The Cardinal Chronicle 

Edition no. 8 March 2018

Celebrating Catholic Schools!

By Cassie and Sophia

February 4th-9th, the Diocese celebrated

Catholic Schools Week with fun activities every

day!

On Monday, students watched a video about

St. Charles history. A representative from The

Harlem Globetrotters, Buckets, came and taught

everyone about the ABC’s of Bully Prevention

and showed some cool tricks! Tuesday was crazy

hat and hair day. On Wednesday, students wore

mismatched clothes. There was mismatched

shoes, hair, shirts, socks and so much more!

Students also got to dance to songs like “That’s

What Makes you Beautiful,” and “The

Macarena.” On Thursday, students had a chance

to come closer to Jesus by participating in

Benediction and Adoration. On Friday, students

showed their St. Charles Pride by wearing

jerseys and school colors. There was also a

Kahoot in the gym where students competed

against teachers for a dress down day. The

teachers won, but luckily, Theresa answered a

bonus question to earn the students a dress

down day too! Throughout the week, 7th

graders were leading the school in donating

baby items to the Women’s Care Center. Thank

you, God, for the blessing of Catholic schools.

Where Did Our Teachers Attend College?

By Kimberly and Madison

We recently asked our teachers where they

went to college. Which university do you think

was the most popular among our staff?

Ball State- 25.5%

IU- 23.4%

IPFW- 19.1%

Purdue- 10.6%

Other- 21.3%

ON TOP OF THE WORDS!

By Rhea

In December, our school Spelling Bee was

held. Twenty-four students from 5th to 8th

grade competed to be the winner of said Bee,

and it was a tough challenge. The bee ended

with the word “boisterously,” which eighth

grader, Nora Foltz, spelled correctly. She

actually won the Bee last year, too! The

runner-up was Brady Meyer from 6th grade.

Good job to both of them! Nora represented

our school in the Allen County Spelling Bee on

February 8th.

ON TOP OF THE WORLD!

By Rhea

Our school Geography Bee was also held in

December. Students from 5th to 8th grade

participated in this, too. It was also a tough

challenge, and the winner was Ellen Hartzog in

8th grade! Gavin Groves, who’s also in 8th

grade, got second place. Congrats to these

winners!

Yay! For The Hundredth Day!!! By: Clayton, Porter, and Chloe

I bet you don't know what happened on

January 19th. That is, unless you’re a

kindergartner or you

read the title. That's

right, on January 19th,

we celebrated the 100th

day of school. Each

kindergarten class did

different things. All classes did a scavenger

hunt for 100 numbers around the school.

Here's what the different classes did:

Ms. Pelner’s Class

Ms. Pelner’s class did a wide variety of

things such as a 100 sticker book and 100th

day of school wristbands. They also hid one

hundred Kisses around their classroom. When

we interviewed the kids, they were really

excited and loved the scavenger hunt. They

also enjoyed a special 100th day of school

snack.

Mrs. Weidner’s Class

Mrs. Weidner’s class did a lot of different

things such as a hundredth day coloring book.

They made hundredth day hats with the

number 100 on them! Their favorite activities

were recess, snack, and number scavenger

hunt.

Mrs. Conroy’s Class

In Mrs. Conroy's class, they watched a movie.

They also did some awesome hundredth day

coloring pages. They had a special hundredth

day snack and finished the day off by playing

outside. What a great hundredth day of

school!!!

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Adoration and Benediction By Kaylee and Catherine

There is way more to Adoration and

Benediction than you know! Adoration first

started in the fourth century. It was made for

the sick and dying. Reverence was absolutely

given to Christ present through the sacrament,

but it was not yet traditional to pray before the

sacrament. This happened more since the

second Vatican Council.

Benediction first started in the thirteenth

century. Benediction of the blessed Sacrament

is a devotional ceremony, mostly in the Roman

Catholic Church.

St. Charles School celebrates Adoration and

Benediction many times during each school

year. Adoration and Benediction are very

important to the Catholic Church so we spread

the good news!

Students from the National Junior Honor Society recently helped at Gigi’s Playhouse, including Pete, Olivia, Hailey, and Steven.

 

Calling All Cardinals! If you are interested in writing

an article for a future edition

of The Cardinal Chronicle, please see Mrs. Berghoff.

