Lion's Roar - Friday, February 27, 2015






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44 Years of Red, White, Blue and Green

Come out and Celebrate

Carnival 2015!

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, February 27, 2015.

By: Ryan Bennett, Emma Doman, Emily Murley, and Aaron White









Leif the Lucky visited our school to read to the Kindergarten French Immersion students as part of the Rotary Read Along program.

Charlise Simmonds, selling Apple A Day Draw tickets at Staples this week. Charlise and her dad were selling tickets to help raise money for our school technology project. 



Simon Boitsefski (left) and Lucas Neville (right) support pink t-shirt day by saying no to bullying. 

The grade 6 boys’ basketball team participated in a tournament last weekend at J.J. Curling School. Thank you to Mr. Ryley Nadon and Ms. Danielle Wamboldt for coaching the team.  Also on the weekend, the junior high to level 1 class participated in the Winter Carnival Chili Cook Off on Saturday at Margaret Bowater Park.  There were lots of great chilies to taste and the students had a lot of fun preparing for the cook off. They would like to thank Nathan Anderson, Arista White and Maria Reynolds who represented the class at the cook off.

On Wednesday of this week we wore pink t-shirts to support bullying awareness day. The Corner Brook Rotary Club donated $500 in books to our school this week! Rotarians, local celebrities and volunteers visited our school to talk about the importance of reading and read some of the new books to our students. It was a great day! Thank you to the Rotarians, local celebrities and volunteers for visiting our school.

Our school Scholastic Book Fair Family night was hosted on Wednesday night from 6:30-8:30 pm. The book fair continued throughout the week with classroom visits for book purchases. Thank you to Mrs. George and her team of teachers for all their hard work. Also, thank you to Mr. Bryan McCarthy for volunteering during the family night.

On Thursday, the junior high to Level 1 class hosted some fun Winter Carnival activities in the gym and outside in the snow. Students and staff had a great time celebrating with each other.

Our school hosted the annual Winter Carnival Spelling Bee in our school on Thursday evening. Students in grades four to six were challenged to spell some very difficult words. Congratulations to all the students who participated in this event. Also, thank you to our judges Mrs. Janet Joyce and Mr. Jonathan Turner, and organizers Ms. Krista Park and Mrs. Angel McCarthy.

This week we welcome a new volunteer, Rebecca Green Parsons, to our lunch program. She will be serving up tasty meals and snacks from the cafeteria.

Our school is selling tickets on an Apple a Day Fundraiser. Starting on March 25, 2015 we will begin doing seven daily draws for apple products. Prizes include ipod touches, an Apple TV, an ipad mini, ipads and an 11 inch Macbook Air computer. Tickets are on sale now for 20 each. Each ticket sold will be in the draw for all seven prizes. There will be prizes for the students who sell the most tickets. If our school sells all 2,032 tickets we will have a skating party to celebrate.  Students are encouraged to return their tickets as they sell them to get their name in for incentive draws. We will begin doing small prize draws on Monday for students who have sold tickets.

STARS OF THE WEEK



Congratulations to Jayden Lempriére’s whose team won a silver medal in the YBC Provincial Bowling Championship held in Corner Brook last weekend.

 

Congratulations to Cole Lyver and Charlotte Mercier who were the winners in the Family Literacy Night draw. Cole and Charlotte each received a $5 coupon for the Scholastic Book Fair!

 

Congratulations to our Winter Carnival Spelling Bee participants Clare Coleman, Isaac Buckingham in grade four; Ryan Bennett and Aaron White, in grade five; and William Bennett and Samuel Michael in grade six

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CLASS NEWS

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about the letter “j” and the number “9”. They are also talking about Winter Carnival and Pink Shirt Day. They would like to welcome Ryder and Jaxon Hornidge to their classroom.

 

Mme. Brett’s Kindergarten French Immersion class are learning the letter “x” and the sight word “moi”. They had a great time on Thursday doing the Winter Carnival fun activities the junior high and level 1 class organized. They were also learning about the Québec winter carnival.

 

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is excited to have their first tomatoes growing in their Little Green Thumbs garden. They would like to thank Trina Burden for volunteering to read to the class on Thursday as part of the Rotary Read Along and to Adam Buckle for his visit to their class with Leif the Lucky!

 

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about our natural resources in social studies. They have transplanted their seedlings and are writing all about their gardening experience.

 

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is learning how to count by 2’s and 5’s. They are having fun grouping different items to count. They have also been practicing their estimating skills. The children were all very excited about the book fair this week. They are all fabulous readers.

 

Ms. Park’s grade two English class is learning about aboriginal people in social studies. They are also learning about some of their legends. This week the student of the week is Leah.

 

Mme. O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion class is celebrating the spirit of winter Carnival by learning about" Bonhomme Carnaval" He is the mascot of the Québec Winter Carnival. This is part of their school curriculum which highlights the French culture in Canada. Happy Carnival to everyone!! Joyeux Carnaval!

