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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, April 11, 2014.
By: Samuel Michael, Telicia Young, Bridgett Sparkes, and Anna Brake
Nevaeh Vincent, Hala Parsons,
Saleem Obeid, Audria Peddle, Luke Grant, Oliver Carey-MacDonald and Teresa
Coleman with Cory Conrad from Colemans during a presentation for nutrition
month.
Alyssa Power and
Brooke Watton showing the projects they made in the afterschool
sewing club.
Jack Ryan and Emma Doman present a
thank you card to Walmart Manager Morely Ford for their donation to the
Kid's Eat Smart "Let them Shine" Campaign.
This week is national volunteer week! We would
like to thank all our volunteers for all they do! Our school will host our
annual volunteer breakfast for volunteers in June.
The junior kindergarten staff participated in a
workshop last Saturday about nutrition and outdoor play.
On Monday, the grade 6 students had a special
presentation from the public health nurse, Mrs. Denise Graham.
On Tuesday the junior high class participated in
a discussion and watched a movie with Mrs. Coleman as part of their preparation
for Easter. Mrs. Deckert and Ms. Ochoa helped with this presentation. Mrs.
Coleman also celebrated a special Easter prayer service with junior
kindergarten to grade 6 students in our chapel on Wednesday.
We collected donations for the Canadian Catholic
Trustees Association’s “Toonies for Tuition” campaign on Wednesday with a casual
day.
The junior high class along with Mrs. McCarthy
and Mrs. King travelled to Pasadena on Thursday to present their play Café
Murder. They did an awesome job! It was a long day, but everyone had a lot of
fun. They would like to thank Mrs. Barb Anderson and Mrs. Jane-Bruce Robertson
who helped transporting the students and equipment. Also, the group would like to thank Mr.
Hancock for all his technical help and Mrs. Jane-Bruce Robertson for all her
help with props and costumes.
This week our ITV News reporters are: Alaura
Alexander, Anna Brake, Mira Ismail, and Jack Matthews.
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| Stars Of The Week |
Special congratulations to Gina Spencer who was
chosen as the winner of the Junior Rose Bowl for the second consecutive year!
Congratulations to Bridgett Sparkes who
participated in a provincial swimming meet last weekend. Bridgett performed
very well, placing fourth in several categories.
Congratulations to the class winners in the YMCA
create a logo contest. In grade 4 they were Amna Ahmad, Emily Murley, Jericho
San Jose, Ryan Murphy, Cole Dumaresque, and Ryan Bennett. In grade 5 they were
Alaura Alexander, Jack Ryan, and William Bennett. In grade 6 they were Keely
Brothers, William Bruce-Robertson, and Gina Spencer.
Congratulations to school winners in the YMCA
Market Your Thoughts Business essay. In grade 7 they were Mira Ismail, Jarius
San Jose, Juan Ramirez and Nicolas Moreno. In grade 8 they were Hajra Ahmad,
Nathan Anderson, Alejandra Hernandez, Sara Ismail, Douglas MacKenize, Maria
Reynolds and Iker Aguirre. The school
winner in grade 9 was Caroline Bruce-Robertson.
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| Class News |
The junior kindergarten classes are doing lots
of Easter activities. Mr. Cory Conrad did a nutrition tour with Mrs. Crocker
and Mrs. Dick’s class on Wednesday. The students really enjoyed participating
in the music festival last week.
Mrs. English and Mrs. Vincent’s class would like
to thank Dr. Kim Gunson who bought the class a magic movers microphone for the
class.
Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class
is busy preparing for Easter and learning lots of Easter vocabulary in French.
They really enjoyed the Easter celebration with Mrs. Coleman on Wednesday.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning
about shapes in math and doing various activities involving shapes. In religion
they are doing activities related to holy week. The students are getting
excited about the upcoming Easter break.
Ms. Parsons’s Kindergarten English class is doing
all sorts of Easter activities this week.
They have been creating Easter eggs, doing “write the room” activities
and enjoying all the beautiful weather outside.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is learning
a lot about feeling. They are also learning about being good decision makers.
They are very excited to begin the MindUp curriculum this week. The brain is
fascinating!
Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning
about structures in science and they went on a structure hunt outside. They
wrote Easter acrostic poems and have started some Easter crafts.
Ms. Park’s grade two class has started a new
unit in math called addition and subtraction up to 100. They are learning about
the symbols of Easter and are enjoying making Easter crafts in art. Gordon is
the star of the week!
Mme. LaChance’s grade two and three French
Immersion class is reading different books about the Easter holiday. They also
wrote a bunny story for Easter. The story will become a booklet. They used a
lot of creativity in this project. Students created cards for their parents
with little cotton ball chicks on the front.
Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class is
continuing to work on their heritage fair projects. Their classroom garden is
continuing to thrive. They sampled their first purple peacock pole beans this
week and are going to be able to harvest their bush beans soon. The grade 3’s
are finishing their multiplication and beginning division. The grade 4’s have
completed their in-class speak off.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had a
math test on Thursday. They are starting their new unit in math today. Also today,
they are presenting their in-class speeches.
Next week selected students will participate in the school elementary
speak off.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class presented
their play Café Murder in Pasadena on Thursday night as part of the Regional
Drama Festival. They did an excellent job! They are busy preparing their
Heritage Fair projects and are looking forward to the Easter break.
Holy Thursday will be celebrated next week on
the 17th. Easter break begins
on April 18th.
Immaculate Heart of Mary School, home of The Lions!
