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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, March 18, 2016.
By: Isaac Buckingham, Marcus Gallant, Colin Spencer, and Carly Johannesen
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| Jaabili Kollipara and Charlie Hynes made a log cabin and wood pile out of foam shapes in Kindergarten French Immersion class this week as part of a lesson on patterning and building in math. |
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| Kindergarten students Lauren Green and Noor Aitaee try out a wheelchair during the Kindergarten orientation at Western Regional Memorial Hospital. |
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| Students, Logan (back) and Jacob Butt, help water the classroom plants in Mrs. Hodder's kindergarten English classroom. The garden is part of the Little Green Thumbs Program. |
On
Monday we celebrated Pi Day in our classes. Some of our students are memorizing
the digits of Pi for our upcoming Pi Day contest.
Mme.
Ryan’s grade one and two French Immersion class hosted a bake sale on Monday to
raise money for their humanitarian project to buy livestock for a village in
need.
On
Thursday we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a green theme day. Many of our
classes were busy trying to catch the leprechaun. The Student Leadership
Council sold gold coins and hosted a guessing contest for classes to win a pot
of leprechaun treasure. Mr. Drew’s homeroom is organizing our annual St.
Patrick’s Day Family Potluck and social this Sunday from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.
Families and extended family members are welcome!
Today
we are hosting our Term 1 Awards assembly. We are honouring perfect attendance,
perfect spelling, improved reading awards, academic excellence and provincial
contest winners. Congratulations to everyone on their achievements in Term 1.
Congratulations
to our school choir, chamber choir, primary choir, junior kindergarten and
kindergarten choir grade five and six
band and junior and senior high bands who performed in the Corner Brook Rotary
Festival last week. Everyone performed exceptionally well.
We
would like to wish a happy birthday to Ms. Cora Ochoa!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations
to all our students who performed in the Corner Brook Rotary Music Festival,
including: Simon Boitsefski, Isaac Buckingham, Sarah Buckingham, Clare Coleman,
Luke Coleman, Noah Evans, Ava Hodder, Aria Kazerouni, Ani Kennedy, Alessandra
LeBlanc, Arabella LeBlanc, Alister MacDonnell, Charlotte Mercier, Isabelle
Mercier, Israela Ngania, Ella Rashleigh, Gabriel Rowsell, Lily Smallwood, and
Colin Spencer.
Congratulations
to Stars of the Festival winners. Simon Boitsefski received $50 for Theatre
Newfoundland Labrador musical theatre scholarship and a $50 scholarship in
memory of Rob Michael for junior piano. Clare Coleman received a $50 scholarship
from Academy Canada for musical mheatre, a $50 scholarship from Carlson Wagonlit
& Harvey’s Travel for junior piano and junior voice. Luke Coleman received a $25 Ida Lundrigan
Scholarship for musical theatre, and $25 Ida Lundrigan Scholarship for piano. Aria
Kazerouni received $50 scholarship in memory of Rob Michael for junior piano.
Alister MacDonnell received a $50 Beta Sigma Phi scholarship for percussion.
Lily Smallwood received a $25 Ida Lundrigan scholarship for piano and a $25
scholarship for musical theatre. Colin Spencer received a $50 Academy Canada
scholarship for musical theatre, a $50 scholarship in memory of Rob Michael for
junior voice, and a $50 Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship for piano.
Congratulations
to Emma Cook who received her level one swimming badge and Ivor Cook who
received his level four badge this week.
Congratulations
to carter Bromley, Noah Colbourne, and Noah Evans who participated in a novice
tournament in St. John’s this past weekend. Carter received a trophy for being
the Player of the Game.
Congratulations
to Jenna Cammie and Rebecca Janes who participated in the synchronized Figure
Skating Competition this past weekend. Jenna’s team won gold!
Congratulations
to Kara Blanchard, Wes Cleveland, Emma Cook, Ivor Cook Gabriel Rowsell, Carter
Hickey, Logan George, Rotém Phillips Grobelaar, Shane Matthews, Fabian Ryan, Liam Stride,
Brooke Watton, and Jack Watton who received medals from the Marble Mountain Ski
Program.
Congratulations
to Charlotte Mercier, Isabelle Mercier, and Trinity Rouse who cut off their
hair to donate for cancer patients!
Congratulations
to Jacob Bursey, Max Chrappa, Uriah Cull, James Lao and Alister MacDonnell who
participated in the Provincial Chess Tournament in St. John’s this past
weekend. Alister MacDonnell received a Most Sportsmanship Award, an award that
was presented for the first time in thirteen years. Uriah cull placed second in
the grade one category. Congratulations to all participants.
Class News
The
junior kindergarten classes learned about St. Patrick’s Day this week. The
students were happy to see the sunshine and go outside to play in the snow this
week. Everyone is looking forward to Easter vacation.
Mme.
Foley’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is studying the letter “v” this
week. They had a lot of fun on their hospital field trip on Wednesday. A
leprechaun left footprints and coins all over their classroom on St. Patrick’s
Day.
Mrs.
Hodder’s Kindergarten English class enjoyed their visit to the Western Regional
Memorial Hospital to attend the kindergarten orientation. The class set a trap for the leprechaun on
Thursday, but did not catch him!
Mrs.
George’s grade one English class learned about St. Patrick this week. They had
a lot of fun making leprechaun traps. They didn’t manage to catch one, but did
receive a note and some treats. In science they learned about living things.
They enjoyed Pi Day on Monday too!
Mme.
Ryan’s grade one and two French Immersion class held a bake sale on Monday in
aid of their humanitarian project. They raised 115.00! The class is also
planning a used kid’s book sale. They had a lot of fun this week celebrating
St. Patrick’s Day!
Ms. Park’s
grade two class was excited to try catching a leprechaun. On Monday they wrote
instructions on how to catch one and on Wednesday they built traps. In science
they are learning about friction.
Mme.
Moss’ grade three, four and five French Immersion class have been very busy this
week. The grade three students are learning about soil health and global
importance of preserving soil. The grade four students are using what they
learned in their sound unit to orchestrate songs for their ears. The grade five
students presented their speeches in language arts class.
Ms.
Crockers’ grade three and four class were really excited to celebrate St.
Patrick’s Day on Thursday. The grade three students have started a new unit on
fractions in math, while the grade four students are learning about reducing
and comparing fractions. The grade four students celebrated Pi Day by writing
Pi-kus. A Pi-ku is a poem similar to a Haiku except it has three lines of 3-1-4
syllables and is written about math.
Mrs.
McCarthy’s grade five and six class presented their speeches in class this
week. The grade five students had a chocolate tasting on Monday. The class
favourite was Lindt chocolate closely followed by Cadbury Dairy Milk and
Hersey. The grade six students wrote creative Pi-Kus for Pi Day on Monday. In
health class the students are creating a recipe book.
Mr.
Drew Nadon’s junior high to level two class had a great time at the National
Geoscience and Engineering Month Bridge Building competition on Saturday.
Jordan Park and Myles Calbert’s bridge held 160 kg! The class visited the
public library on Tuesday for an orientation to begin their Heritage Fair and
Enterprise Olympics projects.
Coming Up
The
annual Elementary Speak Off will be held in our school cafeteria this Monday
evening at 7 pm.
