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Representing Borden School, Kirsten Szwydky and Clayton Wiebe played mixed doubles in badminton. They placed first in two rounds of playoffs in Martensville and Warman, then playing for Prairie Spirit School Division in regionals at Osler. The team members are the district champions of Central Valley Athletic Conference. Eleven other players also represented Borden in badminton.
Borden School held an information and appreciation night May 8. Principal Mitch Luiten introduced guest speakers RCMP constables Sean Nave and Jay Slack. They spoke on students and cellphone use, addiction, rural crime watch and Citizens on Patrol Program.
Cst. Nave is a school resource officer. He talked about the addictive qualities of cellphone apps such as games, Instagram, Snapchat and others. He said students who overuse these programs can lose their ability to think and verbalize. He also spoke on drugs and bullying.
The school community council held their annual meeting prior to the open meeting and, with some resigning from the committee, they need new members. On the SCC the past year have been chair Alana Gunsch, Pam Pidwerbesky, Corinne Szwydky, Marcia Parker, Danielle Grasby, Gwen Dyck and Kim Worona, staff members Allison Dyck, Ken Crush (division board member) and Mitch Luiten. The SCC is losing Corinne as her daughter graduates.
They met seven times in 2017-18 and attempted to bring positive change in a variety of areas including student learning, extra-curricular opportunities, school equipment and supplies and community engagement in school activities. Some programs they helped to fund were Book and a Bagel, Munsch Mania Puppet Show, Borden School’s Got Talent, student agendas, Sask. Student Leadership Conference and Encounters with Canada.
Mitch spoke of changes happening in the upcoming year. He is moving to Rosthern School as principal and Brody Morris will be the new principal at Borden. Teachers Jackie Locke, Jennifer Doratti and Shaun Dyck are all moving to Warman School. At Borden, Gina Smith from Shellbrook will be special needs staff member and Allison Dyck and Terri Troupe-Logue will become full-time teachers.
Danika Pidwerbesky and Jade Matte spoke on attending the Student Leadership Conference along with five other students from Borden. One of the guest speakers was Alvin Law.
Brooke Brazeau spoke on going to Ottawa for one week in March for Encounters With Canada where she met students from all over Canada and attended workshops. She said she learned much about Canada and toured Ottawa and area. She found it helped plan her future, as they explored careers and she experienced new things and gained self-confidence.
Mitch told of some of the money spent at the school from fundraisers and donations such as the new chairs that cost $2,000 and two new speakers for more $2,000.
An elementary track meet will be in Borden June 6 and awards night will be June 14 preceded by a barbecue. In 2018-19 there will a senior girls’ volleyball team and Borden will host conference playoffs.
The Borden Lions held a Mother’s Day brunch on May 13 in the Borden Community Centre, with the guys doing the cooking and the ladies helping with clean up. The proceeds from the brunch will go to diabetes research and there were pamphlets and brochures on diabetes and healthy eating available. Winning the Mother’s Day basket raffle filled with goodies was Gloria Derbowka.
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