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SLS SCOOP
5TH GRADE FIELD TRIPS
The 5th grade went to Peoria's "Clean Water Celebration" on April 21st. Students participated in hands-on activities dealing with water, ecology, and habitats near water. They listened to a guest speaker who is an environmental engineer from NASA. The students were entertained by musicians from Chicago who sang songs about the Earth and water.
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| The 5th Graders arrive in Peoria | Water sample station | Recycling station |
May 1st was 5th Grade Conservation Day with over 500 5th graders from all over Bureau County meeting at Warneke Woods north of Princeton. They participated in a conservation awareness day. The St. Louis students visited activity stations where they learned about trees, bees, soil, recycling, wildlife rescue and went on a woodlans scavenger hunt.
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| Feeding a baby Raccoon | Collecting soil samples | Learning about collecting honey and bee keeping | |
NOLAN AND ASHLEY by T. Johnson and T. Kunkel
This month, the twins of our formers 4th grade teacher turned 1 year old. The twins were born premature and have overcome many medical obsticles in the past year. We wanted to visit them and see how they and their family are doing. However, we did not have enough room in the SCOOP to print the entire interview we had with the parents of Noland an Ashley. To read the entire interview click HERE
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| Birthday Cake for the twins | Twin Baptism at St. Louis Church | Mom, Dad, big brother Ben and the twins at home |
ACROSTIC POEMS FROM GRADES 3-5
In past issue sof the Scoop, the Acrostic poem on the front page had been created by a Media club member. WE decided to give the younger children a chance to have their poem placed on the front page. The response was great and we decided to add some of the poems to this website. Click on the link below to get to the Acrostic page.
IESA MUSIC COMPETITION by Z. Holmbeck
On Saturday, April 5, students in the SLS Band went to the IESA music contest in Galva, Illinois. They included eighth graders Matt and Zach, seventh graders Suzann and Hannah , and sixth grader Tara . All of them received first for their effort and wowed the judges from the first note to the last.
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| St. Louis IESA Contestants |
THE MAN BEHIND D.A.R.E. by M. Murphy
On Thursday, April 10, 2007, our fifth graders graduated from a nine week D.A.R.E program to further help them say no to drugs and alcohol. The man behind the scenes who helps the fifth graders learn so much about drug and alcohol prevention is Officer Rob Jensen. He has been teaching D.A.R.E for eleven years, and every year brings information to another group of fifth graders. We are fortunate to have someone with Officer Jensen’s expertise to guide our students on the right path. Officer Jensen had to go through a two week course in order to become a D.A.R.E instructor, and he said it was the hardest training he has had in law enforcement.
I recently had a chance to sit down with Officer Jensen and interview him about his experiences with D.A.R.E. When asked what his favorite thing to teach about D.A.R.E he responded, “I love to teach how to handle peer pressure. This is because you have peer pressure your whole life and this is something you can always use.” Officer Jensen has seen a large impact of the D.A.R.E program on students as they get older. He has seen a great relationship built between kids and law enforcement. Another impact he has seen is the knowledge students have gained about the harmful effects of drugs which they can use later to help them stay away from drugs and resist peer pressure.
Besides fifth grade D.A.R.E, Officer Jensen does a two week D.A.R.E program for seventh grade, a bicycle safety program, and a bullying program. Officer Jensen is not only an excellent resource person, but also a role model to our students and a good friend.
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| Officer Jensen with the 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Evans |
