Our school drama crew and choir lead under the direction of Ms. Bransfield took their show on the road this week. They travelled to JMH to perform on the big stage as participants in our district regional drama festival.
Students and teachers officially launched our annual Go For 42 Campaign with an outdoor school assembly and walk lead by Mr. Ryan. So let's get active GG and complete our pledge of walking or running 42 kms once again this year.
Please join Ms. Bransfield and her fantastic drama crew for this year's drama production of The LIttle Mermaid. The big show will take place at Gretna Green on Monday, May 11th at 6:30 pm in our school gymnasium. There is no entrance fee but we will be having a 50/50 draw so don't forget to bring in some spare change. Hope to see you all there!
There is so much to celebrate at Gretna Green and yesterday was no exception. Cole in Mme Gallant's class earned the Turnaround Award in recognition of his strong academic progress throughout his years at Gretna Green. The evening event was a wonderful way to congratulate Cole for his hard work and efforts, bravo Cole!
The Gretna Green NBCC-Miramichi Video Game collaboration is once again underway! This year, Aurora, Wesley, Chase, Nathan, Austyn, Mika, Ryan, and Alex are hard at work at creating a new game. This year's game is called Rescue the Turtle. Check out our pre-alpha build!http://www.gadgetmda.com/rescuetheturtle/pre_alpha/RescuetheTurtle_Alpha...
Congratulations to Mr. Ryan on receiving the Elementary Council Excellence in Teaching Award in recognition of his dedication and quality of teaching in Physical Education. Well done Mr Ryan, we are all very proud of you!
Our new school renovation plans have been completed and look amazing! We have so much to look forward as this special project moves forward with construction to begin this June. Simply click the link below for a view of floor plans and layout. Please keep in my mind the class designated "general classroom" on the main floor will be interchanged with "elementary classroom" on the second floor. This will allow us to have all elementary students on the same floor.
Our annual Home & School Spell-a-thon Fundraiser proved to be a huge success this year with
over $4500.00 being raised! The award ceremony was held today for those
students who participated. Following is a list of prize winners:
1st Place Fundraiser – Aliah D. – 5G
2
nd Place Fundraiser – T.J M. - 2A , 3
rd Place Fundraiser – Charlotte S. – KO. Twelve movie certificates were also drawn for every $20.00 a student raised!
The H&S Executive would like to thank everyone who made this fundraiser such a huge
success!
Mrs. Simmons and her class were treated to a special virtual guest during this week's skype in the classroom session. Author, Paul Czajak, skyped in to speak to the students regarding his career path to becoming a writer. The exchange between the students and author were exceptionally engaging with writing tips and ideas being exchanged from both ends. Thanks to Mrs. Simmons for providing such a unique learning experience to our students!
