Goshen Wyvern Weekly 
April 25, 2014

Kindergarten Derby

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Derby festivities pictures!
Goshen Campus Calendar
Important Dates
Please check for upcoming events 
 
Click here for the full school calendar   
 
Saturday, May 10th 
9:00 a.m. Family Garden Day 
 
Sunday, May 11th 
Happy Mother's Day!!!
9:00 a.m. Family Garden Day

Monday, May 12th 
3:00 p.m After-School Choir -- last day
3:00 p.m. After-School Soccer -- last day 
 
Tuesday, May 13th
3:45 p.m. Lower School Track meet NEW DATE and last day of Lower School Track

Wednesday, May 14th 
3:00 p.m. After-School Legos 

 

Thursday, May 15th 
6:00 p.m. Math/Science Showcase
7:00 p.m. Middle School Talent Show 

 

Friday, May 16th 
8:00 a.m. PA Thank You Breakfast  
11:35 a.m. 9th graders visit 4th graders 
Parent/Son Camp-out

 

Tuesday, May 27th

LACROSSE TOURNAMENT 
 
Thursday, May 29th 
LACROSSE TOURNAMENT 
 
Saturday, May 31st
LACROSSE TOURNAMENT 
Reed Gabhart, Head of Campus

 

  

Reed Gabhart 
Head of Goshen Campus 

Last weekend was quite a "doozy" for both Churchill Downs and St. Francis!   

Thursday night we had the annual 7th/8th grade formal dance, "The Masquerade Ball," graciously hosted by Hope and Morton Boyd at their Gingerwoods Reception Hall in Prospect. I can't tell you what a "feel-good" event this was! The kids went against form and danced practically every minute of the night (after the initial flurry of tons of pictures)! The masks created by the kids and Ms. Duechle added a mysterious touch to the night, and the decorations by our parents were elegant as always. A new tradition was started this year too: the coronation of the 7th Grade Prince and Princess, and the 8th Grade Queen and King! The kids decided this should be drawn randomly, which was not only wise, but immensely popular. Deafening cheers rang out for our court: Alexa Von Feldt (brand new to St. Francis - what a welcome!), Reid Varda, Eva Borders, and Matthew Isham, respectively!
HUGE thanks are in order to 8th grade parents Kay Chandler, Susan Borders, Laura Crawford, and Bob Smedley (DJ extraordinaire!), and all the other parents who contributed to the success of the dance. And, of course, thanks to Ms. Wallace and Ms. Koloff for helping me chaperone. The best indicator of how successful this dance was is that every single 7th and 8th grader attended! This speaks volumes to our kids' buy-in to their school community and pro-social attitudes. They made us all proud.

Afterwards, the 8th graders came back to school for their annual lock-in. Chaperones Mr. Bertke and Ms. Denny reported the evening (LONG evening) was an unqualified success.   

Add to that another successful Derby Camp led by the indefatigable Walter Denham, with additional chaperones Tina Brown and Andrew Frechette, and it all adds up to a weekend of "epic" fun, countless volunteer hours, and appropriate behavior by our students. I think that makes us all "winners"! Enjoy the pictures!   

 

    

2014-15 Major Dates
Thurs 8/14 - First Day of School 
Thurs - Fri 9/25-26 - Fall Break
Wed 11/26 - Fri 11/28 - Thanksgiving Break
Mon 12/22 - Mon 1/5 - Holiday Break 
Mon 2/16 - Fri 2/20 - Winter Break 
Fri 3/27 - Sun 4/5 - Spring Break
Wed 5/27 - Last Day Goshen/Preschool
Thurs 5/28 - Goshen Graduation
Fri 5/29 - Graduation 
Development News
On behalf of everyone here at St. Francis, we want to thank everyone who participated in the Give Local Louisville Campaign through the Community Foundation on Tuesday, May 6th. Due to your generosity, St. Francis raised $31,195 in one day! We could not be more thrilled to have been a part of this amazing day for all of our local charities.

We would also like to thank the Community Foundation of Louisville and its supporting sponsors LG&E and KU Energy, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky, and Churchill Downs for making this day possible. 
Green Thumbs In Action!

