MAYMONT — The Christmas decorations that filled the classrooms and hallways during December, have been taken down and packed away for another year. The elf costumes, reindeer costumes and Santa hats have been placed back in the shed until preparations begin for next year's Christmas concert.
Classes resumed on Monday. It was a cold day, but everyone seemed excited to share their Christmas stories and see their friends A few were even eager to get back to class.
Doug and Jean Brehon and family donated $200to Shoes for Syria This project provides shoes and socks for children so they are able to attend school. The donation was given in the name of Maymont Central School.
 Three new students will be attending the school. Alyssa Issac will be in Grade 7, Christopher Issac will be in Grade 9 and their older brother, Jacob Issac, will be in Grade 11. They have recently moved to the area from Ontario.
The next school community council meeting will be held on Thursday. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Several of the SCC members have produced two school newsletters. They plan to have another movie night sometime in the future.
Several of the winter sports have begun. Rick Bailey is coaching junior and senior boys' basketball teams. They have had several practices and played a few games. They played Chief Poundmaker School Tuesday.
Kari Gray will be coaching the curling teams this year. They will practice in Radisson on Thursday evenings and then attend the district playoffs.
 The physical education classes are taking advantage of the connected rink. Classes have been playing broomball, shinny and skating It is wonderful to have use of the rink.
We have a set of snowshoes to use in gym classes for a week. Hopefully, it warms up so classes can get outside and try them out.
Grade 10,11 and 12 exams will be written during the week of Jan. 26 to 29. This means second semester begins Friday, Jan. 30.
The school now has Home Logic. This is a link that parents can access to view information such as attendance and grades. This provides another communication tool between the school and home.
Until next week, stay healthy and warm!
