preschool students will be given this award in class. Winners in grades PreK-2 are asked to come to my office and pick out a prize from a treasure box. Winners in grades 3-8 will be entered into a drawing for a special luncheon at the end of each semester in January and May.
 
Our annual Trunk or Treat was a great event. Everyone enjoyed it, especially the children receiving lots of candy! It was great to see so much creativity in the car decorations and costumes. Thanks to our PTU members who organized this event and to all participants who hosted a trunk. We truly appreciate it and could not do this without your help.
During the last few weeks, Brock Construction donated their labor to continue building our Greenhouse. This project has been in the works for a few years now. We are very thankful and excited to see it being completed soon. Our students already started to grow lettuce and can’t wait to add it to our school salad bar in the future. A special thanks also to Mr. Brian Intihar for taking the lead on managing this project. We certainly could not have done this without all of their help and support!
Peace and Joy,
Friederike Wintersteller -Principal