Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Lion's Roar - Friday, September 15, 2012





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 This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion's Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, September 15, 2012.

 
By: Hailey Colbourne, Olivia Park, Mira Ismail, and Bruce Patey



Brooklynn Companion and her mother Joanne Companion on the first day of school
 
 
Immaculate Heart of Mary School would like to welcome new and returning staff and students back for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year. Our school would also like to extend an extra welcome to four Brazilian students; Gabreielli Renata B. da Silva,Matheus de Souza Simoes Viante,Dayana Carla Batiste de Lima, and Luam Henrique Marcolino Dias, who have arrived to our school. We hope they will enjoy their stay with us.
All the staff and students would like to send thanks to Ms. Cindy Kawaja who has been helping keep I.H.M.S beautiful by attending to our flower garden out front.
Another thank-you being passed along is to Bishop Hundt for officiating our school opening mass, Friday, September 7th.
 
Over the summer I.H.M.S. had a student who excelled in an extra-curricular heritage/ history project. Gina Spencer, in grade 5, competed in a country wide contest held by Canada’s History for Kids, and has been chosen out of hundreds of applicants. Gina’s video was voted as one of the top thirty videos in Canada! Gina’s project features an informational video on catholic educators, The Presentation Sisters of Newfoundland and Labrador. Gina Spencer will find out if her video and project will advance to the finals in October, when judges will choose the top six projects in Canada. Good luck Gina!
 
Over the past weekend, Gina Spencer and Mr. Gary Graham lent their musical talents to the Children’s Wish Foundation. Our school would like to congratulate them on their efforts and on attending such an important event.
 
This week many events will be taking place for I.H.M.S. Students, these events include:
 
Thursday: Immaculate Heart of Mary School is proud to celebrate its’ 13th Birthday. To commemorate this anniversary students and faculty will participate in a theme day as well as a birthday party in the gymnasium.
 
Friday: Mr. Spencer’s grade 9 Science students are participating in the Trading Books for Boats program held by the Bay of Islands Marina.

Coming Up

Next Weeks’ Special Announcements

Monday: The Breakfast Program begins on Monday at 7:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend. This will operate daily from 7:30 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.

After School Activities will begin on Monday, September 16th.
Wednesday: Teachers will be hosting a curriculum night on September 19th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the gymnasium. We welcome all parents to come along and see what teachers will cover in your child’s class this year.

From The Classrooms

The Junior Kindergartens: There are 46 Junior Kindergartens attending I.H.M.S. this year. Our school would like to welcome the new J.K. teachers; Ms. Simms, Ms. Peddle and Ms. Hickey.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten class: The Kindergartens are happy to inform us they are getting use to Kindergarten and learning new things. Letter of the week is I.

Ms. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class: The French Immersion grade one’s are currently exploring communication, patterning in Mathematics and participating in healthy lifestyle activities.

Ms. Mondoux grade one and two class: The grade one and two French Immersion class is happy to announce three birthdays this week. Birthday salutations go out to Jack Matthews, Alexander Card and Benjamin Card.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class: The English grade one class is currently learning about healthy snacks and exploring patterning in Mathematics.

Ms. Park’s grade two class: The grade twos report they are currently learning about life cycles in Science, furthering their knowledge in patterns, and creating acrostic poems for the I.H.M.S. anniversary on Thursday.

Ms. Payne’s grade three and four class: The grade threes and fours would like to extend a thank-you to Max Chrappa’s Grandmother for her kind gesture. Max’s grandmother brought in fresh, delicious apples for his classmates to enjoy. Ms. Payne would like to inform parents of the Comfy Chair Schedule for September. The schedule allows for all students to have a fair turns sitting in the awesome chair during mornings, recess, and lunch.

Ms. Neary’s grade five and six class: The grade five and sixes are excited and preparing for the 13th anniversary of I.H.M.S. Students have been preparing costumes and creating ideas in preparation for the special day.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level one class: The junior high school students are excited to be back at school. The junior high school students are excited to welcome their new classmates from Brazil. This week the grade 9’s will be travelling to the marina in Curling to attend the Books for Boats program.

A final thank-you to all of the parents of our students for making the first week back to school enjoyable.


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Friday, July 20, 2012

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Lion's Roar - Friday, June 22, 2012





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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion's Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, June 22, 2012.




By:  Vanessa Ford, Brooklynn Companion, Douglas MacKenzie

Immaculate Heart of Mary had their Sports day on Tuesday. Participating in the three-legged race are students from Mrs. George's grade one class (L-R) Summer Ingram and Alyssa Taylor. 


Our Art show last Thursday was a great success! The artwork was amazing, and we would like to thank all of our artists for the time and effort they put into their work. We would also like to thank our families for their support.

