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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 Thursday, April 5, 2012.
By: Hailey Colbourne, Katerina Hamann, Keagan Sheppard, Olivia Park
By: Hailey Colbourne, Katerina Hamann, Keagan Sheppard, Olivia Park
Grade 2 class
visit to the SPCA. (L-R): Darcy Brake and Ryan Murphy cuddle with a cat during
their visit to the SPCA. Ms. Park's grade 2 class collected items over the past
few weeks for the animals at the SPCA.
This week is Holy week. Our school closes for Easter Break on Thursday at 2:50 pm. There is no afterschool program.
Last Thursday night our drama group performed
“The Monsters Under the Bed” at the Regional Drama Festival. It was a great
show!
Last week we had a casual day in aid of the
breakfast program. We raised a total of $300.00!
On Tuesday night we held our 11th
annual Elementary School Speak Off. Thank you to all the students, parents and
teachers who attended. It was a great night. Thank you to our judges Ms. Sherry
Rumbolt and Mr. Paul Quigley. Also, special thanks to Mr. McWhriter, Mr.
Hiscock, Mrs. King and Mrs. McCarthy for organizing the event.
Also on Tuesday we celebrated the Passion at
All Hallows with Mrs. Coleman, the prayer group and special volunteers Caitlyn
Davis and Edmund Walsh.
The grade 5/6 intern, Mr. Peter Hiscock,
finished his internship at our school this week. We wish him all the best from
our IHMS family.
Mrs. George’s class and Ms. Park’s class went
on a nutritional tour at Colemans on Humber Road this week.
The Top Your Total Campaign is completed. Thank
you to all students, families and community members who supported our contest.
This month is national Poetry month.
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| Stars of the Week |
Congratulations to our school who received a TD
Friends of the Environment Foundation grant for $1,760.00 for our IHMS Keen on
Green –Greenhouse project.
Congratulations to the participants of our speak off Gina Spencer, Clara Ryan, Keely Brothers, Olivia Park, Alex Williams, Hannah Sparkes, Maria Reynolds and Douglas MacKenzie. Congratulations to Maria Reynolds who was chosen as the overall winner.
Congratulations to the hockey players who
played in the Timbit Tournament in Deer Lake last weekend. Congratulations to
Carter Bromley, Coen MacKay, Adam Lambswood, Mattie Azizan, Will Brothers, Liam
MacArthur, Brandon Brake, Max Antle, and Ryan Lombard.
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From The Classrooms
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The junior kindergarten classes had a party on
Thursday for Easter. They had fun doing an Easter egg hunt. They are busy
getting ready for spring.
Mlle. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion
class is doing all kinds of Easter crafts. They are very excited for their
Easter party and Easter break. Happy Easter everyone!
Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class had a
spectacular week learning about Easter. They made stained glass eggs with
balloons and had an Easter party on Wednesday. Have a safe and happy Easter
everyone.
Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is learning
all about the letter “z” and are very excited for Easter break and making Easter
crafts.
Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion
class is learning about Easter in religion. They are having fun doing Easter
crafts and Easter words. In math they are doing skip counting by two’s, five’s,
and ten’s.
Mrs.
George’s grade one English class is learning about Easter in religion. They are
learning how materials are used and they have a new class pet. Their pet is a
fish named Blueberry.
Ms. Park’s grade two class is learning and
writing about the symbols of Easter. They visited the SPCA to drop off items
they collected for the animals. They got to see many cats and dogs and learned
about the importance of the SPCA and what they do. They would like to thank all
the students and families for their generous donations. Also thank you to Mrs.
Sheppard and Mrs. Vandeheide for driving the students to the SPCA and to Mrs.
Francis Drover for a wonderful tour.
Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is getting
ready for Easter break. They would like to congratulate Keely, Gina and Clara
for an excellent job at the Elementary Speak Off on Tuesday night. In social
studies they are learning about the earth’s physical features and in French
they are learning about families.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is learning
about angles in math and perimeter and volume. They presented their DARE essays
to Constable Bursey on Wednesday morning. Their DARE graduation is on April 18th.
In French they are doing a café.
Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class had
a great time at the Regional Drama festival. They would like to thank Ms.
Sherra Lee Robinson and her committee of teachers and students for a great
weekend and for making them feel so welcome. Thank you to Mrs. Reynolds and Mr.
Whelan for driving them to workshops and to Mr. David Gillard, Mr. Bruce
Gillard and Mr. Al McWhriter for working on the set. Also thank you to Ms.
Morrall for all her help and directors Mr. Taaffe and Mrs. McCarthy. The
students all received participation certificates for performing in the
festival. The class went downhill skiing
on Wednesday for Enrichment.
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| Coming Up |
Next week is Easter Break - enjoy!
