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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, March 11, 2016.
By: Ryan Bennett and Aria Kazerouni
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| Rachael Griffin and Ava Hodder playing floor hockey during the school Olympic activities day last Friday. |
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| Students (L-R): Ryan Bennett, Isaac Buckingham, Jack Richardson, Aria Kazerouni, and Marcus Gallant visit with our Special Olympians Nikki King, Philip Beales and Brandon Park on Tuesday during their visit to our school. |
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| Jacob Cull, Matthew Kemp and Noah Colbourne practice their Japanese character writing during a presentation by some Japanese students from Grenfell Campus. The students visited the school as part of the Culture to Community Program. |
Last Friday afternoon we had an afternoon of
Special Olympic games in the gym. Students played floor hockey, speed skating,
snow shoe races, ice skating and more. Thank you to Mr. Ryley and the junior
high and senior high students who organized the events.
This week our choirs and bands performed at
the Rotary Music Festival. On Monday the primary choir took part in a workshop,
on Tuesday the school choir and chamber choir performed, on Thursday morning the
junior kindergarten and kindergarten choirs performed, and today the grade five
and six band will perform, as well as the junior and senior high band.
On Tuesday we welcomed Special Olympic
athletes Philip Beales, Nikki King, and Brandon Park to our school to talk
about their experience in the winter games, how they prepared, and their
special equipment.
Report cards went home on Wednesday for
students in kindergarten to grade six. Parent teacher interviews took place on
Thursday evening.
On Wednesday we welcomed four Japanese
students to our school as part of the Culture to Community Program through Grenfell
Campus. The students gave a presentation on Japanese culture, season, and
language. Afterwards, the students did individual sessions with small groups on
origami and Japanese character writing. Thank you to Mr. Thomas Young who
organized the Culture to Community Program for our school.
Lily Smallwood collected donations for our
school greenhouse at her birthday party instead of receiving gifts. Lily
donated over $350 to our school greenhouse.
Clare Coleman has reached her goal of
collecting 500 pairs of used eye glasses for Haiti. We are continuing to collect
donations of eye glasses until the end of March.
Our school is also collecting bread tags,
used batteries, pens and markers, and ink cartridges for recycling.
Stars
of the Week
Congratulations to Jordan Park who
participated in a provincial bowling competition in St. John’s. His team won
bronze.
Congratulations to our students who took part
in the music festival this week. Lily Smallwood placed first and Ella Rashleigh
placed third in Class 661-A Piano - Preparatory (A/B) not over 9; Alessandra
LebBlanc placed third in Class 210-A Concert Group Any voice – 10 and under;
and Simon Boitsefski placed first and Colin Spencer placed second in Class
210-B Concert Group – Any voice – 10 and under. Congratulations in the Rotary
Music Festival.
Class
News
The junior kindergarten classes are talking
about St. Patrick’s Day. They enjoyed singing in the music festival. They would
like to welcome two College of the North Atlantic students to their class this
week: Ms. Jacqueline Bennett and Caitlyn Simms.
Mme. Foley’s Kindergarten French Immersion
class is learning the letter “r” this week. They researched megalodon sharks
and mapped out their 20 m length in the hallway. The students were very excited
to sing at the Arts and Culture Centre as part of the Rotary Music Festival. It
was also exciting to get to ride a school bus!
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class enjoyed
the Special Olympian visit on Tuesday. The students had fun performing at the
Rotary Music Festival. They were very excited to ride the bus to the Arts and
Culture Centre on Thursday. The class is very excited to announce that they won
two iPads in the HotShots contest!
Mrs. George’s grade one English class really
enjoyed meeting our amazing Olympians on Tuesday! This week they also enjoyed
some Japanese culture in their classroom. They learned about life in Japan,
origami and how to write their name with Japanese characters.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one and two French
Immersion class were excited to greet the Special Olympians. They are so proud
of their hard work. They are fabulous role models. The students also took part
in a Culture to Culture presentation with Japanese students who are attending
Grenfell Campus.
Ms. Park’s grade two class have been learning
about simple machines in science. They are excited to build their own. The
students learned how to write their names in Japanese and make some cool
origami on Wednesday with some visiting Japanese students.
Mme. Moss’ grade three, four and five French
Immersion class is working on St. Patrick’s Day writing activities in French,
as well as St. Patrick’s Day data in math. They will be using plenty of games
to practice their St. Patrick’s Day vocabulary.
Ms. Crockers’s grade three and four class had
a busy week. The students loved performing in the Rotary Music Festival on
Tuesday morning at the Arts and Culture Centre.
The grade four students are almost finished writing their speeches for
the Elementary Speak Off. The grade three students are finishing up their novel
study in language arts.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class made
St. Patrick’s Day leprechauns in art on Monday. The students are practicing
their speeches for the upcoming Elementary Speak Off.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level two
class will compete on Saturday in the National Geosciences and Engineering
Month Bridge Building Competition at the Corner Brook Plaza. The judging for
the competition begins at 10 am and the bridge testing will begin at 11. All
bridges are tested until they break. The students are looking forward to see
how much weight their bridges will hold.
