Presenters from Heart of a Child Ministries visited Pope John XXIII and St. Boniface Catholic Schools on Monday, March 6th. Heart of a Child Director, Nikki Schaefer presented four age-appropriate presentations to both the elementary and high school students. In the K-6 grade sessions, students sang songs, played games, read Bible verses and viewed fetal models.
Working with the 3D pens provided by the Invenergy donation are art students (l. to r.) Shantel Preister, Grace Henn, Lizzy Mlnarik and Gracie Bullock.
Harlie Bode, Noah Knievel, front row: Kaitey Schumacher, Elizabeth Moser, Lillian Moser and Nevaeh Jockens
Recently Luke Hinkle, a local representative of Invenergy, presented Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School and St. Boniface Elementary School with a donation of $2,000. The schools utilized the funds to purchase instructional equipment for their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and Art programs. Students will be able to work with items such as 3D pens, programmable robots, and physics sets. Betty Getzfred, Administrator at both schools stated, “Gifts such as these help us to offer cutting-edge technologies to our students and gives them valuable problem-solving skills for the future. We would like to thank Invenergy for their investment in our students.”
Last Wednesday morning, 20 Pope John XXIII Central Catholic students anxiously watched their phones and email. They were waiting to hear if they were going to be able to make their pilgrimage to Washington D.C. to participate in the March for Life. The students were planning on traveling to Norfolk to join with other area students on a charter bus headed east. Unfortunately, their plans to travel across the country to defend life were cancelled due to the 10+ inches of snow that fell in the area on Tuesday and Wednesday. Many of the students remembered their trip in 2016, during which they were stranded on the Pennsylvania Interstate for 20 hours due to snow.
Pope John’s One-Act Play team placed first at the NVC One-Act Play Competition held at Elkhorn Valley High School. They performed the play titled “The Perils of Lulu.”
There were eight teams competing from the conference.
The Nebraska Music Educator’s Association is preparing for their annual conference in Lincoln, which includes some of the top honor ensembles in the state. Pope John junior high boys, Layne Bullock, Matthew Starman, and Kane VonBonn, will be participating in the Barbershop Chorus Clinic on Wednesday, November 16. The students will rehearse five songs throughout the day with conductor Don Rose of Tacoma, Washington, Director of Harmony University. The clinic will conclude with a 4:00 p.m. concert at th
e Lied Center. The clinic is open to boys in grades six through nine.
Jordan Mescher, a senior at Pope John XXIII Central Catholic and daughter of Bill and Teri Mescher of Elgin, was chosen to be a member of the Nebraska All-State Chorus. Thousands of students from schools in all classes audition for the chorus every year, with just several hundred being selected to participate. Jordan will attend rehearsals on Nov. 16 through 18, and the All-State Chorus and Jazz Band will perform a concert at the Lied Center on Friday, Nov. 18 at 4:30 p.m.
The sophomores are shown taking the ASVAB test this morning. The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) show where a students interests and abilities lie and if a student is interested in the military, it shows how qualified they are for certain occupational specialties. At Pope John, we require our sophomores to take this, as it is also a great career exploration tool. In a couple of weeks, a representative from the National Guard will interpret and discuss the results with the sophomores.
Congratulations to the Jr. Team of FFA livestock judgers on placing 3rd at the district contest and qualifying for State next April!
There were 38 Jr. Teams at district and 140 Individuals.
Kyle Schumacher (5th place Jr. Ind.)(PJCC)
Allyson Wemhoff (22nd Place Jr. Ind)
Faith Kinney (11th Place Jr. Ind.)(PJCC)
Cory Romej (36 place Jr. Ind.)
Breakdown by species: (just in the top 10)
Beef: Faith Kinney – 6th (PJCC), Haley Zegers – 8th(PJCC)
Swine: Allyson Wemhoff – 9th
Sheep/Goats: Kyle Schumacher – 3rd (PJCC)
In the Senior Division, the FFA livestock judgers also did well. The team of Marie Meis, Chad Bode, Lizzy Mlnarik and Nicki Payne were the 5th place team and alternates to State.
There were 27 senior teams and 103 individuals.
Breakdown by species & reasons: (just in the top 10)
Beef: Miles Schrage- 5th(PJCC)
Sheep/Goats: Chad Bode – 8th (PJCC)
Reasons: Nicki Payne – 9th(PJCC)
The Pope John Jr. Right-to-Life group will be hosting a Life Chain at 11:00 am in Elgin on Sunday, October 2nd. The public is invited to attend and help show support for human life. The life chain will be formed on the sidewalk west of St. Boniface Church, along Highway 14. The group will pray for human life and display signs supporting life!
Pope John XXIII Freshman, Kayce Kallhoff recently received an award from Spirit Catholic Radio station for a Divine Mercy poster contest she entered last year when she was an 8th grader. She was was selected as runner-up for her poster entry. She won a plate of cookies and four tickets to Coco Keys Waterpark/Hotel. Her artwork was published on school folders that were handed out to students buy the the radio station. Kayce is the daughter of Brent & Susan Kallhoff of Elgin.
back row left to right: James Short, Justin Funk, Chad Bode, Brody Hupp, Noah Knievel, Miles Schrage front row left to right: Jordan Mescher, Erin Beckman, Shantel Preister, Emily Seier, Amy Nelson, Elizabeth Selting, Gracie Bullock
Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School will celebrate Homecoming Week, beginning on September 25th. The 2016 Royalty will be crowned in ceremonies beginning at 7:00 pm in the St. Boniface Gym on Sunday, September 25th. Activities planned by the sophomore class will follow to cap off the night.
Dress up days will follow: Monday: What the Heck are You Wearing Day, Tuesday: Class Destination Day, Wednesday: Class Movie/TV Show Day, Thursday: Throwback Thursday, and Friday: Spirit Day. A Wolfpack pep rally will be held on Friday at 2:30 p.m. before the football team takes on Howells-Dodge at 7:00 p.m. Following the game a pizza party and dance will be held for students from Pope John and Elgin Public.
The thirteen members of the senior class are king and queen candidates.
Queen candidates include the following:
Erin Beckman (daughter of Gary and Lori), is a member of St. Boniface Parish, Elgin
Gracie Bullock (daughter of Stephen Bullock and Natalie Bitney), is a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Neligh
Jordan Mescher (daughter of Bill and Teri), is a member of St. Boniface Parish, Elgin
Amy Nelson (Randy and Diane), is a member of St. Boniface Parish, Elgin
Shantel Preister (Scott and Kaylyn), is a member of St. John the Baptist Parish, Petersburg
Emily Seier (Craig and Gini), is a member of St. Bonaventure Parish, Raeville
Elizabeth Selting (Lynn and Amy) ,is a member of St. Boniface Parish, Elgin
King candidates include the following:
Chad Bode (Charlie and Shelley), is a member of St. Boniface Parish, Elgin
Justin Funk (Ron and Angela), is a member of Rural St. John Parish, Clearwater
Brody Hupp (Ben and Jamie), is a member of Rural St. John Parish, Clearwater
Noah Knievel (Edward Knievel and Lauren Sheridan-Simonsen), is a member of St. Boniface Parish, Elgin
Miles Schrage (Jerry and Tami), is a member of St. Bonaventure Parish, Raeville
James Short (Paul and Erin Ruterbories), is a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Neligh