The grade 7 to Level I field trip to Bonne Bay Pond was enjoyed by everyone! We want to thank Mr. Gillard and Mr. Hancock who accompanied the group.

On Monday, our theme was black and yellow in support of our Elementary Spelling Bee held that same morning. Congratulations to the following winners of the Spelling Bee: Tyra Ruth (grade 4), Alex Williams (grade 5), and Hannah Sparkes (grade 6). We want to thank all the students who participated in this event; you did an excellent job.

On Monday evening, the grades five to seven classes hosted a French Café. We want to thank Ms. Bennett and Mrs. King for organizing this special event. We also want to thank Ms. Morrall who helped out on Monday evening. Many thanks to our parents for their support! We give a big thank you to the following students who played special roles in our French Café: Abby Companion and Nicole Keeping, who did the welcoming, and Brooklynn Companion, Hailey Colbourne, MacKenzie Brothers, Katerina Hamann, Olivia Park, Kiya Morrissey, and Alex Williams, who were performers. Thanks to all students who worked hard in preparing for the Café.

On Tuesday morning, we had our school wide breakfast. Everyone really enjoyed the pancakes, especially the happy face chocolate chip ones! : ) Tuesday was our hat and shades day which was fitting for the Sports Day we had that afternoon at Prince Edward Park. Everyone had a lot of fun and the weather was perfect for the event.

We had a wonderful Family Mass on Wednesday, and we would like to thank all the families who took part in this special time. We had a great showing. Also we want to thank our singers and readers; you did a beautiful job! Immediately following mass, we had our yearend awards assembly in the school gymnasium. Congratulations to all award recipients. We want to thank the band students from grades 5 through 9, and Mrs. McHugh, for their fantastic performance! We also want to say “Thank you!” once again to our families for your wonderful support and for sharing our last day of the 2011-2012 school year with us. Students were given their reports and dismissed at lunch time.

On Thursday morning we had our volunteer breakfast. We want to thank Coleman’s for their catering of this event. We also want to thank all our volunteers for their dedication and support.

Today is our last staff day at school. We want to thank all of our staff for all your hard work and devotion, and we want to wish you a safe and enjoyable summer!

Stars Of The Week
Students have been entering a Problem of the Week Math contest throughout the year. Their names went in for a draw for prizes for every math problem they attempted. Two winners were drawn from Junior High and two from Elementary. The winners of a Subway Card are: Hailey Colbourne (grade 5), Douglas MacKenzie (grade 6), Jenna Yetman (grade 7), and Claire Reynolds (grade 8). Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to all participants in the Top Your Total Recycling School Contest. As a result of your efforts, Immaculate Heart of Mary has been awarded the Silver Prize of $2,000 for the western region! We collected a total of 66, 649 used beverage containers in just one month! In doing so, we collected the highest volume of units in the western region of the province. Not only has our school raised $10, 064.90 and diverted 66,649 used beverage containers, but also we have saved energy and natural resources, and reduced carbon emissions by 3, 719kg (that’s equal to planting 3, 381 trees)! Wow!
Congratulations once again to all of our Award Recipients! You’ve all done an amazing job!

Coming Up
Summer Holidays! Have a safe and fun summer everyone! See you in September!
 

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Lion's Roar - Friday, June 15, 2012





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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion's Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, June 15, 2012.

By:  Kiya Morrissey, Bruce Patey, Hannah Sparkes, Maria Reynolds

Here are our regional winners for the YMCA Market Your Thoughts essay contest. Winners recieved a certificate and a cash prize. Pictured above L-R: Teacher: Mrs. Alison McHugh, Grade 8 winner: Sarah Keeping, Grade 7 winner: William Goodridge, Grade 9 winner: Brian MacKenzie.
 
Classes are having their year-end field trips. Pictured above, Ms. Bennett's grade 3/4 class was fortunate enough to spend Wednesday morning at the Chrappa's beautiful orchard.

