Welcome to the First Grade Web Site!
Grade 1 News
Be sure to check out the photo gallery pages as time goes by. Continue to check back occasionally and feel free to give us suggestions or ideas to make this site beneficial and enjoyable to all. Thank you. Mrs. Loes and Mrs. Oeschger
Events andAnnouncements
May
1st - Happy May Day!
3rd - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Heims' class)
4th - 12:00 Early Dismissal
5th - Beckman All System Track and Field Day
6th - Out of Uniform/Field Trip to New Melleray & Swiss Valley
7th - Happy Birthday, Tanner!
8th - Happy Mother's Day!
10th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Kluesner)
9th - Artist in Residence
12th - Michele Olson - Presentation - Amazing Ants
13th - Out of Uniform
17th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Hill/O'Brien)
18th - Out of Uniform/50 cents
20th - Out of Uniform/Assembly at 1:45
21st - Happy Birthday, Mrs. Loes!
24th - 8th grade Mass - 8:30 AM
Happy Birthday, Ethan!
27th - 12:00 Early Dismissal/Last Day of school!
30th - Memorial Day
June
11th - Happy Birthday, Maggie!
July
1st - Happy Birthday, Ty!
16th - Happy Birthday, Willy!
17th - Happy Birthday, Megan!
20th - Happy Birthday, McKenna!
April
1st - No School/Check to see if there are any eagle babies!
5th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Oeschger)
Happy Birthday, Ben!
6th - 8:30 AM Lent Prayer Service
8th - Out of Uniform
9th - Happy Birthday, Cole!
14th - Michele Olson - Presentation - Frogs and Toads
15th - 1:00 - Grandparents Liturgy
19th - 8:30 AM - Volunteer Mass (Planned by Mrs. McDermott)
20th - Out of Uniform/8:30 - Online Stations of the Cross
21st - Holy Thursday
22nd - Good Friday/No School
23rd - Holy Saturday
24th - Happy Easter!
25th - Easter Monday/No School
29th - 8:30 AM Walk-a-thon Mass
March
1st - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Trumm/Knepper's
class)
7th - Mardi Gras/Out of Uniform
9th - Ash Wednesday/8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs.
Koppes' class)
All School Retreat
10th - Michele Olson - Presentation - Snakes
13th - Set your clocks forward one hour!
17th - St. Patrick's Day/Happy Birthday, Jack!
18th - 1:00 Early Dismissal/End of 3rd Quarter
21st - Snow Make-Up Day
22nd - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Loes' class)
23rd - Book Fair begins
28th - Conferences/4:00-8:00 P. M.
29th - 2:00 Dismissal/Conferences/4:00-8:00 P. M.
Book Fair concludes
31st - 2:00 P. M. Dismissal - No School on April 1
February
1st - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Lensen's class)
"Aquin Students Use Their Heads"
2nd - "Happily Ever After with Aquin"
Parent/Family Appreciation Night
3rd - Feast of St. Blaise
"Catholic Education Lasts a Lifetime"
4th - "It's Twice as Fun at Aquin"
Going to the movie in the PM
6th - Happy Birthday, Callie!
8th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Vanderlught's class)
9th - Parent Lunch
Schwan's Truckload Sale begins
10th - Happy Birthday, Jared! / Field trip to Jones County
Nature Center in the PM
12th - Happy Birthday, Ally!
13th - Aquin Dad's Breakfast
15th - 8:30 AM Word and Communion (Planned by Mr. Brown's class)
17th - Parent Lunch
18th - Out of Uniform Day
21st - No School
22nd - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mr. Meloy's class)
23rd - Parent Lunch/Schwan's orders due
25th - Schwan's pick up day
January
1st - Happy New Year!
4th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mr. Sconsa's class)
6th - Official Feast of the Epiphany
10th-14th - Out of Uniform Week for Grade 1
11th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Casey's class)
13th - Michele Olson - Presentation - Red Foxes
17th - No School. Happy Birthday, Madeline!
18th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. McGuire's class)
21st - Out of Uniform Day
25th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Hill/O'Brien's class)
30th - Catholic Schools Week Begins!
31st - Happy Birthday, Isaac! "Beach Bums with Brains at Aquin"
December
6th - Happy Birthday, Sydney!
7th - 12:00 Early Dismissal
8th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Loes' class)
10th - Happy Birthday, Gavin!
14th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Kluesner's class)
15th - 8:30 - Faith Family
16th - Michele Olson - Presentation - Bird Feeders
16th - K-5 Christmas Program/Matinee - 1:00 PM
Performance - 6:30 PM EKC
17th - Out of Uniform Day
21st - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. McGuire's class)
22nd - 1:00 PM Early Dismissal
25th - Merry Christmas!
November
1st - All Saints Day/8:30 Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Trumm/Mrs. Knepper's class) - Conferences
2nd - All Souls Day - 2:00 Early Dismissal - Conferences
4th - 2:00 Early Dismissal
5th - No School
7th - Happy Birthday, Jesus!
9th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Koppes' class)
11th - Happy Birthday, Rosa!
Veteran's Day Assembly - 10:15 AM in gym
12th - Fall Raffle Assembly
16th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Oeschger's class)
17th - 12:00 Early Dismissal
19th - Out of Uniform Day
23rd - Michele Olson - Presentation - Turkeys
24th - 9:30 AM - All Systems Mass at Beckman
25th - Happy Thanksgiving! NO SCHOOL
26th - No School
October
1st - Right to Life shirt day5th - 8:30 AM Liturgy ( Planned by Mrs. Lensen's class)
8th - Fire safety by Cascade firemen, Right to Life shirt day, Cascade Homecoming
9th - Happy Birthday, Augustine!12th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mr. Brown's class)
13th - First Faith Family get-together
14th - Michele Olson - Presentation - Bats
15th - Fall Raffle Kickoff, Right to Life shirt day19th - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. VanderLught's class)
20th - Out of uniform day, all school rosary, 8:30, in church
22nd - Right to Life shirt day, 1:00 PM dismissal
25th - NO SCHOOL/National Red Ribbon Week begins
26th - Wear a patriotic shirt, dress code pants
27th - Wear green or black shirt, jeans
28th - Wear a team shirt, jeans or sweat pants
29th - Wear a red shirt, dress code pants, Bring a healthy snack for "Read and Feed."
August - September
19th - First Day of School - 1:00 PM early dismissal
20th - 1:00 PM early dismissal22nd - Happy Birthday, Isabella!
31st - 8:30 AM Liturgy (Planned by Mrs. Kluesner's class)----------------------------------------------------------------------
1st - Picture Day!
6th - No School, Labor Day
9th - Michele Olson - Presentation - Monarch butterflies (migration and tagging)
17th - Schwan's Pickup Day/Happy Birthday, Mrs. Oeschger!
22nd - No School
24th - Out of Uniform Day
25th - Happy Birthday, Davis!
30th - Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!
FYI for those who want to plan ahead:
First grade will have two field trips this year.
Jones County Nature Center - snowshoeing and animal tracking - Thursday, February 10, 2011 @ 12:05
Swiss Valley Nature Center and the New Melleray Abbey -
Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 9:30
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