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Annual Report 20172018 ANNUAL REPORT Saint Vincent de Paul Parish School is a Christ-centered community where each person is a valued child of God. We are dedicated to cultivating the mind and the heart. Saint Vincent School Develops New HEART Program he HEART Program utilizes best “I took a course this summer at Creighton form to be displayed in the main school practices in education in the area of University called Catholic Foundations and hallway. Each quarter, these forms move to T discipline. Restorative Justice and was really inspired by the emphasis they the classrooms as more HEART forms are Positive Behavior Support Systems are placed on school mission and charism. Our added to the main display. Also, teachers help child-centered strategies that engage the mission at St. Vincent is to recognize every students process their behavior by examining student in social-emotional learning and person as a valued child of God, and we if their actions are safe, kind, and helpful. revolve around the areas of discipline, trust, are dedicated to cultivating their minds “By focusing on positive behaviors and and relationships. and hearts. Our charisms focus on service expectations, we set a new, more positive and the unique community we have at St. tone that connects so beautifully to our The following article appeared in the Vincent. In reflection of this, I found the mission and charisms. The discipline August 31, 2018 issue of the Intermountain school’s older system to be too punitive, system also works at creating and Catholic: which set up an adversarial relationship maintaining our community,” said Lambert. Saint Vincent de Paul Parish School between the students and teachers. So I “Instead of handing out warnings, our is starting the school year with a newly spent the summer working with Principal teachers will restate and reteach the routines developed positive behavior incentive Gary Green and Student Support Team and expectations. It fits in really well with the program called “St. Vincent HEART.” HEART Member, Lisa Romero, on developing a Catholic value of reconciling and restoring is an acronym for Helpful – Encouraging – unique program based on the ideas of relationships. That is our focus, and that is Accepting – Responsible – Together, which Restorative Justice and Positive Behavior what makes us special.” are the positive descriptions chosen for Support Systems.” Principal Gary Green adds, “Despite the program to be modeled by the whole In the St. Vincent HEART program, the added effort that the HEART Program St. Vincent community including students, teachers recognize a student, staff member, entails, teachers have embraced the program faculty, staff, parents, and volunteers. or volunteer who models the HEART and are committed to its success.” “ We have totally revamped our discipline behaviors. When a teacher recognizes a program,” said Vice Principal Sarah Lambert. student, they fill out a “St. Vincent’s HEART” Saint Vincent School Finds “Trouble in Friendlyville” he eighth grade class at Saint Vincent Lou Hardplow (who loves to eat and fight) their own costuming. The eighth grade’s de Paul Parish School presented the are hardly the people the citizens expect ownership in the play is what made it Toriginal musical play “Trouble in to lead such a kindness-based town. The such a valuable experience--that, and Friendlyville” on Thursday, November 17, candidates compete in Friendlyville’s the fact that the playwright is a genius.” 2017 with a daytime performance for the Best Citizen Contest as a measure to see “It was fun being the first class to do entire school and an evening performance who is best qualified to be mayor. When a play with it just being our class. If they for families. “Trouble in Friendlyville” was some innocent children are in the path do another eight grade play that would written and composed by the school’s of a big pig stampede, Phil and Maddy be great for future classes to get to do principal, Gary Green, with musical really show their aptitude for the job. something new. It was also very rewarding arrangements by Scott Larrabee, the school’s “I love how the students took on this play doing all the set designs and constructing band and choir teacher. as their own,” Green said. “They created them ourselves,” said eighth grader Kelsie “Trouble in Friendlyville” is about a the backdrops and signs, thought of Kruckenberg. Classmate Piper Chenoweth small town of pig ranchers in the old west what props to use, came up with multiple added, “We got to put our own spin on that has recently lost their mayor in a pig suggestions for stage direction, and did it. Mr. Green let us do everything, and we stampede. The only two candidates, Phil got to do it the way we thought it should Flowers (whose name strikes fear in the be done so it really was our play. It was heart of everyone who hears it) and Maddy so much fun; I wish it wasn’t over.” Middle School News Electives Saint Vincent has many exciting opportunities