January 2011

Welcome back, all students

and staff. We , the yearbook staff

members, hope you had a nice

Christmas and New Year! To start

off the year, we have our new

seminar specials. The classes that

are available to High School students are Calligraphy,

Chess, Fitness/Weight lifting and Guitar. The courses

that are available for the Middle School are Card/Board

Games, Choir, Keyboarding, and Swing Dance. Let’s have

another kick rocking Ram year!! Keep up the great work

and positive attitudes and enjoy the new year of 2011!

New Year—New Things

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The mission of St. Xavier Catholic

School is to educate the whole person—

body, mind and spirit—in Christian

values in accordance with our Catholic

faith tradition.

Yearbooks! There are yearbooks

for sale for $25.00. To

order one, fill out a

form in the office, or

for information con-

tact Mrs. Fowler. Buy-

ing a yearbook will

help you remember all

of the funny moments

that happened this

year. Catholic schools week begins on January 30, 2011 to

February 6,2011. The theme of this year Catholic’s

schools week is, “A+ for America”. Students will be par-

ticipating by writing a 300 word essay on

“Why Catholic School are Important”.

During the course of the week there will

also be other activities

Catholic Schools Week

Food drive started

last semester and will

end February 3rd 2011,

our goal for this year is

13,000 cans. We still have

a long way to go. So

please bring in cans. The

cans and non-perishable

items will be taken by all

of us students to the

Open House across the

street. They help those in

the community that can-

not afford to put food on

their tables or those that

can’t feed their families

or themselves.

On Tuesday, December 21, we had our annual baby Je-

sus shower. Before mass, the students brought their

gifts to the alter. As mass started, the students were

still bringing up gifts. After mass all the students went

to the cafeteria to get muffins and fruit. All the Middle

and High school students went back to there classes af-

ter getting there fruit and muffins to take there finals.

Food Drive

Baby Jesus Shower

music and perform for their

loved ones. The Christmas

concert was put on to explain

the Christmas story of Jesus’

birth and the Good News he

spread.

Our annual K-4th Christ-

mas concert was held on

December 15 in the Saint

Xavier church. K-4th

grade students got a

chance to spread beautiful

K– 4th Christmas Concert

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Wonderful

Performance!

By: Kellie Powers

By: Ethan Fryday

dle, Tomato Soup, and

Potato Soup. For the final

soup, students got the

choice to submit their

own soup recipe. Then

the lunchroom staff de-

cided on the winning

Every Wednesday of this

month, there will be a dif-

ferent soup served at

lunch. All students voted

for the first three soups of

the month. The winning

soups were Chicken Noo-

soup. That soup would

be used as the fourth

soup in the January

Cafeteria Soup Contest.

The winner of the con-

test is Divine Cherry,

4th grade.

Soup Results

lunch. What better way to

get everyone involved by

having everyone vote on

their favorite soup? I hope

everyone had fun and are

happy with the results!”

This month, Melanie Powers,

St. Xavier’s Cafeteria Man-

ager, introduced the new

Soup Contest idea. “I wanted

to give the students and fac-

ulty an opportunity to have a

say in what they eat for

Cafeteria Soup Contest

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Sausage Corn Chowder

1 lb. sausage

1 cup chopped onions

4 cups cubed peeled potatoes

2 cups water

1 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. pepper

1 can of whole kernel corn (drained)

1 can of cream corn

1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk

Instructions:

1. In a Dutch oven, cook sausage

and onion until meat is no longer

pink; drain, add the potatoes,

water, salt and pepper.

2. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat;

cover and simmer for 15 minutes

or until potatoes are just tender.

3. Add both corns and milk; heat

through.

4. Serve it up and enjoy your

yummy chowder.

By: Kellie Powers

Congratulation 5th graders,

Teresa Balderrama, Asa Eng-

elhardt, Aj Fontenot, Joshua

Keating, Claudia Mendoza,

Hannah Miller, Ji Hwan Min,

Savannah Quire, Natalie

Santa, Jane Yoo all graduated

from the D.A.R.E program.

