The Easter decorations have been taken down and classes are back in session after the break. The playground has a few puddles, but most of the snow has disappeared.
The Grades 1 to 6 swim program will begin April 20. Students will be bussed to the Battleford Aquatic Centre for five lessons. Each lesson will be two hours in length.
The Maymont School archery team will be competing at provincials April 24. The competition is being held in Avonlea.
Persephone Theatre has been booked to come to the school April 24. They will be performing two plays for the students and staff. The elementary play is entitled, Head a Tete. This play centres around a theme of accepting differences. The high school production is called, The Stones. It is about the choices we make and their consequences.
The SLC delivered a muffin and juice box breakfast to the staff and students April 14. It was a welcome treat for everyone.
During the break, many Maymont School students participated in the Aberdeen dance competition. They competed in the solo, duet, jazz, lyrical and hip hop competitions.
Tyler Klassen and her partner won the gold medal with their hip hop duet. Michelle Garrett, Rylan Voegeli, Jan and Audrey Friesen and Jenna Fouhy all received silver medals for their duets. Michelle Garrett won two silver medals.
Audrey Friesen and Frankie Menzies each danced a solo. They both received silver medals for their performances.
Several of the dancers competed in the group competitions. The junior hip hop group consisting of Allison Wawryk, Hayley Schmidt, Rylan and McKenna Voegeli and Tyler Klassen won the gold medal and were also awarded the Most Promising Group award.
The junior jazz group,Allison Wawryk, Hayley Schmidt and Rylan and Makenna Voegeli, won gold for their jazz dance performance.
The intermediate jazz group, Meghan Brehon, Jenna Fouhy, Taylor Gray and Michelle Garrett won the silver medal and the lyrical group, Meghan Brehon, Jenna Fouhy and Michelle Garrett also received silver.
The senior performers, Kayla Gray, Jan and Audrey Friesen, Frankie Menzies and Cassidy Serhienko, earned silver for both their jazz and lyrical performances.
The senior hip hop group, Kayla Gray, Conner Garrett, Frankie Menzies, Audrey Friesen, Jenna Fouhy, Michelle Garrett and Taylor Gray, danced very well and were awarded the gold medal in this category.
The dance recital will be held Sunday, April 26, if you want to watch these students perform.
Badminton players will be playing several matches in the next few weeks as they prepare for the playoffs.
