The students of Highglen Montessori Elementary finished painting the fish from the "Stream of Dreams" and look forward to seeing their work on the fence in the next couple of days. The salmon eggs that have hatched and been fed in our tank will be released at the end of May. The students have also been able to view the duck eggs being incubated in the Library.
The students of Mrs. Rockwell's class will be going to Exploration Place for work on their electricity curriculum. The students never get tired of the hair-raising event! These students will also be participating in a bottle drive on Saturday to raise funds for their year-end trip to Mt. Robson.
The garden at the school is anxious for Spring. Parents and students will join in a work bee for Saturday, May 20th to top dress the garden beds.
From moose to Mother's Day projects, students and staff at cole Heather Park Elementary School continue to race pell-mell towards the end of the school year. Recently an errant moose roamed on the school property, and needless to say, and from the safety of classroom windows, was the focus of excited attention. Many students were busy creating special cards and other unique homemade treats to give to their moms. For example, Madame Lane's and Mr. Franz's grade 4/5 classes built coiled flower pots from clay. After they had been fired and then glazed, potting soil was put into the pots along with a plant. Mrs. MacLeod's grade 2/3 class, with the help of their buddies from Mr. Franz's class made candles. After stringing a wick up the middle of a 1 litre milk container, ice was added. Then molten wax was poured in and things were allowed to set. When the container was removed and the water drained away, the results were unique-looking textured candles. Both of these projects went home as Mother's Day gifts.
Other upcoming activities include Mr. Laupitz's gr. 6 students beginning their Judo lessons which will run during the entire month of May as part of their PE program. The lessons are at the Hart Judo Centre and are taught by Bruce Kamstra.
This week, several classes attended KRSS's theatre production of M*A*S*H--hoping to catch sight of an older sibling and/or friend performing on stage. Everyone enjoyed witnessing all the zaniness and pranks of the Mobile Army Surgical Unit.
In lieu of taking part in the Intermediate "Pie or Be Pied" event on May 12th, Primary classes chose to raise money for cancer research by asking for donations toward cancer research in exchange for a mini pack of flower seeds. The seed packets were available throughout the week.
Well done to the students at Immaculate Conception School who recently fundraised for the Holy Childhood Association Campaign to support children in India. The leadership Club organized a coin drive. Once all the money was collected, staff counted it while students got to participate in activities led by the Leadership Club. In total $1800 was collected.
Also, students this week participated in the Jump Rope for Heart and everyone enjoyed the activities arranged by gym teacher Miss Ames.
Everyone is looking forward to the Spring Concert this Friday when every class will perform and there will be a special recital by our school band.
Mrs Kruger and Grade one are organizing this month's celebration of mass which also takes place on Friday.
Sincere thanks to our wonderful P.S.G. members at Sacred Heart School who organized the annual plant sale last week. The beautiful hanging baskets were delivered just in time for Mother's Day. UNBC Summer Camp staff visited us this week to make a presentation about summer activities to the students. The students and staff will travel to the P.G. Playhouse this week to attend "Into the Woods" a production of the Vanderhoof Children's Theatre. Rehearsals for our spring production "Aladdin" are in the final phase. It will be staged on Thursday, May 26th with curtain at 7:00p.m. All welcome!
PJ Bracegirdle was Westwood Elementary's most recent visiting author. Grade 6 and 7 classes listened to PJ's newest novel for teens and learning about where PJ generated his story ideas. Relay teams had a very enjoyable and successful time at their recent meet at Masich Place. Congratulations to all athletes for their exceptional participation and representation of our school. Mrs. Coupe's Kindergarten class hosted a wonderful and memorable Mother's Day tea this past Thursday. Dancing, cake, and punch were enjoyed by all. A special thank you to the grade 7 helpers, Masey, Mady, Noah and Gage. Signs of spring are growing more and more evident around the school. Plants are sprouting and birds are visiting the feeders in the school garden. The boys' and girls' groups are now up and running. They have been busy with cultural crafts and activities under the guidance of Mrs. Cooper. Every Thursday four different Grade 6 students have been using their leadership skills to deliver a variety of minor games to Mrs. Sutton's grade 4 PE class. The games of Four and the Big Ball Challenge have been played so far. Mrs. Parker, our teacher/librarian, was one of three recipients of the BC Book Prize which brought five hundred dollars worth of books to our school library. Congratulations Mrs. Parker! This is such a wonderful thing for our school. Finally, the first two winners of the "Get Caught Reading" program have been Karlee and Marcus. Mrs. Parker will continue each week to hunt down and catch those students reading. Contest goes until the end of June.
The PGSS Montessori class attended an author book talk with P.J. Bridegirdle on May 5 and
on May 11 they will be attending 'geneskool' at UNBC where students will participate in a CSI-style mystery.
Congratulations goes out to Mr. O'Brien's theatre class and their production of
"Night at the Wax Museum" which was held at Vanier Hall last week.
Last Friday PGSS held a grade 7 Volley-ball day camp on the NI Day. Over 80 students from the feeder elementary schools attended and had a great time.
This past weekend the Pgss Polar Rugby Spring 15's team were in a tournament held in Edmonton, Alberta.
We are also very excited as our Graduation Ceremony will be held this week, Friday May 13 at 1:00 pm at CN Centre.
Congratulations goes out to all of our graduates!