Last Thursday, Mr. Hancock’s grade 5/6 Science class visited the Grenfell Observatory. We want to thank Mrs. Sheppard, Mr. and Mrs Colbourne, Dr. Hamann, Dr. Doug Forbes, and Darlene English for their invaluable help with this event. The class enjoyed their trip and are hoping to go back again on a day when the sky is clearer.
We want to thank Jessica Prince of the Public Library, who spoke to Ms. Bennett’s grade 3/4 class regarding the Summer Read-A-Long Program last Friday.
Our school was chosen as MMSB Waste Reduction Hero School, and last week, Ms. Bennett, Teacher Sponsor for our Green Team, was featured in The Evening Telegram.
Last week, all of our kindergarten classes had their graduation. Thank you to our families for their wonderful response to this special event. We also want to thank Ms. Morrall for the beautiful slide show. Copies of the slide show, as well as copies of our musical, The Wizard of Oz, are available by contacting the office.
On Wednesday, Ms. Bennett and Gina Spencer were interviewed by Wendy Woodland of Roger’s Cable. Gina won a Citizenship Award at the Western Regional Heritage Fair, and she received video equipment to produce a video. Gina did an amazing job! Please vote for Gina’s video at http://www.canadashistory.ca/Kids/YoungCitizens/Profiles/2012/Gina-S.aspx and help her to win a trip to Ottawa (One vote per email address).
The grade 3/4 class would like to thank Max Chrappa’s mom and grandmother for having the class to their home on Wednesday. They had a great time seeing the chickens, new eggs, and apple trees.
Ms. Bennett’s and Mr. Hancock’s classes did a Marine Debris Clean-up Wednesday morning in Curling.
School registration from junior kindergarten to level I for September 2012 is ongoing. We will have a dual stream of kindergarten (full day) to grade 2 (English and French Immersion).

Stars Of The Week

Congratulations to Max Chrappa who placed second in the Primary category for the ACAP Green Building Contest.

Congratulations to the following students who were the school’s winners for the YMCA Create-A-Logo Contest: Caylie Blake, Anna Brake, Hailey Colbourne, Vanessa Ford, Jayden Lemprière, Maria Reynolds, and Gina Spencer. They each received a certificate and a YMCA lunch bag.

Congratulations to the following students who were winners for the YMCA Market Your Thoughts competition: Chris Barnes, Kennedi Boland, Abby Companion, Patrick Davis, William Goodridge, Aaron Hancock, Nicole Keeping, Sarah Keeping, Zubia Mahmood, Brian MacKenzie, Claire Reynolds, Jenna Yetman, Anri Vermooten, and Bethany Whelan. They each received a certificate and a YMCA knapsack.

Regional winners in this contest were William Goodridge (grade 7), Sarah Keeping (grade 8), and Brian MacKenzie (grade 9), who each received a certificate and a monetary prize. Congratulations to all.

From The Classrooms
The junior kindergartens are very happy because they have a new teeter-totter and climber for their outdoor playground. They would like to thank Stan Dawe Ltd. for donating a child-size picnic table to their playground.

Mlle. Wight’s kindergarten French Immersion class is excited that this was the last full week of school; only 3 more days left and they will be off for the summer! This week, they were busy doing Father’s Day activities and crafts, and getting everything all clued up for the year. They would like to say, “Have a great summer, everyone!”

Ms. Dwyer’s kindergarten class had a lot of fun at their graduation last week. They enjoyed their swimming trip with their reading buddies on Wednesday. They are doing some special projects for their dads this week and can’t wait to give them their Father’s Day presents.

Ms. Morrall’s kindergarten class had a fabulous week! They made their wonderful dads father’s day presents and cards. They also had a teddy bear picnic on Wednesday; it was a lot of fun! To their fabulous daddies, they want to say, “Have the best Father’s Day ever; we love you!”

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is finishing their projects on animals and drawing pictures. In Science, they are learning about tools and the work they do. They are talking about families in Health and discussing how they help out at home. The children are all anxious to begin their summer vacation.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class was so excited to have Thomas Bradbury’s dad, Mark, come in last week and do some theatre/acting activities with them! They are going on their year-end field trip today to Margaret Bowater Park and Centre Bowl. They want to wish all our dads a wonderful Father’s Day and all of our readers, a great summer!

Ms. Park’s grade two class is doing Father’s Day crafts. They were busy this week getting ready for the art show. They are very excited to go on their year-end field trip on Friday.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class had a very busy week. They participated in the ACAP Humber Arm Marine Debris Clean-up and went on a year-end field trip to an apple orchard near Little Rapids. Thanks to the Chrappa’s for having us. We had a great time!

Ms. Williams’ grade five and six class had fun swimming on Wednesday with their kindergarten reading buddies. They are really looking forward to summer.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level one class is going on a Field Trip to Bonne Bay Friday. They have been busy this week working on art projects in Enrichment and writing exams. They have also been making preparations for French café. The grade 7 to Level I will write their Science exam on Monday morning.
Coming Up

We want to wish all of our dads a happy Father’s Day on Sunday!
Weather permitting; we will have Sports Day on Monday.
Our I.H.M.S. Got Talent Show is on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, we will have our Year End Family Mass at 8:30 a.m. followed by our annual Awards Assembly.
For the upcoming days, we can expect some warm weather. Please ensure that your child has the appropriate clothing, sunscreen, sunglasses, and hats for outdoors.


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