Shout Outs!

By: Anthony and Jaden

Special shout out to maintenance for keeping

our school clean.

Special shout out to Mrs. Wagley for earning

the Light of Learning award.

Special shout out to the ladies in the office for

working so hard for our school.

Special shout out to Mrs. Heiman for running

the after care program.

Special shout out to Mr. Sordelet for running

our school.

Special shout out to our priests for teaching us

about God.

Special shout out to our lunch ladies for making

us good food.

Special shout out to Mr. Hoersten for publishing The Cardinal Chronicle.

Madelyn and Catherine recently received trophies for their poetry contributions to the annual Allen County Public Library poetry contest. Congratulations!

The Winter Olympics

By: Ellie and Jane

The 2018 Winter Olympics was held in South

Korea. It began on February 9th, and ended on

February 25th. There were many Winter

Olympic sporting events, but a few of them

were skiing, bobsleighing, curling, figure

skating, and ice hockey. Lots of people watched

the Olympics.

The National Junior Honor Society put up a

display

in

February

for the

Winter

Olympics

showing

all of the

sports and how many medals the United States

had won. It was outside the cafeteria. Make

sure you watch the next Olympics, the Summer

Olympics in 2020 in Tokyo.

Chinese New Year

Carter and Stella

Have you experienced Chinese New Year? If

you haven’t, this article is perfect for you!

At St. Charles School, the first grade class

celebrates Chinese New Year. Students get to

march around in a dragon while chanting,

“Happy New Year!” in Chinese. Then they get a

delicious Chinese feast. There are foods from

noodles to egg rolls. According to Mrs. Ensley,

they have been

celebrating

Chinese New

Year for 16

years! So most

of us in the

school

remember

about the food and the dragon. Mrs.

Richardson shared some of the things that

they learn. For example, they learn about The

Great Wall and why the Chinese built it, about

silkworms, Silk Road, pandas and their

reserved land, and if red pandas are actually

pandas. This year is the year of the dog, so if a

dog is your zodiac, CELEBRATE!!! Happy

Chinese New Year everyone!

The Pep Session

By: Ava, Brooke, and Avery

February 16th was the Saint Charles School

pep session. A pep session is where the whole

school gets together and the cheerleaders

cheer. Madelyn from sixth grade said, “Our

routine was hard, but we did really well.” The

pep session is a huge celebration of athletes

from our school. We celebrate the

competitions St. Charles has won throughout

the year. During the pep session, the

cheerleaders do cheers, and the girls’ and

boys’ basketball teams play a friendly

basketball competition. There was a huge

school competition about how loud each grade

can be. A first grader said, “I love the

basketball and the three point shot at the

end!” Congratulations, St. Charles Cardinals!

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Father Daughter Dance

By Hadley

The night of February 9, there was a

father-daughter dance held at Saint Charles

School.

In the cafeteria

were pictures,

raffle-tickets, food,

drinks, and

valentines in the

making. Then, in the

parish hall, the dance room could be found. This

room was filled with laughter, singing, dancing,

and daddies and daughters of all ages. Then, at

about 8:00, it was time for the slow dance. This

dance was absolutely adorable! By the end of

the night, all of the girls got a rose and walked

out with memories of one special night!

The Sixth Grade Lock-in

By Izzie and Sophia

The generous, wonderful, kind, sixth grade

teachers (Mrs. Bullerman, Mr. Bullerman, Mrs.

Silkworth, and Mr. B) recently planned a lock-in

for our sixth grade. It included pizza, games

outdoors, activities, snacks, and drinks. The

sixth graders who were attending brought

either drinks (pop, juice, or

Gatorade/Powerade) or snacks (chips, crackers,

cookies, or sweets).

How does Lock-in work? Each student

receives a punch card, and the teachers award

punches when students are seen being quiet,

respectful, helpful, or kind. An individual can

earn punches, or punches can be awarded to an

entire class. There are 20 spots on the paper

cards, and a student must complete two cards

to attend. In total, every quarter each sixth

grader must get 40 punches.

Each semester, the cards start over. Even if

you go to the lock-ins every quarter, you are

only filling out 4 punch cards (2 for each

quarter) However, there are really 5 punch

cards available. Only some well-behaving kids

get to that fifth card before it comes to the next

semester and the process starts over. After

finishing that final card, a student is rewarded

with all kinds of extra surprises!

