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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2012-07-05, Page 21THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2012. PAGE 21. Continued from page 12kicked our butts into gear after theleisurely pace of Kindergarten. Afterevery weekend, we wrote in journals and on the following Monday, we had to read them in front of the class. If it was finished we got a sticker in the back of our book. One Monday morning, Jordan got up in front of the class to say his piece as Ward was receiving his sticker. After he finished telling his story, he walked over to join Ward at the ‘sticker table’. By this point, Jordan wasn’t looking too good and gave one last look to the class before he threw up over everyone’s journals... including the sticker book! I will never forget the absolute horrified expression on Ward’s face as he gazed down at his now ruined journal and began to look a little green himself. ‘There was a man named Michael Finnigan, he had whiskers on his chinnigan...’ It’s songs like these that hold a special place in our hearts after Grade 2. Besides learning cool songs, Mr. Gole introduced us to culture when he brought in sushi and taught us that ‘Gung Hay Fat Choy” which is not what it sounds like, it means happy new year in Chinese. Mr. Gole kept us entertained and well-behaved, for the most part anyway. Mr. Gole showed up at every one of our ball games, soccer practices, piano recitals... I could go on. He has so much faith and support for his students and I admire the fact that even with a family of his own,he never ceases to be there for them.And for all the moms out there, weknow that you had a secret crush on our Grade 2 teacher. Ahhhh, Grade 3. The year when we all discover the whole ‘boyfriend-girlfriend’ routine and hypothetical ‘dating’. You know, the whole passing notes, holding hands and giggling like there’s no tomorrow? We all went through the phase. But when Dawn and Tiffany came to the school, it was like a mass competition for their attention. They started out as the two shy, timid girls in our class but when we all became comfortable around each other, I’ll be darned if they were ever called ‘timid’ again! I distinctly recall a point in the year when everyone was fighting to ‘date’ each other. Justin and Dillon fighting over Aaly Broda, Dawn and Tiffany obsessing over Brennan, Jacob, we all know you were pining over Ally. Even Kathryn, Zoe, and myself all crushing on Hunter. That was quite the year and I must give thanks to Mrs. Moir who helped us along the way when we all got caught up in the drama of our delusive relationship problems. We’ve arrived at Grade 4. Halfway to the top. Because Mrs. Decker was away on a maternity leave, we had a substitute until Christmas. Mrs. Gregoriadis turned out to be our teacher and along with introducing ourselves to a new teacher, we were introduced to a new student: Jonathan. Or ‘Johnny Boy’ as we like to call him. Mrs. Gregoriadis welcomed him to our class by discreetly tossing ‘realfruit’ candies at him. When someone mentions Grade 4, our whole class is likely to think ‘Medieval Times’. Which is due to the fact that we had a Medieval Day where we all dressed up as different characters from that time and had an old-style dinner. Every royal family needs a dog so when everyone showed up that day dressed as kings, queens,blacksmiths et cetera, Dillon stolethe show dressed as just that: A dog.It had to be the highlight of the entire day watching him imitate a dog by running down the hall on his hands and knees. Mrs. Decker was back to school by this point and I don’t think she found it as amusing as we did. It was our first year being separated into two different classes. It was Grade 5 and no one really knew what was going to happen. It may not seem like a big deal, but seven years of being with one class and finally getting split apart can be hard. Fortunately we all adapted, made new friends and still managed to have a great year. As I was put in the Grade 5/6 split, I had Mrs. Middleton as a teacher. Mrs. Middleton was witty, funny and great at teaching, but still serious when need be. Our seating groups in the classroom were called ‘Pagodas’ and the group with the best behaviour after a period of time got to host a movie in the classroom. I remember when we watched a karate movie and ate popcorn for the last two periods of the day. It was great, but when the movie became a little boring, Brandon had the bright idea to sneak up on Mrs. Middleton and dump an entire bag of popcorn on her head. Well that just caused complete chaos and lo and behold, we wound up having a minor food fight that consisted of throwing pieces of popcorn at your friend next you. The great thing about it... Mrs. Middleton even cleaned the whole room afterwards while we watched the end of the movie. Grade 6 was the year we joined forces again after being split up. With our own personal experience, we became more like individuals. This was the first time we had Ms Badham as a teacher and were introduced to