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Loonie drive will buy gifts for Christmas Bureau
St. James School News
Student Reporters: Chris
Cronin, Brad Henderson.
Anita Kreurz►s•iser. Renee
Nash. Tiler VanderMolen.
Darid Verherne
Advent Celebration: Nov.
29 we had our first Advent
celebration of the season in
the school gym. Students
from Grades 6 and 2 took an
active part in presenting the
symbols of the Advent
wreath and their meaning and
then; created the school
Advent wreath. Thelirst
candle was lit to symbolize
thc first week of Advent and
each Monday for the next
three weeks. thc school will
gather together, light the
Advent wreath and reflect on
the coming of Christmas.
Advent is a period of simple
living and extra prayer. It is a
time in our church to prepare
for the coming of Jesus. our
saviour. We look forward to
the upcoming Advent
celebrations.
Student Council: The
Student Council at St. James
School has just recently
arranged a hat day. The
winners were: Kindergarten:
Megan Bedard, Logan .
Bruxer and Kcshia Feeney.
Grade 1: Jessica McClure, -
Rachel .Askett and Dylan
Bruxcr. Grade 2: Brandon
Van Dyk: Brent Melady and
Matt Nigh. Grade 3: Ryan
O'Reilly. Katelin Nolan and
Katie McGregor.. Grade 4:
Kacie McClure. Kelly
Verherne and Jordan Nobel.
tirade 5: Lindsay Nash,
Anthony Nolan and Jessica
DcJong. Grade 6: Tara
O'Reilly: Jaime Price and
Melissa Marion. Grade 7: .
Brett Van Dyk and Kali
McMahon: Grade 8: Garrett
Van Dieten. Cal O'Reilly and
Megan Carnochan. Teacher:
Mr. Van Bakel.
The Student Council also
arranged the loonie drive.
Each studentbrings in a
loonie and the Student
Council will buy some gifts
for the Huron County
Christmas Bureau. St. James
School is also encouraging
every student to bring in a
non-perishable food item for
the local Food Bank.
- Kindergarten: Throughout
this past month. the
kindergarten's have been
.studying homes and animals.
In their homes. thcy arc
discussing what furniture
goes in what rooms and
%+hich room in theirhouse is.
their favourite. Most of the
. children chose their .. `
bedroom. In their study_ of
` -anirtials-thcy'talked about
animal homes. .
The children have•talked
about the weather and the
• different seasons. The
kindergartens are learning
about lines of symmetry. On.
Remembrance Day the kids
talked about how lucky they
are to live in Canada and the
freedom we have. All of the
students are looking forward
to Christmas and they are all
getting excited about the
Christmas cor .ng up
on Dec. 14.
Grade 1 1. class
is working na n turning
how to count money and in a
couple weeks, will be setting
up a small store in the
classroom where they
pretend to buy items with
play money.
Congratulations go out to
the Grade 1 s for they have -
just read 1.000 books. The
class celebrated with punch,
cupcakes and games.
The children are learning
about buildings and are
enjoying ETM (education
through music) in the gym
with Mrs. Hugill.
Grade 2: The Grade 2 class
is reading books about
chocolate. Some of the books
have been Chocolate Fever
and Chocolate Touch.
The students all made
stories on travelling with the
computer program,'Story
Book Weaver. The stories
included how they travelled
and where they went.
The Grade. 2s are presently
working on adding and
subtracting in math class.
Grade 3: The Grade 3
students are having fun
preparing their Legend of the
Candy Canes for the
upcoming Christmas concert,
and writing Christmas
recipes. For the festive
season. all of the students are
wearing red and green. In
social studies. theft' have also
created their own cities made
out of blocks, boxes.
toothpicks and other different
types of materials. To go with
the cities. they have made a
brochure describing them. '
Grade 4: The Grade 4 class
would like to say welcome to
their new teacher, for two
weeks. Mrs. Stapleton.
