The school community council asked Grades 2 to 5 to write a small Christmas message on a pre-constructed Christmas card. Jennifer Starycki made the cards. These聽cards were then delivered to seniors in Maymont and Radisson. It was a nice way for the young students to share some Christmas magic with others.
The SCC judged the decorated classroom doors after their meeting Dec. 7. The contest was designed to engage students and their teacher in working together as well as embrace the Christmas spirit. The SCC members were amazed at the thought and effort put into each door. The best overall award was given to the Grade 12 class. Their theme was, "Welcome to the Merry Side鈥� and they had a Stars Wars character on their door. The most creative award was given to the kindergarten/Grade 1 class for their "Staching Through the Snow" door. It had a big moustache on it and each student's picture with a black moustache against their face.
Each of the two winning classroom will receive a pizza party from the SCC at a later date. The doors will be on display the evening of the Christmas Concert.
Once again , we have to say farewell to our service dog, Pawsitive Bonnie of Dunrovin. Bonnie is moving on to the next stage of her adult training. While we wait for another service puppy in training, we hope to have a few visits from Annie.
The annual Christmas concert was held the evening of Dec. 16. The gym was full and students had worked hard. Jeananne Jackson was the MC for the evening.
The program began with a welcome from Mrs. Jackson and the singing of O Canada. The program consisted of a play called All Stressed Out at Christmas. Each grade performed in the middle of the scenes.
The play was about the last few days before Christmas. The elves and reindeer are fighting and not getting the work completed. Santa, the elves and reindeer are really stressed. Mrs. Claus decides to help by hiring some stress management consultants to solve the problem. They try many techniques to de-stress the characters at the North Pole. In the end, maybe their plan was too successful.
聽The SLC made their draw for the two baskets. They had been selling tickets for about a month and the baskets were each worth about $200.
聽The evening concluded with a visit from Santa. He distributed candy bags to the children. Thanks to everyone who donated money for the candy and to Jackie Caldwell for all her work organizing the bags.
聽On the final day of school in 2015, classes enjoyed a very fun day. Movies were shown, games were played and special lunches were enjoyed. There were plenty of treats everywhere and many students and staff wore their pajamas or ugly Christmas sweater.
As 2015 draws to a close, the staff and students of Maymont Central School would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and healthy, happy New Year. Our thoughts go out to the people who are experiencing difficulties during this time of year. We hope 2016 will be a better year!
