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Vol. XV Issue V April 2015 St. Joseph School PreK-6 Religious Life Explained

By Nathan Hambuchen

Brother Travis juggles oranges to demonstrate the

vocations of married, single, and religious life.

Brother Travis Gunther is one of three Catholic semi-

narians who Ms. Amy Evans’ 3rd Grade class at St.

Joseph Elementary School writes to and prays for

throughout the school year.

Brother Travis belongs to the Salesians of Don Bosco,

a religious Order dedicated to the welfare of youth. He’s

also a 2006 graduate of St. Joseph School who’s now in

his third year of temporary vows. He’ll take his perpetu-

al vows in another three years.

Brother Travis and fellow Salesian Father Dominic

Tran came to Ms. Evans class on March 2nd. “They

answered questions the students had about their roles

and how God speaks through them,” Ms. Evans said. “It

was a great opportunity for the children to actually see

one of the Seminarians they pray for daily.”

Stations of the Cross Silhouetted By Emma Kordsmeier

The 12th Station-Jesus dies on the cross.

St. Joseph Middle School

6th graders performed a

silhouetted dramatization of

the Stations of the Cross

known as Shadow Stations

on April 2nd. It was done for

an audience of 4th-12th

students and faculty in honor

of Easter.

Fourteen Stations trace

Jesus Christ’s sorrowful

journey from the house of

Pontius Pilate to His

crucifixion and death on Mt

Calvary.

A 15th Station was added to

this presentation representing

Christ’s resurrection. The

Shadow Stations were

organized by music teacher

Margaret Teeling.

Dylan Simmons and Adrian Paz play soldiers while

Tyler Evans is cast as Jesus.

Way of the Cross Presented

Kindergartners at St. Joseph

Elementary presented “The Way of

The Cross” after the All-School Mass

on April 1st.

It was a dramatization of the

sufferings and death of Jesus Christ

during His sorrowful journey from

the house of Pilate to Calvary that

ended with His crucifixion and

resurrection after three days.

Book Battle Team Chosen

Eva Palmer, Kinley Thessing, Abigail Bailey, Christian Skinner, Ashleigh Mallett and Shannon Trantina.

Six

Middle

School

students

will

represent

St.

Joseph at

the Battle

of the

Books on

May 5th.

B.O.B. Is Near!

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The Bulldog Spirit is written and

produced by St. Joseph’s journalism

classes.

Reporters/Photographers:

Mollie Angel, Nicky Bello, Sam Burgener,

Gillian Creel, Sarah Downey, Daniel

Emerick, Brittany Evans, Nathan Hambuchen,

Tristin Harper, Connor Harrell, Aaron

Hoelzeman, Jacob Lampe, Tillar Lewis,

Clayton Mathews, Grant Merkel, Manuel

Oom, Matthew Pruitt, Micah Salvo, Kyle

Schaefers, Dylan Schrekenhofer, Britt Stroth,

Jensen Thielke, Austin Welter, Peter Wood-

son, Will Zinno and Wyatt Zinno

Advisor: Mr. Ray Nielsen

Front Row (left to right): First Grader Lela Westmoreland; Kindergartner William

Washum, Second Grader Gabriel Washum, Third Grader Carolina Ferrer, First Grader

Thomas Ferrer, and Second Grader Leif Westmoreland.

Back Row: Coach John Johnson, Eighth grader Blake Wilson, Fourth Grader Ian Washum,

Sixth Grader Joseph Washum, Sixth grader Juliana Ferrer, and Coach Gabriel Ferrer.

More than 50 boys and girls com-

peted in the Eighth Annual Bob

Nabholz Memorial Scholastic Open

Chess Tournament held on March

14th at St. Joseph School. Players

from Conway, Danville, Russellville,

Little Rock, Sherwood, and Rolling

Forks, MS. participated.

St. Joseph students fared well in the

tournament. Eighth Grader Blake

Wilson won 1st Place in the K-12th

Rated Division. The team of Wilson,

Joseph Washum, and Juliana Ferrer

also came in 1st in the K-12th Rated

Division.

Ian, William, and Gabe Washum,

along with Carolina Ferrer and Lela

and Leif Westmoreland, also got

medals or trophies for their efforts.

Chess Dogs Win Trophies by Tristin Harper

Discoveries Made at Museum

Fifth grade students went to Little

Rock’s Museum of Discovery April 17.

Kevin Delaney, the Museum’s

Director of Visitor Experience,

conducted the kind of “Awesome

Science” demonstrations he’s done on

national television.

The students also explored hands-on

exhibits such as “Dinosaurs: Fossils

Exposed,” “Mindbender Mansion,” and

“Earth Journeys.” Later on, climbing

and exploring was done at Riverfront

Park.

The principles of pressure work on

a bed of nails.

