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Posted: May 26, 2011

Gretna Green students, parents, teachers and Home & School represenatives joined in celebrating Douglastown Sobeys store manager, Joey MacDonald's, recent recognition as top Sobeys store in Atlantic Canada.  Home & School president, Merle Campbell, emceed the surprise announcement via polycom to Mr. MacDonald's banquet in Stellarton, Nova Scotia.  It was a great way to give thanks to Joey and the Sobeys team for supporting all new uniforms for our school sporting teams!

Posted: May 26, 2011

 The Home & School have put the" final spike" on this day, May 25th, for our new Gazebo at Gretna Green! Our home and school's success in fundraising campaigns and ability to create partners in making this goal possible will be to the benefit of the entire learning community of Gretna Green Elementary for many years to come.  A special thanks goes out to Mr. Harold Simmons for providing us with his expertise during the entire process of construction.  Mr.

Posted: May 24, 2011

 Mr. Hayward and his Star Troopers from Miramichi Rural were our invited guests today at Gretna Green.  They gave us a very informative presentation on what we see when we look up into the sky.  It also gave us a sneek peek of what to expect for our Starry Starry Night session on Friday, May 27th.  Kathryn Harrop from CBC, School Zone, was also here to record all the action and make it an episode on her next show.  Stay tuned for an update on the date and time of this episode.  Great job Star Troopers and we look forward to doing it all again soon.

Posted: May 20, 2011

The entire learning community would like to congratulate Sophie as our newest recipient of the District 16 Rotary Turn Around Award.  Sophie has experienced many academic accomplishments during her years as a motivated student at Gretna Green Elementary.  This award celebrates her academic achievements and we all know her academic success will continue to flourish for many years to come.  Bravo Sophie, we are all so proud of you!

Posted: May 17, 2011

 Congratulations to our school drama club who did exceptionally well with their play, "E-I-E-I OOPs" in today's District 16 drama festival.  They came away with two awards.  The first award was for special recognition for ensemble and the second one recognized their coreography.  The ajudicators were exeptionally complimentary to the quality of their play and the efforts put forth by director Ms. Hosford.  Ms. Hosford along with the assistance of Ms. Morehouse did a superbe job with this year's play!  Bravo to all of you!

Posted: May 17, 2011

 The staff and students of Gretna Green Elementary played host to a special guest today.  Premier of New Brunswick, Mr. David Alward, made a special stop at Gretna Green to meet and greet students today.  The students were thoroughly impressed with how receptive he was to their questions.  The premier also made himself available to host our morning announcements which proved to be a big hit with our students.  Stay tuned for our next GG Times episode highlighting today's memorable visit!  Thanks again Mr. Alward for creating so many fond memories for our students!

Posted: May 12, 2011

 Ms. Matheson, Mr. Cabel and grade two students are starting to reap the rewards of all their hard work in planting tulips at Gretna Green. The eye catching tuplips can be spotted throughout the front court yard of our school. Many visitors to our school have commented on the great looks of our "school in bloom".  Thanks so much to our grade two planters!

Posted: May 7, 2011

 Our very own Shane in grade 4 scored big at this year's first Kin Film Festival. Shane came away with top honours in the "Volunteering" category with a first place finish and $500.00 grand prize for his film entitled, "Volunteering At The SPCA".  Caleb, Saood and Simone received an Honourable Mention in the open category as well.  Their video was entitled, "I Am Here".  These two videos will be showcased in our upcoming morning announcements.  We are all so proud of you on a job well done!

Posted: May 5, 2011

In partnership with our Home & School the entire learning community of Gretna Green would like to invite all parents, students, teachers and Gretna Green Alumni to a night of celebration on May 27th.  The evening celebration will begin with a Bar-B-Q from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at Gretna Green.  Hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks will all be provided for one dollar each in support of our Home & School. This will be followed by a formal address by Mr. Buggie and Mr. Comeau to help celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Gretna Green Elementary and our progress on

Posted: May 4, 2011

 The list of reasons to celebrate at Gretna Green Elementary continues to grow!  The students assembled today for a special assembly on behalf of our community and business leaders, Douglastown Sobeys.  Our Home & School president, Merle Campbell and Executive, recently approached Sobeys to sponsor the purchase of new uniforms for our soccer and basketball program.  Sobeys accepted the offer and took on a leadership role in purchasing all new uniforms for our sporting teams.  This charitable act of kindness will leave a positive impact on all of our students for many years to come.  On beh

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