Penny Drive 2018 And the winner is..

We're down to one more day of our penny drive. The current standings are: 1st Place: 7th Grade with -5928 points 2nd Place: Kindergarten with –7238 3rd Place: 8th Grade with –7389 4th Place: 3rd Grade with -7395 5th Place: 1st Grade with -7693 6th Place: 5th Grade with –8621 7th Place: 6th Grade with –9998 8th Place: 4th Place with –10,024 9th Place: 2nd Grade with –14,409 We’ve had to pull a couple of coins from the count throughout the week. Keeping up with the exchange rate on Canadian, Chuck E. Cheese and squished coins has proven too time-consuming.

1st Place: 3rd Grade with -1046 points 2nd Place: Kindergarten with -2568 points 3rd Place: 7th Grade with -3398 points 4th Place: 1st Grade with -3601 points 5th Place: 6th Place with -4166 points 6th Place: 8th Grade with -4886 points 7th Place: 5th Grade with -6032 points 8th Place: 4th Grade with -8706 points 9th Place: 2nd Grade with -11260 points Because of the nature of the Penny Drive, the winner may be the one with the lowest negative point total. Keep those pennies and silver coins coming in. All the money will go to St. Anthony Parish's sister parish and school in Haiti.

Penny War Updates as of Tuesday: 1 - FOURTH GRADE: +117 (+$1.17) 2 - SIXTH GRADE: -608 (-$6.08) 3 - SEVENTH GRADE:-1,230 (-$12.30) 4 - THIRD GRADE:-1,705 (-$17.05) 5 - FIRST GRADE: -1,747 (-$17.47) 6 - EIGHTH GRADE:-2,343 (-$23.43) 7 - FIFTH GRADE: -2,390 (-$23.90) 8 - KINDERGARTEN: -2,576 (-$25.76) 9 - SECOND GRADE: -9,884 (-$98.84)

Penny Drive Standings as of Monday Afternoon: 1st Place:2nd Grade - +712 points 2nd Place: 1st Grade - +290 points 3rd Place: Kindergarten - +123 At the end of the pack we have (the rest of the grades are in between) 8th grade with -140 7th grade with - 490 5th grade with -494 Keep sending in those pennies for points for your student's grade and silver coins to deduct points from the other grades. All the money goes to St. Anthony Parish's sister parish and school in Haiti.

Thank you Kindergarten for helping us celebrate mass this morning.

Class Competition for the Fitness-a-Thon (highest average pledge per student in the class) Kickball with Mr. Cantu: KB is in the lead, but 4A and 1A are close. Water Balloons with Mr. Williams: 8A is currently leading but 7B and 6B aren't far behind. All the other grades are not that far back either. Your pledge could put your student's class in the lead!

Blitz stopped by school today to congratulate Mr. Pennington on being one of the top ten teachers in Renton and play a little basketball with students.

4th grade spent some time working on gears this week in class.

Congratulations to the parents of Liam and Conner! They were the winners of the auction free night stay at the Hyatt. Keep an eye out for your auction invitations in the mail!