community circle. We took community circle very seriously and for some reason every time we had it with a serious topic of conversation, everyone wound upcrying and or laughing. Either way, alot of emotion went into that circleand it was nice to hear everyones thoughts and feelings on subjects regarding the school. It brought us closer together and gave us the opportunity to get to know our fellow classmates. Grade 7 was definitely an... interesting year. Unfortunately, it was the year that Bryce left, but what came out of his going away party turned into a mass of dance revolution and obscene amounts of candy. But in losing Bryce, Sam came to our school the same year and automatically made friends within the class. Ms Badham helped make that year fun. We had lots of good memories in that classroom but one that sticks out for me the most is the creation of Wanda Peabody. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, I’ll give you some background. Last year, Ms. Badham organized the Oliver Twist musical. The play was amazing and everyone had a great time. In one scene, Oliver is being teased about sleeping in a coffin with recently deceased, ‘Ms. Peabody’. Well to add effect, we needed some sort of body-like prop and someone was kind enough to bring in a life-sized doll. Once the musical was finished, the doll was no longer needed and Ally somehow got hold of it. I don’t pretend to understand what goes on in Ally’s head, but after she named the doll Wanda, coloured its hair, and drew on its face you can understand our worry. This horrid creation was named the class mascot. Isn’t that just what we wanted to represent ourselves! That... thing, wound up at my house over the summer and now she is barely a pile of burnt, chewed, muddy plastic. You can now addWanda Peabody on Facebook.And finally, Grade 8. The top ofthe food chain and the glorified last year of Public School. With all of the Grade 8 students together again, it was a given that we were going to become as close as we have. Each of us is unique in our own way and we all have our differences. But this is what makes us close and able to work in an efficient, and effective manner... until garbage pickup day. Our classroom window happens to be conveniently placed so that the whole class has a perfect view of the school dumpster. This may not sound like a very good thing, but to us it was like hitting the jackpot. Over the course of the year, we developed a fascination with the garbage truck on pickup day. We got into the habit of dropping everything, no matter what lesson and running to the window to watch Continued from page 9 trail system too, he said. Councillor Jamie Heffer also opposed the idea, saying he’d been involved with other abandoned railways before they were eventually turned over to the adjacent landowners. “My experience is there are too many negative aspects,” he said. Gowing said there are many more details to be discussed before decisions have to be made whether or not to participate. Blyth valedictorian spans through the grades Details left to discuss on trail Worship Service & Sunday School at 11 a.m. CORNER OF DINSLEY & MILL STREETS MINISTER Rev. Gary Clark, BA, M. Div. All Welcome MUSIC DIRECTOR Floyd Herman, BA, M. Ed.OFFICE: 519-523-4224 JULY 8 ~ “Building a Future” Habitat For Humanity Faith In the Festival, Through the Eyes of the Blyth Festival Plays JULY 15 ~ Dear Johnny Deere JULY 22 ~ Having Hope at Home JULY 29 ~ The Lonely Diner AUGUST 5 ~ The Devil We Know You’re Invited To Join Us In Worship Hwy. 4, Blyth 519-523-4743 www.blythcrc.ca SUNDAYS Morning Service 10:00 am Evening Service 7:30 pm BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS Rev. Elwin Garland SUNDAY, JULY 8 Wheelchair accessible ~ Nursery care available 519-887-9017 10:00 am - Sunday Morning Worship - Sunday School getlivingwater.org Pastor: Ernest Dow ~ 519-523-4848 Living Water Christian Fellowship July 8: 2 Sam. 7:1-17 10:30 a.m. ~ Worship & Sunday School See website for location of this week’s service “The Mobile God who Plants His People” Evangelical Missionary Church Community VBS July 16-20 - info/register: tinyurl.com/blythvbs2012 Youre Invited to come worship with us Sunday, July 8 Brussels Legion at 10:30 a.m. and in various homes at 6:30 p.m. Sunday School for children 4 to 11 years of age at 9:30 a.m. Childcare provided for infants and preschoolers during the sermon. Coffee & cookies after the morning service For additional details please contact Pastor Andrew Versteeg 519.887.8621 Steve Klumpenhower 519.887.8651 Rick Packer 519.527.0173 119 John’s Ave., Auburn 519-526-1131 www.huronchapel.org Rev. Mark Royall, Sr. Pastor 10:30 a.m Morning Worship Service Register on-line at www.huronchapel.org Vacation Bible School ~ “The Silver Chair” July 9-13th JK - Grade 6 BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH Sandra Cable, Worship Leader Church Office 519-887-6259 E-mail - beunitedchurch@gmail.com Celebrating our Christian Faith together in worship Brussels United Church is closed for holidays in July. Continued on page 27