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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 Friday, February 28, 2014.
Junior high students Nicolas
Moreno, Juan Ramirez, and Iker Aguirre with Mr. Warren Neville during
a presentation about building popsicle stick bridges.
We hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend and
Corner Brook Winter Carnival Day on Monday.
The students were very excited to go skating at
the Pepsi Centre on Tuesday thanks to the Knights of Columbus. They also
provided a yummy snack. It was a great day!
On Wednesday, everyone was wearing pink t-shirts
for anti-bullying week and pink t-shirt day. A lot of students and teachers
were wearing the pink t-shirt from Corner Brook’s Crime Prevention Committee.
The shirt features the slogans of McKenna Batstone, Bridgett Sparkes, and Paige
Walsh. We would like to send a special
thank you to Mrs. George who made a special pink t-shirt display in our
entrance.
On Wednesday night and Thursday we had our
Scholastic Book Fair. Thank you to Mrs. George and all the teachers for making
it a wonderful event. Wednesday was our family night and Thursday was our
student visits. Thank you also to Mr. McCarthy for volunteering to help on
family night.
This week our school hosted the Winter Carnival
Spelling Bee on Thursday night. It featured students in grades 4, 5 and 6 from
all the schools in Corner Brook. Madison Noel and Samuel Michael were
interviewed by Bernice Hillier of CBC on Tuesday morning. Our school spellers
are: Amna Ahmad, Jericho San Jose, William Bennett, Samuel Michael, William
Bruce-Robertson, and Madison Noel. They did t-e-r-r-i-f-i-c ! Thank you to Ms.
Park and Mrs. McCarthy for organizing the event and to our judges: Suzanne
Carey and Linda Chaisson.
Congratulations to our SUPER spellers: Amna, Jericho, William B, Samuel, William B-R and Madison who participated in the Corner Brook Winter Carnival Spelling Bee! You made us SO proud! A special shout-out to Amna who won the title of Grade 4 Corner Brook Champion!!
Congratulations to our SUPER spellers: Amna, Jericho, William B, Samuel, William B-R and Madison who participated in the Corner Brook Winter Carnival Spelling Bee! You made us SO proud! A special shout-out to Amna who won the title of Grade 4 Corner Brook Champion!!
Also on Thursday we had our Winter Carnival fun
day with outdoor carnival activities. Thank you to Mr. Ryley Nadon, Mr. Drew
Nadon and the Junior High students for organizing the day! See picture below.
Father Roche visited our school on Thursday and
shared some of his wonderful magic tricks with our students.
This week our ITV News reporters are: Iker
Aguirre, Telicia Young, Arabella LeBlanc, and Ryan Murphy.
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| Stars of The Week |
We would like to congratulate William
Bruce-Robertson and Sadie MacDonnell who performed in Theatre Newfoundland and
Labrador’s production of Muppet Mania on Saturday.
Congratulations to Anna Brake who participated
in the Atlantic Skating Championships last weekend.
Congratulations to Colin and Gina Spencer who
participated in the Kiwanis Music Festival in St. John’s over the weekend.
Colin placed first in the nine and under musical theory category and Gina
placed first in both the 11 and under musical theatre category and the 11 and
under test piece category.
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| Class News |
The junior kindergarten classes would like to
thank the North Shore Early Childhood Association for the outdoor play
equipment they donated. They welcome Megan Keeping a second year CONA student
to Mrs. Vincent and Mrs. English’s class and Tara Tiller a second year CONA
student to Mrs. Dicks and Ms. Crocker’s class.
Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class
had a very fun and busy week. They skated on Tuesday and celebrated Sarah’s
birthday. They all wore pink shirts on Wednesday for Anti-bullying day and on
Thursday they had a blast doing Winter Carnival fun activities outside.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class enjoyed
skating on Tuesday. They participated in Anti-bullying day on Wednesday and had
a lot of fun doing carnival activities on Thursday.
Ms. Parsons’s Kindergarten English class was
super excited for skating. In class this week they are making a book about
their feelings.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class was
busy this week learning how to count by 2s,5s and 10s and learning about
different strategies. They had a lot of fun with all the activities this week
especially the skating and carnival fun activities.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class has
started their unit on penguins. In math they are counting in groups of 2, 5 and
10. They are very excited to be transplanting their seedlings today with Karen,
their crop specialist friend!
Ms. Park’s grade two class had a great time this
week! They loved the skating and the winter carnival fun day activities.
Mme. LaChance’s grade two and three French
Immersion class is learning all about different carnivals this week including
the Corner Brook Winter Carnival, Le Carnaval de Quebec, and Le Carnavel de
Rio. They are looking at the similarities and differences of these three
carnivals. They really enjoyed the
outdoor activities on Thursday.
Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class enjoyed
the skating thanks to the Knights of Columbus. They have begun their novel
study on Charlotte’s Web in language arts. They would like to thank Mrs. George
for another wonderful Scholastic Book Fair. They wore pink shirts on Wednesday
to show that they stand up to bullies.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had a
great time skating on Tuesday. They also had a movie and pizza party on Tuesday
with their prize from the Winter Carnival slogan contest. They all wore their
pink t-shirts on Wednesday. They were really excited to have t-shirts with
their classmates’ slogans on them!
Mr.
Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class is finishing their Olympic unit on
data analysis. They had a great time building the school snow sculpture and
organizing the outdoor activities on Thursday. |
| Coming Up |
We are having a school wide pancake breakfast on
Tuesday morning starting at 7:30 am.
Ash Wednesday is March 5th. We will
attend Mass on Wednesday at 8:30 instead of Friday.
