May is moving along quickly. Many students are playing softball, blastball and learn-to-play softball in the inter-town league. Many are playing in soccer and football leagues and some of our high school students have started practising football with the Hafford Vikings for next year.
Students are almost half completed the book, The World According to Humphrey. Humphrey is a very entertaining hamster and the students are enjoying reading about his adventures with the staff and students at his school.
Trivia winners this week were Tyler Klassen, Tristan Rempel and Cash Bzdel.
The SLC sponsored a Science Fiction/Fantasy Spirit Day May 6. Many students dressed up like their favourite movie, cartoon and book characters.
Everyone enjoyed the workshops and reading from Maxine Spence. She was a guest author school May 8.
Jasymn Elgersma participated in the Borden dance recital May 3. She has been taking lessons with the club all year long.
The elementary students made Mother’s Day gifts this year and proudly gave them to their mother or special family member Sunday.
The kindergarten and Grade 1 class made necklaces out of washers.
The Grade 2 and 3 class made vases. They put paint inside a jar and then shook the jar until the paint covered all the sides. Then, when the paint had dried, they put their white handprint on the outside of the jar. They took them home where they can be filled with fresh flowers.
The Grade 4 and 5 class made insect sun catchers and painted rocks for their mothers’ gardens. Some painted beetles and others painted ladybugs. The insect rock was accompanied by a short poem.
Students hope all their mothers or special grandmothers enjoyed this year’s treasures.
In Grade 2 and 3 Science class, the painted lady butterfly larvae have arrived. Students are anxiously watching them and waiting for each one to become a chrysalis and eventually a butterfly. This process usually takes about five weeks.
Congratulations to Keara Amson in Grade 9. She received the Most Improved Player award from the Battlefords Sharks AAA Midget Girls’ hockey team. She played with this team all season.
Several of our former students have completed their post-secondary schooling. Caitlyn Gray graduated April 11 with a diploma in recreation and tourism management from Saskatchewan Polytechnic. The planning and implementation of the Great Gatsby themed graduation was her group’s final project. It was an elegant evening. They received almost perfect marks for their efforts.
This course gives students a wide range of career options and right now Caitlyn wants to pursue event planning. She is currently working as the executive assistant at the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club.
Breanne Gray completed her course at Lakeland College in Lloydminster March 13. She will officially graduate June 5 with a health care aid certificate.
During her course, she did two practicums, one at Bea Fisher and the other at Dr. Cooke Extended Care. Breanne also received an award for academic achievement.
Torey Stott will be graduating June 3 from the University of Saskatchewan. He has earned a degree in kinesiology and a Bachelor of Education.
There will not be any school Tuesday, May 19. Teachers will be attending a division-wide scoring day in North Battleford. Teachers will be collaboratively scoring division tasks.
Have a safe and happy May long weekend!
