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Principal returns
Principal Alice McDowell is
back, working herself in slowly
with halftime days.
The week had been very busy
with a presentation from the Huron
County Health Unit and a hop-a-
thon for muscular dystrophy.
Friday was pajama day as well as
pizza day.
The kindergartens had fun with
the letter Z this week. They made
zany zoo animals by cutting out
animals, then mixing up the body
parts and putting them in cages
using straws as bars. They also
made a booklet of things that
started with the letter Z. They even
sang songs about Z.
The Grade l/2s in continuing
with their nutrition unit wove
placemats, then glued paper plates
onto them. They had to cut out
pictures of food from the four food
groups and glue them onto their
plates. The students also made huge
Easter eggs out of paper and using
different designs such as jagged
lines, broken lines, etc. decorated
their eggs with oil pastels. The
Grade Is are beginning their
Snuggle up and Read program
where they read to their parents as
often as they can.
The Grade 3s found math
interesting this week as they used
playing cards and dice to practise
multiplication facts. From Beneath
the Surface they read about
volcanoes and made one in a
science experiment. Their writing
this week was based on the
muscular dystrophy hop-a-thon.
The Grade 4s are reading Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory. They
were sent home with a sheet of
different chocolate recipes. They
Dennises greet at Duff’s
Murray and Olene Dennis were
greeters at Duff’s United Church
on April 9. Nancy Patterson was
guest speaker. She announced that
next Sunday is Palm Sunday and
the morning begins early with a
Sunday School breakfast starting at
8:30 - 9:30. Everything you ever
wanted in a breakfast will be there
for you to eat.
Family visits at Inn
Helen Craig had the pleasure of
sharing a meal at the Walton Inn
last Thursday with her three uncles
and three aunts and one cousin, all
on her mother’s side of the family,
the Whitmores. They came up from
London, Kitchener, Clinton and
are hoping to be able to try a few of
these recipes out next week at
school.
In preparation for the Slice of
Huron next week the students have
been making farm collages. In
science they are looking at water
levels and land erosion and what
causes it. The Grade 3s got to
watch a video about pioneer days
and about life in early Canada.
Back in February the school
participated in the Heart Health
Family Challenge. The challenges
were to eat healthy, live actively
(exercise, etc.), live smoke-free. A
calendar was sent home with
different activities to do and when
the calendar was filled they brought
it back to the school.
At an assembly on Friday,
Sandra from the Huron County
Health Unit presented the Walton
school with a cheque for $300 for
being the school that had the
highest percentage of participation
in the Avon Maitland School
District, Catholic School and
Huron/Perth and Christian School.
(Fifty-seven schools participated).
Congratulations!
Then it was time for the hop-a-
thon. Donning their bunny ears the
students and staff had to hop for
two minutes to music. Then they
hopped to each classroom where
they received different treats such
as colouring books, chocolate eggs
and stickers.
The school wants to congratulate
Citizen reporter Janice Becker on
her third place award for the story
on education.
Graeme Craig will be guest
principal for the day on
Wednesday.
It is also communion that
morning and Rev. Bonnie Cole-
Amal will be the guest speaker.
A reminder that the Easter
service on April 23 will begin at
11:30 a.m. in Walton with guest
speaker Barb Hicks.
Sunday’s sermon was The Cross
of Service.
Seaforth. Helen said that they don’t
get to see each other that often and
decided that this was a great way to
spend the day.
The WI annual meeting will be a
dinner meeting at the Walton Inn
on April 19.
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Doing the hop
It was a lot of fun for a worthwhile cause as students at Walton. Public School participated in
the two-minute hop for muscular dystrophy Friday afternoon. With bunny ears in place, the
children hopped around the gym and through each classroom, picking up mementoes
provided by the muscular dystrophy organization. Hopping in line are, from left: Laura
Bowers, Danica Zwep, Luke Becker, Bradley Fraser, Joel Dalton and Kody Jacobs.
Judge slams school board
The fight to keep Seaforth
schools open got a morality boost
last week when the judge hearing
their case criticized the tactics used
by the Avon Maitland District
School Board.
Though Superior Court Justice
Thomas Heeney rejected the
Seaforth District High School Stu
dent Success Foundation’s bid for
an injunction to stop the closure
process, his written report said the
board’s closure policy was flawed.
Heeney added that local groups
had not been given sufficient time
to study alternatives and had been
denied critical financial informa
tion concerning other scenarios.
Due to the possible impact on the
town with the school closures,
Heeney said the board should have
ensured every effort was made for
fairness.
“It is clear that closing the only
high school in the community is
devastating. It cuts to the cultural
heart of the community,’’ he said.
In a press release from SDHS
Student Success Foundation Presi
dent Charles Smith, he said Judge
Heeney’s report noted the Seaforth
committee had a strong case to take
to the judicial review in May.
The school board now awaits the
decision of a three-judge panel to
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18 tables at euchre
There were 18 tables in play at
the April 3 euchre in Ethel, hosted
by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bateman.
Winners were: 50/50 draw, Grace
Stewart; high lady, Violet Smith;
high man, Marg Peebles, Allan
Kennedy; lone hands, Hilda
Holmes, Ross Stephenson, John
Subject; low lady, Donna Moore;
be convened May 19.
Any actions taken by the board
in preparation for September clo
sures, up to the time of the judicial
review decision, can be reversed.
low man, Velma Sleightholm; tally,
Margaret Crowe, Jeanne Ireland,
Jean Schneider, Betty Kennedy,
Jean McNaughton, Mac Smith,
Margaret MacDonald, Doug
Hamilton, Isabelle Gray, Jim
McGillawee.
The next euchre will be held on
Monday, April 17.
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