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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, April 22, 2016.
By: Simon Boitsefski, Cole Dumaresque, Emily Murley, and Emily Payne
Last Friday, Father Raymond De Souza visited our school. Father Raymond is the chaplain for Newman House, the Catholic chaplaincy at Queen's University. He toured our school and met with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group after school.
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Mrs. Gudie Hutchings, Member of Parliament for Long Range Mountain Riding,
with Simon Boitsefski during her recent visit to the school. |
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| Duracell box (L-R): Alessandra LeBlanc, Rondinelly Duarte De Oliveira Junior, Arabella LeBlanc and Aaron Payne pose for a picture outside the battery recycling box. Mr. Drew's homeroom class made the battery themed box to collect all our recycled batteries during the Eco Kids Battery Buster Contest. |
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| Jamie White-Robertson (left) and Rotém Phillips Grobelaar planting seeds in the school greenhouse after a day of clean up and preparation for the new growing season. |
Last Friday, Father Raymond De Souza visited our school. Father Raymond is the chaplain for Newman House, the Catholic chaplaincy at Queen's University. He toured our school and met with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group after school.
To celebrate Earth Day on Friday all classes posted a pledge
to protect the Earth. Classes had “lights out” from 9:30-10:30 am to remind us
the importance of conserving energy. Many classes all created recycled artwork
to show that items can have multiple uses.
Mrs. Gudie Hutchings, Member of Parliament for The Long
Range Mountains, visited our school on Monday as part of School Rep Day. Mrs.
Hutchings met with students in grades four to level 2. She spoke about our
system of government and her role as MP for our riding. Mrs. Hutchings also
answered students’ questions and posed for a group photo.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one and two French Immersion class
hosted a very successful used book sale last week. The class raised $115 for
their humanitarian project. They are very excited to be able to purchase
necessary supplies for a community in need.
On Monday evening, our school hosted a parent information
session for parents for our full day Junior Kindergarten and full day English
and French Kindergarten students for September 2016. Parents had the opportunity to visit the
classrooms and talk to the teachers about the program and daily routines.
The Eco Kids Battery Busters contest officially ends
today. Thank you to our families for their support of this initiative. We will
continue to recycle batteries as part of our regular recycling program.
IHMS is hosting the Grade Six Boys’ Soccer Tournament
this weekend. The first game is on Friday at 3:15 pm. The Grade Six Girls’ Soccer
Tournament is being hosted at Sacred Heart.
Our school is hosting skating for our families on
Saturday evening from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at the Kinsmen Arena. All are welcome!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the Silver Blades Figure Skating Club
who hosted its annual year end ice show with guest performer Patrick Chan.
Congratulations to our IHMS skaters: Brooklyn
Collins, Emma Cook, Jenna Cammie, Emma
Gaudett, Rebecca Janes, Ella Rashleigh, and Leah Lainey.
Congratulations to Mark Janes who received his yellow
stripe certification by breaking two pieces of board in Tae Kwon Do.
Congratulations to Nikola Verbiski who caught the largest
fish (90 pound) tarpon at a fishing competition in Islamorada, Florida!
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are learning about the
letter “p” and talking about Mother’s Day. They would like to congratulate Rylan
Andrews whose family welcomed a new baby, Isaac!
Mme. Foley’s Kindergarten French Immersion class has
finished their alphabet books. They are talking about migratory birds and are
finishing their recycled bird feeders. The class is excited to see The Lion,
The Witch, and The Wardrobe today!
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning
about capacity in math. In science, they are learning about which items float
and which items sink.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class has been learning
about the different kinds of penguins. They picked their favourite penguin to
do some thorough research on. They are loving it! They are very excited to be
going to the Arts and Culture Centre today to see The Lion, The Witch, and The
Wardrobe. They would like to wish Meteghan a very Happy Birthday. The star of
the week is Uriah.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one and two French Immersion class is
excited to see The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe today. The class has just
begun a unit on living things in science class. They are excited to report that
some of the vegetables they started in the greenhouse are sprouting.
Ms. Park’s grade two class is excited to go see The Lion,
The Witch and The Wardrobe at the Arts and Culture Centre today. They would like
to congratulate Lily who is in the show! This week they are making cool
recycled crafts out of juice boxes.
Mme. Moss’ grade three, four and five French Immersion
class worked very hard this week on posters about climate change. The students
were very excited to plant in the greenhouse this week.
Ms. Crockers’s grade three and four classes are excited
about going to see the play today at the Arts and Culture Centre. The grade
three students are working on a unit on media in language arts. This week they
are focusing on advertisement, helpful signs, and nonsense signs. In math, they
are finishing their unit on measurement. The grade four students visited the
outdoor classroom this week and are finishing their unit on fractions and
decimals in math.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class has been very
busy. The grade five’s are conducting experiments in science and reading about
the Legend of King Arthur. The grade six students are studying for the Let’s
Talk Science Challenge and reviewing their math units for the provincial
assessment in June.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level two class is
getting ready for the Let’s Talk Science Challenge and Underwater Robotics. The
grades seven to nine students are beginning speeches for the Junior High
Speak-Off.
Coming Up
Registration for full day junior kindergarten and full
day English and French Immersion Kindergarten is ongoing. Please contact the
office for an application or for further information.
The Spring Photo Shoot is on Monday. This is a full
uniform day for all classes.
The Underwater Robotics team will travel to St. John’s
next week for their challenge.
Students in grades six, seven, and eight will compete at
Grenfell Campus for the Let’s Talk Science Challenge on Friday.