Their instructor Officer Witon

taught them what drugs can

do to your body. He also

taught them about their envi-

ronment and how people us-

ing drugs or alcohol can influ-

ence the environment. The 5th

graders had to write an essay

on what they have learned

during this course. The win-

ner of this contest was Natalie

Santa. Her prizes were many.

She received a prize from

Sunflower Bank and some

from her instructor, as well. I

want to congratulate all of

you.

Hey! Valentines Day is just around the

corner so why not send your best buddy

a little treat. You can also send some-

thing to teachers or staff all around the

school. The yearbook staff is selling a

wide selection of goodies, but there is a

limited amount so order them quickly.

Go to one of the yearbook staff members

or Mrs. Fowler to order.

D.A.R.E. Graduation

Candy Grams

were followed by the jun-

ior high choir, high

school choir and then

the 5-12 band. Both

groups of instrument

players wowed and in-

spired us. Many of us

look forward to a spring

production. Good job to

all participants and their

instructors, including Mr.

Workman, Mrs. McCon-

nell, and Mrs. Corlett.

Congratulations on a

great show!

On December 16, 2010,

grades 7-12 put on a con-

cert for friends and family

alike to come enjoy. The

evening started with the

St. X Stringers playing

several delightful pieces

on their violins. They

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Band at Christmas Time

Your choices:

Lollipops - 50¢

Tiny Teddy Bear

- $2.00

Chocolate Rose -

$2.00

STAY DRUG FREE!!

other news the guys just re-

cently had a game against

Wichita and Kickapoo Na-

tion. Both games ended in

losses but Coach Powers

stated, “The Wichita game

was a good experience for

our players. This was a good

challenge for them; playing

against people almost liter-

ally twice their height.”

As the High School bas-

ketball teams continue

into the season we recog-

nize our two fallen play-

ers. If everyone could

pray for Lené Keating

and Kelli McCann, they

are unable to participate

due to medical injuries. If

anyone is interested to go

out for go out for the bas-

ketball team your help is

really needed. They are

down to four players and

are ineligible to play. In

Midseason Basketball

High School Basketball

like to participate, drivers

would be appreciated and fans

would be more welcomed to all

of the away games.

Welcome back Junior High

basketball players. On their

return back to school they

will be playing Flint Hills

Christian School in Man-

hattan. Thursday January

the sixth at five o’clock p.m.

We wish them luck and

hopefully a win for the

record. If anyone would

Junior High Basketball

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Go Rams!

Cheering Fans!!!!

By: Adam Whitaker

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His favorite activity is surfing

the net.

He has short hair.

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Winner: Keon Jackson

Good Job!!!

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2011

Teacher

This year, Yearbook Staff has created a

mini game. A game that anyone can play as

long as you are a student of St. Xavier School.

Anyone has an opportunity to “Guess Who’’ the mystery person is,

it could be a teacher or a student. In addition, if anyone can guess

the right answer, he/she will be able to claim a prize.

Place your guesses in the box, which is located in the computer lab.

One winner will be selected at the end of every month.

:For more information ask Mrs. Fowler

On your birthday, for a five dollar

donation, you can choose a new book

to be given to the library in your honor.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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2 3 4 HS BB vs.

Kickapoo Na-

tion

5 6

JH BB vs.

Flint Hills

7 8

9 10 No School

Martian Lu-

ther King Jr.

Day

11 12 13 14

St Johns BB

Tourn 6pm

15

HS Scholars

Bowl @ Riley

Co. 9am

16 17 18

Pike BB Tourn

3 pm

19 20

JH BB @

Prairie Hts

21

Pike Tourn

3pm

22

Pike Trail

Tourn

23 24 25

HS BB Boys

HOME vs Kicka-

poo Nation 5:30

26 27

JH BB HOME vs

Flint Hills @ 4:30

28 29

JH BB Tourn–

Wakefield

30 31

January 2011

Birthday Books