Lent:

We began the Lenten season this past Tuesday by burying the Alleluia. Each student made a caterpillar that was put into a jar (chrysalis) and “buried” for the season of Lent. Students will raise the Alleluia on their first day back from Easter break. Their caterpillars in the jar will be transformed into beautiful butterflies and will be displayed throughout our school in celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus.

Our school-wide Lenten project is collecting items for the Milwaukee Rescue Mission. The Milwaukee Rescue Mission serves the homeless and poverty-stricken community in Milwaukee. They are currently in urgent need of several items. For a list of these items, or any information concerning donations, please contact the school office (262-628-1711).

Registration is Open for 2022-2023:

Registration is now open for current families. Remember, registering before March 31 secures your spot and allows you to take advantage of the early registration discount ($250 per student/maximum of $1,000). All registrations can be done online. Please see our website for the registration link.

And did you know about St. Gabriel's New Family Referral Program? Help us spread the word about our school!! If you aren't aware, new families may indicate on their student's application that a current family has referred them to St. Gabriel. The current family will receive a $500 one-time tuition credit for that referral after the new family enrolls their student(s) AND the new student(s) begin the school year.

More information is available on the Admissions page of the school website. If you have any questions about either the registration process or referral program, please contact Celia Meyers at [email protected].

Read-a-Thon:

We kicked off our school Read-a-Thon this week. We began with an all-school read-aloud. Each classroom joined my Google Meet video call and I read the book The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. Afterward, our fabulous eighth-grade leaders shared one of their favorite books with one of the classrooms. Ava Strauss is pictured here reading to our 4K students.

This year all proceeds raised from our Read-a-Thon will be put towards our new ELA curriculum, resources, and supplies for all grades. Next year we would like to implement a new ELA curriculum. McGraw-Hill World of Wonders would be used in K4, McGraw-Hill: Wonders would be used in grades K5-5, and IXL digital resources for ELA and Math would be used in grades 1-8.

Read-a-Thon Link

Spotlight on Students!

Honesty was the Virtue for February in Mrs. Erdmann's religion class. The 8th graders were assigned for their Virtue in Practice unit a choice to write an original song or rap about honesty. Click HERE to see a fun rap video from one of our 8th Graders - Rachel Kohls. Great job, Rachel!

Dress Code Transition:

Just a reminder, St. Gabriel Parish School will begin to implement the Mass Day Dress Code five days a week, as of the 2022-2023 school year. While it is not required to follow the Mass Day dress code on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, we would like to give families this opportunity to ease their students into this new routine. Please take advantage of this transition time if you are ready to do so. Please refer to the dress code link for more detailed information regarding the dress code for the next school year.

2022-2023 Dress Code Policy

Our Lands End school account has been updated to reflect next year’s dress code. Our school number is 900129099.

Lands End School Account Info

Lands End Website

A note from the 2022 Auction committee

Hello parents. 

Please consider joining us on Tuesday, March 8th at 7:30 pm in the Parish Council room for our next Auction planning meeting. We will be discussing the live event, raffles, and classroom basket ideas. There is more information about our important classroom baskets included below.

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Dear Parents,

An important part of our Auction every year is the Class Baskets. It's time to kick off this work for our 2022 Auction and we need your help!

What is a Class Basket?

Each classroom will create and/or contribute a basket to be sold in the virtual Silent Auction. The contribution can be monetary, in-kind donations, or physical items. The kids in each classroom should make something for the basket as an act of service for this important fundraiser. Each teacher will assist in coordinating this activity with the Class Basket Parent Coordinator. We have had many great baskets in the past, and some new basket ideas to put forward.

What is a Class Basket Parent Coordinator? 

This family will coordinate with the other families in their child's class and lead activities such as establishing a theme, organizing student participation, work with the teacher, collect donations, and serve as the point of contact for that classroom's Basket.

How to help?

This year's Class Basket Chair will be Amanda Schulteis. Thank you, Amanda, for volunteering for this important role!  If you are interested in coordinating the basket for your child's classroom, please let Amanda know at [email protected]. She will be the point of contact throughout the process.  

Class Basket Parent Coordinators to date are:

K4: Holly Macchi - Thank you, Holly!

On behalf of the entire 2022 Auction committee, I appreciate your consideration and participation in this fun and important activity. Class Baskets are always popular items at the Auction and certainly will be again this year!

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We are looking for additional volunteers to help us with planning the raffles. You would not be working alone and there are many great ideas that just need some help to come to fruition. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Please contact Connie Helm, 2022 Auction Chair, at [email protected] or (920)636-8526 for more information. 

Our team has been knocking it out of the park winning medals each week!

We have a couple of special shout outs:

• 6th grader Grace Parker competed last Friday in person and won a bronze medal and the following day competed virtually and WON GOLD!
• 8th grader Rachel Kohls competed Friday and WON GOLD in her category!
• 8th grader, Laura Reichert and 7th graders Ewelina Trip and Katie Kazmierczak have consistently won medals at each meet.

Good luck to all of the students on Friday as they head to Central Middle School in Hartford for their last in-person Meet before State on March 13.

You're invited to an END OF SEASON SHOWCASE on Wednesday, March 16. This event is open to anyone who would like to see our team in action. For planning purposes, please RSVP HERE by Sunday, March 13.

Thanks again to coaches (5th Grade Teacher), Mrs. Heimermann, (MUHS Poetry State Champ), Jacob Marx, (Phy Ed Teacher), Mrs. Schulteis, and (Lunch Director), Mrs. Weyer who have been working with the team. And another thank you to Mrs. Weyer for decorating the student lockers for the season plus giving them a little treat!!

-St. Gabriel Head Coach - Nikki Packee

On Sunday, February 27, Pack 139 held their annual Blue & Gold Banquet. This is a celebration of Scouting along with recognizing those Webelos 2 Arrow of Light Scouts that are bridging over to Boy Scouts.

This year there were six Webelos 2 Arrow of Light Scouts that bridged over to Troop 139. 

Congratulations to the new Boy Scouts listed below!

• Chase Gettelman
• Tucker Gitter
• Parker Hook
• Jameson Rusk
• Gabriel Sifnaios
• Andrew Zellner

The Pack 139 Cubmaster role was also transitioned from Chad Gettelman to Collin McChesney. Thank you to everyone that helped make the special day a success! Anyone interested in getting their son involved in Scouts, please contact Chad Gettelman at [email protected].