Saint Charles Borromeo School

Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic School is a faith community committed to sharing the responsibility of life long faith formation and preparing students for the future with relevant and authentic experiences in a nurturing, Christian environment.

Note...Several times a month, the Pawprints Newspaper will publish an article about happenings and people at our school. All the articles are written and edited by our junior high Pawprints staff. Look for previous articles in the "Pawprints Archives"-just click the "ECOMMUNITY" tab above.This week's latest article is about our popular Scrabble Club, written by Staff Writer Katie Majoros.

      S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E. That’s 14 points! This is fun! If you like learning new words and racking up points, than scrabble club is the place for you.  Mrs. White, our fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Mog, our third grade teacher and Mrs. Hamer, our second grade teacher moderate scrabble club, which is open to third, fourth and fifth grade students. Students have been participating in scrabble club at St. Charles Borromeo School for the last 9 to 10 years. This year, there are 35-40 kids in scrabble club. A typical meeting of the scrabble club begins with a roll call.  Then students get in groups of four, get a board, and then play.  They meet on Wednesdays after school once a month in the library.

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     Students who participate in scrabble club have lots of positive things to say about it! According to fourth grader Megan, she likes spelling and putting words together. Her best score was 36. Another fourth grader, Marie, wanted to learn new words. What she likes best is finding new words and putting them together. Her best score is 63. Madeline, also in fourth grade, thought it was fun to add up how many points she gets in a word. Her best score was 140. Fourth grader Alina said she also wanted to learn new words and she likes playing with friends. Her best score was 36. Fifth grader Jonathan R. likes spelling words and spending time with friends. The most interesting word he’s created in a game was “competitivity”.  Wow! That’s actually a word! Fifth grader Ryan W. agreed with Jonathan and said he likes scrabble club because he likes spending time with friends and beating his friends. Ceno said he wanted to do something after school, and he likes hanging with friends at scrabble club.
     If hanging out with friends, learning new words, and racking up points sounds fun to you, keep the scrabble club in mind for next year! Thanks to the scrabble club for telling us all about it.  Keep studying those words!

 
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Kindergarten Buddies by Max Cervenak 
 

     One of the most fun parts of eighth grade at Saint Charles Borromeo School is the kindergarten and eighth grade Buddy Program. This is a program to help eighth graders learn to be responsible and for kindergarteners to have a role model and make friends, and to develop a greater sense of community within the school.  We meet once a month in the kindergarten rooms.  Together with their buddies, eighth graders do crafts, play games, and have fun. Eighth grade teacher Mr. Ungvarsky said that Saint Charles Borromeo School has had the Buddy Program for more than twenty-five years.  He said the purpose is “to give a sense of community within the school.”  It definitely does that!
     Eighth graders Conner Peloso, Michael Hatgas, and  Antonio Briggs said their favorite parts about the Buddy Program are spending time with their buddies and helping them learn.  Conner said he and his buddy particularly enjoy playing Twister.  Michael and Antonio said that their buddies are funny and nice.  Conner said the reason he likes the program the best is because “it makes the older grades have a better connection with the younger grades.”  Antonio added, “It is a good way for the kindergarteners to become more open and social.” And Michael said that the program “helps [the buddies] learn.”
     The eighth graders aren’t the only ones who love Buddy days! Kindergartener Nicholas Vidovic said that when he knows his buddy is coming, he feels “very happy.”  He especially likes “playing games and doing crafts.”  He described his eighth grade buddy as “tall, funny, and, nice.”
   Both the eighth grade and the kindergarten classes are looking forward to continuing this program for many years to come!

 
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Altar Servers  by Sara Tenerowicz
 

     One ministry available to students at St. Charles Borromeo School is altar serving. It’s a popular choice! There are currently around fifty altar servers. Altar servers provide service by assisting the priest at Mass. Anyone in grades five and up can serve at Mass. Students who are interested in being an altar server simply fill out a form and sign up. Altar servers are then provided with training and receive a schedule. It is never too late to sign up to be an altar server, so if you didn’t sign up in fifth grade, you can still participate! Altar servers serve Mass at 7am and 7pm on weekdays, 8:30am on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, at 4pm on Saturday and 8am, 10am, or 12pm on Sunday.

    When asked about what it’s like to be an altar server, Father Lou said, “90 percent of being a good server is being attentive, holding the book, placing the sacred vessels on the altar, and then removing them when done.” Seventh grade altar server Frances Popik said what she liked about being an altar server is “being able to help during Mass and it is fun to see the Mass from a different point of view.” Frances decided to join “because I always wanted to be up on the altar to help and serve God.” She would tell kids who are thinking about joining that “it is fun and you serve God. You can choose what duties you want to do during Mass, and both girls and boys can join.” Father Lou said that one of the benefits of being an altar server is “to participate in Mass in more of a meaningful way.” Students interested in becoming altar servers can contact their homeroom teachers for more information and to get started.  What an awesome opportunity!  Thanks to Frances Popik and Father Lou for providing information for this story.
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• The enrollment for the 2018-19 school year in  preschool through grade eight is 368.
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