Notre Dame
HOWARD-WINNSHEIK CSD - Each year, teachers retire or leave, which makes a space for new teachers to begin or continue their careers in the How-Winn school district. New teachers this year, answered some questions to let the area know a little more about who is teaching the students.
Jennifer...
CRESCO - When something works, you don’t change it. That’s why Notre Dame Parish is celebrating its 49th Annual Fair Day on Sunday, Sept. 8 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
The custom-made sausage and turkey dinner will be from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the church basement. Advance tickets cost $9 for adults and $5 for...
Cresco - A graduation was held at Notre Dame Elementary for sixth grade students in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education or D.A.R.E. program. The ceremony was held on Jan. 8 with Howard County law enforcement members, teachers, parents and students attending.
Seventeen students graduated from Mrs....
CRESCO - Area emergency personnel visited Notre Dame fourth grade classrooms (Mrs. Daley and Mrs. Trautsch) on Sept. 17 to teach students the proper way to use 911.
It may seem strange to parents and grandparents, but youth now-a-days may have never seen a land line, or know the difference between...
CRESCO - Notre Dame Parish presents a teaching and exposition of Sacred Relics on Thursday, June 7 at 7 p.m. Father Carlos Martins of the Companions of the Cross will teach about these holy objects. He will bring with him over 150 relics, some as old as 2,000 years.
Among the treasures will be...
CRESCO - Future art teacher Adam Skoda put some of his skills to work by doing a project with students at Notre Dame elementary.
For years, he has put his artistic talent to use as a graphic artist. Now he is going to the University of Northern Iowa to teach others.
He has two children at Notre...
All daughters ages 12 and under were invited to bring their daddy or father-figure to enjoy an evening of dancing, dining, pictures and crafts at the second annual Notre Dame Parish's Daddy Daughter Dance hosted by the Family Ministry Committee. This year’s theme was “Winter Wonderland.”
DJ...
CRESCO - Second grade students at Notre Dame Elementary decided to do something nice for individuals who do something nice for them every day of the year.
Jan. 9 was National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, and the students in Sue Balk and Sheila Slifka’s classes colored some paper sacks and...
CRESCO - Notre Dame Elementary begins the 2017-2018 school year with a new principal, Renee Cuvelier.
She follows in the footsteps of her predecessor, Wendy Schatz, who retired last spring after 40 years in Catholic education.
Cuvelier received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from...
CRESCO - On the occasion of her retirement June 30, 2017 from Notre Dame Catholic School, Principal Wendy Schatz’s career comes full circle.
After graduating from Luther College in Decorah in 1972, Schatz’s teaching career began at St. Joseph’s Grade School in Cresco. She retires from the same...
