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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, October 18, 2013.
(L-R): Chenoah Park, Chloe
Colbourne, Makenzy Bishop and Paige Walsh check out some books at our
Scholastic Book Fair this week.
We hope
everybody had a great Thanksgiving weekend.
On
Wednesday a Book Fair took place in the school’s cafeteria. Also, we showed our
support for cancer research by wearing a pink ribbon for Dress for the Cause
Day.
Students
also had litter free lunches on Wednesday for Waste Reduction Week. Some other
things we are doing this week to celebrate are using less paper, turning off
the lights and talking about recycling.
On
Thursday we hosted the official launch for the Recycle My Cell Challenge in our
gym. Our cross country runners took part
in a meet in Stephenville. And in the
evening our school hosted the Scholastic Book Fair Family night event.
This
week was Good Governance Week. Our grade six students wrote essays on what good
governance means to them.
Our ITV
school reporters last week were Nathan Anderson, Jayden Lempriere, McKenna
Batstone and Lucas Neville. This week they are Nicolas Moreno, Madison Noel,
Cole Dumaresque and William Bennett.
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| Stars of The Week |
Congratulations
to Anna Brake who received first place in the provincial Foster Family Writing
competition and Jack Ryan who received second place for the elementary
categories. Also, congratulations to Kate Lombard who was the winner for the
elementary provincial drawing competition.
There
were some fast runners last Wednesday at the Sacred Heart Track meet and here’s
the names of the stars, they are: Jack Ryan, Clara Ryan, Ryan Bennett, William
Bennett, Isaac Buckingham, Clare Coleman, Aria Kazerouni, Heather Cooper, Emily
Murley, Ryan Murphy, Colin Spencer, and Telicia Young. Congratulations to Telicia Young who placed in
the top five.
Also
this week, Jorga Perett was a firefighter for a day! She was picked up at the
school and rode in the fire truck with Mr. George.
Thank you to Mrs. George
and all her volunteers for another successful Scholastic Book Fair. |
| Class News |
The
junior kindergarten classes are making Chai monsters for Halloween and are
doing lots of Halloween activities. They would like to congratulate Charlise
Simmonds’ family who welcomed a new baby girl and Ivor Cook’s family who
welcomed a new baby boy to their families. Also, there are two new College of
the North Atlantic interns in their classes this week. They are Stephanie
Jennings and Annette Cummings.
Mme. Brake’s
Kindergarten French Immersion class loved the turkey dinner. Thank you to
everyone who helped. They all had a nice long weekend and are ready to be hard
at work again. They have started a unit called “All About Me” in social studies
and are learning about what makes them unique.
Mrs.
Hodder’s Kindergarten English class loved the Thanksgiving dinner on Friday.
They are working on “t” words and sounds. They are starting a new social
studies unit on identity.
Ms. Parson’s
Kindergarten English class is starting a numbers unit in math. They are starting a plant experiment unit as
well. They really enjoyed the turkey dinner on Friday.
Mme. Ryan’s
grade one French Immersion class really
enjoyed visiting the book fair and seeing all the new books.
Mrs.
George’s grade one English class is doing spooky Halloween writing and crafts
this week. In science they are learning about the seasons.
Ms.
Park’s grade two class is making bird feeders in science and learning about
money in math.
Mme.
LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class made cards for their parents
last week for Thanksgiving. They thanked them for the toys they have, the time
they spend together, the great food and home they have. They realized that not
all children have these things and that they are very lucky! The grade 3
students wrote postcards to special people and mailed them!
Mrs.
Foley’s grade three and four class is really enjoying their class novel, Gregor
the Overlander. They are anxious to see if their predictions will be correct.
On Wednesday they wore pink ribbons on their uniforms to bring awareness to
cancer research.
Mrs.
McCarthy’s grade five and six class had a guest speaker. Mr. Pat Gambin from the
Knights of Columbus visited them to talk about the Squires Program. They had a
great time at the Scholastic Book Fair. The grade 5’s had a science test today.
They would like to remind everyone to bring in their used cell phones.
Ms. Jones’ junior high and
level 1 class enjoyed the Thanksgiving celebration at the school on Friday.
They were also really excited to help with the launch of the Recycle my Cell
Campaign.
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| Coming Up |
Next week is Foster Family Week.
We will
be having a healthy commotion on Monday.
We are collecting used cell phones for the Recycle My Cell Campaign.
School will be closed on October 25th for a Professional Development Day.
