Get Ready to Get Fit!

Students in grades 1 – 8 are invited to join the St. Louis Fitness Club. We will meet before school to spend approximately 30 minutes exercising. Occasionally, we will meet after school. Emphasis will be on running/jogging/walking; however we will also focus on building healthy habits to last a lifetime. Mostly we will have fun while working out together.

Watch NewsNotes for our meeting schedule!

MathCounts

MATHCOUNTS® is a national enrichment, coaching and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement through grassroots involvement in every U.S. state and territory. MATHCOUNTS challenges students' math skills, develops their self-confidence and rewards them for their achievements.

See www.mathcounts.org for more information.

Spelling Bee

Meets every Thursday from 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM.

Coaches: Mrs. Jerry Walker, Mrs. Lisha Gerding

See www.spellingbee.com for more information.

Yearbook Club

Coaches: Miss Jessica Groathouse, Mr. Ron Friedrich

The members of the yearbook club learn some new skills that they can continue to use now and in the future: how to scan photos, how to crop them, how to layout a photo page, and how to add text. Some members use our digital cameras to take pictures of students and school activities.

Open to all middle school students.

R.A.K.

Random Acts of Kindness Club

Kind and Covert Agents Surprising Others in Thoughtful Ways

Special Agents-in-Charge: Mrs. Gloria Lodice, Mrs. Donna White

Usually meets the 4th Wednesday of each month except December from 3:15 – 4:15 PM

See www.actsofkindness.org for more information.

Speech Team

Coaches: Miss Jacquie Demuth, Mrs. Lisha Gerding

7^th & 8^th grade students train for and compete in two Archdiocesan Speech meets during the school year.

Parents serve as critics for the meets. New critics should plan to attend Critic Training in September or January.

Student Council

The purpose of the St. Louis Student Council is to instill within the student body a sense of service and outreach within the school and to the community at large. The officers are charged to think of, and to implement ideas that help build the school community, giving back to the school which has given them so much.

Tiger Team Talks

Students read a classic for fun, then meet to discuss it. Meetings are held in Mrs. Gerding's classroom from 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM.

November 14 - The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

January 16 - Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

February 13 - Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O'Dell

March 12 - The Call of the Wild by Jack London

April 16 - Messenger by Lois Lowry

May 14 - The Twenty-One Balloons by

Pene du Bois

Sponsor: Mrs. Lisha Gerding

Drama Club

Our middle school students produce a play each year serving as actors, stage crew, and set decorators.

This year's production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz opened to excellent reviews on Thursday, October 25, 2007!