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Vol. XV Issue III Dec. 2014 St. Joseph School PreK-6 Middle School Musical Performed Kindergarten Tradition Continues

By Mollie Angel

Home, Sweet Home by Will Zinno

First grade teacher Courtney Pope and Jenna Hofherr are

proud of the gingerbread house Jenna made on December 4th.

Parents, grandparents, and friends helped 1st graders make

the houses. The school provided the plates, graham crackers,

and icing. The candied decorations were supplied by the

children.

Lars Westmoreland, Gage Kordsmeier, and Jacob Bailey

portray the Three Wise Men during the Middle School

Christmas Musical on December 11th. Entitled “In A

Galilee Far, Far Away: A Christmas Musical of Galactic

Proportions,” the evening also included a Christmas

Concert performed by our Bulldog Bands.

( See more pictures on page 5 )

School Represented In Christmas Parade

Six students were aboard the St. Joseph School float in

the Conway Christmas Parade held December 13. Seen

here are Abby Brewer, Anabelle Trusty, Richard Rappold,

Daniel Trusty, and Catie Brewer. Kendall Fillippino is

Behind Anabelle. The float was assembled by our school

PTO and Development Director Nicole Rappold.

(more photos on page 5 )

Kindergartner Keaton Perry,

seen at left, holds the card that

starts the ABCs of Christmas

during the All-School Mass on

December 3rd.

The children in Charlotte

Moix’s and Lois Coney’s clas-

ses each raised cards above

their heads which represented

all the letters of the alphabet.

The letters symbolized people,

places, and things that reflect

the story of the birth of Jesus

Christ.

Ms. Moix says the ABCs of

Christmas began a year or two

before she started teaching here

30 years ago. (more on page 3)

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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, Trenton

Schrekenhofer, Britt Stroth, Jensen Thielke,

Austin Welter, Peter Woodson, Will Zinno

and Wyatt Zinno

Advisor: Mr. Ray Nielsen

A Parade of Saints On All Saints Day By Emma Kordsmeier & Tristin Harper

Thomas Royal

St. George

Juliana Ferrer

St. Juliana Caleb Mallett

St. Thomas

Emma Pasierb

St. Mary

Scott Massa

St. Benedict

Catie Brewer St. Kateri Takawitha

Ms. Freyaldenhoven St. Joan of Arc

Olivia Williams

St. Rose

Nathan Kordsmeier St. Nicholas

Ava Piriano

St. Cecile

Isabella Denys

St. Lucy

Tyler Evans

St. Michael

Ian Murphy

St. Patrick

Nicholas Covington St. Nicholas

Aimsley Davis

St. Mary

Bryce Mallett St. John of the Cross

Food Items

Collected For Needy

Sixth graders Dane Schrekenhofer and

Gabriel Stobaugh show what their fellow

students recently donated to the Community

Action Program for Central Arkansas

(CAPCA) Christmas Food Drive. CAPCA

runs a food pantry for needy families in

Faulkner and Cleburne Counties.

Each student was asked to give one item.

Children in grades K-6 brought boxes of

brownie mix. Boxes of stuffing mix were

provided by students in the 7th-12th grades.

Representatives from CAPCA collected the

food items on December 12th.

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ABCs (from page 1 )

(left) Anneke McGehee

shows the picture

representing the letter

“A.” It stands for The

Angel That Brought The

Good News A Baby

Would Be Born. (center)

Max

Gilbert holds up the “Z”

card which stands for

Zacharias, Whose Son

John Told Everyone

That Jesus Would Come.

(right) Emily Nabholz

has the picture represent-

ing the letter “I” . It

stands for The Inn. There

Was No Room There.

Bevin Sterka. “H” Is For The

Heavenly Host Who Praised God.

Sam Piraino.“O” Is For

The Offering We Give

So Others Can

Love Jesus Too.

Heath Thompson. “G” Is For

The Glory That Shone

Round About.

Ori Smith. “F” Is For The Flocks In

The Fields That Night.

