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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, September 14, 2014.
This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, September 14, 2014.
By: Amna Ahmad, William Bennett, Samuel Michael, Emily Murley, and Telicia Young
Karen Dumaresque with sons Ty (left) and Cole (right) arriving for the first day of school.
The Janes family, Nancy and Terry Janes with their children
Rebecca (left) and Mark (right) prepare for the first morning of classes on
September 3.
On
Friday our students attended the opening mass at All Hallows. Thank you to
Bishop Hundt for celebrating this special mass with us and to Mr. Graham, Mrs.
English and Mrs. McCarthy for preparing the students to take part.
Immaculate
heart of Mary School celebrated International Literacy Day on Monday at 10:00
am for ten minutes of fun literacy activities in each classroom.
On
Wednesday our junior high and level one students took part in the Trading books
for Boats program with ACAP Humber Arm. It was a beautiful day and the students
really enjoyed the experience. Thank you to Mr. Drew Nadon and Mr. Hancock for
going with the group.
We
would like to thank Mr. Jim Barry who donated a beautiful homemade park bench
to our school playground. The students love it!
Next
week IHMS will celebrate its 15th Birthday! We are changing our
celebration and theme day to Tuesday, September 16th because our
students will be going to see the Heather and Eric performance at the Arts and
Culture Centre on Monday.
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| IHMS WEEKLY CLASS NEWS |
The
junior kindergarten classes are celebrating friendship week with their friends.
They are making friendship salad and friendship people.
Mrs.
Hodder’s would like to welcome all of her new Kindergarten English students to
her classroom. The students are busy learning their new classroom routines and
reading stories with Mrs. Hodder.
Mme.
Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is full of excited wonderful boys
and girls. They have been busy learning about the Golden Rule and why it is so
important. They are also learning their colours in French.
Mrs.
George’s grade one English class had a fabulous first full week back! They are
very excited about our first spelling test today and the concert and apple
tasting on Monday. The star of the week this week is Alister MacDonnell.
Mme.
Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is having a lot of fun exploring
patterns. They are also having fun learning songs and routines. It has been a
busy start to the year.
Ms.
Park’s grade two class is learning about patterns in math. They are very excited
about going to the greenhouse today to do some planting.
Mme.
O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion class is very excited to be in a new
classroom this year with Mme. O’Dell. They are busy getting back into the
school routine and practicing their French skills.
Ms.
Rumbolt’s grade three and four class is very excited about starting a new
school year. The class has created “short” summer stories to hang on a
clothesline in the class. The grade three’s have already been digging in the
dirt as they learn about soil. Both the grade three and four students are
enjoying theatre arts class with Ms. Joffred. Here’s to a great year!
Mme.
LaChance’s grade three and four French Immersion class is excited to be back in
the classroom together again this year. Their school theme is the circus. They
are learning all sorts of new words about this topic. In math they are
beginning to talk about patterns. They would like to wish everyone a good year!
Mrs.
McCarthy’s grade five and six class are very excited to start off the school
year. This year they have a new class of theatre arts in addition to their band
and music classes. The students are also very excited to be the “official” IHMS
school reporters!
Mr.
Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class is pleased to welcome 12 exchange
student from Brazil to their classroom this year. On Monday they participated
in celebrations for International Literacy Day. On Wednesday they enjoyed a day
on the water with the ACAP doing the Trading Books for Boats program.
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| COMING UP AT IHMS... |
The
breakfast program will begin on Monday, September 15. It begins each day at
7:30 am.
IHMS will celebrate its 15th birthday on Tuesday, September 16, with a “15” theme day. This event was re-scheduled because of a performance the students are attending on Monday.
IHMS will celebrate its 15th birthday on Tuesday, September 16, with a “15” theme day. This event was re-scheduled because of a performance the students are attending on Monday.
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