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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 31 2013.
This week the Grade 3’s and Grade 6’s have been very busy writing their Provincial Language Arts Assessment. They will write their Math Assessment next week.
The 19 chicks that have been taken care of by the Grade Two
class left on Monday. They are gone to a farm in Hughes Brook.
The Junior High Students participated in a Virtual Media
Festival on Tuesday morning. All of our classes watched the live feed. Hajra
Ahmad, Will Goodridge, Sarah Ismail, Arshia Kazerouni and Hannah Sparkes
participated in the Photography Category, Nathan Anderson and Douglas MacKenzie
participated in the Animation Division. We had two teams in Videography who
produced and made a video on the environment. The two teams consisted of
MacKenzie Brothers and Maria Reynolds, Zubia Mahmood and Claire Reynolds.
The Boys’ Soccer Team played an exhibition on Tuesday at
St. Gerard.
We would like to thank Msgr. Gale for the beautiful service
on Sunday morning for Avery Brothers, Jacob Bursey, Clare Coleman, Heather
Cooper, MaKayla Ianni, Aria Kazerouni, and Colin Spencer, who received their
First Holy Communion. We would like to thank the parents and families for
sharing in the celebration.
We would like to thank Mr. Dave Jennings and Mrs. Robyn
Dillman from the Department of Agriculture who did some planting in our
Greenhouse this week. We would like to thank the Department of Agriculture for
their generous start up donations!
Today we are collecting for the Janeway Telethon. Classes
will be placing their donations in the Wishing Well located in the Main
Entrance.
Upcoming Events
On Monday, June 3rd, our school will be holding
an Art Exhibit. This art show will consist of students’ work from this year and
will take place 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.
The Grade 3 Reconciliation will take place on Wednesday,
June 5th at All Hallow’s Church starting at 7:00p.m.
Next week the Kindergarten Graduation will take place on
Thursday, June 6th at 6:00p.m. in our gymnasium.
The Junior Kindergarten: The
children have been learning their numbers, getting ready for the play and Art
Show.
Mrs. Hodder’s English
Kindergarten class: These students had fun performing in “Cinderella” and are
learning to tell time to the hour.
Mme. Pérez-Diaz’s French
Immersion Kindergarten class: This week, the students are counting sets of
numbers up to 7 and learning how to subtract. They are practicing how to say
what they want to be when they grow up for their graduation. They are also
reviewing all the letters in the alphabet.
Mme. Mondoux’s Grade One and
Two French Immersion class: These students are studying movement in Science and
observing our butterflies daily. The butterflies are starting to silk and turn
into chrysalis.
Mrs. George’s Grade One
English class: The Grade One Class is working on a special writing project
called “Wonderful Me.” They are now finished their spelling tests for the year!
Every student did a fabulous job! In Math, they are adding and subtracting
larger numbers. They had a GREAT time performing in “Cinderella” this week.
Ms. Park’s Grade Two class:
The Grade 2 English class finished learning about the life cycle of a chicken.
They had 19 little chicks hatch! They are making shapely critters in Art to go
along with their Math lessons.
Ms. Payne’s Grade Three and
Four Class: These students are preparing for their year end Art Show. They have
been doing “fun Math games” since both grades have completed their Math
objectives.
Ms. Neary’s Grade Five and Six
Class: Grade 5/6 students had a great time performing in the spring musical.
They are now practicing hard in Band for the year end assembly.
Mr. Hancock’s Junior High Class: The Junior High Students
had a great time performing in “Cinderella.” They were really happy to share
their hard work from the Virtual Reality contest with the rest of the school.
