ST.VINNY`S VIBE

ST.VINNY’S VIBE
The 8th Grade Voice of St. Vincent de Paul Parish School
Volume 1 Issue 5
January 24, 2014
A Glimpse Inside the 1st Grade
The first grade teacher is Mrs. Beth Brown. She has worked at SVS for
five years and has taught TK (transitional kindergarten), 3rd grade, Creative
Writing, and 1st grade. She says that she enjoys teaching, and the students
are like sponges, they absorb everything. Her favorite part of teaching is
when students finally get it.
We asked a boy and girl from her class each a question and the first one
was, "Do you like Mrs. Brown?" Angelina and Ivan both said “YESS!” Then
we asked, "What's your favorite subject?" Devyn said, "Art class" and Luke
said, "Science". The last question was what is your favorite part about being
in 1st grade? Brooke answered," Learning about science.", and Braden
said, "Doing Math or being Student of the day." Student of the day is picked
every day to go up to the board and fill in the weather or day of the week.
Well, it seems like the first graders are having a great time with Mrs. Brown!
Edited by Rachel Drnach and
Ava Peroni
In this issue:
* First Grade
* Basketball
* Mrs. Gazzola
* CSW
* Birthday
* Geography Bee
By: Sarah Booth and Brooke Dierkes
Boys Basketball
By: Patrick Brown
The 5/6th and 7/8th grade teams are off to a
very successful seasons. The 7/8th grade team,
coach by Ed Beltz, is 7-0 and the 5/6th, coached
by Adam Shinsky, is 9-1. They have been working
very hard since the first practice, and so far they
are having an excellent season, which proves how
hard they are working. We hope that our teams
will continue to win, and we wish them success
over the course of the season. Keep it up guys!
"A star student should be a
role model for other students.
It is not all about academics; it
is about behavior, attitude,
and respect."
Mr. Vincenzo
Catholic Schools Week
By: Julie Padden, Isabel
Weeks, Chris Furka, and Zach
Taylor
Catholic Schools Week is
when we celebrate our faith
and take a break from school.
During this week the teachers
cannot assign homework or
tests, and we have a lot of fun
activities to occupy our time.
Here are some of the activities
to look forward to:
Mrs. Gazzola
For this issue of St. Vinny's Vibe, we interviewed Mrs.
Gazzola. She is the four-year-old preschool teacher. Our first
question was "How long have you been teaching?" She told us
that she has been teaching preschool for 27 years. Then we
were curious to see whether she enjoyed those 27 years. She
said "I love it!" She also told us that she prefers smaller classes because there's more one-on-one time, but she likes bigger classes, too. We then asked how the first half of the year
went for her and her class. Her response was "It was challenging, yet rewarding." The preschoolers are starting their alphabet unit and each week they will learn two letters of the alphabet. Hopefully the second half of the year will be just as rewarding as the first!
"It's all about the process, not the finished product.”
- Mrs. Gazzola
By: Amanda Schmitt, Olivia Carpenter, and David Beabout
Monday-Student Appreciation
Day
Comfy day
Doughnuts and drinks
Inflatables
Tuesday- School Unity Day
Wear the color of your house
Activities in your house
Wednesday- Sports Day
Running the day in reverse
Thursday- Spirit Day
Blue and Gold Dress Down
Day
Pep rally
8th grade vs teacher volleyball
game
Friday- Teacher Appreciation
Day
Dress up day
Movies
First grader Alden Stauver is
looking forward to the inflatables, and third grader Matthew
Turak is looking forward to the
dress down days. In conclusion, we are all looking forward
to Catholic Schools Week and
we hope that everyone has
fun.
Geography Bee
By: Marissa Garlitz
Last Friday St. Vincent's held a Geography Bee with 15 participating
students. Each class took a 50 question test and the top three from each
grade were able to compete in the school bee. In the actual match, if you
missed two questions you were out. As the competition progressed more
children were getting out, until the final two were left. The remaining two
students in the competition were Kyle Brown and Davis Warmuth. They
competed for what seemed like forever. Tons of questions were asked until
finally Davis Warmuth won. He will proceed to the next level in the Geography Bee; hopefully he wins there as well.
Davis Warmuth
**Birthdays**
December:
1-Vida Medina
5-Taylor Andrews
7-Ashby Matters
11-Jayson White
14-Alden Stauver
21-Morgan Zoladz
22-Mrs. Dytko
23-Mrs. Peluchette
25-Ryan Dytko
26-Wyatt Andrews
January:
2-John Anders
4-Austin Nester
7-Bailey Pyles
8-James Derrow
11-Taylor Wilson
13-Chloe Ratliff, Georgia Carr
15-Tyler Ferrera
20-Amanda Schmitt, Mrs. Main
22-layne Wade
23-Emily Coram
25-Gabe Vensel
27-Riley Chiazza
28-Matthew Turak
30-Emily Napple
**Star Warriors**
At the end of each nine weeks every teacher selects a student from their class to be star student. In the words of
Mr. Vincenzo, "A star student should be a role model for other students. It is not all about academics; it is about behavior, attitude, and
respect." This quarter's star students are:
Tk- Austin Schwanker
K Evan Beller
1st Alexis Bordas
2nd Luke Klug
3rd Mathew Turak
4th Wyatt Andrews
5th Morgan Stover
6th Tyler Ferera
7th Davis Warmuth
8th Sarah Booth