'Money 4 Music' Benefits Music Department

By Erin Gassner

WDEZ 101.9 radio station is once again supporting local high school music programs this year through their second annual ‘Money 4 Music’ program.

Due to hundreds of dollars being cut from arts programs throughout the state, the station decided to try to keep music programs alive in Central Wisconsin by handing out $13,000 in cash to deserving high school music programs.

Here is how ‘Money 4 Music’ works: for 8 weeks, all participating high schools will be listed on the WDEZ website. Anyone can go online and vote for their favorite school once per day. The schools can earn bonus points by submitting videos and listening for the bonus song every day, when votes count for 100 points.

Newman Catholic students have already been hard at work texting friends and relatives about the contest and posting links to the WDEZ website and to Facebook and Twitter. They have also brainstormed lots of ideas for making videos to upload for bonus points, which include everything from dressing up as nuns to recording pep band tunes.

All Newman Catholic students, staff, alumni, and friends can go to http://www.wdez.com/ to vote for Newman Catholic’s music program!

Boys Soccer Rolls Through Conference

By Thayeng Lee

The Newman Catholic boys soccer team played the Pacelli Cardinals on Monday, September 26 and emerged victorious with a 2-0 win. This victory means they remain undefeated in conference. On Tuesday, September 27 the soccer team played against Gresham and won 4-0. With this victory, Newman leaves the number two team in the conference two games behind. Thursday, September 29 the boy’s soccer team played against Wisconsin Valley Lutheran at Tower Field at 5 p.m. and won 8-1.

           

Will Luetmer is one of the boy’s soccer captains and he says that the soccer team is doing well, and a lot of the younger classmen are stepping up to fill in for the seniors that they lost. Luetmer also said that Pacelli is probably the hardest team to beat in their conference because they are very physical and they have a good coach. Also, he believes that the boys soccer team has a good chance of going to state this year, but there are some things that the soccer team needs to improve on such as communication and finishing.

           

Their next game is on Monday, October 3 at Northland Lutheran at 4:30 p.m. On Thursday of next week they will have a tough match against McDonnell-Regis. If they win against those two teams, they will finish undefeated in conference for the third year in a row. The Newman Catholic boys soccer team will be expecting the number one seed, which means they will play their regional playoff games at home.         

Girls Volleyball and Tennis Seasons

By Maria Legenza

The Newman Catholic High School Varsity volleyball team of 2011 has been building a new foundation for the team due to the loss of four talented seniors from 2010. With such a great loss from those talented players, the team has continued to strive for success with the help and motivation of head coach Betty Lange. Coach Betty pushes the players beyond their capabilities and expects nothing less than perfection.

Currently Newman has 9 wins and 12 losses. On Thursday, September 22^nd, in Tomahawk, the team played a benefit game for breast cancer awareness, also known as “The Dig for a Cure.” Unfortunately, Newman lost all three games, but they tried their best to compete in this non-conference match. 

The name “Fighting Cardinals,” is definitely represented by the Newman Catholic Varsity Volleyball Team of 2011, as they continue to fight to win.

The Newman Catholic High School Varsity tennis team of 2011 has been doing excellently in their first 26 matches. They have only lost one match so far this season.

Sarah Connolly and Carolina Larrain, the varsity doubles team, have been blowing out every match they played. Daley Rupar, a singles player, has also been sweeping away the competition. The team is currently ranked third in the state.

Their strong academics, hard work in practice, and successful match play are what head coach Deb Rupar expects. This team certainly shows all of those qualities.

The varsity tennis team of 2011 has been showing immense effort in every match they play and win. 

Here Comes Homecoming

by Erin Gassner

Its September, and everyone is heading back to school. That means seeing all of our teachers every day, buying new school supplies, and playing and watching fall sports. What does September also mean? Homecoming week is right around the corner.

This year, homecoming will take place during the week of September 19th - 24th. There will be tons of fun activities throughout the week for the Newman students, such as dress up days, field day, and our traditional Friday night pep rally. However, the big day to look forward to is Saturday, September 24th, the last day of Homecoming Week.

On Saturday morning, the Pep Club will be organizing car decorating at the Newman Catholic High School/Middle School parking lot. There will be car paint, balloons, and streamers available for decorating cars.

Everyone is invited to come - parents, students, teachers, even alumni! The cars will then be escorted to Thom Field by police cars in a special motorcade.

At Thom Field, there will be a tailgate, where everyone who comes to the motorcade as well as the football game is invited to come and eat.

At 1:00, the Newman Catholic High School Football team will play against Thorp High School. The pep band will perform their annual halftime field show. This is a great opportunity to come out and support the football team!

On Saturday night, all current Newman Catholic High School students are invited to return to the school for the annual Homecoming Dance.

The music will be spun by none other than Newman alum Marshall DeLonay. The Homecoming Dance is informal, but it will still be lots of fun.  The dress code will be enforced at the dance

Have a great Homecoming Week, and GO CARDS!