Since it is close to
Christmas many Christmas
activities are going on. In
French, they are doing the
Nativity Scene play. Also
they are working. on
Christmas stories, poems and
Christmas art, which
includes. stained glass
pictures.
Grade Five: Grade 5
_ partisipated.in a mini- - - - -
Olympics day. It was a lot of
fun and maybe there are
some future medal winffers
among them. The Grade 5
class has begun a science
study segment on forces. The
students are busy preparing
for the Christmas pageant.
Grade Six: Grade 6
students are soon to be
authors and illustrators of
their own children's
Christmas books. In physical
education. they are having
fun doing alt kinds of
dancing.
There has been sothe great
input in the Legion poster
contests. and the Y2K
competition. The students are
also busy with many types of
Christmas arts and crafts. In
science, a new unit has begun
on the diversity of living
things. The class is preparing
for the Christmas Mass,
which they are helping to
plan.
Grade Seven: The Grade 7
class at St. James School
would like to welcome Chris
Van Bakel, a student teacher,
who will be helping the class
for the next two weeks. Mr.
Van Bakel has already spent
the last 2 weeks with the
class. He has been a great
help to Ms. Wild and is doing
a great job.
The Grade 7s are currently
working on a science unit
called 'The Earth's Crust.'
Studying different layers of
the earth, different types of
rocks and making nanaimo
bars have all been part of this
unit.
Why make nanaimo bars?
you ask. Nanaimo bars are a
perfect example of how to
demonstrate the different
layers of sedimentary rock
that is found at the bottom of
bodies of salt water. The
class was also granted
permission to eat the tasty
treats after comparing them
to real sedimentary rock.
Ms. Wild's class has also
been busy with their morning
Advent prayers.
The teachers and students
are all looking forward to the
upcoming second term.
Grade 8: Two guests from
Junior Achievement of
London came to the school
on Dec. 1 to talk to the Grade
8 class about the "Economics
of Staying in School:" The
students learned about living
on their own and the costs of
living. They learned what it
would be like to drop out of
school and get.a job or to
stay in school and go to
college or university. The
students played gamesand
did activities about budgeting
and discussed how they
would live for a month based
on the expenses.
Grade 8 Retreat: On Nov.
-9th, the Grade 8s travelled to
St. Columban to take part in
a retreat to prepare
themselves for Confirmation.
•
December calendar filled
with Christmas parties
The
Christmas
season is fast
approaching.
The final Christmas of the 20th century. Alt
of.our residents look forward to the new
'millennium. They also hold treasured
• memories of our past.
We hope that everyone had a chance to
come. out to our Christmas Bazaar and Bake
Sale on Nov. 13. We were pleased to see .
many familiar faces. It was also wonderful to
visit during our euchre party on Nov. 18.
Please plan to attend our Christmas euchre
Seaforth Manor Retirement Home
•
party Dec.
16 at 1
p.m. in the
Retirement
Home.
We have many activities planned during
the month of December. They include the
staff and resident get-together on Dec. 21.
carolling Dec. 14. wine and cheese party
Dec. 23 and -New Year's party Dec, 30.
We welcome Neil and Anna Lowey to the
Retirement Home this month. Happy
Birthday to Jean Hildebrand, George Wright.
Teresa Feeney and Marg Daynard.
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for Remembrance Day contest
The Annual
Legion Children's
Christmas
Seaforth Legion News
Concert was held
Sunday.
Once again the children
participating in the concert
did very well
These were: Melissa
Pushelberg. Jenna Chappel
and Laura Chappel. Katie
Reid and Adam Elliott.
Robin Doig. Paul Doig,
Nathanial Bakker. Benjamin
and Zackaria Bakker,
Victoria Cardiff. Audrey
Chambers and Teresa
Bakker. President Linda
Gridrak welcomed everyone
on behalf of Branch 156..
Allyson Cardiff led
everyone in singing
Christmas songs.and
welcomed Santa Claus with
the singing of Jingle Bells.
