North Elementary second graders in Mrs. Schweigert’s STEM classes recently took part in a challenge to see who could make the longest paper chain out of one piece of paper. Shown in the photo are all of the challenge winners and the paper chains they created.
The following are the challenge winners (along with homeroom teacher):
First Place (101 inches long)
Charlotte Wenner and Brianna Enz (Feyerisen)
Second Place (84 inches long)
Louis Bakalyar and Ollie Penkert (Schmidtke)
Third Place (TIE) (76 inches)
Fiona Bienfang & Dylan Harvey (Robinson)
Kroix Bjorklund & Benji Perez (Schmidtke)
Runner-ups
Sloan Shoemaker, Belia Salcido, Lincoln Klingler (Lenhoff)
Claire Saenz, Aurora Peterson (Moelter)
Ellie Roehrkasse, Ana Bondhus, Forest Carter, Joey Kerrigan (Walters)
Vander Strey (Feyerisen)
Alan Larios, Rhett Noska (Robinson)

North second graders make paper chains for STEM class
September 30, 2025