Sts. Peter & Paul

Sunday,  January 31, 2010 . . . . . . . .Catholic Schools Week

John Kohake was chosen as the  2010 SPPS Distinguished Graduate and he is seen here in this photo receiving his award at the 9 AM Mass today to begin Catholic Schools Week.   Linus Olberding, school council president, is shown presenting the award. 

John, also, spoke to the congregation during Mass. 

Following the Mass a Reception was held in the SPP Parish Center.  The following are various photos of John with his family at the reception.

John with his father,  Daniel Kohake.

John and wife Mary Beth.

John with his wife and daughters.

John and brother, Joe

John and sister Barb.

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Wednesday,  Feb.  3,  2010 . . . . . . .Catholic Schools Week  . . . . .

                                              -      SPELLING BEE     -

The following are various photos taken during the spelling bee.    The grades 1st  thru 4th competed against each other. 

 

This group photo shows all participants in the spelling bee:
Back (4th grade) Caleb Niehues, Alec Suther, Allison Rottinghaus, Alyssa
Nordhus, and Aidan Schmelzle
3rd row (3rd grade)  Ashley Hammes, Cole Kramer, Dominic Hammes, Kristen Hammes, and Riley Bontrager
2nd row (2nd grade) Andrew Leonard, Bryce Uphaus, Hunter Steinlage, Corley Becker, and Will Bartkoski
Front (1st grade) Damon Koch, Dalton Hermesch, Peter Ganstrom, Tyler Gerety, and Gavin Gudenkauf

This last photo shows the winner from each grade:
1st gr.-Peter Ganstrom, 2nd gr.-Bryce Uphaus, 3rd gr.- Riley Bontrager, and
4th gr.-Aidan Schmelzle

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Grades 5th  thru  8th had their own spelling contest earlier in January.

Here are photos of the Spelling Bee for Grades 5-8, which was held on
January 19th.  The top six spellers from these grades moved on to the County Spelling Bee, which was held on Jan. 30th at the Nemaha County Courthouse.

The final two contestants were eighth grader, Melissa Nordhus and 6th grader Keegan Schmelzle.

This Group photo shows participants in the Spelling Bee:

Back:  Lisa Olberding, Colin Lierz, Hannah Dodd, Michelle Kohake, Madison
Koch, Melissa Nordhus, Bailey Hundley, Moriah Rottinghaus, Ross Hermesch, and Luke Runnebaum
Front: Claire Deters, Maggie Hammes, Katie Wassenberg, Hannah Holthaus,
Keegan Schmelzle, Blake Uphaus, Abby Leonard, Shania Schraad, Randee
Bontrager, and Trey Holthaus

The final 6 contestants that moved on to the County Spelling Bee were:
L to R:  Keegan Schmelzle, Blake Uphaus, Melissa Nordhus, Bailey Hundley,
Abby Leonard, and Shania Schraad

 The overall winner was Keegan Schmelzle

Thursday, Feb 3, 2010 . . . . . . . . . Catholic Schools Week

 Here are some photos of  Thursday, “The Year of the Priest” Day.  Students
wore their SPPS shirts and attended and participated in the mass with St.
Michael’s students and Fr. Albert, Fr. Jim, and Fr. Mike.

The students after Mass enjoyed a sack lunch in the cafeteria.   After lunch,  the students were able to visit and play for awhile before the assembly began.

At 12:30, students and staff met in the gym for “Meet Your Priest”, at which
the students were able to ask the priest questions in order to find out more
about them.  During this time, the students were able to see that the
priests grew up as ordinary kids,  just like them.  They also learned more
about why they decided to become a priest, where they grew up, and other
intriguing information about their lives.

The first couple photos show the kids participating in what we call the “Catholic Rollercoaster” as they waited for the assembly with the priests to begin.

Father Mike answers a question while Fr. Albert and Fr. Jim listen.

Father Jim gives a fun answer.

Fourth grader,  Bailey Liby asks the priests a question.

This last photo shows the whole student body and staff giving the priests
their blessing at the end of the assembly.

Friday,  Feb 5, 2010 . . . . . . .Catholic Schools Week

                                                               FUN FRIDAY

Here are some photos from Friday…”Fun Friday”.  The students were mixed at 1 p.m. and played games for about an hour.  Following the games, everyone enjoyed pop and popcorn in the cafeteria.  A big thank you to Seneca Wholesale for donating the pop!