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Basketball season is over and the results are in. Mike Hart coached the eighth grade girls to a league championship. Mr. Hart has been working with this group since they were in fifth grade and he is to be congratulated for forming some fine players. The eighth grade boys, under the guidance of Mike Grady, also had a successful season. All put in hours of hard work to capture their league’s championship. Carl Fimmano coached the seventh grade boys to a second place position in their league. The sixth and seventh grade girls, under the coaching of Chrissy Grady, also took second place. Pete Malecek’s fifth and sixth grade boys were first in their league. Bill Schiller has a group to watch for next year. His fifth grade girls had a building season. Congratulations to all players and coaches!
Congratulations to Sophie McCarthy who won a scholarship to Incarnate Word High School.
The School Association held a meeting on March 15 in the gym. Fannie Young from the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council Of St. Clair County was the guest speaker. Ms. Young presented factual information on the various substances that can cause physical and psychological addiction. She also answered the many questions that parents posed. After that presentation, Joe Botz informed all of an organization, Morality in Media, whose goal is to reduce the violence and improper sexual material present in television programming. He has interesting brochures that are available for the asking. Ann Horner announced that Famous will once again be the supplier of our school uniforms. It was also announced that St. Roch’s will have a music teacher next year. A sister from St. Joseph’s Academy will be working with Grades Kg through Five. Mary Watkins led a discussion on the direction of the Great Books Program. Any parents with suggestions or offers of assistance should contact Mary. Nettie Mudd gave a brief description of the School Board’s proposal for updating of the library’s reference materials. After the meeting, all adjourned to the hallway to view the science projects that Mr. Grady’s pupils had prepared for the Science Fair. The material was quite impressive! The upper grades will be attending the Fair courtesy of Dr. Melba James who arranged free transportation for St. Roch’s.
St. Roch’s students held their annual carnival in the gym on March 16. Each class planned and executed its booth. The kindergarten and the first grade had a candy booth and a chocolate bunny raffle. The second grade had a white elephant booth. The third graders sponsored a gift shop. The fourth grade sold hundreds of cupcakes and also raffled an afgan. The fifth grade booth consisted of a Toss Across game, a book fair and an M&M guessing game. The sixth graders became make up artists for the day. Many children and adults sported unusual faces and tattoos. The sixth grade also manned a sponge throwing booth. Wet and wild would be an apt description. Mr. Grady took a turn as the target, causing profits to soar. The seventh grade sponsored the Penny King and Queen contest. Marty Cross and Monica Hart were chosen as the royalty of the day. The seventh grade also served a sack lunch and juice. The eighth grade made and sold popcorn. As in years past, the eighth graders manned the infamous jail. Marc Bierman drew charicatures of both adults and children. What a day! This effort netted $900 for St. Roch’s School.
The rain on Saturday, March 17 did not dampen the spirits of the St. Patrick’s Day parade marchers. Sixty-five students played their kazoos in the downtown parade. Many thanks to Peg O’Brien for organizing the group. Monsignor and Sister Leo Ann with Poetroch proudly wore the green also.
In the evening, the “Irish” gathered for the corned beef and cabbage dinner. Dave Schmitt and his workers had been busy all day so that everything would be ready at seven o’clock. The volunteers are too numerous to list. All did a terrific job to prepare a successful event. The food was marvelous. The dancing was spirited. Monsignor was in fine voice. If you missed the fun this time, make plans to join us next year.
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Originally published in The Paper, April 1979.
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