What Your Seventh Grader Needs to Know

What Your Eighth Grader Needs to Know

From "On Track: A Parent's Guide to Student Success"

The magazines are jointly produced by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and the Indiana Department of Education through the state’s Learn More Indiana partnership.

What Your Seventh Grader Needs to Know

What Your Eighth Grader Needs to Know

From "On Track: A Parent's Guide to Student Success"

The magazines are jointly produced by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and the Indiana Department of Education through the state’s Learn More Indiana partnership.

Mr. Paul Smriga is the 7th/8th grade teacher.  He has taught at St. Charles School in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, in the Wausau School District in Wausau, Wisconsin, and most recently at Kankakee Valley High School in Wheatfield, Indiana.  He has a B.A. in Education, an M. A. in Elementary Education, and a M.S. in Special Education.  He enjoys home improvement projects, landscaping, and taking care of his pets.  Mr. Smriga has two sons and a granddaughter. 

Favorite Color:  Red

Favorite Bible Verse:  John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life."

Favorite School Memory:  Staying active in school organizations

Mr. Paul Smriga is the 7th/8th grade teacher.  He has taught at St. Charles School in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, in the Wausau School District in Wausau, Wisconsin, and most recently at Kankakee Valley High School in Wheatfield, Indiana.  He has a B.A. in Education, an M. A. in Elementary Education, and a M.S. in Special Education.  He enjoys home improvement projects, landscaping, and taking care of his pets.  Mr. Smriga has two sons and a granddaughter. 

Favorite Color:  Red

Favorite Bible Verse:  John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life."

Favorite School Memory:  Staying active in school organizations

Miss Rhonda Reimers is the principal of St. Peter Lutheran School and also teaches 7^th and 8^th grades in the morning. She graduated from Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska, and then received a call to be the first grade teacher at St. Peter. She received her Masters Degree from Purdue University, and completed coursework for her Administrator’s License through Ball State University.

Favorite Bible Verse: Philippians 4:13 – “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.”

Miss Rhonda Reimers is the principal of St. Peter Lutheran School and also teaches 7^th and 8^th grades in the morning. She graduated from Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska, and then received a call to be the first grade teacher at St. Peter. She received her Masters Degree from Purdue University, and completed coursework for her Administrator’s License through Ball State University.

Favorite Bible Verse: Philippians 4:13 – “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.”