Yesterday, Mrs. Mashike and 8th grader Brooke traveled to Lansing to attend the awards ceremony for the America & Me Essay contest. Brooke was awarded 3rd place out of over 3000 of 8th grade students all over Michigan for her essay. Congratulations Brooke! #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #essaycontest #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference

Congratulations to Mrs. Lamb and Ms. LaClair for being nominated for the Excellence in Teaching Award through the Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Saginaw. They both received nomination letters that included the praise given to them by the nominators which was so greatly appreciated by both of them. They want to say a huge thank you to those who nominated them and recognized their work within our school. #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference #excellenceinteaching #awardnomination

How has it already been a week since school finished? Awards were given to the students for the last marking period. Congratulations to our Honor Roll students, #AcceleratedReader award winners, IXL Math Award winners, the #GoodSamaritan award winners and all those who received awards last Friday. #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #CatholicSchoolDifference #OurCatholicSchools

Congratulations to Mrs. Mashike for winning a grant from Gentner Insurance Agency, Inc. for the book The Energy Bus for Schools. #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference #grantwinner #theenergybus

Our #StElizabethReese 8th graders celebrated their graduation with a beautiful Mass and a reception afterwards with cake, donuts, muffins and fruit. It was such a wonderful day celebrating the growth and accomplishments of our students. We pray for blessings on your future and wish you luck in high school! #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference #8thgradegraduation #graduationMass

The #StElizabethReese school and parish garden is moving along! All the garden boxes are built and most of the plants have been put in either as a plant or starting seeds. Thank you Mr. Greg for making the boxes and to Ms. LaClair for organizing the garden. We also want to thank Mrs. McNinch for helping us get started and to Janette for the donation of wood for us to build these garden boxes. We can't wait to see all the crops and how it grows over the summer! #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference #gardening #plants #schoolgarden

To celebrate the last day for our 8th graders, the staff put together a breakfast for all the students of eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon, donuts, bagels, juice and muffins. Congratulations to all of you on a wonderful year and we wish you well on your way to high school! #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #breakfast #celebration #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference

#StElizabethReese staff had a fabulous workshop day yesterday with Colleen from the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education where they learned new aspects of teaching for the renewal process. Ideas were brainstormed on how to use them in the classroom even before the end of this school year. We cannot wait to include these tools in our teaching for next year! Registration is still open for the 2024-2025 school year! Contact the school office at 989-868-4108 for more information. #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference #workshopday #renewal

Today, our Preschool, Young 5's and Kindergarten classes graduated! Some students are advancing from 3-year old preschool to 4-year old preschool, some from preschool to Young 5's/Kindergarten and some from Young 5's to Kindergarten, They have accomplished so much this year and learned how to be independent in a new environment. The Kindergarten graduates did a wonderful job with the first reading, psalm and petitions during Mass! After Mass, students, staff and families were able to enjoy fellowship in the Parish Center with snacks and drinks. Not only did the students celebrate their graduation today, but they were able to celebrate their faith in which they have studied all year. This is the #CatholicSchoolDifference. #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #OurCatholicSchools #kindergartengraduation #preschoolgraduation

Mrs. Hecht was awarded three copies of The Positive Dog, a book written by Jon Gordon, for winning the March PopIn2Win grant prize from the Meemic Foundation from the Gentner Insurance Agency, Inc.. Congratulations Mrs. Hecht! You are on a #GrantWinning roll! #grantwinner #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference

We made some major progress today on our #schoolgarden thanks to Ms. LaClair, Mr. Greg and Mrs. McNinch who is the Tuscola Conservation District Education Coordinator. Half of the garden boxes are built and some of the plants were put in the ground. Students helped to weed the existing garden boxes and loosen the soil to prepare it for planting tomorrow or the rest of the week. We can't wait to see what comes next and all the fruits of our labor! #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference #gardening

Our 5th-8th grade students had a great time with the STEM bus yesterday! They were able to work with a 3D printer pen, snap circuits, virtual reality, Ozo-bots, a welding simulator and more! #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference #STEM

What do you know about geography, bodies of water and land types? If you don't know or aren't sure, our first and second graders can help you out! The students learned about capes, straits, peninsulas, bays, archipelagos, lagoons, gulfs, lakes and more using play-doh to create each type when one was drawn on the board. Each student created theirs a bit different but with the same land/water combination. There is nothing like #handsonlearning. #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference #geography

Our Student Council recognized our #StElizabethReese teachers after the Angelus prayer after lunch today and presented them with giant cards to thank them for all they do for our students and school. We are so blessed with these amazing women teaching and leading our students to Christ. Thank you teachers! Home & School also provided lunch for the teachers and covered recess today giving the teachers a break so a huge thank you to them for that treat! #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #TeacherAppreciation #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference #teacherappreciationweek

We want to say a great big #thankyou to Frankenmuth Credit Union for the grant given to Mrs. Hecht in which we were able to purchase new playground balls. Everyone is so excited to try them out today at recess! #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #playgroundfun #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference

Happy Principal's Day Mrs. Willertz! We are so #blessed to have you as the leader of our school and one of our guides to life with Christ. You're #1! #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #StElizabethReese #OurCatholicSchools #CatholicSchoolDifference

May is traditionally a month of special devotion to our Blessed Mother Mary. Students at #StElizabethReese will honor Mary this month by praying the rosary every Thursday through May 23 at 2 PM. We also crowned Mary and will be celebrating all month. We are thankful for these opportunities to practice our Catholic faith in school! #soarlikeaneagle #letyourlightshine #rosary #CatholicSchoolDifference #OurCatholicSchools #BlessedMotherMary