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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-02-18, Page 19Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 18, 1987—Page 19 Speeches, and more speeches at LCPS By Peter Neufeld This week at LCPS has been very busy with students finishing and presenting speeches in their classes. Three to six finalists ineach grade presented their speeches to the school on Friday with the majority of the speakers being very nervous. However, only six finalist from the junior and senior divi- sions will move on into the school finals to be held Wednesday night. Finalists in the Junior division are: Tara Thacker, Tanya Sutherland, Tammie Bolt, Elisia Moffat, Amy Austin and Tammy Neable. In the senior division, the finalists are, Jill Campbell, Luke Cranston, Candy Fielder, Lyndon Johnston, Marita Mac- Dougall and Jennifer MacKinnon. Good luck to all the speakers on Wednesday. Kindergarten This week, the kindergartens have been enjoying the Valentine's season. They were making Valentines and hearts and making each other warm fuzzies. Friday was a fun-packed day as they were han- ding out Valentines, playing games and having treats. Grade 1 The Grade l's having been printing stories for' Valentine's Day. They have made a rhyming Big Book about the Three Little Pigs and The Little Dragons. They had fun making Valentine mailboxes and mailing their cards to their friends. A big thank -you goes to Taylor for bringing the nice treat to his Grade 1 classmates. Taylor, Julie and Shane gave their speeches on Friday and did a great job. Also, happy birthday to Jason... Grade 2 The Grade 2 class had two special guests this week. Mr. Johnston spoke on his duties as the reeve of Kinloss Township and shared some important facts about Bruce County. His presentation helped the Grade 2 students with their mapping activities. Mrs. Eadie brought in her pictures from her and her husband's recent trip to South America where they cruised down the Amazon River. The pictures were most in- teresting and made the students ap- preciate how lucky they are 'to live in Bruce County. The Grade 2's thank their guests for coming to the school. • The students hope their parents won't forget to cash in their "love coupons" from the Children's on Valentine's Day. Congratulations to all the children on the fine stories they wrote. A special thank - you to Lucas Thacker, Michael Cranston, Sonia Jones, George Carter and Shelly Johnston for sharing their stories with the rest of the school. Grade 3 The Grade 3 class has been hard at work on their speeches. They chose five students to give their speeches in the gym. They were, Amy Sutherland speaking on "Rab-- bits"; Rab=bits"; Vanessa Breckles speaking on "My Cat, Sam"; Chris Montgomery speaking on "My trip to Bingeman Park"; Kerrie . Skillen speaking on "Kittens" and Ethan McNall speaking on "Farm Animals". The Grade 3 students are very proud of these three speakers. On Friday afternoon, a Valentine Snow Party was held in the schoolyard for all the primary students. Many winter activities were enjoyed by all. This was followed by delicious Valentine cookies and drinks. Grade 4 The grade 4 class enjoyed a Valentine party on Friday, February 13. Magic tricks, charades, and a pin the arrow on the heart game provided the entertain- ment, followed by some delicious treats. Many thanks to all .who sent goodies. Grade In math, the Grade 's ve just about wrapped up decim s. They . have just .started their study of China in En- vironmental Studies. The speeches have went well for the students this year. Grade 6 The Grade 6 class has also been involved in public speaking . this week. Many in- teresting topics ` were researched and presented with ease by the students., The six class representatives to compete against the other classes were, Tammie Bolte, Steven Bushell, Tammy Neable, Jennifer Porter, Tanya Sutherland and Tara Thacker. They are looking forward to a season of houseleague volleyball at noonhour each Thursday. Grade 7 The Grade 7's have started a literature project on women of Canada. The students are getting some perspective on the effect women have had on Canadian history. The snow sculpturing contest starts this week as well. Grade 8 the Grade 8 students were busy turning the traditionally unlucky Friday the 13th into a lovely day for the. students at LCPS. They achieved their goal! The students thought the cookies, squares, etc. at the Grade 8 bake sale were absolutely scrump- tious and the lemonade was delicious. Many students brought "special' Valen- tines from Grade 8 for their "special sweethearts". These messages were then delivered by the Grade 8 students. Rob Crich from Grade 7 won the cassette tape "Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet" in the Grade 8 raffle. All in all, the Grade a's made $140.73 for their Ottawa trip in June. A special thank - you to everyone who supported the Grade 8 fund-raising effort. Band news The band is working hard for several up- coming engagements - the Lions Club Con- vention Parade in Goderich, concerts at Port Elgin and Lucknow, . and the Band Speaker tells_,of Au By Mary MacGillivray The Lucknow WI met in the town hall on Tuesday for. their February meeting The resolutions committee was in charge of the meeting and served a delicious dessert and tea. Edna Young chaired the meeting for the program. Susan McNaughton gave a humorous reading on a. "valentine proposal. Mary MacGillivrayfavored the members with several selections on the harmonica. The speaker, Mr. Paul Weitendorf of the Ministry- of Natural Resources and the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, explained the different .programs of the two agencies and gave out literature ex- plaining their work. Jean , Whitby thanked him and presented him with a gift. Susan gave the motto "what is your generation leaving for the future". The motto proved very interesting and she , clt sed wit valentine story. Dorothy t3rown chaired the meeting for • the business. The Ode and the Mary Stewart Collect were repeated. Jean read LCPS Tour in May. Uniforms are needed for new members and growing old-timers. The Lucknow Legion has given the band a generous donation for uniforms to be made by Bev Hodgins. Look forward to the Lucknow School Concert Band marching in its brown and gold. Houseleague The houseleague teams are going to start snow sculptures this week. The teams are going to be divided in half so there will be eight.sculptures. The senior houseleague teams have started a series of basketball games. The standings this week for houseleagues are: First, Blue with 2504 points; Second, Red with 1988 points; Third, Green with 1938 points; Fourth, Grey with 1925 points. • 9 thorny s programs the minutes of the last meeting and also read the correspondence. The rollcall "name a way in which we can preserve our natural resources" was answered by 11 members. The Queen was sung to close a most en- joyable afternoon. CRAIG - Kenneth and Nancy Craig are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Morgan April, 7 lbs. 12 oz., in kin- cardine General Hospital on January 31, 1987. A wee sister for Lindsay. Proud grandparents are Donald and Lois Craig and bill and ,Irene Craig. and great- , grandparents Cliff and, Maimie Roulston, Mrs. Donelda Gossel and Mrs. Eva Mitchell. 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