Photo caption:  On Friday, January 11, St Mary of the Assumption School held the semifinal Spelling Bee for our School. The semi finalist were (from the left) Grace Hammons, Lydia Burley, Grant Gillett, Zayne Weck, Matt Bidlack, and Eric Easley.
Celebrating Catholic Schools Week
St. Mary of the Assumption in Van Wert will be celebrating Catholic Schools’ Week, January 27 to February 2. We will kick the week off with a pancake and sausage breakfast after the 8:30 am Mass on Sunday. All of our students will be given a button that says “Catholic Schools Light the Way” to wear all week. We will be having a Quiz Bowl every day of the school week for Grades 3-6 with a Tournament on Friday. On Tuesday, all of our students are being asked to wear their pajamas to school and we’ll watch a movie and have juice and popcorn for a snack during the movie. On Wednesday, our parents and grandparents are invited to lunch with their student(s). On Thursday, the teachers and staff will treat all of our volunteers to lunch to show our appreciation. On Friday, the school will treat the faculty and staff to lunch to show our appreciation for their hard work. On Saturday, we will be having a Carry–out Barbeque Chicken Dinner after the 4:00 pm Mass. During all of the weekend Masses for February 2nd and 3rd, one of our students will be talking to our parishioners about what makes our Catholic School so great! The School Council has sold ads on placemats and these placemat ads will be placed in local businesses. The proceeds from the placemats, the breakfast, and the chicken dinner will go toward the purchase of an Elmo Machine (similar to a smart board) for the school.

    We plan to give the Mayor of Van Wert a Proclamation at some point during the week, but the date and time have not been set.

Photo caption:  Our winner was Matt Bidlack (left) and our runner-up was Zayne Weck. The finalist will move on to the County Spelling Bee held at The Marsh Foundation.