St. Anne Grade School

🟢GIANTS IN THE CLASSROOM🟢 7th grade has been learning Argumentative Writing in ELA and they just finished writing essays and are now completing debates in class to present their ideas and work with creating strong arguments. Students featured in the photo from left to right are: Landyn Thompson, Jonny Martinez, Zander Kirkland, Gavin Michaels, Keegan Kroll, and Lacie Lobaugh. #TheSAGSway

Giants volleyball will host Donovan tonight! 7th grade begins at 4:30 while 8th grade follows. GO GIANTS!!!

Girls volleyball hosts St. George tonight! 7th grade starts at 4:30 while 8th grade follows. GO GIANTS!!!

🟢GIANTS IN THE CLASSROOM🟢 Mrs. Bjelke's 3rd grade ELA class earned a hot chocolate party for working really hard on their information essay "How to Make Hot Chocolate".They had to write step by step directions using sequencing words and proper paragraph writing skills. #TheSAGSway

🟢GIANTS IN THE CLASSROOM🟢 During the Valentine's Day celebration, students in grades 3-5 participated in an exciting classroom rotation filled with festive activities. The highlight was the "Heart Hunt" challenge, where teams of students eagerly searched the hallways for hidden pink paper hearts. Each heart contained a special word, and students worked together, scanning walls, peeking around corners, and checking every nook and cranny. The energy was electric as teams raced to collect all the hearts and correctly identify each word. The first group to successfully complete their collection with all words verified earned the coveted title of Heart Hunt Champions. #TheSAGSway

Yearbook orders are due Friday, March 14th! Ms. Kelly has extra order forms if you need one! You may also visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter the code 1054525!

A GIANT thank you to Terrence Talley for sharing a message of hope and resiliency with our students this past week. It was a great assembly that showed students how to have each other's backs. #TheSAGSway

🟢GIANTS IN THE CLASSROOM🟢 Lysol has developed 3 different kits to teach students all about microbes and healthy habits. First grade has taken this opportunity to participate. We are currently working on the second kit. So far students have learned that germs, good and bad, are everywhere. Each lesson provides an engaging comic to help kids understand healthy habits like washing their hands, catching their cough, and covering a sneeze. Each student received trading cards with various microbes. We talked about bacteria, viruses, and even protozoa. They were each able to create their own microbe trading card. The kids loved this. We had creative names like: The Destroyer, Bubbles, and Bob. They determined their location and super power. Many created good germs that would help. We have also learned about the tiny size of these germs. They each became a "doctor" and scanned their patient using special transparency paper to identify and count the germs and antigens. They absolutely loved this. It seemed like "magic" when the germs would only appear with the red paper and not the blue. Each time, they are so excited and want to know what we are doing next with our microbes. I'm excited to see what comes in our third and final kit. #TheSAGSway

Here is the information for the 7th grade volleyball regional where your Giants find themselves as a 7-seed. GO GIANTS!!!

Here is your SAGS week in athletics for 2/24-3/1! GO GIANTS!!!

Calling all future Giants, Students 5 years of age on or before September 1, 2025. St. Anne Grade School invites all families to bring their future Giant to our Kindergarten Ready Night on Wednesday, March 19th, from 4:30 - 5:30 PM. Students will meet the Kindergarten teachers, tour classrooms, and complete an activity. Parents/Guardians will pre-register their students and find out what to expect in Kindergarten. Everyone will leave with a Kindergarten Ready bag, and be prepared to be Kindergarten Ready in the fall. **St. Anne Grade School will attempt to provide Spanish translation. **All required documentation- proof of residency, original county issued birth certificate, health/immunization, and fees will be collected at a later date. Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 12th, or if you are unable to attend, and would like to still register your student, please call the grade school office at 815-427-8153.

Giants volleyball heads south to Watseka to take on the Utes! 7th grade begins at 4:30 with 8th grade to follow. GO GIANTS!!!

🟢GIANTS IN THE CLASSROOM🟢 Mrs. Vallejo's 4th grade ELA classes are learning about sequencing events. They were tasked with taking parts of a mixed-up recipe for pancakes and putting the directions in order. #TheSAGSway

The SAGS volleyball teams will host Illinois Lutheran tonight! 7th grade will start at 4:30 with 8th grade to follow. GO GIANTS!!!

6th-8th Grade Co-ed Soccer Pre-Registered Participants: Tryouts will start Tuesday, February 18th from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Tryouts will continue on Thursday, February 20th, and Friday, February 21st. You are required to have an up-to-date physical to participate.

🟢GIANTS IN THE CLASSROOM🟢 5th graders worked on a new strategy in reading called "Round Robin". This is when students are given a topic or a question, a minute to think and write down ideas, and then they go in a circle sharing answers that they came up with. They used the round robin technique to practice finding text evidence in their chapter book called Hound Dog True. #TheSAGSway

🟢GIANTS IN THE CLASSROOM🟢 Mrs. Schneider's class learned all about plant needs. They learned about the basic needs of plants and how plants grow. Each student got to plant their own radish seeds and are watching them grow in their classroom! #TheSAGSway

Here is your Giants week in athletics for 2/17-2/22. GO GIANTS!!!

Final from Warrensburg-Latham as the Giants fall on a buzzer beater. What a season it was for the 8th grade boys basketball team! We are very proud of you guys! GO GIANTS!!!

Next week is Kindness Week at St. Anne Grade School with some fun dress up days! 1 Kindness rock will be hidden in the school everyday. The kiddo that finds it and returns it to Ms. Kelly, will receive a $5.00 gift card to Casey's!