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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, January 29, 2016.
By: Emily Murley, Cole Dumaresque, and Simon Boitsefski
Our junior kindergarten to grade four
students participated in hand washing sessions with local pharmacist, Janice
Coleman, this week.
The grade seven to level two students have
continued writing their midterm exams this week. The last exam, Chemistry 2202,
is being written on Monday.
Mr. Ryley is happy to announce that the
school’s climbing wall is being installed in the gymnasium. Classes will begin
lessons using this new feature very soon.
The elementary cross country skiing lessons
continued this week. The students are enjoying the fresh outdoors and learning
a new skill.
This week we say goodbye to our Brazilian
exchange students. They have been wonderful additions to our school and we will
miss them very much. This afternoon classes will celebrate with them and
students will have an opportunity to say goodbye.
Both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams
will participate in the J.J. Curling Invitational Basketball Tournament this
weekend.
This Sunday is the Regional Chess Competition
at St. Gerard’s. Registration begins at 9 am and is $20. We wish our chess
players good luck at this competition.
Our school family would like to send our
condolences to the family of Father Aiden Divine who passed suddenly last Thursday.
He was a wonderful priest and will be truly missed.
Stars
of the Week
Congratulations to Jenna Cammie who won a
silver medal at the Western Divisional Figure Skating Competition held in Deer
Lake this past weekend. Jenna has earned the right to compete at the
Provincials.
Congratulations to Alister MacDonnell, Teresa
Coleman, Luke Coleman and Clare Coleman who participated in a cross country
skiing race this past weekend. Clare, Teresa and Luke all received medals in
the races.
Class
News
The junior kindergarten classes enjoyed
talking about penguins and the letter “F”. The children really enjoyed their
hand washing session on Wednesday.
Mme. Foley’s Kindergarten French Immersion
class learned about the letter “G” this week. They made sparkly art with
watercolour paint and salt.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is
learning about bears in science class. They created a book about energy
efficiency in language class.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class and
Mme. O’Dells’ grade two French Immersion class are working on a new unit on
measurement in math. They are learning how to read maps in social studies this
week and exploring an awesome new French spelling app on the school Ipads. They
are sad to say goodbye to the Brazilian students who are leaving this weekend.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class is
learning about the natural features of each Atlantic province in social
studies. In religion class, they are
learning about some of Jesus’s miracles. The star of the week is Ryder.
Ms. Park’s grade two class started a new
chapter in math called “Data Analysis”. They are currently learning about
concrete graphs. This week the students are doing student of the week writing.
The student of the week is Rachael. The stars of the week so far have been
Brady, Daniel, Jake, and Rachael.
Mme. Moss’ grade three, four and five French
Immersion class is learning to conjugate French verbs in the present tense and
using games to practice. The group is enjoying the skiing lessons at Blow Me
Down.
Ms. Crockers’ grade three and four class are
finishing their multiplication unit in math. They also finished their class
video about saving energy. The grad four students are reading about Canada’s
ice hotel. To get a feel for the real experience they took their reading
outside to our outdoor classroom. After they finished reading, they enjoyed
some apple juice in cups made of real ice!
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class
visited City Hall on Wednesday to have lunch with the Mayor Charles Pender and
Councillor Mary Ann Murphy. The class, along with the grade five French
Immersion students enjoyed a pizza lunch and an information session in council
chambers. The students were invited to City Hall as the winners of the City of
Corner Brook 60th anniversary slogan contest.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level two
class are saying goodbye to their Brazilian classmates. The Brazilian students
had a lot of fun cross country skiing at Blow Me Down trails on Tuesday
afternoon. The students’ exchange is ending and the group will be returning
home on Saturday. The class has been busy with exams for the past week and
half, but will have their final midterm exam on Monday.