Introduction to Swim!

Peace Crane Project Promotes Justice

By Sade Martin

As a community, each student and teacher from all four MCS schools, Messmer High School, Messmer Preparatory, St. Leo’s and St. Rose will be making a peace crane in the memory of Sadako Sasaki.

Sasaki was a young girl who was a victim of the atomic bomb from World War II in 1945. Sasaki was 11 years old when diagnosed with a lung disease but was only 2 years old when the bomb hit. While in the hospital, Sasaki’s friends visited her and told her about a story about the symbolizism of peace cranes in Japanese culture. The peace cranes represent a stronger and longer life.

All she had to was make 1,000 cranes. Before she died in 1955 at the age of 12 she was only able to 635 cranes. Her friends finished the rest of them, all 365.

“After hearing about the story of Sadako Sasaki, it made me think of peace and how Messmer as a community could be more peaceful and a family,” said Mrs. Jenn Friel who is organizing the Peace Crane Project. Each theology teacher will be teaching and explaining how to make cranes. In the next two weeks all four schools will be making peace cranes.

At the end of the school year we will be sending all cranes to Japan where there are other peace cranes sent from all around the world in the memory of Sadako Sasaki. This is not just a school project; this is also a way to become more peaceful and a family.

Bishops Soccer

By Jon Sykes

Messmer Bishops soccer team took a hard 3-1 loss last Wednesday evening against St. John's.

The loss puts the record now to 1-2 in conference play.

In the start of the game the Bishops showed great effort as they took the lead 1-0, but a few questionable calls against the Bishops which led into free kicks for St. John's. With St. John's scoring off three free kicks, they took the lead and ran away with a 3-1 victory.

Overall the Bishops remain optimistic about their season. They expect leadership from their three team captains and keep working hard every day in practice to improve their skills. They understand what it takes to win and are willing to do just that. The Bishops next soccer game is on Monday September 22.