The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-06-08, Page 18Page 14—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 8, 1988
Sharon shatters the record
Sharon Askes, 15, a Grade 10 student at
F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham,
won the OFSAA (Ontario Federation of
School Athletic Associations) triple jump,
Midget Division over the weekend.
Sharons jump of 10.80 metres set a new all
Ontario record' in, the event. In previous
qualification rounds, Sharon jumped 10.82 at
WOSSA and 10.51 at the regional
competitions.
The OFSAA meet took place at the
Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke.
Sharon is the daughter of Richard and
Dixie Askes, Lucknow.
Craig King of Teeswater, also a student at
F.E. Madill, took second place in the Midget
Boys' discus event with a throw of 51.44
metres.
Congratulations to both these students for
their fine showing at
competition.
a provincial
level
By Theresa Stanley
and Adam Skillen
Library
Come to the book fair today. It is a great
place to buy birthday gifts. Anyone is
welcome. Phone if you can't make it dur-
ing the day, someone will be here in the
evening.
Grade 1
Mrs. Bell's Grade Ones completed their
bird study this week with several ac-
tivities. First, each of them painted a
blown out egg to look like their favourite
bird adding wings, tail and beak. These
beautiful birds are now flying on their tree.
Then they put their bird book together
and designed the cover.
On Thurs. Grade 1 made their June bir-
thday cake for Marlene Johnston and Mrs.
Maclntyre. Their Grade 5 book partners
took them outside for reading time. That
was fun!
Grade 1/2
We are continuing to work hard at our
All Aboard
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Celebrate in 1988
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The . Lucknow Sentinel is planning to publish a
souvenir Celebration in 1988 edition to celebrate Lucknow's
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To make this .publication as interesting and historical
as possible, we would appreciate it if any of our
readers in this area, who have . access to old pictures,
r stories or newspapers pertaining to the growth and
history of Lucknow would please phone us, or bring
the items into the Sentinel office.
Let's make this celebration the best ever!
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math facts and our peace value activities.
Now that June is here we are finishing up
on school fair entries. We hope to have
many articles on display.
Jeff Cranston is finding his crutches
easier to use. He hopes to be back in good
shape by the erid of the school year.
Joanne Harris and Chissy Kuntz are our
birthday girls this month.
Grade 2/3
The Grade 2/3 class are currently learn-
ing how to divide in Math class.
The 2/3s are also enjoying drawing the
plants and animals of 'Down Under'
Australia.
Grade 5
The Grade 5 class is having a fishing der-
by. So far, Jesse Park is in the lead with a
93/a inch fish. Mr. Bennett is a close second
with a 91/2 inch fish.
The Grade 5s are starting Fall Fair pro-
jects for next year and in Environmental
Studies they are doing work on the Green
House Effect, Tornadoes, Hurricanes,
Pollution and Acid Rain.
In Instrumental Music, Mr. Cayley says
the Grade 5s are coming along nicely and
just recently they got reading partners
from Grades 1, and 2.
Grade 8
The Grade 8 class is researching dif-
ferent aspects of Agriculture. Many topics
are being discussed such as: - how has
agriculture shaped our province; -
agricultural imports and exports.
The class is making agricultural predic-
tion for the year 2088. Their findings will be
written in essay form and entered in a pro-
vince wide competition.
Their newspaper game "That's Life" is
running smoothly and they are discovering
how costly it is to have a family!
The students .are getting geared up for
Ottawa and graduation.
Grade 7/8
The Grade 8s are writing stories about
their own personal creations; a super
hero, a villain, the perfect crime and a
scary setting. To help prepare for the set-
ting aspect of this project, they took a trip
to the school's most sinister room to test
their powers of observation.
All of the students are getting ready for
field day on June 9th, weather permitting.
ROOKSIDE BROADCAST
The Kindergarten class finished their
Dinosaur Unit and the booklets have gone
home. They have had a visit from all the
boys and girls who will be in their
kindergarten class next year. They
planted bean seeds and in two weeks they
had grown about 18 cm. Now they are talk-
ing about Zoo Animals in preparation for
their trip to Grand Bend Zoo.
Miss Mathers' Grade Ones had a mixed-
up day recently as they experienced a
"Backwards Day". They did their entire
day in reverse and some of them even
dressed the wrong way. Right now they
are having fun learning about those
prehistoric creatures - "Dinosaurs".
Grade 2
They have been having furry visitors
come to their classroom. They have had
some dogs but only one so far.
Grade 4
The Grade 4 class, Room 9, went to the
Scotia Bank in Goderich on Wednesday,
May 25th. There, Karen Clark showed
them the cash stop card and took them to
see the safety-deposit boxes and the vault.
They were surprised to see how small the.
cash box really was. They thank Karen for
the interesting tour, the magazines and the
pencils.
Mrs. Graham came to their class on
June 2nd to teach them how to show
perspective in their drawings.
Dinosaur Den
The Room 4 Dinosaur Den is making
their two communities now (a "horse"
community and a "big rig" community),
and working on a booklet about their com-
munities. They had fun on Friday; trying
on new names - Alex, Jack, Samantha,
Christina, Angelica, Ray, Shauna, Bill,
and a host of other interesting people ap-
peared in their room! Tammy Mid -
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