The final week of October has arrived and students are getting ready for trick-or-treating Saturday. The end of October also signals the completion of several of the fall extra-curricular sports.
The soccer teams finished their seasons with trips to regionals. The girls played in Osler. On Friday, they won their first game 3-1 over Aberdeen. They returned Saturday to play against the home team, Osler. The girls tried hard, but Osler won the game. This eliminated the girls, so they did not advance to provincials.
The boys travelled to North Battleford to play against Cando. Cando is a very strong team. The boys played well, but Cando won the game and so the boys were eliminated, too.
All season the teams played with integrity and sportsmanship. They practiced at 7 a.m., often during foggy conditions.
Thanks to Ryan Nickell for all the time he devoted to the teams and to Mrs. Brehon and Ryan Rowe for helping the boys at regionals.
The junior girls’ volleyball team attended their last tournament, before playoffs, in Hafford Saturday. It was a five-team round robin tournament.
The girls finished third in the round-robin and played Hafford in the first semifinal. Both teams battled hard, and in the end, Maymont won the three-set match. They played Spiritwood in the final match, but ran out of steam. They brought back the second place plaque.
This weekend the junior volleyball teams will participate in the pre-district playoffs. The girls will be in a seven-team playoff in Spiritwood and the boys will be in an eight-team playoff in Leoville. The top four teams from each playoff advance to districts Nov. 5.
Jaden Bailey represented the school at the cross-country running provincials in Saskatoon. He finished 70th out of 85 participants in the five-kilometre run.
Sean Brehon dyed his beard pink because he said he would if the SLC fundraiser raised more than $1,500. He kept it for a few days, then shaved off the beard completely. Thanks to Sean for being a great sport. If they had raised more than $2,000, Mr. Nickell volunteered to wear a dress!
Fancy Dress Day was Friday, sponsored by the SLC. Many students wore dresses, good shirts and pants. Some of the boys even wore ties.
Thanks to the school community council for providing a hot dog to every student and staff member Friday. This was in recognition of the final day of Education Week.
The SLC members will be creating a haunted house for Thursday and Friday. Students and staff are invited to wear orange and black or a costume Friday. A dance for the elementary students will be held the last hour of Friday school time.
The school's annual Remembrance Day service will be held Nov. 10, beginning at10:45 a.m. in the school’s gymnasium. The Grade 12 class will be selling chili after the service. Everyone is welcome to attend.