Homecoming

Homecoming!  At St. Croix Lutheran we recently celebrated our homecoming week.  There were 2 main parts to the excitement.  First a parade, and second the game. Everyones spirits were high and St. Croix held a parade before the game.  At this parade there were a lot of floats representing all the different extra-cirricular activites avalible at St Croix.  For example, the marching band, cross country, the international program and many others.  The parade ended in the school parking lot and soon after the parade the game started!  St. Croix was playing Concordia.  During the game you could stay in the stands and cheer the team on, or play in the second field with friends, buy food at the bake sale or just walk around.  At half time selected people went onto the feild for the kick, pass, and spike competition. The kick, pass, and spike competition is where you kick a soccer ball,throw a football, and spike a volleyball as far as you can. The students who represented St. Croix were:
8th grade: Adam and Jade
7th grade: Nathaniel and Kat
6th grade: Bubby and Lauren
No one this year won the competition but everyone who participated had fun!
 The score at the end of the game was 56 to 24. St. Croix won!
By Gabby and Mandi.

Eagle Bluff Field Trip

Our trip to Eagle Bluff was exciting and fun. We got to experience new things. We also got to know each other more and meet new friends. The classes that we attended were insects, treetops ropes course, archery, and stream lab. We learned about coyotes and unwanted wildlife in the United States like the Starling. We got some recess time after lunch to be active. Some people played football, soccer, volleyball, tether ball, or tag. We had no food waste at all while we were there. That means that we got to sign the Golden Plate and won the zero hero award. Eagle Bluff was a lot of fun and we learned new things.
By:
Lisa Beltz and Josh Kirchert

Welcome Mr. Wendland!

St. Croix is excited to welcome a new teacher to our school this year. We decided to ask Mr. Wendland some questions to learn more about him. Mr.Wendland  is married and has been blessed with 3 kids. Stella is 5 years old, Carys is 4 years old, and his youngest is Micah who is 2. Mr. Wendland has been teaching for 8 years. He used to teach at Immanuel Lutheran in Salem, Oregon where he also served as principal. He is excited to meet new students and get to know us. We also asked him if he likes kids just to make sure! As a result he likes kids.
By: Lisa Beltz and Josh Kirchert

2011-2012 School Year!

The 2011-2012 school year is just a couple weeks away! We are looking forward to seeing all the excited students walking down the hallway ready for another great school year! Make sure all of your school supplies are bought and ready to go. The faculty is excited for another great year at the Middle School!

Spring Sports

          St. Croix Lutheran High School joined New Life Academy to form a coop and the first ever boys’ tennis team for the high school. Eighth grader Jesse wrote about his experience.

During my first year of tennis I felt weird not knowing much about the game. Also I didn’t know anyone around me. The coach was very nice. I practiced with everyone and got to know them. In practice, we practiced playing singles, doubles, and our serves. Sometimes we would play a fun game of king of the hill. Each person had their own technique of serving as well as playing.

We had a lot of meets during the season. Every once and a while we had to miss or reschedule our game because of the weather. I tied one game and lost all my other ones. I mostly played exhibition matches because we had lots of extra players. Everyone tried hard and did their best.

Eighth grader Daniel golfed with the St. Croix High School golf team for the first time. This is what he had to say.

This year for Boys Golf, we had head Coach Mr. Mortell and Assistant Coach Mr. Wood; both were wonderful and very supportive. Our Captains were Jacob Mortell and Joe Lillo. Our home course was The Ponds at Battle Creek and we played there numerous times. Our record for the year is 8-2 but there is still some more matches coming up. It was my first year on the team and I had lots of fun.

Middle Schoolers Bekah, Chelsea, and Haley joined the high school students to participate in JV softball. Below is Bekah’s recap of the season.

The St. Croix Lutheran junior varsity softball team did well in their games this spring season. They won several games, and most games that they lost were only lost by a couple of points. Achieving second in the tournament at the end of the year, they played three games and only lost one. Their conference record at the end of the year was 2-5-0, but their Overall record after the tournament was 5-6-0. We are very proud of how they played and know that during their games they played to the best of their abilities and displayed their Christian attitude. Though a couple games were rainy, and some were quite cold, overall it was a good season for the JV softball team.

The middle school students have the opportunity to run track with the high school track team on the varsity and JV level. They can also participate on the middle school track team, as long as they are not a member of the Varsity team. Adam is a seventh grader who participated on the middle school track team. Here is his post.

          For the last two years the middle school had a track team. This year our team was very good. We had some kids from Salem Stillwater join our team because their school didn’t have enough kids to form their own team. The Salem kids added some depth to our team. So we had an amazing track season.

          This year if the kids in track were really good they could be on the high school track team too. The kids that made it to the high school team are Jacob Buller, Bethany Hennen, Ben Kittleson, Alexis Sievert, Marrisa Sievert, and Jade McDaniel. Last week we had our conference meets and our team got second but we won both shotput and discus thanks to Ben, Randy, and Trevor. We each got ribbons for the individual places we got. Next year we are hoping to get more kids in track.

Dig It

            After months and months of practicing, students at St. Croix Lutheran Middle School performed our musical, Dig It, last Friday night. We had learned dances and lyrics to all eight songs. The actors and actresses had memorized their lines and we were ready for an audience. Actually most of us were worried that we weren’t ready to perform the play on Friday night, but we had last minute practices that day, so we were ready to perform.

            To start the night our band played three songs: “Coastal Guard March,” “Extreme,” and “Americana.” We also had one solo and one duet. Jayden played a solo on his trumpet with the help of Gaby. Katya and Alexis played a duet.

            After that was done we had a short break to set up for the musical. Some people were nervous, but others were just excited. We waited backstage as the music to start the musical began. Before we knew it the musical was over. It was a success and we all had a fun time performing it as well.  
                                                                                                                                                    By Alexis

Rosetta Stone Field Trip

           On Tuesday, March 8^th, the Rosetta Stone students went to the Wabasha Street Caves and the Swedish Museum. Mrs. Strehlow and Mr. Hulse chaperoned us. We took a mini bus and drove there. We explored the caves and heard cool stories about them, like mushrooms grew in them for a while. Gangsters hung out in them, and some were killed in the caves and never found. It was very interesting to learn about the types of things that went on in St. Paul years ago.

            After we left the caves, we went for an early lunch at Boca Chica’s. They had great Mexican food. Then, we just cruised around and looked at different gangster hideouts. We went to the Swedish Museum next. It was a mansion/castle and was gorgeous. When we got inside, we went on a tour of it. It was amazing. Much of it was restored to how it originally looked. We learned a lot about Swedish people and their traditions. It was also really cool to hear other things from history, like a very intricate stain glass window. The whole experience was fascinating and educational. We were glad that we got to do it.

By Monica and Jenny