Playing

meteor-

ologists

on a

weather

forecast.

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Kids’ Bears Made Well By: Gillian Creel

1st graders Luke Kennard and Abi

Long get help from UCA nursing stu-

dents Dionna Ezika and Savanna

Shaw.

Nursing student and St. Joseph School

graduate Stephanie Rehm takes care of

the “patients” belonging to 1st graders

Sally Flanagin and Bliss Woodson.

Nursing student Aaron Oade listens to

1st graders Bliss Woodson and Addi-

son Choate.

The University of Central Arkansas’

Department of Nursing conducted a

Teddy Bear Clinic at St. Joseph Ele-

mentary School on April 2nd. Using

play therapy, the nursing students

“admitted” the children’s teddy bears

or other stuffed animals to the

“hospital” where the “patients” had

their mock injuries or illnesses de-

scribed by the children.

Each animal received an examina-

tion that included listening to breath

and bowel sounds with a stethoscope,

a check of blood pressure with a pedi-

atric cuff, and a check of the ears and

nose with an otoscope and ophthalmo-

scope. After determining what ailed

the patient, a diagnosis of “tickelitis”

was given and a prescription of three

hugs and kisses per day was written.

Along with healing the patients, the

clinic also helps relieve anxiety chil-

dren may have about a real hospital

visit. Drs. Pam Ashscraft and Sheila

Stroman oversee UCA’s Teddy Bear

Clinic Program.

Symphony Instruments Studied By; Will Zinno

St. Joseph Elementary School students were treated to a special musical pro-

gram on April 8th presented by the Arkansas Symphony Guild.

The Guild’s “Orchestra and You” program travels the state educating children

about orchestras. They hear recordings of instruments and pretend to play them

with fiberglass models. The students also learn about the differences between an

orchestra and a band and how important it is for musicians to play together with

the aid of a conductor.

Photo Key:

1. Third grader Christian Stobaugh is

shown by Guild representative Dale

Ronnel how to strike a cymbal.

2. Conway High School student Faith

Guidry demonstrates how a violin is

played.

3. Lucas Covington practices with a

model violin.

4. Lucas Covington, Joshua Trantina,

Kim Quinit, and Karly Rae Lieblong

practice handling stringed

instruments.

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Reaping What They Sow By Gillian Creel

Joshua Trantina, Matthew Seiter,

Logan Simon and Lucas Covington

are pleased with their planting.

Andy Guffey and Matt Simon talk about planting. Catherine Royal shows her

planting.

Third graders at St. Joseph School

have been learning about the germi-

nation of plants. To help their under-

standing of the process two repre-

sentatives from the Arkansas Farm

Bureau came to school of April 9 to

demonstrate it.

Andy Guffey, the Farm Bureau’s

Assistant Director of Education and

Ag-in-the-Classroom, and Matt Si-

mon, a local dairy farmer and gradu-

ate of St. Joseph School, explained

how much rice, soybeans, and corn is

grown in Arkansas.

The men also showed the children

how to plant soybeans and wheat so

they could take home samples with

them.

Fitness Instructor Motivates Students By Daniel Emerick

(left Marisa Nabholz warms up 2nd and third graders before a workout.

Second graders Bailey Pope and Ava Piriano are feeling pumped after their exercise.

Staying fit through exercise was

demonstrated to St. Joseph Elementary

School students on April 10 by Marisa

Nabholz of the Burn Studio in Conway.

It’s a privately-owned fitness center

where personal and group training is

offered.

Ms. Nabholz is an indoor cycling and

exercise instructor there. The

children also know her from and

earlier visit about tooth care because

she’s a dental assistant too. “Movement

is medicine” is one of her studio’s

beliefs.

Second graders begin a race.

Healthy bodies =

healthy minds.

Woolly Wildlife Described

Third graders at St. Joseph Elementary

School learned about some of the

wildlife that inhabits Woolly Hollow

State Park near Greenbrier on April 24.

Park Interpreter Stephanie Bell

brought animal pelts with her which she

allowed the children to handle. These

included those of a deer, raccoon, bear,

and a skunk. Ms. Bell also talked about

the animals’ habits and diets.

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Kids All Smiles At Egg Hunts By Gillian Creel

Kindergartners and 1st graders went on Easter egg hunts around campus on April 1st and 2nd. Pictured above are some of the

happy hunters. #1 William Washum, Dylan Simmons, and James Rappold. #2 Ashlee Hill, Sam Piraino, Annabelle Trusty and

Adrian Paz. # 3 Owen Coney, Abbie Smith and Jordan Hoelzeman. . # 4 is Thomas Ferrer # 5 is Luke Thessing #6 is Brett

Brashers.

