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Read for the Top Champions 2010

Arts

Students in grade 6 & 7 were encouraged to read 20 novels this year so that they could take part in the School district's READ FOR THE TOP competition.
The grade 7 team consisting of Amelia Cantryn, Kyra Fougere, Sheann Gaudet, and Mary Maguire placed FIRST in the district against 8 other grade seven classes.
The grade 6 team of Helen Fitzgerald, Ondreah Kristof, Sydney Spenst, and Lynnsey McQuarrie placed FIFTH. Congratulations to all!

Our choir is entering the Festival of Performing Arts Provincials

Arts

The Assumption school choir began practising on Friday mornings after our weekly school liturgies. As well as helping to support the singing in the church during the liturgies, the choir also attends the yearly music festival in Powell River sponsored by the Rotary Club.
This year our mixed choir from grades 3 to 8 did exceptionally well at the festival. We received a gold classification, the catagory trophy, and a provincial recommendation by the adjudicator Fabiana Katz. The choir sang two pieces: Bridge Over Troubled Water/Lean On Me and Dona Nobis Pacem/One More Step. The adjudicator loved the arrangements, choice of songs, and the keys the children sang in. She was also impressed at how well the choir took direction when Miss Katz gave them some performance pointers.
We recorded a version of our performances to be sent for adjudication by the provincial adjudicators and hope to hear from them before the end of the school year.

Mr. Baron

Music Teacher and Choir Director

Music to follow soon!! Please check again!!

Raising funds for HAITI

Grade 9

On January 29th the grade 9 students offered free babysitting services—all proceeds were donated to the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace to assist the earthquake victims in Haiti. Money earned at their winter dance was also added to this and they were able to collect an incredible amount of $1,252.66. Awesome Job!

Speech Arts/Festival of the Performing Arts 2010

Arts

Once again Assumption students did us proud at the Speech Arts competition at the Festival of the Performing Arts.

Over 50 students from grade 2 to 7 participated. It takes courage and dedication to present with poise and conviction in front of an audience.

Congratulations to all of our performers. We are so very proud of each one of you!

Promoting Disability Awareness among our grade 9 students

Grade 9

Basketball season at Assumption School is in full swing, and this year the Grade 9 class has taken learning about basketball to another level. As a part of the PE unit, the class played wheelchair basketball to gain greater understanding about disability and mobility issues.

After a call to Lindsay Peake at the Model Community Project for Persons with Disabilities Society (MCP) who facilitates the wheelchair sports club, Miss Cappiello decided to tackle the sport with her class for one week. However, after the week was up, students asked if they could keep the wheelchairs for an extra week!

Students even decided to take the exercise one step further, volunteering to take turns spending an entire day in the wheelchair.

This has been an extremely valuable learning experience for the grade 9 class, and a great way to promote Disability Awareness amongst the youth in our school. The students now have more of an understanding of mobility issues, and can recognize how easy it is to take things for granted.

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