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Updated April 29, 2008
Activities 
Band, Geography Bee, Scholastic
Bowl , Science Olympiad
Congratulations
to our Scholastic Bowl Team on winning Regionals! 
Great Season!
"Scholastic Bowl coaches and team members take
a break at Regionals"
Pictures taken by Mrs. Pickard
Scholastic Bowl 2008
Regionals are being held at St. Matthew on
April 23 at 4pm. Bracket information is at
www.iesa.org (Regional
15 - single A schools)
| Date | School | Time | Location |
| Wednesday, April 23 | Regionals | 4pm | at St. Matthew |
| Monday, April 28 | Sectionals | 4pm | Paris, IL |
| Friday, May 2 | State |
Science
Olympiad 
Congrats to the Team on placing 5th in the State Competition on
Sat. April 26th!
Congrats to our Science Olympiad Team for placing first at
Regionals on Sat., March 1!
A school assembly was held Friday, April 25 to wish the team good luck!
Geography Bee
St. Matthew's State GeoBee competitor on April 4th in
Chicago.
picture taken by Mrs. Olsen
The GeoBee is a competition regarding
Geographic knowledge. The students answer questions in 7 rounds. The 2
students with the highest scores in each grade level competed in the finals. The
GeoBee competition was December 13, 2007.
The school winner took the test in the beginning of January.
Big Congrats to all those who participated. Below are the winners:
1st Place for a 3rd year in a row! Jack Gillette (7th grade)
2nd Place: Elizabeth Michael (7th grade)
3rd Place: Grace Lamb (5th grade)
All GeoBee participants by grade level:
| 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
| Tori Atkins | Mara Fallon (semifinalist) | Kurtis Brown | Joe DeBrock |
| Tim Ayers | Frank Kelly (semifinalist) | Jack Gillette (1st) | Brian Fallon |
| Mike Braverman | Drew Graham | Thomas Hansen | |
| Tucker Brown | Elizabeth Michael (2nd) | Will Hazelwood (semifinalist) | |
| Thomas Hazelwood | Christina Kohlmann | ||
| Caroline Hopper | Sean Monahan (semifinalist) | ||
| Jack Johnston (semifinalist) | Ciara Reilly | ||
| Grace Lamb (3rd) | Andrew Soloman | ||
| Claire Michael | |||
| Elizabeth Miles | |||
| Sydney Rinehart | |||
| Grant Semonin | |||
| Austin Stilger | |||
| Logan Wright |
Band
Students below participated in a solo
and ensemble event held at St. Matthew School in which students prepared a solo with their
private teachers and rehearsed with a pianist. During the event they played this solo in
front of parents, fellow students and a judge who gave them comments and written feedback
about their performances. The event was to help the students gain confidence as
musicians.
A big congrats to those who participated!
Student |
Piece/Composer |
| Caroline Hopper | Sleeping Beauty Waltz by Tchaikovsky |
| David Horn | #67 Jasmine Flower from book |
| Tucker Brown | #55 Carnival of Venice from book |
| Lindsey Wisnewski | #52 from book |
| Morgan Hummel | #41
Skip to My Lou from book |
| Becca Strom | #57
Snake Charmer from book |
| Alex Montague Castro | #47 Mexican Jumping Bean from book |
| Mitchell Flanagan | #41 Skip to My Lou from book |
| Victoria Wallace | Minuet arr. by Moyse |
| Sadie Gibbons | Little Dance by Hadyn |
| Tony Montague | Jolly Coppersmith by C. Peters |
| Noah Johnson | Cielito Lindo by C. Fernandez |
| Keewook Lee | Ave Maria by Schubert |
| Austin Billimack | Doodlers Delight by Schinstine |
| Tim Ayers | Two Melodies from Bavaria arr. by Rascher |
| Corey White | Cream and Sugar by Schinstine |
| Dominic Corso | Largo (Dvorak) and Apache Dance (Offenbach |
| Sara Regan | Lyra by Cook |
| Matt Muscatella | Vega by Cook |
| Elizabeth Michael | Concert Etude by Goedicke |
| Claire Michael | Cantilena by Buchtel |
| Andrew Graham | Cut and Dry, but Rough by Schinstine |
| Jack Gillette | Whispering Hope arr. by Jolliff |
| Elizabeth and Claire Michael | Arrangement of Freischütz by Weber |