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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 4, 2016.
By: Jacob Bursey, Kori Noel and Jack Richardson
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| Our school winners in the “Say Yes to Friendship” Poster Contest for National Non-Violence Month. This contest was in partnership with the Western Regional Coalition to End Violence. Students display their winning artwork. (L-R): Leah Lainey, Jaabili Kollipara, and Reyd Ward |
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Kindergarten French Immersion student, James Coade, with the letter "q" he made out of cubes.
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| Level two students Arista White (left) and Emily O'Bryan (right) with level one student, Maria Reynolds, work on their Popsicle stick bridge for the National Geosciences and Engineering Month Bridge Building Competition. |
Last
week we had another successful Scholastic Book Fair. Liam Gaulton was the
winner of the candy guessing game, and Nicholas Mauger won the guess for the
number of pages in the book game. The family draw was won by Cassie Hoskins. She
received $25 for her family and $25 for her classroom. Family literacy night winners were Lily
Smallwood, Ryder Borden, and Ethan Hicks.
We
would like to thank our families for their support of the Corner Brook Winter
Carnival. IHMS sold 710 buttons this year.
This
month is Mathletics March Madness. Our students will be competing in math
contests with students worldwide.
Currently
we are collected old single use batteries as part of an environmental
initiative through MMSB.
We
would like to congratulate our participants in the Winter Carnival Spelling Bee
last week. Representing grade four Natalie Parsons and Caleb Rashleigh,
representing grade five Clare Coleman
and Colin Spencer, and representing grade six Isaac Buckingham and Aaron White.
Isaac Buckingham was the overall winner in grade six. Congratulations to all
our spellers!
Over
the weekend Isaac Buckingham and Isabelle Mercier travelled to St. John’s to
compete in the Fourth Annual Scripps Spelling Bee. The students studied over
1100 words in preparation for the event. We would like to congratulate them on
their performance! Mme. Moss and Mrs. McCarthy also attended the spelling bee
to support our spellers.
The
girls’ and boys’ grade six basketball teams participated in the West Coast
Provincials over the weekend. Congratulations to our teams on their
performances.
Mr.
Nadon’s grade four and five science classes were the provincial winners in the K-I-C
contest sponsored by Newfoundland Light and Power. As a result of the
provincial win our school will receive five new iPads! As well, Mrs. Hodder’s
kindergarten class was a runner up in the same contest and will receive two new
iPads.
Our
school is the provincial winner in the Recylce My Cell Campaign. We are the recipients
of a $500 environmental grant and we will receive $1 for every cell phone we
recycled.
We
would like to congratulate all the Special Olympic athletes visiting Corner
Brook and competing in a variety of sports. We are looking forward to meeting
with local athletes next week.
Colin
Spencer, along with his mom Janice Spencer, sang “O’Canada” and “The Ode to
Newfoundland” at the opening of the Special Olympics on Tuesday evening.
We
would like to congratulate our school winners in the “Say
Yes to Friendship” Poster Contest for National
Non-Violence Month. This contest was in partnership with the Western Regional
Coalition to End Violence. Our kindergarten winner is Jaabili Kollipara, our
primary winner is Leah Lainey, and our elementary winner is Reyd Ward.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations
to Carter Bromley, Noah Colbourne, and Mark Janes who participated in a novice
tournament in Twin Towns on Saturday. Their team won a gold medal.
Congratulations
to Jenna Cammie who participated in a figure skating competition in Botwood this
past weekend. Jenna earned the right to participate in the Atlantic
Championships.
Class News
The
junior kindergarten classes are learning about the special Olympic sports. They
talked about the letter “j” and did activities with the letter.
Mme.
Foley’s Kindergarten French Immersion class celebrated
Dr. Seuss' birthday by painting cat in the hat mosaic paintings. The students
were busy learning the letter “q” this week.
Mrs.
Hodder’s Kindergarten English class enjoyed tasting cucumber from their Little
Green Thumbs Garden. They are thrilled to have won iPads for the school through
the Hotshots contest. This week they have been learning about Special Olympic
Sports.
Mrs.
George’s grade one English class has been learning about the Special Olympics. They are really looking
forward to meeting some of the athletes when they visit our school next week.
They would like to wish them the best of luck! In science class they have been
learning about our similarities and differences. In math, the students are
working on different ways to make groupings.
Mme.
Ryan’s grade one and two French Immersion class have been talking about ways
that we can include everyone in our activities this week. The students are very
excited about the Special Olympics and the athletes visiting our school next
week. They are also working on a humanitarian project that will purchase
animals and seeds for a village in another country.
Ms. Park’s
grade two class learned about how water can change form by doing a fun
experiment with melting a mini snowman. They discussed the Special Olympics and
completed a craft. In math, they are having lots of fun measuring things in
their classroom. Last week they were delighted to have Leif the Lucky visit
their class with our Leifling, Alister MacDonnell
Mme.
Moss’ grade three, four and five French Immersion class would like to
congratulate Isabelle Mercier for her performance in the Telegram Scripps
Spelling Bee last weekend. This week the students are being parts of speech
detectives in French and writing about their daily routines using present tense
conjugation.
Ms.
Crockers’ grade three and four class having been thinking about the special
Olympians this week and supporting our athletes by attending the opening
ceremonies. The grade three students have been learning how to interpret bar
graphs and compare them in venn diagrams. The grade four’s are creating their
own pictographs in math. Both classes are working on novel studies in language
arts. The grade fours are preparing speeches for the upcoming Elementary Speak
Off.
Mrs.
McCarthy’s grade five and six class created business ideas and logos for the
YMCA Create A Logo Contest this week.
The grade five students learned how chocolate is made from coco beans in
Gahana. The video made everyone hungry! The grade six class is continuing their
novel study on “Holes”.
Mr.
Drew Nadon’s junior high to level two class is looking forward to organizing
the school’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Potluck Dinner. The grade seven and eight
students are working on a novel study. The grade nine to level two students are
beginning their Shakespearean study by learning about Shakespeare and making
him a Facebook page.
Coming Up
Our
school is performing in the Rotary Music Festival next week.