Santa Claus then gave each
child a big bag with apple,
orange and candy.
Coffee and cookies were
served by the ladies.
Last week Youth
Education Chairman.
Charles Perkins and Barbara
Scott, PRO visited the three
local schools to present the
certificates and prize money
to the students
who placed 1st.
2nd and 3rd in thc
• Poems, Posters.
black and white and
coloured and essays
Remembrance contest.
First place entries have
been forwarded to the Zone
level contest.
Tickets are still available
for the New Year's Eve
party. Get your tickets right
away.
The General Meeting will
be held on Thursday,
December 16 at 8 p.m.
At the going down of the
sun and in the morning we
will remember them.
The retreat was, given by
Gary Beauchesne from
Servant Retreat Training
Centre in Straffordville.
While in St. Columban thc
students of St. James,
Seaforth and St. Joseph of
Clinton took part in playing
many different games and
activities involving what
preparations and knowledge
they would need for
Confirmation.
"It was interesting and fun
and I think we all learned a
lot." says Lori Van Bakel.
after taking pan in the event.
Confirmation: On Nov. 20,
22 students from St. James
School were confirmed at St.
James Church along with 19
students from other area
schools. They had a group
picture taken by Frank
Phillips in the school gym
before the Mass.
All 41 kids should be proud
of the dramatic step that they
took in the house of Christ.
After the confirmation Mass,.
family and friends as well as
other people in the
congregation went to the
school for coffee and juice.
The Bishop also had his
picture taken individually
with the kids_who were
confirmed.
Sports: Right now. sc have
started House League
Volleyball. We have four
different teams that consist of
about 10 to 12 per team. The
first tryouts for our senior
boy's and girl's teams will be
later in the week. I'm very
confident that both teams
will be strong and that they
will have god potential at
the volleyball tournament
coming up at St. Anne's in
Clinton.
xtended
Hours For
Christmas
Thursday. December 16 to Thursday. December 23
• • 10 am-9pm
Except Saturday, Dec. 18 - 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday. Decernber 19 - 1 pm - 4 pm
Christmas Eve- 10 am-2pm
• Come to Tastebuds for...
• Gift Baskets
• Gourmet Foods
• Hand -dipped Chocolate
• Mulling Spices
- • Teas& Coffees -
• Truffles
• Jelly Bellys -
• Stocking'Stutfers
• Gourmet Food Baskets
,•Garlic Box Gourmet Delights
• Tavistock Cheese Gift Boxes
Cathy Mustard • Wendy McFarlan
Hwy. 4 South of-CLINTON (directly across from Huronvlew)
482-1232
Cali TodaY ,
to Order YTY
TRhAYS
• • Vegetable.
• Fruit
• Sweets
...for Everything :You. Need
Under One Roof!
you're hopping from place to place and getting
e fast, don't despair, make just one stop to
cover all your gift giving needs!
SUNCOAST MALL
GIFT CERTIFICATES! • •
Not sure what to give? How about a Mall Gift Certificate
that can.be used at any Suncoast Mall store.
Available at International News starting at $5.00 each.
SPECIAL EVENTS....
Dec. 16, 17 & 18... FM Windows & Doors Display
Dec. 17 & 18... Sound of Goderich CD & Tape Sale
Sat. Dec. -18... • Optimist Draw for Giant Stocking
• GDC1 Quilt Raffle • Lioness quilt Raffle
• Trinity Christian Reform Church Bake & Craft Sale
BENTLEY LEATHER
OPENING THIS WEEKEND!
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Wed. Dec. 15... 2-4 (no photos), Thurs. Dec. 16... 2•4 (no photos); 6.8
Fri. Dec, 17....2.4 (no photos), 6.8, Sat. Dec. 18... 1-4, 6.8,
Sun. Dec. 19... 2-4 Mon. Dec. 20... 2-4 (no photos), 6.8
Tues. Dec 21... 2-4 (no photos). 6.8
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