 

Both Ms. Horner’s and Mme. Lachance’s grade three and four classes had their last cross country ski lesson on Tuesday. The students had a lot of fun at Blow Me Down Trails learning to ski this winter. They really enjoyed the last lesson with lunch at the lodge and all received certificates for the program. It was a great day out in the snow. The students would like to thank the instructors and Blow Me Down staff for an excellent program.

 

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class wore pink t-shirts on Wednesday to raise awareness about bullying. The students are starting a class novel study on “Bridge to Terabithia”. They are having a contest to see who the fastest kid is in fifth and sixth grade, just like in the book. Stay tuned to hear who wins the race!

 

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class took part in the Winter Carnival Chili Cook Off at Margaret Bowater Park last weekend. They had a lot of fun making their chili and trying a variety of recipes from other people and groups in Corner Brook. The class organized the Winter Carnival fun day for the school on Thursday afternoon.

 

 

 

 

Lion's Roar - Friday, February 20, 2015






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DAYS OF SCHOOL!

 

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, February 20, 2015.

By: Samuel Michael and Telicia Young









Isabelle, Sarah and Charlotte Mercier enjoy a pancake breakfast
at IHMS on Tuesday to celebrate Shrove Tuesday.

 

Students Myles Young, Noah Evans, Samuel Michael, (Front): Jemma Butler and Alyssa Power participated in the all ages chess tournament on Sunday at St. Gerard's Elementary. All the students are invited to the provincial tournament in Gander.

 

Students Gabriel Rowsell, Carter Bromley, Tyler McCarthy, and
Matthew Kemp show off their 100th day of school t-shirts.

Our 100^th day of school and Valentine’s Day celebrations last week were so much fun! Many of our students and some teachers were dressed as if they were 100 years old. The Student Leadership Council’s carnation sales raised $190 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Our grade 5 boys’ basketball team placed second in their division and lost in the crossovers in the Western Provincial Basketball Tournament last weekend in Pasadena.  

On Tuesday of this week we celebrated Shrove Tuesday with a school wide pancake breakfast. Thank you to Mrs. George, Ms. Park, Mrs. Vincent and Mme. Lachance for helping to prepare the pancakes. In addition, Ms. Sandra Burden from the Kids Eat Smart Foundation along with Mr. Don Rudeout from Leading Edge Credit Union visited our school to make a presentation of $2,500 to be donated to the Kids Eat Smart Program in Corner Brook.

Our school is selling tickets on an Apple a Day Fundraiser. Starting on March 25, 2015 we will begin doing seven daily draws for apple products. Prizes include ipod touches, an Apple TV, an ipad mini, ipads and an 11 inch Macbook Air computer. Tickets are on sale now for $20 each. Each ticket sold will be in the draw for all seven prizes. There will be prizes for the students who sell the most tickets. If our school sells all 2,032 tickets we will have a skating party to celebrate.

On Wednesday we celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass with Bishop Hundt. Afterschool the grade six girls’ basketball team played against Stephenville in our gym.

STARS OF THE WEEK



Congratulations to Jemma Butler, Samuel Michael, and Myles Young who received silver medals in the all ages chess tournament at St. Gerard’s Elementary School on Sunday morning. Noah Evans and Alyssa Power received certificates of participation. All of the students are invited to the provincial chess tournament in Gander.

Congratulations to Mr. Ryley Nadon and our school who received a $500 wellness grant for our grant proposal “Our Hearts Beat for Healthiness”  

 

CLASS NEWS

The junior kindergarten classes are talking about winter carnival. The children are looking forward to the Winter Carnival Family Day. This week they learned about Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent. They are also working on the letter “I” and the number “9” this week.

Mme. Brett’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning about the letter “w” and the new sight word “il”. They are talking about their family roots in social studies and have started learning about shapes in math. They really enjoyed the pancake breakfast for Shrove Tuesday (Mardis Gras).

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is beginning addition and working on blends and the letter “s” this week. They are very excited about the Apple A Day Fundraiser which started this week.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning why objects are made of different materials in science class. They are learning about Lent in religion class. Last week, the star of the week was Rachael Griffin. This week,  the star is Sarah Buckingham.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion is learning about weather this week. At the moment they are in favor of warm, sunny weather. They are also working on inventions in science. The field of engineering and geo-science have some very bright prospects for the future.

Ms. Park’s grade two English class is learning about doubles this week in math. They really enjoyed learning about what engineers do and working on their posters for the contest. The student of the week is Gabriel.

Mme. O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion class has been learning about adjectives this week and having fun with a valentine theme. This week they made posters and pictures of themselves and wrote adjectives that describe their classmates. 

