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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, January 8, 2016.
By: Kori Noel, Jacob Bursey, Jack Richardson, Alessandra LeBlanc, Aaron White
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| Winners in Knights of Columbus "Keep Christ in Christmas" Colouring Contest. Front: (L-R): Katy Hancock, Ella Rashleigh, Hala Parsons, and Kara Blanchard. Middle (L-R): Audria Peddle, Kaitlyn Coade, Israela Ngania, Robert Morrissey, and Elizabeth Barry. ack (L-R): Kate Murphy, Gabriel Rowsell and Pat Gambin. |
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| Thomas Randell (left) and Graham Randell (right) with their mom, Jillian, enjoying pancakes on pancake and pyjama day before the Christmas holiday. |
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| Liam Brinston, a kindergarten French Immersion student, uses a crank to turn on a light bulb during a presentation with Newfoundland and Labrador Light and Power representative Dianne Power. |
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| Junior Kindergarten student, Isaac Alexander, who make a large donation of bread tags to our school. Bread tags are sent to South Africa to be recycled. For every 5,000 bread tags a wheelchair is give to a person in need. Our school has recycled over 43,000 bread tags. |
We would like to welcome everyone back from
Christmas holidays and wish everyone a happy New Year!
On our last day of school before the
Christmas break the Student Leadership Council hosted a variety show. It was a
lot of fun. Thank you to the students, Mr. Drew and Mrs. McCarthy for putting
this show together.
We would like to thank Mrs. Coleman and the
prayer group who presented a beautiful Christmas pageant at All Hallows Church
on Christmas Eve.
Our Apple-A-Day Fundraiser draws will begin
next Monday. Tickets are $20. There are a limited number of tickets available
at the office. The proceeds of the ticket sales are in aid of our music
program. Tickets are now on sale for $20 each. The prizes include: a 16GB IPod
touch, a 16GB IPod touch and $25 ITunes card, a 16GB IPad mini 2, a 32 GB IPad Air and Apple TV,
and an 11inch MacBook Air 2. All tickets are entered in all five draws.
The elementary school cross country skiing
program will begin on Tuesday, January 12 and will run for four consecutive
weeks.
Congratulations to Mrs. McCarthy’s class who
won the City of Corner Brook’s 60th anniversary slogan contest.
Their slogan “Celebrating 60 years: Rooted in the Past, Branching into the
Future”, will be featured during the celebration events.
Congratulations to our primary winners in the
Knights of Columbus “Keep Christ in Christmas” Colouring Contest. Our winners included: Katy Hancock, Elizabeth
Barry and Audria Peddle In kindergarten; Robert Morrissey, Hala Parsons and
Kara Blanchard in grade one; Kaitlyn Coade, Israela Ngania, and Ella Rashleigh
in grade two; and Gabriel Rowsell, Kate Murphy and Nikola Verbiski in grade
three.
Congratulations
to Brooke Watton who cut her hair for cancer earlier this week. Brooke’s hair
will be used to make a wig for a person undergoing cancer treatment.
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| CLASS NEWS |
Mme. Foley’s Kindergarten French Immersion
class is wishing everyone a happy New Year. The class discussed how they
celebrated their holiday with their families. They are learning about the
weather in science and how to dress properly for outdoor activities.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class was very
excited to see the huge growth in their plants over the Christmas holidays. They
participated in a Christmas Show and Tell this week and are working on the
letter “k”.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion and class
is working on mental math and making fireworks projects in art. In science
class they are learning about the eye.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class is
happy to be back after the Christmas holiday. The students welcome Isaiah
Coleman to their class.
Ms. Park’s grade two class is writing New
Year’s goals for 2016. They are making a fireworks craft in art. In science
they made a see-saw lever with a simple machine gift they were given at
Christmas. They would like to wish everyone a happy New Year!
Mme. O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion
class is learning about solids, liquids, and gases in science class. The
students had a wonderful Christmas holiday.
Mme. Moss’ grade three, four and five French
Immersion class has begun units in math on multiplication. They are working on
interrogative questions in French.
Ms. Crocker’s grade three and four class said
goodbye to Ms. Horner on Monday. Ms. Horner has left IHMS to have a baby. The
students welcome their new teacher Ms. Kimberley Crocker. The students are
learning about multiplication in math and are building structures in science.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had
a great holiday, but were eager to get back to school and see their friends.
The grade five students have begun a new unit on evaluating as they read in
language arts. They reading a book called “A Dog’s Life”. The grade six
students are finishing off their book “Raven Quest”. The students are making
posters of Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Sites in social studies and art
class.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level two
class went sliding on Wednesday at Margaret Bowater Park. The students had a
lot of fun. The students are working on Newfoundland heritage projects in
social studies class.
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| COMING UP... |
The first Apple-A-Day Fundraiser draw is Monday, January 6.
School photo re-takes will be on Friday, January 15th.
School photo re-takes will be on Friday, January 15th.
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