All Around Our Schools
Staff and students at cole Heather Park elementary will be hosting their own winter fun day on Thursday. This event is sponsored by (and in honour of) our French Immersion program, but all students will participate. While modeled after the Quebec Winter Carnaval, we don't have a canoe race through the ice floes of the St. Lawrence, nor a seven-foot tall talking snowman called Bonhomme Carnaval.However, we will have our own 'Bonhomme Heros,' the school's own mascot. There will be plenty of merry-making and a variety of events including: a DVD on Carnaval, Mrs. McGraw's experiences at having taken students to Quebec, snow shoeing, 'dog' sled races, and both sugar and ice sculpture challenges.
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A reminder that cole Franco-Nord will be hosting open house information sessions for Francophone parents on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Pupils enrolled in our program access a number of advantages: full specialized education services, laptop computers, school transportation, full day kindergarten and an atmosphere that is conducive to cultural development in French. The Head Start Program and Les Petits Dragonords Preschool are also offered in our school. Students that graduate from the Francophone program at Duchess Park secondary, receive two diplomas from the minister of education: The Dogwood and the Cornouiller.
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The basketball teams of Highglen Montessori elementary have received their scheduled games - the boys will be going to Central Fort George on Tuesday and the girls welcome Blackburn Elementary to their gym on Thursday. The students of Mrs. Haddock's class will be going to Simon Fraser Lodge on Wednesday to sing and chat with the residents when having their snack.
Mrs. Rockwell's class has been doing a section on Body Systems - creative and factual Power Point Presentations, board games and written projects are being completed.
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The students at Zion Lutheran School will be hosting their annual appreciation tea on Feb. 11 at 10:30 a.m. They will be serving baked treats and coffee and tea to all who have helped with the school in any way. There will also be some entertainment with songs being performed by the students.
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The Grade 2/3 students at Sacred Heart School will visit Groop Art Gallery on Third Avenue this week. The students will mark Chinese New Year with a mask-making sessionand Chinese "show-and-tell" today. Many activities are planned for B.C. Catholic Schools' Week beginning on Feb. 6 with a parish/school eucharist at Sacred Heart Cathedral at 11a.m. Skiing (both downhill and cross-country), family movie night, Two Rivers Art Gallery visits and a retreat for older students are all on the agenda next week.
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Leadership at Blackburn elementary school has been going strong for many years. Last week we competed in the Mardi Gras Snow Daze Snowman Building Contest. Students built 154 snowmen in one hour. To qualify for the competition all snowmen had to be at least one metre tall, have eyes, a nose and arms. We also tried to build the tallest snowman. It was over 3 metres tall. Our latest leadership activity was "July in January." Students were encouraged to dress up in summer wear for the day, and teachers planned fun activities to celebrate.