The 6th, 7th, and 8th graders worked hard to plant
the garden from starts and seeds! 
Parent Thank You
Please join us for breakfast and a special "thank you" assembly on Friday, May 16th at 8:05 a.m., at the Goshen Campus. 
So many of you have volunteered your time and talents in the lunchroom, as a room parent (rep), on one of the numerous event committees, for the events at school, on the Parent Association, in the bookstore, and on and on... 
Please join us and let us thank you in person! You won't want to miss this touching tribute!
3rd Grade Girl Scouts

The Girl Scouts planted flowers and mulched 
in honor of Earth Day 

Learning Resource Center News
Avoid the summer slump!
Summer Break is just around the corner! If you are looking for a way to keep your children academically engaged over the summer months, please consider purchasing Summer Solutions Workbooks. Each practice book contains 30 lessons along with Help Pages and an answer key for self-checking. The books can provide the necessary review and practice that allow students to retain important math and language arts skills. You can find more information, including sample lessons, help pages, and list of skills here.  It is recommended that the students complete a lesson three times per week over Summer Break. There are a variety of workbooks to choose from. If you would like to place an order, click here.  If you order by May 18th, the workbooks will come right to school and then into your child's backpack! These workbooks are only $11 each, and $1 from every book sold goes to St. Francis! Please contact Ann Mundt
if you have any questions.
Pegasus Parade at Downtown Campus
 Fun for everyone at Pegasus Parade!
In This Issue
Important Dates
Head of Campus
Development News
Parent Thank You
8th Grade Car Wash
Math/Science Night and Middle School Talent Show
Camp Wyvern
 
May 12th
Shannon Hamilton
Rebekah Runyon
Kim Diamond

May 13th
Kathy Kuhn
Dace Maki
Dena Wilson

May 14th
Tammy Carey
Stewart Lussky
Amy Richards

May 15th
Brad Stevenson
Don and Karen WIlliams

May 16th
Shannon Stocker
Kim Schwartz
Nancy Fleming
 

 

 
GOT DIRT?

Then make sure to bring your cars, trucks, and
Conestoga wagons to the Wendy's at 4955 Old Brownsboro Road this Saturday for the annual Student Council sponsored car-wash! The  2014
8th grade class needs to raise money for their class gift (to be announced at the end of the year), and this is one of their main fundraisers. We hope the weather will "behave" for us as we will be working hard from 11:00 a.m. until
3:00 p.m. Tell a friend and come on by!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

In an effort to consolidate activities on our Spring Calendar, the Math & Science Night has been moved to May 15th to coincide with our Middle School Talent Show.
The Math & Science Showcase begins at 6:00 p.m. The Middle School 

Talent Show begins
at 7:00 p.m.

Alumni News
Congratulations
to Annie Stone G'11, whose
10-minute play was recently produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville's New Voices Young Playwrights Festival. Yet another success story
 for one of our 
Drama Project Alums!
And congratulations are also in order to Brenna Murphy G'06, whose project on architecture and interior design was recently chosen for presentation at the National Council on Undergraduate Research at the University of Kentucky! Brenna has accepted a position with the architectural firm of Gresham, Smith & Partners in Nashville after her upcoming graduation!
Two camps have been added to the lineup!

1)  Week of
June 2nd-6th:
Camp Wyvern 
All Ages Day Camp
 from 9:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. 
Tuesday, June 3rd of that week will be Camp HiHo Day for St. Francis students. 
Please contact Erika Schneider to reserve a spot.

 2). Week of
July 28-Aug. 1:
Lacrosse Camp 
Grades 5th - 8th
(9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
with SFS Alum Turner White. Turner plays on the UofL Club Lacrosse Team.   
***
If you are looking for information and/or would like to register for this year's camps,  please check out the offerings online.  
GARDEN HELP
NEEDED!
Please consider volunteering an hour of your time. 
The garden, greenhouse, and chickens need help over the weekends. You can sign up here. If you have any question, please contact Christine Brinkmann.
NEW STUDENTS

Hayes Johnson - 2nd
Parents: Page & Jay Johnson
Phone: 502-897-6401
Address: 101 Wampum Road, Louisville, KY, 40207
Started: 4/7/2014

Ian Von Feldt - 4th
Parent: Beth Beckovich
Phone: 502-727-8901
Address: 6216 Sweetbay Drive, Louisville, KY 40014
Started: 4/28/14 

Alexa Von Feldt - 7th 
Parent: Beth Beckovich
Phone: 502-727-8901
Address: 6216 Sweetbay Drive, Louisville, KY 40014
Started: 4/28/14  

Breanna Moeller - 6th
Parents:  Liane & Mitchell Moeller
Phone: 502-498-5330
Address: 1901 Ashford Drive Goshen, KY 40026
Started: 4/24/14 
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