March started out like a lamb, but as Monday progressed it was starting to have more lion-like characteristics.
The school's junior curling teams participated in the Battle West playoffs last week. The mixed team had one close game, but lost two straight games and were eliminated from the competition.
The girls' team lost their first game but won their second. This meant they made it to the second day of playoffs. They returned to Wilkie Thursday, but lost the game.
For most of the curlers, these playoffs were their first opportunity to curl. They learned a lot and developed an interest in curling so it was a successful adventure.
The new high school physical education program is an experiment this year, but so far it has been successful. The program runs every day for the 30 minutes right before lunch. Its goal is to create student interest in a variety of physical and wellness activities as well as promote聽self responsibility for wellness and physical health.
The students are offered two to three different units every cycle . The cycles run about three weeks.聽
Mr. Nickell just finished a winter outdoor unit. These outdoor students built primitive snowshoes, attempted and learned skills related to primitive fire building and winter shelter building.
They also engaged in survival mentality and theory. The unit concluded with a day trip to the river hills where students tested their snowshoes and built winter shelters.
The primitive fire building skills were traded in for a lighter and newspaper. Maybe next time.
The Spring Book Fair well be held during March 16 to 20, in the school library.
There are seven students currently participating in an e-journalism project with Mr. Nickell as part of a Living Sky School Division team.聽
Students from Wilkie, Cando and Maymont make up the team. The students will be covering and reporting on the 20th National Congress on Rural Education in Canada.
They will be developing skills in photography, video production, writing, social media and interviewing.
They have three days of training to prepare for the conference, which is March 29 to 31 in Saskatoon.
Four staff members will be attending a two-day conference in Saskatoon March 14 and 15. The conference is an opportunity to hear聽 鈥淭he Two Sisters.鈥�
These two women are from the United States and have developed a literacy program called the Daily 5. This program is used by many teachers in the school division.
These speakers do not come to Canada often, so it is an excellent professional learning opportunity. Attending the conference will be Susan Thompson, Twyla Stott, Cathy Gillatt and Jean Anne Jackson.
