I’m a little late to update my blog, but now that school is
back into the swing of things I would like to officially welcome everyone back
for another exciting school year. I hope that everyone had a wonderful summer
and that you are all surviving this awful fall weather that we are having.
This year our school is focusing on several initiatives to
help our student’s become more resilient. Mrs. Mohr is in the process of
teaching the middle years and high school students about the Circle of Courage.
The Circle of Courage is based off the work of Dr. Martin Brokenleg. Dr.
Brokenleg believes that we need to teach our children the skills of mastery, belonging, generosity
and independence in order for them
to become highly successful, resilient, life-long learners. I think his message
is very important and it has really made me think about the way we approach
education. A lot of times the focus is on student academic achievement, but the
Circle of Courage points out that it is our job to make well-rounded students
who can be successful in all aspects of their life.
This year we have changed our Student Representative Council
so that all students, grades 7-12 are on the SRC. So far the students have been
very willing participants and we have some great ideas for this year. The SRC
came up with a new mission statement:
“Creating positivity that brings
everyone together and to provide opportunity.” This will be the SRC focus for
the year and we are very excited about it. The SRC will be doing different
fundraisers throughout the year and all of the money will be going towards
purchasing athletic uniforms for our sporting clubs and towards purchasing various
musical instruments that can be used by the students.
The SRC will be hosting the annual Terry Fox run
on Friday, Sept 28th at 1:00 pm. This event is open to the community
and we would love to see people come out and support a great cause. Students
have pledge sheets and should be canvasing around town.
The 28th is also Orange Shirt Day
which is a day to bring awareness to the survivors of the Residential School System
in Canada. Please wear your best orange gear and join us on Friday for both
Orange Shirt Day and the Terry Fox Run.
There was exciting news out of the province this week
that more than 75% of students across Saskatchewan are now reading at or above
grade level. We still have a long ways to go, but this is substantial progress
from where we once were. Star-Phoenix news article_Reading
The PAA 7-9 class is currently taking Food
Studies (Home Ec. for people over the age of 30), and they have committed to
cooking all the food for harvest dinner this year. This is a major undertaking,
but I know all of the students are up for the challenge.
I would like welcome all of our new Kindergarten
students to the school this year. We are excited to have Nora Horn, Madisyn Johnson,
and Giuliana Vecchio joining our family. I would also like to welcome Aubree
Johnson (Grade 2), Daniellyn Johnson (Grade 5) back to our school.
Sincerely
Geoff Goldsworthy
