Teachers take on Ice Bucket Challenge

St. Francis
de Sales
Catholic
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Teachers take on Ice Bucket Challenge
By: Aiden Reilly, 5th grade
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE:
New Student 2
Council
Movie Night
2 9 ,
7th grade teacher Mrs.
Hastings/ Madison
On Friday, September 7, the Synowiec
teachers and Fr. Solomon of th
8 grade teacher Mrs.
St. Francis de Sales
Phillips/ Nefret Perunko
participated in the ice
and Will Todd
bucket challenge for ALS.
We raised $170 for ALS; all Fr. Solomon/ Casey Mull
the teachers donated
Finally, Mr. Costante got
money. The money goes to
showered on by the fire
research on ALS to try to
find the cure. Following are
the dunkers and dunkees:
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Math and
Reading
Carnival
3
The Big
Question
3
Boys Soccer
3
Riverside
Carnival
4
Fashion
Advice
5
Pre K teacher Mrs. Hall/her
daughter Erin
Kindergarten teacher Mrs.
White/Zoe David
1st grade teacher Mrs. C.
Chamberlain/ Ethan Ortiz
and Averi Emhoff
2nd grade teacher Mrs.
Rosenfelder/ Maya Braxton
and Kaleigh Simpson
3rd grade teacher Mrs. G.
Chamberlain/ Julia Ortiz
4th grade teacher Mrs.
Aswell/ Colin McGinty
5th grade teacher Miss
Phillips/ Hannah Siegmund
and Sammy Bowes
hose attached to the ladder
truck of the Salisbury City
Fire Department. The
weather that day was very
warm, so it wasn’t that hard
to be a participant.
Everybody was glad to be
part of this event that was
dedicated in honor of Mr.
Robert Ortiz.
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New Student Council Representatives
By: Grace Conick, 7th grade
On Thursday September 4th,
the 5-7th graders elected their
new Student Council representatives for the year:
Fifth grade - Hannah Siegmund and Sammy Bowes
Sixth grade - Elizabeth Johnson and Casey Mull
Seventh grade - Madison
Synowiec and Jack Reilly.
The new Student Council
representatives are elected
to serve and help others.
The representatives are
responsible for letting you
know what the homework
for the day is, representing
your class for special
events or occasions, and
helping around the school
in a variety of ways.
The main jobs that they do
are, watering the plants,
raising and lowering the
flags, and collecting the
recycling. These studentleaders were inducted into
the Student Council at
Mass on September 17th.
Middle School Movie Night
On September 5th, the
teachers organized a
movie night for the sixth
through eighth grades.
The movie was Chasing
Mavericks. It was a true
story about a surfer who
wanted to ride a
“maverick,” which is a
giant wave. I wasn’t able
to go, but I do know some
students and faculty that
went. Grace Conick, from
7th grade, said, “It was
By: Kerri Ervin, 7th grade
awesome because I
got to hang out with
my friends and watch
an amazing movie
that ended my summer perfectly.” The
students enjoyed
refreshments of pretzels, chips, popcorn,
and soda or water.
Mr. Costante also
passed out popsicles
before the movie ended. Judging from
what I heard, it was a
great time for everyone.
From the Principal—We Live in Penguin Nation
With the addition of nearly 35
new students and 8 new staff
members this year, there is a
certain different feel to the
2014-2015 school year. And yet
even with all that is new, the
distinctive elements that make
our community unique have
remained.
While we continue to schedule
weekly mass, this year we have
returned to celebrating Liturgy
on Wednesday’s as an entire school community.
And while we continue to
challenge
our
middle
school students with rigorous courses, this year we
offer Algebra II as part of
our advanced academic
track for an assigned group
of 8th grade students. And
while we haven’t yet begun
construction on the parish
center classrooms, we did
bid a fond farewell to
the portable classrooms
that rested on our
school parking lot for
nearly ten years. And
finally, though each
year may bring inevitable changes to the landscape of PENGUIN
NATION, one thing
remains
the
same,
PENGUIN
PRIDE
Lives Here!
SEPTEMBER
29,
2014
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Math and Reading Carnival
By: Cassidy Compton 6th
During the reading carnival kids ran around with
their prayer partners playing tons of fun games.
There was a bounce house
which was a lot of fun for
both the older and younger kids. One of the biggest
hits there was the Donut
eating contest! Some kids
even got balloons to play
with. There was also a
marshmallow game where
you got chopsticks and put
as many marshmallows
that you could in a small
container in a minute.
There was even a face
paint station! If you wanted you could have a balloon racing contest where
you try to be first to the
end of the string. Oh and
don’t forget the snacks! If
you wanted you could finish your day with refreshing drink and a bag of
popcorn.
