The SLC sponsored a great week of noon hour activities last week. Students and staff members signed up to make teams of six, and there was a different activity planned for each noon hour. There were 10 teams participating in the events. The judges scoring the events were Sandra Large, Colleen Fouhy, Alyiah Wasmuth, Nate Starycki and Ryder Currie.
After all five events, the winning team was Team 9. The team members were Mrs. Ficko, Jenna Fouhy, Brooke Ferris, Michelle Garrett, Hailey Harris and Taylor Gray.
This is the poem the winners wrote for the poetry competition. They only had 10 minutes to write and they were to convince the judges why they should win the prize.
鈥淲e need to win as much as .... / The flowers need the rain, / as much as humans need food, / as much as dolphins need the ocean blue, / as much as trees need the sunlight, / as much as children need hugs from their mommies, / as much as vampires need blood, / as much as Thor needs his hammer, / as much as Tinkerbell needs pixie dust, / as much as lightning needs thunder.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 care if we win or lose, / We had lots of fun, / and in our eyes, / We already won!鈥�
The second place team was the SLC team with members Meghan and Sean Brehon, Cassidy Serhienko, Connor Garrett and Hayley Schmidt.
The teachers鈥� team took a respectable third place. The team members were Kandice Walker, Jean Brehon, Cathy Gillatt, Jean Brehon, Roxanne Jordan and Twyla Stott. Their worst event was the lip sync contest where they performed Jingle Bells.
The teachers鈥� poem was: 鈥淥ur team did our very best, / When half our group always took a rest. / Our Lip Sync was swell, / We rocked the Jingle Bell.
鈥淐utting paper was easy, / But our snowflakes were cheesy. / Next we did the Interpretive Dance, / With a smile, a shuffle, and a prance!
鈥淪now fort making was a hoot, / Give us the prize because we鈥檙e cute. / Poetry is our best event, / Good thing it's Friday, because we are spent.
鈥淪upervision, house leagues, lessons, and no sleep, / Couldn't hold us back, we teachers dig deep. / We really wanted to participate, / SLC members, you did great!鈥�
Sean and Meghan Brehon participated in the Orcas鈥� Invitational Swim Meet on the weekend. They each swam in four events. Mrs. Brehon was also very busy. She was the Clerk of Course which means she had a lot of duties and was the announcer as well.
Brodie Gray plays with the Battleford Barons 4 PeeWee Hockey team. They held their home tournament this past weekend. They lost the B final game. MaKenna Donaldson also participated in this tournament. She plays on the Battleford Barons 5.
Curling practice is underway. The school will have four teams representing them in competition this year. Our senior boys鈥� team consists of Tyson Wawryk, Brayden Harris, Sean Brehon and Connor Rothenburger. The senior mixed team members are Connor Garrett, Carlee Hamilton, Ty Fouhy and Mikayla Laviolette. Their playoffs are in North Battleford Feb. 11 and 12.
The junior girl members are Jenna Fouhy, Janna Ferris, Taylor Gray and Michelle Garrett. Kyle Baker, Jade Baker, Kale Skwark and Brooke Ferris make up the junior mixed team. They will compete in Wilkie Feb. 25 and 26.
High school exams will begin Monday, Jan. 26.
The SLC is holding a soup and bun sale Friday, Jan. 23. Staff and students could purchase chicken noodle, mushroom or beef vegetable soup, and this will be served with a whole wheat or white bun.
Archery is starting this week. Mr. Lockwood will be coaching this after-school program. The first practice is for Grades 4 to 7 Thursday after school. It will be a safety review session.
Jean Anne Jackson and Cathy Gillatt will be attending a one-day conference in Saskatoon, Friday. The conference topic is strategies to help children with attention deficit and other聽behavioural challenges.
Students may be approaching community members in the next few weeks with Jump Rope For Heart pledge sheets. The event will take place Feb. 12 and raises money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation as well as increasing student fitness through skipping.