(far left)

Isabella Denys lifts

the “N” card which

stands for Nazarth,

The Town That Jesus

Grew Up In.

(left) Dylan Simmons

with the “C” card. It

represents The Christ

child asleep in the

manger. Merry Christmas and

Happy New Year

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Pre-School Pageant and Party Brightens Season

Santa Claus greeted everyone. A cheerful elf helped out. Nick Taylor talks to Santa.

Brody Fancher receives a gift

from teacher Amy Covington

and aide Tina Flake.

Brileigh Choate, Lily Allison, Cora Fulmer, Keya Karekar, and Marissa

McMillian dress and moo like cows during the pageant.

The children sang “Jingle Bells,” “Go Tell It On The

Mountain” and “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” at the

end of the pageant.

Anthony Dobbs, Finn Rowe, and Caleb Nabholz look and

crow like roosters.

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Two views of our Christmas Parade Float and the Parade’s Grand Marshal, Billie Carter. He’s a firefighter and 1987

graduate of St. Joseph School.

Elementary and Middle Schools Present Christmas Programs

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade

Beginning Band Beginning Band Advanced Band

(left) Shepherds Caleb Mallett, Kati Dumboski, and Adam Leicht. (center) “Galilee” actors Michael Shofner, Amy Lambe, and John

Smith. (right) Singers River Ferrari, Ashleigh Mallett, Amber Tran & Emily Berumen. Programs directed by Ms. Margaret Teeling.

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Middle School Profiles By: Peter Woodson and Andrew Marks

Bo Davis Caleb Mallett

Caleb~

1. Purple and Gold

Spirit Day

2. Turkey

3. All Christmas

Presents

4. When my baby

sister Katelyn was

born.

Logan Bruich

Logan~

1. Twinsies’ Day

2. I don’t have one.

3. A new Xbox

4. Halloween

Anthony~

1. Character Day

2. Mashed

Potatoes

3. Xbox 360

4. Twins Day

Anthony Snyder 1. What was your

favorite dress up day

during Spirit Week?

2. What’s your

favorite Thanksgiving

food?

3. What would be

your favorite

Christmas present?

4. What’s been your

favorite moment from

2014?

Bo~

1. Camo Day

2. Turkey

3. A 410 shotgun

4. Camping at Lake

Conway with my family.

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Elementary School Profiles

By: Peter Woodson

Richard Rappold

Max~

1. Character Day

2. Macaroni and cheese

3. Oreo sweat shirt

4. Red Ribbon Week

Jena Hofherr Brody Mallett 1. What was your

favorite dress up Day from

Spirit Week?

2. What’s your favorite

Thanksgiving food?

3. What would be your fa-

vorite Christmas present?

4. What’s your favorite

moment from the year

2014?

Max Longing

Richard~

1. Flashback Friday

2. Corn

3. Remote control train

4. My brother’s

birthday

Jena~

1. Purple and Gold

Day

2. Turkey

3. Snow globe of Elsa

from “Frozen”

4. I don’t have one.

Brody~

1. Purple and Gold Day

2. Turkey

3. A phone

4. Spending time with

family.

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Fifth grader Diego Navarro is seen above leading a procession that

includes Father Robert Cigainero. They’re walking from downtown

Conway to St. Joseph Church on December 14 in honor of the feast

day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

This marks a time when Hispanic people recall an apparition of the

Virgin Mary who appeared to a Mexican peasant named Juan Diego

in 1531. His vision led to the conversion of millions of people to

Catholicism.

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patron Saint of Mexico, and she is

deeply woven into the lives of Hispanic people. They turn to her

often for help and guidance. A shrine to Our Lady is seen at right

being carried behind the procession, along with colorful dancers and

musicians. After Mass, a celebration followed in the Parish Hall.

Student Celebrates Cultural Heritage

Science Club Makes Christmas Ornaments

4th grader Mary

Dayer 6th grader John Smith

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Friends

By: Melissa and Eliz-

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Dear St. Joseph students,

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

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