Ms. Horner’s grade three and four class made dancing dragons in art yesterday to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The grade three students are doing a novel study on “Charlotte’s Web”, while the grade four students have started reading “Dear Mr. Henshaw”. In math the grade threes are measuring different items in centimeters and meters while the grade four students are practicing their four and five times tables.

Mme. Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class is looking forward to their last cross country skiing lesson next week. The students are busy creating their own battery hero’s for the Ecokids contest. In addition, they are learning about engineering and geo-science for National Geo-Science and Engineering Month.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class are almost finished their reading of “Rapunzel”. They had a lot of fun writing fractured fairy tales of their own this week. The students are busy practicing their instruments and playing together as a band for the upcoming Rotary Music Festival. 

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class is looking forward to our school Winter Carnival activities next week. The class is busy planning the activities for the afternoon of fun outside. The students are also building their Popsicle stick bridges and rehearsing for the drama festival. 

 

Apple-A-Day Fundraiser

 

 

 

Lion's Roar - Friday, February 13, 2015






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 HAPPY ST. VALENTINE'S DAY!

 

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, February 13, 2015.

By: Max Chrappa, Cole Dumaresque, and Jordan Park







Students (L-R): Charlotte Mercier, Katerine Noel, Mariam Ahmad, Craig Bishop and Noah Evans in Mme. O'Dell's class display the cardinals they made.

 Students Myles Young, Arabella Leblanc, Alessandra Leblanc, Isaac Buckingham, Lucas Neville and Jacob Bursey holding the flags they carried at the Junior National Curling Championship last week where they were flag bearers.

Students Lucas Kennedy and Ryan Jackson in Mrs. Hodder's kindergarten English classroom present the science experiment they participated in about hand washing.



The grade seven to Level 1 report cards went home on Monday.

On Thursday, we celebrated Saint Valentine with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group.  Also, on Thursday the junior kindergarten to grade four classes celebrated the 100^th day of school.

The Student Leadership Council sold carnations this week for Valentine’s Day. The proceeds of the sale are in aid of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The carnations are being delivered today.

The grade boys’ five basketball team will play in the Western Provincials this weekend. All games will take place at Pasadena High School. The first fame is at 4:45 pm today and the second game is at 7:30 pm.

There will be an all ages chess tournament at St. Gerard’s Elementary School this weekend. Registration is from 9-9:30 am on Sunday.

We would like to extend best wishes to our students, Jenna Cammie and Rebecca Janes and the team members, coaches and parents of the Silver Blades Synchronized Skating Team. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.

STARS OF THE WEEK



Congratulations to the junior high girls’ basketball team on their game in Stephenville on Tuesday. Maria Reynolds was the top scorer for the game.

Congratulations to Isaac Buckingham who skied in the Marble Cup last weekend. Isaac placed third in the Slalom Male 2 under 10 category, first place in the Slalom 1 Under 10 category, and first place in the Giant Slalom Under 12 categories.
 

 

CLASS NEWS

The junior kindergarten classes have been learning about the true meaning of Valentine’s Day. All children are getting excited for their Valentine’s Day party on Friday. This week the class welcomes early childhood education students, Makayla Griffin and Kendall Dempster, to their class.

Mme. Brett’s Kindergarten French Immersion class have been working very hard this week learning their French vocabulary for Valentine’s Day. They are celebrating today with a class party.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is now 100 days smarter! They have been quite busy preparing for the 100^th day of school celebration as well as Valentine’s Day celebrations today. They are working on the letter “g” and sets to 5 in math.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class had a super exciting week. They celebrated the 100^th day of school by bringing in collections of 100, dressing up as 100 year old people and doing lots of fun activities. On Valentine’s Day they wrote about what love means to them. They also had a class party exchanged valentine cards. They wish all our reader’s a happy Valentine’s Day.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion finished up their math unit about measurement this week. They were very excited to celebrate the 100^th day of school. The class made special 100^th day masks to wear.

Ms. Park’s grade two English class made t-shirts for the 100^th day of school! They were very excited to wear them to celebrate 100 days of learning. The class is also busying doing many activities to celebrate love today.

Mme. O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion class were excited to celebrate the 100^th day of school with fun activities. They are continuing to watch their plants flourish.

Ms. Horner’s grade three and four class is learning about measurement and multiplication this week. In social studies the grade three’s made dream catchers. For the 100^th day of school the students dressed up as if they were 100 years old. Today they are celebrating Valentine’s Day with a party.

Mme. Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class was writing Valentine’s cards for their families and pen pals this week. For the 100^th day of school the students found some objects to create the number 100 and took a photo of it. They had a great time celebrating 100 days of school.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class have finished a bulletin board display on a Valentine’s Day theme. The students made warm and cool colours Valentine artwork, picked out some “sweet reads” and posted some thoughtful things people can do to show they care today.