Overall, the lock-in is an active and very

smart way to get the sixth graders to be quiet,

kind, respectful, and helpful. It is also really fun

and a grade bonding experience!!

Saint Joseph: The Earthly Father of Jesus

By: Karen & Maddie

Saint Joseph is the father of Jesus and the

husband of Mary. In 1870, Pope Pius IX

declared Joseph as the patron of the church.

When Joseph found out that Mary was going

to have a baby, he thought about divorce, but

an angel appeared to him and said that the

child Mary carried was the Son of God,

conceived by the Holy Spirit, so Joseph stayed

by her side.

When you want to pray to St Joseph, try

this:

Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection is so great so

strong, so prompt before the throne of God, I

place in you all my interests and desires. Oh,

St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful

inter-

cession, and obtain for me from your divine

Son all spiritual blessings. So that, having

engaged here below your heavenly power, I

may offer my thanks and homage to the most

loving of Fathers. Amen.

St. Joseph Drawing by Elizabeth

A One Man Show

By: Ava, Brooke, and Avery

Steven’s Puppets come to St. Charles

School every year to have a show for students

in kindergarten through grade four. This year

the show was “Sleeping Beauty.” Steven’s

Puppets has roughly 120-150 shows a year.

That’s a lot of shows! They have been

performing for twelve years! Shows are done

for festivals, schools, and libraries. Jonah

Haines, a student from fourth grade said, “I

really liked how funny the show was! I also

liked how pretty the costumes were!”

We are a lucky school to have such

wonderful performances each year! Another

fourth grader, Tatum Miguel said, “I am sad

that it was my last year to see the show, but I

love the performance every year.” That was

the puppet show!

Dr. Seuss is Running Loose!

By:Theresa, Delaney, and Ashton

Who was Dr. Seuss? Dr. Theodor Seuss

Geisel was a

legendary

writer for

children's

books. He

wrote 43

different titles

including The

Cat In The Hat,

Green Eggs

and Ham, and

One Fish, Two

Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Every year, the second grade goes to the

parish hall to celebrate Dr. Seuss Day. They

recently celebrated on March 2nd in the parish

hall. Here are some things they did: They read

some of the amazing Dr. Seuss books. They

graphed data, played games and ate cupcakes.

They mostly just had fun.

Some interesting

facts about Dr. Seuss

include that he used

the term doctor

because his father

always wanted him

to be a doctor. Also,

during World War II,

Seuss served as the

commander of the animation department of

the first motion picture unit of the US

Army/Air Force.

The second graders really enjoyed this

exciting day. Safety Patrol

By Braiden

Have you seen people outside wearing

safety vests in front of the cafeteria or by the

Hession Center? Well, I’m one of those people

who help out in the morning because some

kids like to run for the cafeteria to stay warm.

One of my jobs is to tell kids to walk. Another

job I have is to help kids out of their cars if

they get their book bags or school stuff stuck

in their car. Sometimes I get to put the cones

where they need to be. All the time, I need to

be careful because teachers are still coming

and parking their cars. If you see these people,

you can know they keep us safe.

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5th Grade Basketball Spotlight on Nurse Thrower

By:Kate By:Tatum, Lainey, and Riley

Emma, Chloe, Ryan, and Brady are fifth grade Our school nurse, Mrs. Thrower, was asked these

basketball players who had this to say: questions. These are her replies.

What was your favorite thing about

basketball?

Winning games; locker room

talks

What year did you start at St.Charles?

1999

What’s your favorite shot to take? Free throws; three pointers How long have you worked here?

19 years

Who has ever fouled out? None of us Why did you choose to be a school nurse?

I loved my own school nurse because she took care of everyone, so I wanted to be one.

What is your favorite pass? Chest pass; overhead pass Why at St. Charles? My kids went here.

What’s your favorite college

basketball team?

Notre Dame; IU What is the weirdest illness you’ve seen?

I’ve seen a really bad looking throat!

What is your favorite move? Shots; crossovers Number of students that come in every day?

About 10

What inspired you to try out for

basketball?

Siblings that played; love of

sports

Why is your job important? I help maintain the health of the school.

Who is going to try out next year? All of us

Comic By Jeremy

Mrs. Thrower with a few students.

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