Fire Fighting Contest Winners Chosen by Gillian Creel

The Conway Fire Department recently conducted a Crawl, Drag and Squirt competition at St. Joseph Elementary School.

Children in the 1st-3rd grades went through a timed obstacle course that required them to imitate skills that firefighters use.

These included putting on a coat and pack, crawling through a confined space, pounding objects with a rubber mallet, carrying

a victim to safety, and aiming a fire hose at a specific target. The children learned about fire safety in the process. (Go to pg 8)

Bethany Woodson Daniel Trusty and Firefighter

Clint Silliman

Firefighter Silliman and

Isabelle Garrett Captain Rick Powell and Joshua Trantina.

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Middle School Profiles By: Will Zinno

Rebecca Chamoun Gus Longing

Rebecca~

1. Candy

2. Chocolate

3. The day I got to

move into the big

room when my

sister moved out.

4.I don’t like them

Johnathan Deen

Megan~

1. Sweets

2. Chocolate

3. The day I met

Presley Harmon.

1. I don’t like them.

Gus~

1. Candy

2. Kit Kats

3. Getting candy on

Easter.

4. I don’t really like

them.

Megan Garrett 1. What did you give

up for lent?

2. What's your favor-

ite Easter candy?

3. What’s the luckiest

thing that’s ever

happened to you?

4. How do you like

cyber days?

Johnathan~

1. Chocolate

2. Carmel filled eggs

3. Getting to go to this

school.

4. I don’t really like

them.

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Elementary School Profiles

By: Will Zinno

Bethany Woodson

~Nicholas

1. Desserts

2. Chocolate

3. I won $100.00.

4. I don’t really like

them.

Price Harmon Nicholas Covington 1. What did you give up

for lent?

2. What's your favorite

Easter candy?

3. What’s the luckiest

thing that’s ever hap-

pened to you?

4. How do you like cyber

days?

Amelia Erstine

Amelia~

1. Water balloons

2. Chocolate Bars

3. My daddy coming

home.

4. I like how we get to

stay in the ice and

snow.

Bethany~

1. Fighting

2. Chocolate

3. Getting a dog

4. Not that much

Price~

1. iPad

2. Chocolate

3. Won an art contest.

4. I like we don’t have to

go to school and we

can stay at home.

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Patrick Royal, Anna Nabholz and

Heath Thompson

Gabriel Stobaugh, Bo Davis, Jacob

Williams , Lucas Rawls, and

Jared Sanders.

Sophia Lemley Thomas Royal,

Olivia Passierb, and

Maggie Mooney.

Julianna Ferrer and Emma Passierb Rebecca Chamoun with parents Paul

and Shannon Chamoun.

Samuel and Charity Luyet, Xavier

Stobaugh, Ethan Hambuchen, Chloe

and Lori Woody and Jackson Tucker

Kids Run Celebrates Fitness by Emma Kordsmeier

St. Joseph School won the 8th Annual

Kids Run Arkansas held April 17 at

Conway’s Laurel Park. The run is

sponsored by the Conway Regional

Health and Fitness Center. It’s a 1-mile

and 3-mile run/walk that promotes fun

and fitness in youth and family.

The winner of the run is not deter-

mined by time but by the number of

people a represented group has. St.

Joseph had more than 260 participants

and has won this event seven out of the

eight years it’s been held. As a result of

its win, St. Joseph’s Physical Educa-

tion Department was awarded a check

for $1,600.

Second graders Daniel Trusty and

Isabelle Garrett had the best times in

their divisions with 28.32 and 37.22

seconds, respectively. Joshua

Trantina and Bethany Woodson had

the best times in the 3rd grade with

23.32 and 31.94.

Each participant in the Toad Suck

Daze event will receive a medal, and

the ones with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

best times will be given trophies.

Fire Fighting (from page 5)

The obstacle course sequences were

clocked, and the boys and girls with

the best times were chosen to partici-

pate in a final competition at Toad

Suck Daze on May 2nd.

St. Joseph Elementary School children

were treated to a dramatic continuation of

the familiar Cinderella story on April 15

performed by the University of Central

Arkansas’ Cadron Company troupe.

“Charming Princes,” by Emily C.A.

Snyder, featured Sarah Kinder as Cinderel-

la, Devin Sims as Charming, John Ander-

son as Gawain, and Karina Jo Martinez as

Lillynimble. The Production was directed

by Dr. Greg Blakey.

The play has been touring more than 20

grade schools across central Arkansas this

spring. It tells the tale of a young girl living

the dream of waltzing with a prince, but a

fairy godmother is on hand to sort out stale

dreams and unwanted wishes.

“Charming Princes” Performed

(Left) Actors Karina Jo Martinez,

Devin Sims, Sarah Kinder and John

Anderson.

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This past August I had the great blessing to make a pilgrimage to Cologne, Germany for the XX World

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