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class is excited to be starting to rehearse their play “Bling Midas” for the upcoming drama festival.  In enrichment they have started their Popsicle stick bridges for the National Geoscience and Engineering Month contest. The grade nine and ten students have begun their unit on Shakespeare. The grades nine’s are studying “Romeo and Juliet” and the grade ten students are studying “Macbeth”.

  

 

Lion's Roar - Friday, February 6, 2015






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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, February 6, 2015.

By: Emma Doman and Aaron White






Dr. MacDonnell (centre) explains the parts of the eye to students in Mrs. George's grade one class to students (L-R): James Lao, Cole Lyver, Benjamin Griffin, Alister MacDonnell, and Rachael Griffin.

 

Anna MacKenzie mixes cookie dough batter during Enrichment class. The class held a chocolate chop cookie challenge to see which group could make the best cookies.

Term two officially began on Monday. The junior high report cards will go home today.

Mme. Lachance’s class along with Isaac Buckingham, Clare Coleman, Marcus Gallant, and Colin Spencer were flag bearers last Friday for the Junior National Curling Championship.

Basketball for grades one and two boys began this Monday afterschool. We would like to thank Arshia Kazerouni for working with the boys.

School was closed on Tuesday because of the winter storm. The grade three and four students will have their last cross country skiing lesson next Tuesday.

The Student Leadership Council is selling carnations for Valentine’s Day. Students can order from their teacher until February 11. Carnations are $3. All proceeds will go to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The flowers will be delivered on February 13.

On Wednesday evening our school hosted a Family Literacy Night. Our families came to school from 6:30-7:30 pm for a variety of activities including reading, book mark making, joke telling and spelling fun.  The grade 6 girls’ basketball team played an exhibition game against Templeton Collegiate in our gym on Wednesday afternoon.  Makenzy Bishop was the top scorer with 12 points. Thank you to Mr. Wayne George for refereeing the game.

On Thursday students and staff wore sweaters for National Sweater Day and turned down the heat to make an effort to conserve energy.

February is Violence Prevention Month and Heart and Stroke month.

STARS OF THE WEEK
 

Congratulations to Kate Lombard who won a medal at the Timbits II hockey tournament in Port Aux Basques last weekend.

Congratulations to Caleb Rashleigh who won a medal at the Novice II hockey tournament in Deer Lake last weekend.

Congratulations to the boys’ and girls’ basketball team on their performance at the RNC tournament last week. We would like to send out a special thank you to Ms. Bishop, Ms. Danielle and Mr. Ryley Nadon for coaching the teams.

We would like to wish Isaac Buckingham good luck this weekend as he participates in the Marble Cup races this weekend.

CLASS NEWS

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about Groundhog day this week. The children are also learning about penguins and have started talking about Valentine’s Day.

Mme. Brett’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is starting to learn some French vocabulary for Valentine’s Day.  They are also busy decorating their classroom. This week they are working on the letter “q”.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class love the wintertime and were excited that the Groundhog saw his shadow on Monday. On Thursday they enjoyed learning about saving energy as part of National Sweater Day.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is really enjoying their unit on measurement in math. They had fun doing groundhog activities this week. They are super excited to be starting their classroom garden today.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class had a lot of fun this week learning about Groundhog Day. They did a double sided art project to show their predictions. This week they are learning about mass in their math unit. They discovered that the largest item is not always the heaviest.

Ms. Park’s grade two English class is making murals about natural and structural environments in social studies. Reegan is the star of the week.

Mme. O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion class has transplanted their tomato plants and they are growing! This week they started their pepper plants. The class is reading a true story about a polar bear born in captivity in Berlin and did some research on polar bears.

Ms. Horner’s grade three and four class has started new units in math. The grade threes are learning about measurement while the grade fours are doing multiplication and division. In social studies they have been learning about ways they express their culture across Newfoundland and Labrador. The grade four students are reading “The Bug House Family Restaurant Menu” this week in language class. It doesn’t sound tasty! The star of the week this week is Kira McCarthy.

Mme. Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class received letters and photos from their pen pals last week. This week they are writing Valentine letters to their pen pals in Québéc and sending them some photos from their cross country skiing lessons and the Junior Curling Championships.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is starting the National Geographic Classroom Energy Diet Challenge this week. The first project is to create a classroom logo. The class will try to complete as many activities as possible until April 28. Today they are completing the “Hour Without Power” challenge. They will try and see how long they can go throughout the day without using electricity.

 

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class finished their exams last week. The junior high girls are preparing for a basketball game against Stephenville next week. The class had a chocolate chip cooking baking challenge during enrichment this week. Next week they will begin constructing their popsicle stick bridges.

 

COMING UP...

We will celebrate the 100^th day of school next week!

  

The grade 5 boys’ basketball team will play in the Western Region Provincial Basketball Championships in Pasadena next weekend.