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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion's Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, May 4, 2012.
By: Alex Williams, Nathan Anderson, MacKenzie Brothers
By: Alex Williams, Nathan Anderson, MacKenzie Brothers
Group photo taken in front of La Porte Saint Louis, Québec City. Front Left-Right: Patrick Davis, Brian MacKenzie, Aaron Hancock, Melissa Castillo,
Jenna Yetman, Abby Companion, Hailey Colbourne, Tyra Ruth, Brooklyn Companion
and Will Goodridge. Back: Ms. Simone Bennett and Mrs. Elaine King
Last week, Ms. Bennett and Mrs. King travelled to Québec
City with a group of students from grade 4 to Level I. They had many rich
cultural experiences in Québec City. One of these experiences was a guided
walking tour of upper and lower Québec City. The students also had the
opportunity to visit the Martello Tower where they actively participated in
defending the city as a soldier posted on the Plains of Abraham. The group
toured La Citadelle de Québec, the Artillary Park, and the Interpretation
Centre of Place Royale. They also visited Montmorency Falls, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré,
Sugar Shack, and the Copper Shoppe. Students also enjoyed participating in
cultural activities with different “chansonniers”. The students and staff who
had the opportunity to take part in this wonderful trip would like to thank Ms.
Tracy Kreuzburg, Ms. Janet Murphy Goodridge, and George and Brada Tucker who
accompanied the group.
On Monday our school
celebrated “International Dance Day”. We want to thank Bernice Winsor from the
Y.M.C.A., who led all our students and staff in a fun dance activity called
“Zumba”! Monday was also casual day and we raised $115.00 for one of our former
students, Hailey Kawaja, who will be doing a work placement this summer in
Kenya.
On Tuesday, we held an orientation session for students who
are enrolled for September 2012 for both junior kindergarten and kindergarten
(French Immersion and English). Our corridors saw many new faces, and everyone
is looking forward to seeing them again in September. Also, on Tuesday evening,
Sam Antle, William Bennett, Liam Dawe, Chenoah Park, and Jack Ryan celebrated
their first Reconciliation at All Hallow’s Church. They would like to thank
Mrs. George and Msgr. Gale for organizing the celebration.
Wednesday was a “Screen Free Day” at our school. Also, the
kindergarten to grade 6 students went to the National Wildlife Exhibition at
the Pepsi Centre in honour of National Wildlife week. Kindergarten Graduation
pictures were also taken on Wednesday. The kindergarten Graduation will take
place on June 7th at 6:00 p.m.
This afternoon, we enjoyed presenting our projects which we
worked so hard to prepare for our annual in-school Science Fair. Thank you to
all the parents who came to view our projects.
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| Stars of the Week |
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From The Classrooms
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The junior kindergartens would like to thank Lorraine Burton
from Leisure World who donated a big box full of art supplies to their class.
The J.K. students were doing experiments all week to prepare for the Science
Fair. As well, they did many Mother’s Day Activities. Orientation for new
junior kindergartens for September 2012 took place on Tuesday, while our
present junior kindergartens went to kindergarten class for their orientation.
Ms. Wight’s kindergarten French Immersion class was very
excited and had a great time at the “Living with Wildlife” field trip at the
Pepsi Center. Ms. Wight’s class is learning new words beginning with the letter
“T”.
Ms. Dwyer’s kindergarten class went to grade one for
orientation this week. Also they had their graduation pictures taken. The
students were very excited about the Wildlife Exhibition and the Science Fair.
Ms. Morrall’s kindergarten class is having a great week!
They all looked beautiful on Wednesday for their graduation pictures! They are
growing up! They are learning how to add with manipulatives in Math class and
are learning about the digraph “sh”.
Ms. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is growing
tomato plants. They are learning about 3D shapes in Math, and, in Science, they
are learning about breathing.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class had a fabulous time at
the Wildlife Exhibition on Wednesday! Thanks to Ali and Ara’s mom and Makayla’s
Nan and Pop who came and helped out. The students in Mrs. George’s class are
learning about tangrams in Math, and they were doing lots of experiments
throughout the week for our Science Fair.
Ms. Park’s grade two class is learning how lifestyles in the
past were different from today. They are also making predictions about the
future. The grade two’s are also learning about evaporation. They really
enjoyed going to the Wildlife Exhibition.
Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class had a great time at
the National Wildlife Exhibition at the Pepsi Centre on Wednesday. They also
had an exciting week because they had a Skype Video chat with dental workers
who took the money they raised to Haiti! It was very cool!
Ms. Williams’ grade five and six class really enjoyed the
Science Fair. The grade five class had their last spelling test for the year on
Wednesday, while the grade six class had their last spelling test last
Wednesday (Yahoo!). Both classes learned more about pronouns this week and how
to use them correctly in the subjective, objective, and possessive cases.
Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level one class worked hard
this week as they had lots of tests and quizzes. They also worked hard on their
Science Fair projects and enjoyed presenting them today. They just finished
their television commercials and their “Work Place Safety Hazard” video.
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| Coming Up |
On Thursday, May 10th, our school will
participate in “Jump Rope for Heart”. This will be a casual dress day.
This Saturday, May 5th, Kennedi Boland, Abby
Companion, Nicole Keeping, Maria Reynolds, Gina Spencer, and Alex Williams will
be participating in the Western Regional Heritage Fair at G.C.Rowe. We want to
wish these students “Congratulations and all the best!” The fair is open to the
public for viewing from 1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
We also would like to wish all the best to Lauren Davis, who
will participate in a gymnastics competition in Gander this weekend.
Congratulations and best of luck to Caylie Blake, Kennedi
Boland, Anna Brake, Abby Companion, Brooklyn Companion, and Bethany Whelan, who
will be involved in a figure skating test day this Saturday and Sunday.
Next Saturday, May 12th, our school has been
invited to host a Drive One 4UR Community Drive One 4UR School Event, sponsored
by Ford of Canada. It will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on our school
parking lot. It costs nothing to participate and it will only take a few
minutes of your time. This is a fundraiser for our community playground project
and we have the opportunity to raise $6000.00 dollars. We will receive $20.00
dollars per test drive/one per household. Please bring your driver’s license.
