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 …
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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.
Christmas
Our Christmas concert took place on Thursday, December 16th at 7 pm. The PAC provided goodie bags, and parents were asked to pay $3 per bag. We enjoyed seeing you there! We participated in two Christmas charity activities this year.
Book Fair – Library Fundraiser
The library hosted a Scholastic Book Fair on Nov. 22, 23, and 24th. Students and parents were invited to come in and purchase some great new books. Thank you to everyone who supported the book fair last week.
Gym Nights
Gym nights will be running Tuesdays from 7-9 pm at the school. If you are interested in helping out with this, please contact Philip and Kathy Martens at 630-2258.
Terry Fox Run
Thank you to everyone for their enthusiastic participation in the Terry Fox run on September 28. Thanks also to all who generously donated – we were able to forward over $300 for cancer research.
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Book Fair
Mrs. Wilson will be hosting a book fair in the library Nov. 13-16th. Don’t forget the family night on Tuesday from 7-9 pm.