St. Paul Lutheran School holds Winter Olympics

Students from St. Paul Lutheran School's kindergarten classes in Jackson held their own "winter Olympics" February 20 and 21. The events took place in the school gym. With the aid of the fourth grade classes, kindergarten athletes participated in 6 events: "bobsled" (kneeling on a wheeled scooter and pushing off to see how far they would glide); "speed skating" (sliding stocking footed in heats to a finish line); "curling" (required sliding a paper plate on the floor and measuring the distance traveled); "figure skating" (weaving in and out of cones and being timed); "ski jumping" (jumped a measured distance from the bleachers); "cross country skiing" (timed while sliding along a balance beam until they stepped off).

Fourth graders of Mrs. Tammy Mueller and Mr. Joseph Graefe helped with judging and measuring and keeping records. Kindergarten teachers, Mrs. Lisa White and Mrs. Marilyn Hoffstetter also directed events each day.

Official Olympic music was played during the awards ceremony on February 24. Winners were (listed gold to bronze placement):

Curling -- Carson Bollinger, Aiden Sander, Brayden Zoellner

Figure skating -- Nolan Kintner, Aubrey Nussbaum (tie for gold), Carson Bollinger, Brayden Zoellner (tie for silver), Lily Froggatt, Kade King (tie for bronze)

Bobsled -- Lauren Birk, Kade King (tie for gold), Annabelle Rhodes, Aubrey Nussbaum, Carson Bollinger (tie for bronze)

Ski jumping -- Kade King, Sophie DeBrower, Lauren Birk

Speed skating -- Clara Bledsoe, Maggie Guilliams, Lauren Birk

Cross country skiing -- Annabelle Rhodes, Aubrey Nussbaum, Madison Wybert