Our event this year took place on April 19th from 9:30 – 12:30. We hosted the event for families promoting good learning activities that are fun to do at home. Parents and children had a chance to visit stations in the gym with activities and also had a chance to meet with community vision and dental experts from Fort St.
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Science Fair
The Science Fair was Wednesday, March 9. Student projects were set up first thing in the morning and judging began at 9am. Parents were welcome to come and see the science display boards in the afternoon,
Hockey and Broomball Tournaments
The in town tournament was scheduled for March 10th and 11th at the Pomeroy Sports Center (Enerplex). The broomball tournament took place March 17th at the Pomeroy Sports Center.
The 2nd Dan Storey Memorial Broomball Tournament was held at Clearview school on Monday,
Kindergarten Information
District staff were at the school on March 8th at 7 pm to share information about the Kindergarten program for next year and to answer questions that parents had.
Jump Rope for Heart
Thanks to the Prespatou community for their generous donations to the Jump Rope for Heart! This year the intermediate students met their goal of raising $6,000.00 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation! An official amount raised will be announced later.
Grade 12 Graduation
Friday, February 4th, was graduation day for Prespatou’s grade 12 students. As usual the gym was decorated beautifully, with a winter theme for the first time ever. The students chose the motto “Don’t Wait for the Storm to Pass …
Author Visit
We were very fortunate to have author Sigmund Brouwer visit our school for the morning on Monday, February 21st. We have over 60 of his books in our library. He did a presentation to the whole school and then worked with various intermediate and secondary students to promote reading and writing.
Library News
Read, read, and read some more. Double your reading, double your fun reading contest. In six weeks, students have been challenged to double their reading time. We will finish with an assembly on March 15th with many great prizes donated by local businesses to give away.
Order your 2010-2011 school yearbook:
Yearbook order form
Please click on the above link to download a yearbook order form and return completed form with payment to the school.
Farewell
Friday, the 7th of January was the last day of work in our school for Educational Assistant/Lunch Period Monitor Edith Wiebe. We had a surprise miniparty for her during the school lunch break to formally say “Goodbye and see you around”. Edie will be missed.