Boys Soccer
By: Camper Marsh 6th
The Big “?”
By: Rence Davis 6th
I went around the
school and asked one
student from each class
what they did over the
summer. I asked this
question because I wanted to know if they had
fun or not and what they
did. Julie Cinderella in
6th grade went to California with her family in
July. Emily Alessandrini
in 8th grade went to
North Carolina with her
family, also in July. Sarah MacDonald in 7th
grade went to North Carolina with her family in
June. Sara Alessandrini
in 5th grade, Emily’s sis-
ter, went to Hershey Park
in July with her family.
Colin McGinty in 4th grade
went to his uncle’s house
in August. Amy Claire
Stiegler in 3rd grade went
to the Outer Banks in
June. Nick Ketcham in 2nd
grade stayed home. Mason
Egan in 1st grade went to
the beach in July with his
family to have fun. Owen
Briggs in pre-k went to the
beach in August with his
family to have fun. Sam
Wilhite in kindergarten
went to his beach house in
July with his family to
have fun. It sounds like
everyone had fun!
The St. Francis Soccer
Team looks phenomenal
so far judging by the
practices. Everyone is
working together and
making good passes.
We’re keeping a positive
attitude. The coaches are
Mr. Ryan McLaughlin
and Mrs. Kathy Petrera.
The players include fifth
graders Connor
McLaughlin, Will
Wilhite, Lukas OvertonO’ Hara, Liam Egan, Micheal Weiberg, Timmy
Synowiec, and Sammy
Bowes.
The sixth graders are
Alex Miller, Grant Wagner, Vincent Petrera, and
Camper Marsh. The
seventh graders are Connor Bowes, Wayne
Compton, Drew von
Kollmar, Jack Marks, and
Leighton Marsh. The
eighth graders are
Alistair Sweirkosz, Will
Ward, and Henry
Elangwe. We won our
first game against Salisbury Christian, 7-5. We
also won our second
game against. Most
Blessed Sacrament, 7-2.
Our goal is to remain undefeated!
SEPTEMBER
29,
2014
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Riverside Carnival 2014
By: Kerry Ervin, 7th Grade
Phillips, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Hargrove, Mr. Costante, the Boy
St. Francis de Sales organized
Scout Headmaster, and finally,
an event. This event is the RivAiden Reilly of fifth grade. A lot
erside Carnival! There will be
of students and faculty won lots
fun rides, games, and food, such
of prizes at the games, such as
as the swing ride, the Ferris
giant blow-up hammers and
wheel, the kiddie rides, and a
stuffed animals. Tickets were on
bunch of others. The food group
sale, and if you wanted to go the
served treats and dinners, such
whole night, you could get tickas fried chicken, cotton candy,
ets for the whole night! Anyone
oysters, and so much more!
could come. It took place on
There was a dunking booth,
September 18 through the 20,
which occurred on Thursday
or Thursday, Friday, and Saturand Saturday. Mrs. Hall, both of
day evening. It was a great time
the Mrs. Chamberlains, Miss
for everyone of all ages!
Comics
By: Camper Marsh
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Fashion Advice Column
Accessorizing with your uniform may be hard, but here are
some tips. Silver and gold are
the most popular colors for
jewelry to accessorize with.
Here at school, you are allowed
to wear religious jewelry but
only one piece that is not religious. Mrs. Traum was wearing
black cross earrings. You can
wear cross earrings like Mrs.
Traum and cross bracelets and
cross necklaces. Your jewelry
colors could be blue, pink, gold,
or silver. All colors would
look great, but not orange.
Sorry, people who love the
color orange, but it just
doesn’t go with the uniform.
However, if orange is your
color, it might look good on
you. You can wear a lot of
items with crosses, even
more than necklaces and
bracelets and earrings. For
instance, pins, rings or anklets could be your choice. To
the right are pictures as exam-
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PLANNER
SCISSORS
By: Maeve Eutsler, 6th grade
Sports Crossword Puzzle
By: Aiden Reilly, 5th grade
Across
1. Babe Ruth
4. Lionel Messi
8. Running a long distance
9. Serena Williams
10. A summer sport in water
12. Peyton Manning
Down
2. Do it on a board
3. Sprinting
5. Use a rod and reel
6. A sport with a horse
7. Tiger Woods
STAFF
Aiden Reilly, 5th
Camper Marsh, 6th
Rence Davis, 6th
Cassidy Compton, 6th
Maeve Eutsler, 6th
Kerry Ervin, 7th
Grace Conick, 7th
Mrs. Phillips
Madeline Kelsey
The St. Francis de Sales Catholic
School community would like to thank
Minuteman Press of Salisbury for
their sponsorship of our publication.