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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-02-05, Page 30PAGE 30. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1997 Grey Central Echo Debaters placed well at contest By Crystal Edgar and Dianne Damen The students returned to Grey Central with renewed energy and reinvigorated after the Christmas break. Many tales were recounted and compositions composed about the joys of the holiday season. We have to realize that we are well into the second term of school when we return in January. Reports go home at the end of February which is now only a few short weeks away. Some of the events and activities at Grey of late are as Brussels PS news Students busy By Shannon White and Jan McDonald The Brussels Public School volleyball team participated in the tournament at F. E. Madill on Monday, Jan. 27. The girls' team included Jen Cowan, Shannon White, Nicole Lowe, Katie Clark, Nicole Bernard, Tamara Mason, Amy Douma, Kate Kuepfer, Megan Bragg, Sarah Little, Nicole Mast- nak, and Courtney Sallows. The boys team included Derek Passmore, Steve Todd, Andrew Garland, Jared Cardiff, Michael Bernard, Matt Elliott, Phillip Leger, Timmy Harri­ son, Cody Nichol, Rob McKercher, Nolan Krotz, Matt Clarkson, Matthew Kroll and Bryce Wedow. The girls won three of four games losing to Wingham Public School. The boys won one game, tied Grey Central and Turn berry, and lost to both Wingham Public School and Howick. Schools that participated were Brussels Public, Wingham Public, Howick Central, Tumberry, Grey Central and East Wawanosh. \ Thanks to Mrs. Perrie, Ms Whyte, and Miss Stephenson for helping with the teams. The Parents Advisory Council will be organizing two pizza days this month, they will be held Feb. 11, and Feb. 24. Order forms went out last week. On Jan. 29, Laurie Trower came to the Grade 7/8 class for an introductory lesson on food and nutrition. The class will be put into three groups who will be cooking with Laurie at her home. Each East Wawanosh PS news Students make ‘garbage stew’ By Shawn Cottrill The Grade 2-3 class is working on a unit called garbage slew. They put items into egg cartons and buried objects in every little slot. The objects ranged everywhere from fruit peels to erasers. Their purpose is to see which object decomposes first. They check it every five days to see if anything has decomposed. They also water it every five days to keep it moist. So far in the observation, one student has written that she had a piece of chalk and a muffin wrapper that have decomposed. The class is working in pairs for this activity and every pair has different objects m their egg carton. The Grade 2-3 class has planned follows: Every year early in February the school population of Grades 4 to 8 compose and deliver an oral speech before their classmates. This speech is to be between three to five minutes in length. The pupils are encouraged to write about something personal which cannot be researched from a text. Three to six students from each division are chosen to speak in the Grey Central Public Speaking contest. The winners here then go to speak at the Brussels Legion on Feb. 19. Best of luck to all the group will get to cook two or moic times. The cost is $ 1 per person for supplies. Nicole Lowe, Sarah Little, Amber Park-Shaw, Courtney Sallows, Scott Glitz, Evan Horst, Katie Aitchison, Rachel Elliott, Cory Quesenberry, Morgan Bishop, Rob McKercher, Chris Coulter, Brittany Kellington, Jodi Sellers, Lee Dilworth and Matt Kroll went to East Wawanosh Thursday, Jan. 30, for a free-throw tournament. Nicole Lowe, Amber Park-Shaw, and Rachel Elliott will be going to St. Ann's High School for another tournament and if they win there they will go to a tournament in London. Matt Kroll and Evan Horst both made it to the shoot-out but did not beat their competitor. The Brussels Public School Band was invited by the Brussels Bulls to play O Canada on Feb. 2 for the First game of the playoffs. Lance McLellan, Andrew Garland, Tricia Teeft, Tamara Mason, Eileen Exel, Katie Clark, Kendall Jutzi, Chrissy Mason, Courtney Sallows, Phillip Leger, Nicole White, Crystal Mc­ Lellan, Nicole Mastnak, and Megan Bragg participated in the band. The Grade 3 provincial assess­ ment of Mathematics, Reading and Writing will be administered in the spring of 1997. Ms MacDonald's Grade 3/4 and Mrs. Clark's Grade 2/3 classes have been working on the preparatory unit, Birthday Cele­ brations, which is a sample of the type of the activities they will be asked to complete for the assessment. a liticrless lunch for the whole school. They want to see students bring a thermos instead of juice boxes and reusable containers instead of plastic bags. GRADE 7 Grade 7 has been very busy working to produce the first copy of their own newspaper. The class has been studying newspapers for the past week. They would like to thank The North Huron Citizen for the kindness they have shown by giving the class 27 copies of their paper for two weeks. The class newspaper will contain: articles, pictures, classified ads, book and movie reviews, letters to the editor, stories and poems, jokes and cartoons. They hope to have their first copy out by next week. participants. January is also the month when the high school representatives from the Guidance sections come to speak to the Grade 8s about next year. We send pupils to three different high schools this year. Thirty students go to LDSS seven to FEMSS in Wingham and one student will be going to Seaforth high school. We were told about such things as subjects taught, length of classes, extra-curricular events and bussing. Almost all of us are looking forward to the challenges that high school will at BPS On Friday, Jan. 31, a presentation for the magazine campaign took place. Students are asked to only sell subscriptions to friends and family members, no door to door sales. Orders should be sent back to school by Feb. 14. HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING INFORMATION NIGHT “Your Hospitals ~ Today and Tomorrow” Hospital Restructuring in Huron- Perth is not complete - are only at the beginning. You need to be aware happening and what it services in the future. in fact, we of what is means for THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6 AT 7:30 PM ST. ANNE’S SECONDARY SCHOOL HWY. 8 EAST ■ CLINTON “Please Attend ~ Your Continued Support and Interest is Needed!” ORGANIZED BY THE CLINTON COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE WHEN: WHERE: surely bring next year. Once again Grey Central pupils will have the opportunity of going skating this term. The pupils of kindergarten to Grade 4 go every other Friday while the pupils in Grades 5 to 8 go twice. We have one hour of skating at the Brussels arena. This is a welcomed diversion ; and healthy for us as well. On Jan. 26 the Grey Central volleyball teams went to the North- Huron Volleyball tournament held at Wingham high school. Each team was composed of 15 players from Grades 7 and 8. The girls were coached by Mrs. Whitmore and the boys by Mr. Mason. The boys won several of their games and the girls had an interesting and challenging time against their opponents. Everyone enjoyed the experience and made use of the practice gai ted in gym classes over the past m >nth. We also sent four debaters to Clinton high school on Jan. 27. These students worked with Mrs. Creeden and practised and prepared diligently learning the requirements CLINTON PUBLIC HOSPITAL and rules of debate. Our debaters placed very well both individually and as representatives for our school. Jodi Semple won a first place medal for her efforts. Other debaters were Christie Snider, Amanda Cumm­ ings and Stacey Bowles. © HURON COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY Reference »: S F T. 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