100
DAYS OF SCHOOL
The Pre-K4 students at St. Mary School on St. Croix were
invited to bring a hundred of something to celebrate the 100th day
of school on February 5.
PRACTICAL
ASTRONOMY
Students
in Br. James Petrait, O.S.F.S.' Astronomy Class at St.
Joseph High School on St. Croix tested the quadrants they
constructed. These enabled them to measure sky angles and to find
the height of the school’s crosspole.
AGRICULTURAL
FAIR
Under the direction
of teacher Ms. Barbara Troutman, students from St. Joseph High
School on St. Croix made jam, shampoo and soap from the sorrel
plant to exhibit at the Agricultural Fair on February
13-16.
SPELLING
MASTERS
A student from St. Mary School on St. Croix won fourth place in the District Spelling Bee Contest at Alfredo Andrews Elementary School and another student won second place in the school contest and served as an alternate at the district level on February 20.
POETRY
WINNERS
A
panel of educators chose Krystal Ferris, Grade 11, and Dylan
Heistand, Grade 9, to represent St. Joseph High School on St.
Croix in a poetry contest which took place at the school on
February 9.
SCHOLARSHIP
WINNER
De
Sales University in Pennsylvania awarded Jordan Paul, a senior at
St. Joseph High School on St. Croix, a $20,000 Oblate of St.
Francis de Sales Sponsored Scholarship on February 12.
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