Homecoming Dress Days and Hall Decorating

During homecoming week each class is assigned a class color, specific hallway to decorate, and they will participate in each dress-up day.  

Monday, September 19^th

Each class is to dress in their Environmental / Climate theme. The Freshmen have the Arctic, Sophomores have the beach, Juniors have the North Woods, The Seniors have the jungle. 

Jeans are allowed, but no rips, tears, or frays still applies. You can dress as animals that are appropriate to your theme.  No swimwear is allowed; no midriff is to be shown. Be creative and remember dress respectfully; the dress code still applies to each dress up day.

Tuesday, September 20^th

Each class is to dress as there favorite movie character. Jeans are allowed, but rips, tears, or frays still applies. Make sure all outfits or costumes are appropriate for school, dress code still applies and must be followed.

Wednesday, September 21^st

This day is a mass day that is to dress beyond expectations! Boys can wear suits but they are not required. All shirts must be tucked in, ties are to be worn, and nice dress shoes. No tennis shoes are allowed. Girls are to wear dresses and skirts, and must be 3 inches above the knee. And tops are to be high towards the neckline to show respect for yourself, school, and fellow classmates. Today is a day of the Lord; let us dress with respect and dignity.

Thursday, September 22^nd

Each class is to dress in their class color as much as possible. The freshmen have yellow, sophomores have green, juniors have orange, and seniors have black.

Jeans are allowed, but no rips, tears or frays. Be creative, have fun, and dress respectfully. Everyone should be participating; the class with highest percentage of people participating will receive points for homecoming.  

Friday, September 23^rd

There is a regional meeting for the teachers, so there is no school.

As for all the dress-up days it is very important for all students to be participating because the classes with most participation in each day will receive points toward their class for homecoming. These points will only help the class in becoming the winners of homecoming.

Hall Decorations

Hall decorating will begin right away Tuesday morning, September 20^th. The classes will work until about 10:45 because at that time we will watch and enjoy the Wust-el Balad band perform in the gym. After the performance all classes are to resume hall decorating. The grade levels are allowed to use masking tape only, no duct tape; also the only electric items they can use are Christmas lights. You cannot use any fog machines or anything electric on the ground that could potentially start a fire. Any class that chooses to not follow these rules will be automatically disqualified!

You are allowed to have streamers or anything hanging from the walls, but there is to be nothing hanging from the ceiling. 

Also, during this day there will be designated time for each class to practice their class cheer that will be performed that Friday. The entire class is to be involved in this cheer/dance routine.

Homecoming Spirit Games

By Thayeng Lee

This year for Newman Catholic Homecoming, we are bringing back field games and other games as well. On Monday, September 12, classes will play a game from the game show Minute to Win It. For this game each class will challenge another class to a one minute game from the game show. These Minute to Win It games are scored by points for each class.  See your class advisor for more information about these challenges

On Thursday we will have a field day. A committee is still deciding on exactly which games to play for field day, but they might include games such as tug of war, basketball, ping pong, obstacle course, volleyball, and others. There will be a sign-up sheet to see who will play which games on field day.

Also before the pep rally on Friday, there will be a Powder Puff football game between the senior and junior girls. The game will be a 7-on-7 flag football game, and the field will be approximately 60 yards long. A committee is still to decide who will represent their classes for the Powder Puff game.

Homecoming Pep Rally

By Morgan Lukes

Homecoming is fast approaching for all of us, but some of us are still wondering what is going to happen for the week of homecoming. Well, to kick off the fun on Friday for everyone, there will be a powder puff football game around 5pm.  This game will take place behind the school, and it will be between the senior and junior girls only.  Then the pep rally will follow afterwards in the school gym for all students and faculty to enjoy.

Here’s a little insight about the pep rally.  The pep rally will be Friday night after the powder puff game.  Yes, we don’t have school Friday because of a teacher inservice, but we still will be having the pep rally happening Friday night.  The pep rally will consist of games put together by the senior class, Homecoming King and Queen, sport introductions, and class cheers/dance routines.  Many people in the past years that have gone to pep rallies said they were loads of fun, and they always manage to have a good time.  The seniors always manage to come up with the coolest ideas for games.  The pep rally is also loads of fun, especially when the seniors find a few good people to be in charge that aren’t afraid to be funny or make a fool of themselves. 

Another event at the homecoming pep rally is the class cheers.  This year every class gets to put together a cheer of their own, relating in some way to their class theme.  The seniors have determined that the cheers should be no longer than 3 or 4 minutes, just so we have plenty of time for everything else happening at our pep rally.  The class cheers and songs should be school appropriate.  All classes will get a chance to practice their cheers Tuesday during school, sometime during hall decorating.  If you would like to know anything else about homecoming you can read the article dress days and hall decorating by Maria Legenza.