November 2024

This year’s Halloween was full of fun with the weather being so nice and activities scheduled to provide fun for all ages. The Trunk-or-Treat was heavily attended on Wednesday, Oct. 30, with all different kinds of candy, toys and fun trinkets handed out. Church groups, businesses and individuals were represented in the groups who decorated their trunks for the kids.

The Rassels were kind enough to let Woonsocket’s junior class raise funds for prom with a haunted house attraction set up in the Rassel Repair garage outside their home. The Rassels are no amateurs at building spectacular haunted houses, so it was a perfect place to have it. They were open the weekend before Halloween, Wednesday night in conjunction with the Trunk-or-Treat and then, of course, Halloween night. They had a two-hour span the night of the Trunk-or-Treat that was a “no-scare” session for the younger kids.

On the afternoon of Halloween, the Woonsocket sixth graders put on their annual carnival with games for all the rest of the elementary students. This year there were some new games and activities introduced, along with some regulars, and the gym buzzed with excitement as the students enjoyed going from game to game and winning prizes and candy. 

With such a mild-weathered October, it was a wonderful way to end the month and transition to the time change and Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Word on the street is that many people already have their trees up or have a start on their Christmas décor, inside and outside, so if you’re thinking it’s too early, apparently, it’s not. Let the joyous holiday season celebration begin!

…See pictures in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

To follow up our adventures in grades three through five, we decided to do a service project at the Prairie View Healthcare Center to give to the residents. Since we still had money left over from the fundraiser we did to go to “The Wild Robot” movie at the theater last month, we met as a group and brainstormed how we could use the funds to help our community. The money came from the community, so we wanted to give back to the community. We came across an idea from a video series called “On the Road with Steve Hartman” in which he travels and finds stories of kindness and good deeds in a variety of ways. This particular video featured a girl who began a charity called “Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents.” The girl decided to ask residents at her local nursing home what they wanted that would bring them some joy and then decided to grant their wishes. So, we decided we could follow Ruby’s example and bring this idea to our own nursing home. The students were broken into groups, we conducted the interviews and had some wonderful visits with the residents, and then we brought some of their wishes to them. It was a wonderful experience to be able to give to these fantastic people and to get to know these residents. This adventure brought many smiles from all involved and the students loved having the opportunity to give rather than receive. Now we go back to the drawing board to find another adventure in giving with the remainder of our leftover funds! 

Thursday night was a nice night for football in late October but turned out to be a rough night for the WWSSC Blackhawks, as their season came to an end in a 0-44 loss against Winner in a Class 11B State Quarterfinal game played in Winner.

In his post-game recap, Head Coach Michael Schmitz stated, “This was a tough game. This team came in ready to battle, but Winner was just too physical and executed really well. The Blackhawks battled to the very end but were not able to keep the game close. The end of the season is never easy, especially when you have a group of kids like this. It has been my pleasure to work with each and every one of them.”

…Read individual stats and see a picture in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

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