in their Middle School. Students are offered a variety of elective class options each quarter. In the 2017- 2018 school year, elective classes included Google Hacks and Apps, Coding, Statistics, Archaeology, Dramaturgy, Earthbound Quidditch, Exploring Japanese, Intro to Improv, Handball, and Cooking. Thank you Sunrise 6th Grade Aimee Toner, parent and owner of Aimee’s Home Cookin’, who spent fourth quarter last year and first quarter this year teaching Cooking Class with Aimee Toner the cooking class with Mrs. Hustiu. Senior Citizen Visits Middle School students paid monthly visits to three different senior centers. The Senior Center Partnership Program at the school allows 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students to facilitate long-term community engagement through monthly activities with residents at their partnering centers: Paramount Health and Rehabilitation, Cottonwood Creek Senior Living, and Sunrise Senior Living. Paramount 7th Grade Visit Cottonwood 8th Grade Caroling 2017-2018 Awards and Recognitions represented St. Vincent de Paul School in the Jackson Green (8th Grade), 2nd Place Northern Utah Spelling Bee Competition. Genevieve Johnson (8th Grade), 3rd Catalina was one of the final 13 spellers Place Dylan Anderson (5th Grade). and Chloe made it to the sixth round. Lego League 2017 Knights of Columbus The Saint Vincent School Lego League team “Keeping Christ in Christmas” was busy during the school year designing Essay Contest Winners a robot for the Lego League regional • 1st Grade - Caleb Arico, Owen competition. The team took 12th place out Outstanding Employee Awards Eischeid, Danny Fedor of 43 teams and had a great experience. St. Vincent School is happy to announce its • 2nd Grade - Vivienne Mitchell, Congrats to our team (in alphabetical order): Outstanding Employees of the Year: Jamie Katy Beaudry, Ethan Patterson Carter Barber, Nick Barber, Jack Barklow, Keochareun & Carol Sanderson (Pre-K • 3rd Grade - Talen Eischeid, William Sadie Curtiss, Westley Curtiss, Caroline Teachers), and Kat Mitchell (Support Burchett, Gianna Gustafson Foy, Lauren Foy, Genevieve Johnson, Staff )! Our Employees of the Year were • 4th Grade - Stella Mandala, Gabi Zach Johnson, and Lucinda Larrabee. honored at the Catholic Schools Week Gitlin, Makena Gardner Mass, at the Diocesan In-service, and at • 5th Grade - Dominic Fedor, the Catholic Schools Awards Dinner. Abbey Bowers, Carter Barber • 6th Grade - Bennett Wharton, Esther Analjok, John Deffner • 7th Grade - Jess Chisholm, Jeremy Miller, Atlas Tran • 8th Grade - Sadie DuBois, Kelsie Kruckenberg, Kate Yarrish Utah State Winner We would like to congratulate 1st grader, Zoe Becker, who took 1st Place in the Smokey the Bear/Woodsey Owl Poster contest and earned the class a visit from Swishing Success Smokey himself. Zoe’s poster moved on to Congratulations to all of our Saint Science Fair Diocesan Winners the National Contest in Washington, D.C. Vincent teams who participated in • Trevor McMillan 1st Place Biology/ as a representative of the 1st Grade Rocky the UCAA Basketball finals in March Biochemistry, 7th Grade Mountain Region. 2018. Here is how they finished: • Indya Fiessinger 1st Place and Ava • 3rd Grade Boys 1st and 2nd Place Linke 3rd Place Chemistry, 8th Grade • 4th Grade Girls 1st Place • Kate Borgmeier 1st Place and • 5th Grade Boys 1st and 2nd Place Westley Curtiss 2nd Place Energy: • 5th Grade Girls 2nd Place Chemical & Physical, 8th Grade • 6th Grade Girls 1st Place • Jess Chisholm 1st Place Physics, Astronomy & Math, 7th Grade • Zoe Murphy 2nd Place Physics, 8th Grade • Teo Kjolseth 2nd Place Engineering, 7th Grade Salt Lake Valley Science & Missoula Children’s Theatre Engineering Fair Placements Congratulations to everyone who participated Eighth grader Kate Borgmeier and seventh in the Missoula Children’s Theatre production grader, Teo Kjolseth, brought home of “The Wiz of the West” on March 24th. The winning performances at the University of show was a smashing success! It is always Utah Science and Engineering Fair. Kate amazing how the students learn the lines, Borgmeier won 1st Place in Energy: Chemical songs, and stage direction in 4 1/2 days. In & Physical and Teo Kjolseth won 1st Place April 2019, Missoula Children’s Theatre will Diocesan Band Festival in American Society of Civil Engineering. return to St. Vincent School for the 20th time Saint Vincent School hosted the 11th with its performance of “The Secret Garden.” Annual Diocesan Band Festival on Spelling Bee Winners April 12th. About 160 students from six Catalina Reichard (5th Grade) took 1st Geography Bee Winners different Utah Catholic Schools came place successfully spelling “putrefaction” Congratulations to the following together to perform as one, large band. in the Saint Vincent Spelling Bee. Chloe students who placed in the St. Vincent Ages were from beginner elementary Mason (5th Grade) took 2nd place. Both School Geography Bee: 1st Place band (4th grade) up to high school.
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