By: Noah Colbourne, Luke Coleman, Angelina Burton, Charlotte Mercier
Our students and staff enjoyed a winter break with a long weekend last week.
Tuesday was a very exciting day in our school as it was the grand opening of the IHMS Salad bar! This new service will be available every Tuesday. We had many delicious types of salad available including quinoa salad, broccoli salad, Caesar salad, and fruit salad. In addition, there were a variety of salad toppings available to choose from. We would like to thank our staff and volunteers for their hard work in preparing the food and the beautiful artwork for the grand opening.
We would like to congratulate our students who attended the Provincial Chess tournament this past weekend. IHMS hosted another amazing tournament with students attending from all across the island. Representing our school we had Andrew Ryan and Spencer Kean in kindergarten; Mary Jay Cull in grade one; Fabian Ryan, Grayson Roberts, Hunter Olmstead, and Adam Thomas in grade two; Katy Hancock and Yasmin Alkhlil in grade three; Uriah Cull and Jack Watton in grade four; Candace Johannesen in grade six; and Thomas Moerschell in level 1. We would also like to thank our parents, staff, and volunteers for all the work they did in organizing, planning, and supporting this event. Special thank you to Mrs. Cull, Ms. Williams, Ms. Jennifer Pendleton, and Mr. Hancock who lead our chess club.
On Thursday morning we held a special assembly to honour our provincial chess champions and to give out special chess club awards in memory of Mr. Jose Lam. The chess club held a party afterschool on Thursday to celebrate their successes over the weekend. We would like to congratulate the award recipients from this assembly. Top performing awards for the Provincial Chess tournament went to Fabian Ryan (male), and Katy Hancock (female); Rookie of the Year for 2019 went to Andrew Ryan (male) and Mary Jay Cull (female); Most Improved Player Awards went to Adam Thomas (male) and Yasmin Alkhalil (female); Sportsmanship Award went to Jack Watton (male) and Candace Johannesen (female); IHMS CHESS Global Ambassador Award went to Thomas Moerschell; IHMS CHESS dedication to the game of chess awards & for the love of the game awards went to Uriah Cull, Grayson Roberts, Jacob Cull, Liam Gaulton, Hunter Olmstead, and Spencer Kean.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Ms. Georgina Burton who was married over the weekend!
Congratulations to our provincial chess champions: in kindergarten, Andrew Ryan received first place and Spencer Kean received second place; in grade two, Fabian Ryan received second place; in grade three, Katy Hancock in third place; in grade four, Uriah Cull in third place; and in Level 1, Thomas Moerschell second place.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes would like to welcome two Early Childhood Education students who will be with their class for a five week work placement. The students are busy preparing for the Rotary Music Festival.
Ms. Cornick’s Kindergarten class would like to welcome two new students to their class this week. Welcome to Sanna and Alex! The students are looking forward to spring and doing spring activities.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about how to take care of our water supply for World Water Day. They are finishing their penguin research projects. They all really enjoyed a tasty salad on Tuesday for the official opening of the salad bar. The star of the week is Rudy.
Mme. Ryan’s grade two and three French Immersion class is super excited about the arrival of spring. They painted Friendship rocks to place in the green spaces around the school. They are discussing and exploring with magnets in science.
Ms. Bursey’s grade two English class is learning about supply and demand. In science they are investigating with causes objects to move.
Mme. King’s grade four, five and six French Immersion class had a lot of fun doing activities for International Francophone Day. All classes finished their unit in math. They would like to extend congratulations to Candace Johannesen who won the Sportsmanship Award at the Chess Assembly.
Ms. Williams’ grade three class learned about the properties of magnets and tests different materials to see if they were magnetic or not. They also tried experiments with magnets to see if they could make a paper clip and a magnet float. In math, students began exploring mass and estimating the mass of different objects.
Mrs. Hinks’ grade four class is learning about sequencing in language arts. They learned about different climates and vegetation in social studies. They are discovering how amazing rocks are in science.
Mr. Ryley’s grade five class is looking at a variety of ways to make a lift in STEM. In language arts they are preparing for a chocolate taste test and planning their trip to Wonka’s factory.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade six class is almost finished reading Bridge to Terabithia. In math they are learning long division. In science they are working on the Kids in Charge Energy Savings Contest.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s grade seven and eight class is working on their heritage fair projects. Students will be going to Marble Mountain on Monday for skiing and snowboarding lessons.
Mr. Hancock’s grade nine to level three class is excited about their skiing and snowboarding trip on Monday. Chemistry 2202 students are learning about bonding forces. Biology 3201 students are starting molecular genetics.
Coming Up
The salad bar is open every Tuesday for a cost of $5.
Fabian Ryan enjoys a salad during the grand opening of the IHMS Salad Bar last week.
Junior high Students,(L-R): Fatima Alkhalil, Mikayla Mugford, Reyd Ward, Rosemary Owolabi, Rebecca Janes, and Jenna Cammie line up at the salad bar during lunch break last Tuesday.
